Show VILE there are no commini tie a in te world more free froin the dominion of than the mormon communities as a rule and yet we are sorry to say that thero are in sonic of the mormon settlements a class of mischievous and pestiferous but often unthinking people who create ho little dia cord and infelicity serious in the i way affray between the invention or distortion of unpleasant or scandals ous bits in the otherwise happy and prosperous city of payson an fn utah C lunty wo have seen aonie of pio evils which are impose upon society by talebearers tale bearers and we are glad to know that almost anyone of the obnoxious scan ISI in that thrifty place have cither not been cormons mormons at all or are only nominal cormons mormons who have really fallen entirely from the race of the truth there one of the a rather shallow pat dummy who probably cpr alie salt anlie tribune to prove himself the though cowardly enemy will catchim to boino little peca of evil report which he would know to the false if he had any brains and to the original little scandal he will add something of hia own ignorant depravity and ihen hang around the street corners retailing tho yarn this gaido sort of a recreant booby will carefully read the villi anous dirty aspersions ofilio organ which he tlc alc great scandal of the decent and reputable coax mun ty at large and every time lie finds some cruel and dirty lying piece of abue about any of his acquaintances quain or neighbor ho will carry it around and exhibit it to public gaze like a niney exhibiting a pole cat tina and all other sorts of candal bearing is the most contemptible temp tible nauseating and filthy kind raf work which no respectable spec table or decent person will in iu and the raan or womac who delights in thi i eort of lican tinny aale carrying has the instinct of a maggot and nothing more save pc little envy and malice we jiahe drawn an example from because wo havo personally discovered sumo of the slanderous scandal loving tharo who ought to know that to circulate a libel one also lias printed or to repeat a some one else has invented is criminal and as such punishable by law every news healer who paper containing a libel to be punished there foras we understand the law respecting libel we hope that vile gossipers generally ayi bear these facts in mind before it necessary to expose them by name the HURALD has undertaken to do its best towards the suppression of dirty gossips and libelous filthy yarns it will not only scrupulously endeavor to elevate its own columns altogether prevalent plane of sensational journalism in the vest but it will strive to put down scan adl vile talc bearing and libel everywhere within the radius of iti influence in this work af re form it will be outspoken agres eive and fearless and never cease agitating the subject of a reform in this regard until libel scandal ec andal slander and the like are unknown in utah in this mighty undertaking we bespeak the earnest coop co op aeration of all clean reputable and fair minded individuals in this territory so far as we are concerned and as far aa our power extends the conviction of the editor of this paper on a charge of uttering carelessly a libel unintentional and without actual personal malice as it was shall mark a new purer and brauder era in utah journalism |