Show I 1 J I 1 1 grom aa sr 44 IL 4 IJ J I 1 u 4 U lalu 11 a V J f k ED editor VE al foft 1 14 I 1 is HOW ow something over a month sincee since I 1 took up my residence in this comparatively par ively comfortable county re lor for matory over a twelfth of my sentence has been termed out olit wit MT I 1 as much patience aa impossible possible and I 1 take the liberty of asking that you may kindly permit me to eay say a few law words to my old friend the of the OGDEN HERALD in reply to a number of sympathetic enquiries your humble ie informed that a number of rumors have been ingeniously circulated somewhat to his detriment and would respectfully ask your readers to refuse to believe any pernicious inne ndoc or mere reports tending to reflect upon his continued loyalty to the rights rights and hap happiness i nem of the good deop people e 4 of utah unfortunately unfortunately if I 1 am correctly informed there are a few gentl gentlemen men in in our thrifty city who occasionally so far forget the amenities of staunch and brave manhood that they would covertly perhaps strike with their tongues an un defended and defenseless prisoner who cannot now noi reply with propriety or effect because of his fetters fette rs in answer to other questions permit mi I 1 me to say that I 1 have been dili gently engaged in writing my book if nothing un unforeseen forseen happens to prevent the manuscript will be ready for the printer within eix six weeks from frioni this date in discussing the mormon question and in relating my experience and observe ob serva tion in in utah I 1 have endeavored to be truthful fair and consistent with what are well known to have been my past individual i general political and polemical colv convictions ris and what are still tho th eglorious principles to which I 1 humbly a and nd constien conscientiously adhere my bly book will till con iain fain incidental allusions to most of the leading gen tiemen of ogden especially and of utah in gene general fal jn in creating treating of the acts acts of those who may consider themselves my enemies enemies I 1 can well afford to bo be particularly particular lv courteous and son generous eroh s 0 fd forby rby am persuaded I 1 may the better heap coals upon their heads A notion seems to perrail to the ef feet that I 1 haye havee some ome animosities to gratify by bi 1116 publication of bf my book no nothing diang could be further from the truth this erroneous idea possibly grew out 0 or some utterance for which I 1 haye have been rea res bleas an sh editorial servant eer vant A dependent 3 writer elter Fr herfor performing f li literary I 1 ter work for hard hara earned waged wages and at all times subject to immediate and peremptory dismissal upon failing to meet m beet the approval of his mai masters feis must always write to please others rather than himself from m my v book this community will be able the author as I 1 he would speak hid in depin epen d y af tr 1 R ids el fab aa ers rs in and d not as he might write to Wha fhe conceived ib tie j c considered 0 0 n s ider ed tho iti interest terest of masters bd b however d ee v ei honorable or to perpetuate their express approval app royaL lbs under athe the penalty of losing ing his employ men t if he fail I 1 have baye no t makano ma kono jn p disa disappointments to growl about and no in juries pio to hard ae 1 I it ii s ft to bear imprisonment ad when beauly tha the liard hardship ship of it falls almost efi entirely upon a hell leas s innocent aud beloved companion I 1 am yet of the opinion that tho benign favor of Heaven will ultimately redound to my own credit and advantage vati vantage tage if I 1 can merit Buch a result it is true that sonn after I 1 was first consigned to prison in in order to s spare aro my wife the keenest pangs I 1 offered to retire from newspaper work altogether if my prosecutors woold obtain ke att executive release release this offer was ignored and that aleo iwas probably all for the b adi now carve arve out my destiny as best pst I 1 can in ill utah fit takes hl a halel lifetime ibid and YI if I 1 dont make a s success i ll 11 ece as of it this sido side odthe of the grave 1 will ende endeavor i to bequeath the tast task to a lineal posterity that will caari carry on the struggle happy issue after 1 I ae am gone I 1 I 1 the profits i faby that may bo be derived from the eale sale of Ate memoirs ofay day will ivill b be applied towards the he support of my family during my ancar incarceration I 1 1 J I 1 i JA sept 2nd and 1885 |