| Show A SPIRITED DEFENSE troy N Y arm having published in common with other papers some erroneous statements in regard to the late president brigham young suggested by the recent death of one of his widows a correspondent writes to that paper a correct account of the deceased presidents family relations and the amounts left to the respective members of his family when he departed the communication concludes with the following just remarks in regard to the mormon people the fact is that brigham and the mormon people have been the most persistently and the most wilfully vilified and outrageously falsified fal sifted religious sect in all history sacred or profane the repugnance to their doctrines and particularly to their views relative to the marriage relation which nevertheless have been strictly biblical the obstinacy with which they have clung to these doctrines their mili positive tive refusal to disintegrate or adopt the views of other christian spots sects the mystery that has surrounded them and the curiosity to fathom this mystery to the very uttermost and the natural gullibility of mankind combined with the morbid craving for sensation have all conspired to this end to such an extent that no fable no falsehood no extravagance has been too wild or too improbable to be readily swallowed if it referred to brigham young or his followers and with a demand without limit for this sort of testimony as to the mormons cormons Mor mons the supply has never failed it has been a money making business to write up and bradu traduce the people of utah and ins it is a very safe rule for those who desire only facts to decline to swallow the sensational reports that still in a decrescendo volume at this time continue to be sent out about the mormons cormons Mor mons As my acquaintance with these people covers a period of twenty years six of which were spent among them I 1 may be supposed to be at least in reference to the foregoing one who knows whereof he writes yours W H H 11 |
