Show MORE persecution AMONG ANioN LG our dispatches published today will be found one giving some particulars ol of one of those bloody tragedies a number of which have blackened the pages of american Ameri caa history the scene of the murderous in aident is west virginia in the absence of full fall particulars it may be e safe ly presumed to be a repetition of some of the fearful dramas that have been enacted in the south during the past few years as a result of mob fury fary excited by felig religious lous hate it is probable judging from similar events ot 01 the past that the assailants were anti mormon and their proposed victims honest hearted people who had exercised tie the freedom that should be guaranteed them under the broad banner of the republic to worship god according to their own views of religion in all likelihood they were people who had bad accepted christ as the cavior of the world been baptized tor for the remission of sins sine and received the hol holy ghost by the laying on of the hands an s of the servants of the almighty this doubtless constituted the crime for which they were attacked by misguided and brutal men while they were assembled to engage in their religious devotions it is probable also that bat some of those assaulted were not members of the church of jesus jeans christ of latter day saints but merely manifested a friendly spirit toward those who were as that class is also in many instances plated placed under the ban of ruthless persecution se such bach scenes are a disgrace to the country and the civilization of the age those who incite and engage in them should be handled rl rigorously under the laws of the land watch which are set by them at defiance and trampled under their feet authenticated details of the tragedy traced y will be awaited with anxiety by many many people here it does not appear however that any of the elders from utah are mentioned as being directly associated with the sad aad event described in the dispatch which at present embodies all the information we possess on the subject |