Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-09-15 | Page 4 | Dr. Buxton Is Right.

I nr R. R JOX IS TS RIGHT HIGHT Surel Surely tIme the position of or Dr Buxton pastor oC or tho tim Christian church was 11 right ht in tn his sermon r or t last at Sunday TIm Tho characterization of or Salt Sail Lako as a a. wicked city is unfair and unwarranted It II is to lo 1 bo be 0 re regretted rc cd that tho the Salt Lake Lako Tribune une feels Ju Justified lIfted in publishing in tho the East a a. contrary gospel Here ia is one sentence from rom Dr sermon It Ies deserves r es tho tim hearty heart approbation Uon of or every friend of Salt Lake Sho Simo has faults of oC her own Possibly no American American Ameri Amen can city is more moro given to lo thou thoughtless pleasure to pleasure lo careless tO lo lo tIme Iho epicurean philosophy but when whon you speak of crime of vice ice let no ono dc- dc fame famo my 01 town and laud hand h lien her l' l rivals rl To do so Is either bigotry big or Ot i ignorance norance Compared with whit American Amer mor ican Jean cities Salt SaiL Lake LaKo Is IJ a a. gU guy gay city 1 but ut is not nol a aown town own of or vice There Is tho the keynote which should be accepted b by y every one Let Lct no ono one defame m my town tow No matter malter if iC the Iho town bad Every ery ono one who finds the place good enough to lo continuo continue living illis Inis in ill ins is s under an honorable o obligation to defend Jt it Whatever is wron wrong may bo ho corrected h by our own Only the base tile the despicable and the Iho traItorous would Join in iii the tho defamation of oC th their lr own cit city There are some things in this city v ho be jo con con-c corrected Most of those are aro in jn that class las all ap- p. p p Isn t ic c- c if lii c t to topp o pp i if on f ron roin TI the e public sentiment of the ilIc people In no no 3 way ways Is 15 s tho city wicked in iii tho the sense e oC of those Eastern cities where the Iho bad name of Salt Lake has been promulgated by tho the Salt Lake Lale Tribune Dr Buxton deserves es tho the thanks of or our people for the very bravo and manly and patriotic words ho uttered tittered red from hi his pulpit Salt Sail Lako Lalo does docs not prosper because people Inthe Intile in inthe the tile East arc are made to believe o It is wicked It ll prospers pros Iros- pers in Spite of oC tIme the work worl of or tho the Salt Lake Lako Tribune arid and and because time the people of oC thi the nation have confidence con con- In its virtue and fuith faith In Its Us future