Show OUR CHICAGO LETTER governor murrays Mur rays country news from utah the utah press dispatcher joseph smiths predictions being fulfilled by the present condition of society A crisis approaching duty mormonism compared with other creeds appeal to citizens of utah CHICAGO C march 13 1886 editor deseret news that utah dispatcher has been conducting duc tino himself very becomingly during the last month or two there were zoany many days that we did not hear at all from him and those days on which we did hear from him the news was communicated in a short formal manner whenever he has anything humorous or sensational sensation iLl to commini cate he entrenches trenches ea himself behind your excellent governor and from this vantage ta ge point fi fires res oft off his verbal artille artillery artil lerv ry in I 1 n fact fac pt he e goes so far as to put certain words word sinthe in the mouth of the governor who I 1 is sq quoted not ed as saying this territory tor h has as been permitted to defy laws and any courts long enough it must either cease to do so or with my consent it shall not longer cover its disregard of the laws ot of MY country countr ly under i lorms forms of territorial statutes brave words and sublime sentiments in truth this is patriotism worthy of hofer the tyrolese or rienz alen the roman it looks as if patrick pat henry en or thomas jefferson once more visited visite these mundane realms MY COUNTRY sounds splendid but wont joe cools cook and dock Newman and mr bunn have any share in this country this is an antimonopoly anti monopoly age and even patriotism is capable of distribution there are others who are americans and who desire to call this their country co antry and his excellency should not exclude them it is evident there was little consideration for the feeling ot of george francis train and dennis kearney when the above sentence was spoken it was the great napoleon who said that there was only a step from the to the ridiculous and the truth of this saying has never been questioned the governor of utah speaks nobly but when it is understood that he be is s the of mrs rutherford B hayes the say saying 1 ing of napoleon ames forcibly tp mind mr hays hayes was a patriot of no uncommon order he drew that would now be a burden to S J tilden he also gave away some offices which would have shor shortened mr til dens life to distribute if mr hayes had spoken of MY country there would have bebin some reason in it but then his henchman in utah speaks for him and now after stealing the government of the country they want to steal the country itself draw it mild mr governor this is OUR OUK COUNTRY yours and mine and mr tiddens Til dens and mr hayes and even the edmunds and roar hoar and woodburn and cassidy have a claim to this commow common country of ours dont fancy that because the citizens of utah dont pros themselves before your luxuriant whiskers that they are disregarding th the ila laws ws and courts of our outa country the citizens of that territory worship brains not beards and if a man appears among them with worldly possessions po sessions amounting to a box of paper collars a mustache comb a lead pencil and a quill toothpick you must not expect them to become idol aters of such a man it is true such men are often euphemistically called statesmen and are entrusted with governmental responsibilities they used to be so called in the despotisms despotis ms of europe but our irreverent yankees would call them carpet here is a little item of NEWS FROM UTAH which is calculated to have a paralyzing g effect on us innocent citizens of chica leago let it speak for itself it is reported this evening that a syndicate ate of tea men has been formed for the purpose of buying out the mormon coop co op store here taking shares of stock at 80 cents on the dollar it is sur surmised miRed that a double purpose is involved escape from the operation of the proposed edmunds bill placing the prop property efty of the charen in the hands of trustees and to raise a large fund of bf money tor for use in congress to defeat legislation such news as this two weeks a ago 9 0 would be refreshing at the present time it is an anachronism who cares to read this when we have more sensational sat ional ife matter there is senator jones niad mad in love up in debrot and we have horace greeleys greelegs Gree leys son in law coursing madla around after mary anderson chelst louis strike the cl c cago 0 prize fight sam jones ones and sam small mail and a hundred other things are before us and yet that utah idiot wants us to read his SURMISES we are a forbearing people it is no wonder onder gen sherman compared our public schools to common taverns when such fruit as the utah dispatcher is the result mr blame blaine in his fais last book boob quotes from the speeches of some english In members embers of parliament portraying the corruption and venality of american legislators aud ve properly ali maine his but ra aba s mr 1314 lues beside the assertion or rather surmise of the utah dispatcher this utah scribe is presumably an american dintleman gintle man and yet his opinion of the national legislature of his country is that it can be bough tover with a pe penny anny subscription from utah this is 11 patriotism of a III high order when a can brand the american congress as an old jaws clothing store there was a time indeed when carpet bags flourished in congress and when anchors hors were laid to windward and when 16 legislation was sold but happily happily those days ays are past and gen rants grants carpet are past with them the utah dispatcher must have a very exalted opinion of our national representatives when he surmises as dedoes he docs such a fellow ought to be bombaL bombarded ded with rotten onions and then promoted to tile the of that skunk ranch recently established in wyoming it is a miserable bird that fouls its own nest that most unclean of warblers warb lers the hog would not do it but a hog is away ahead of a utah press dis THIS SURMISE BUSINESS should not go unquestioned Iti it is part spart of a miserable scheme to trample honest opinion and to defeat justice it is one of the odious tyrannies tyrannizes tyr annies of the american cau press and borrowed from the medieval tyrannies tyrannizes tyr annies of it extends to other questions than the mormon one it if a man is honest enough and brave enough to demand fair play for an unpopular sect or an unfashionable religion it is one of th the e detestable customs 01 of tile the american I 1 organ I 1 to brand him as a mercenary spokesman a paid advocate of that sector people with the aid of this press even a utah tramp can malign the first citizen of this republic it is a certain fact that this dispatcher did not have the traditional box of collars when he utah and see what a prominent personage beis now oh carpet thy name is edmunds it is a favorite hobby with anti mormon writers to dwell on the OF JOSEPH SMITH rel relating atin to the di disasters sisters which would occur f in or about 1890 A D these writers often make merry on the supposed folly of this prediction and adduce it as one of the evidences that joseph was a false prophet here is what tift new york post of a few days ago says on the present critical con lution ditmon of society in this country it reads although the avowed socialists are an extremely small part of even the most densely populated cities the belief is en pertained by careful observers that their ideas are spreading among the trades unions which have been lor for the most moist part their avowed opponents hitherto an and if some g r eat strike or convulsion oi of industry should result disastrously to the strikers the main body would adopt the creed of socialism for better or for worse socialism has a great many queer fancies out but the division of property pio perty is is at the bottom ot of them all this signifies the overturn of law and the temporary stoppage of civilization 11 this does not read so eu entirely opposite to the prediction of joseph smith uttered some half a century ago the year 1890 is not far fair off and but a few years often serious changes the fact is the press and the pulpit are driving the people to desperation both these agents are demoralizing and debauching debau ching the community men in office are not discharging their duties always honestly capital is driving labor into negro bondage take our chicago chicag 0 M mccoormack ac Cormack who uses every means to cut down the wages of his men yet supports a religious bigio us newspaper which advocates tile the confiscation of of mormon property the disqualification of IMo mormon believers for citizenship and furthermore this same maccormack has offered in cash to support churches here the principal duty of which seems the overthrow of I 1 imor mormonism Js Is it any wonder labor is driven to desperation when such is the action of capital there is no doubt bat that we are approaching A CRISIS in the history of this county and also in that of england it is difficult to fathom fat ligin the infinite intini te so we must only await the result and in the meantime sav thy will be done utah has a duty top to performing per formin in this critical time she has sno no excuse to shirk her duty she has been told about it time and again by men specially favored of heaven through her civilization is isto to be perpetrated and order again restored after the general chaos chaas and any citizen of utah who now flinches from his duty is ft a coward a kneve and an idiot and he will at fio no distant day regret his ITIs als true his religion 11 nay may now be unpopular it ic may be not in line with what is called public opinion but these are not evidences of error methodism Romaul romanism sm presbyterianism and many other isms iams are popular enough they are on the side of this public opinion but when one tries to to grasp them he finds but shadows mere spectres spec tres if one assails them he finds he be is kicking at empty space and he never tries the operation a second time kicking at vacancy is the most exhaustive exercise the dorsal regions can be subjected to that is the reason these sects are let alone there is nothing in them and no one cares to stand on the highway to debate with an imbecile or a dude how WIT MORMONISM here is something vital something to kick fa at in feet fact it it is ie kicking a hat bat with a brics in it tol to tackle wa ajl gloa atter F tk 8 first ars I 1 assault assaul t one goes more carefully to work the second time and this is why his bis attention is engaged and his faculties I 1 aroused to assault the hat a second time the old saying has it that truth is bitter citizens of utah your religion iou is unpopular because it is truth and because it does not coat the fashionable vices of the day with noney honey there are thousands of hardi things said about you but the day wih come when these sayings will recoil on their authors your duty in the present crisis is to stand shoulder to shoulder proclaim before god and man that you will be true to each other true to the memory of your departed friends relatives and brethren true to the honor ono r and majesty of human nature true to your religion your count country and Y your spiritual directors heed hee rl not t the ribald jeers of drunken jacks in office spurn the fulsome cant of alleged religionists america is your country the constitution of the united states part of your sacred volumes the fathers of this republic are among the category of your saints then why should you retreat or recant if god harthe has the power to make a jackass of ef senator edmunds he surely had the power to make a prophet of joseph smith JUNIUS JUKIUS |