Show THE FACTS BECOMING KNOWN the latter day saints removed from missouri and illinois th the rancor to boards ards them which existed in those these states naturally subsided the hatred and bigo bigotry trot of sectarian priests were no longer excited by the spread of the new religion and as there were nd longer any mormon voters the enmity and jealousy ot of politicians had to find other objects to be vented upon hence the manufacture and circulation of antl anti mormon I 1 slander ceased there being no point to be gamed gained by their continuance public opinion in regard to the mormons cormons Mor mons gradually settled down to a dull dall unreasoning and vague repugnance towards them with the removal of all causes of irritation ri and an abatement of rancor came a time of serious reflection among the more thoughtful ul and honest bonest people of the communities from among whom the saints had bad been driven and the result is that a large portion of the people who were once their fellow cit citizens izena have acknowledged that they were shamefully dealt with Pro probably babil a majority of the old inhabitants ot of tue ta portions of the states named in which the saints formerly dwelt would today refuse to justify in any degree decree the treatment they received baseless slanders do not usually ally endure when tite that begot them and rendered them popular nave have disappeared Cori consequently the old accusations made against the in the states in which they formerly lived have so nearly lust their existence that they now have no definite form arid aad have almost entirely faded from memory to T revive them would be impossible not so however with the truths of the history of the latter day saints hidden for a time they may have been by the aval avalanches arches of falsehood under which sectarian bi bigotry cotry and poli political tidal jealousy sought to oury them forever lint but as the vast bodies ot of snow that slide down the mountain side gradually disappear before q the advancing sun of summer so that force in nature which destroys aud and dissipates all things not founded in truth is uncovering the bo boulders bowl ders of fac fact t in those regions of country which the tribulations of the have made historic ground the custom of writing local histories as of states counties towns etc which is rapidly spreading in the united ta 8 tates is greatly siding aiding to vindicate tle the past character ot of the latter day saints As with albe impartiality of the historian public records are being searched old coart dockets overhauled and musty public archives examined their honesty in austry patience and nim numerous erous virtues are made apparent while their innocence innocence of crime is fully established and the false and mal malignant ignaut character of the accusations accusation a formerly made against them is fully shown during recent years numerous local histories have appeared in and illinois material for them had to be obtained irom public records which ew embrace trace the proceedings ot of trials movements of the militia the petitions of the ahe saints for the redress of wrongs etc tc old newspaper accounts of mob public T excitement etc are also used A but t though they may have been written for the purpose of crime and wrong and may have had that effect upon the popular mind at the time they were written watten they read differently now A conviction is being forced upon the minds of the readers ot those historical works that the oppressors of the saints are not to be justified in their course that their leaders were wicked men and that in the nature natura of things their accusations against the people whose rights they were ins ing are not notto to be believed even if made matters of record being obviously invented for the purpose of justifying pillage rapine and crime and the t h e subversion ab of law abild justice thus by natural and self operating corces foicey and by processes provided tor for in the econ conom orny of the creator the truth is ultimately brought forth and the ciarac c arac ter and cause ot the innocent and wronged are vindicated an illustration of this has recently occurred A careful and painstaking correspondent of the jat at louis globe democrat anxious anxious to furnish bis bia paper some interesting erestine int matter prepared a lengthy and detailed account of of that frightful tragedy known as the hauns hadas mill massacre it is an intensely thrilling narration and ud as gives by the correspondent it is all things considered a remarkably comprehensive accurate and complete account of the tragedy As truthful history usually bears internal evidence of its nature so the narrative of this ibis correspondent con contains taInA proof of its asto as to the main nain facts set forth in lin an hi direct manner it vindicates the of the charges made upon them by the mob for it shows the latter to have embraced men utterly abandoned to honor truth and justice and capable of the most ferocious and bloodthirsty blood thirsty deeds hence utterly unworthy of credence it seems to be the destina of the latter day saints to wait for the future future to bring them j justice ustice and vindi bindi nation cation but as these have begun degunto to follow the tortuous tor tuena track of the journeys they have taken to escape from oppression hope is inspired that they may sometimes be emancipated from the burden which the false stenser accuser has so long compelled them to carry |