Show normon missionaries IN THE SOUTH four or five missionaries belonging to the mormon church who ha have V e lately returned from their labors in the south inform us that if it had not been for the kindly treatment h they received from the hands of the negroes they would have been compelled to have gone without food and a place to rest their weary wear y bones bon es at night as the whites or the members of their own race whom they were endeavoring to convert to the true gospel were so hostile and unfriendly to them that they would not extend to them the common courtesies courte ies and civilities of life in this connection we might also add that we have received several letters from missionaries whom we are acquainted with and and they deplore the crue cruel I 1 treatment ment which is accorded to ta the most law abiding negroes by the whites residing in the local loyalties ties where they are engaged in their spiritual labors this shows that the negro is not as black by any means as he is painted and that he is willing to administer to the comforts of of those not of his own race and who are fearful 1 to 0 raise their voices in his bis behalf owing to the intense prejudice vt which aich prevails against the negro we commend the good action of the members of our race toward the mormon missionaries and in return for this kind treat ment we believe it is the bounden bo duty of the missionaries to publicly plead the cause of the negro even though they are spat upon and have to suffer agony aud and death |