Show crie E OF or soe some time about the middle of jaae 17 J e just passed an unknown gen signing himself 31 tim ofis applied to us by letter irom from cago for a position on the oo 00 1 HERALD he represented that tae le was a young man a practical printer and a competent dramatic vcr critic itic aad I 1 d ambitious of being 0 an 41 kerkor bor he hi proposed to come to utah to grow up with the country and furnished good references as to hia his character and ability while we had no especial use for the service of such a man we took a kindly interest in him because he seem seemed ed eo so frank and well equipped for the battle of life if one could judge by hie his letter letters and recommendations ions with a view of help ln ing g him to realize his laudable am we w undertook to do what we U ab could io for hith and asked him among other things if be knew that the CODES HERALD was a U mormon melmon paper he misunderstood the question by mistaking the word mormon for morning p and re plied ie he had bad understood that the HERALD was a morn morning 1 ing paper we responded calling attention to this error and ba have ve received the following reply CHICAGO july 12 1880 chaa TV 1 Iran enway esq editor ogden ogden utah 11 DEAR sim SiK yours of the ath icet ai at hand referring again to your letter of june I 1 eee see that I 1 mis Y understood one of your questions when I 1 glanced at it casually the first time it seemed to be lie do you know that the is a it 4 morning mo PA paper r As that was my impression loti I 1 fe answered in the affair native air tive e while I 1 am ambitious to become an editor aad and would come west with the intention of growing up with the country and an possess the qualifications to fill a position to your ur entire satisfaction the honor to ve fee connected with aa an organ of the mormon church in any ca capacity p ac ty is a something I 1 cannot contemplate con to foe 0 a moment no matter what I 1 induce ddn intents spight be offered with many thanks for your fran frankness kneas and cour I 1 re remain maili asir yours truly fo A thia this ie is an everyday every day illustration of df iho th effect which popular prejudice aad and ignorance respecting everything mormon produces upon the ordinary mind mr al tim mone mono is is A young man his friends say lie 1 ie is exceptionally brilliant his character ie is that of a sober bober steady aw hardworking honest person he no doubt writes conscientiously from the light that is in and about he cannot contemplate for ti a moment the honor of being connected with a mormon organ in any capacity no he has been taught the popular fallacy that everything mormon is monstrous hideous and ugly the widespread popular mapow ions about the mor people have filtered through the whole body of eastern society and distorted the opinions of hoar ot M timmons just as they have s F O 0 le beed the minds winds of thou s neade upon thousands of other hou honest eat folks if thie this young man had a cosmopolitan experience if ke had cloedy examined the tissues of popular feeling or if he had bar betted the lessens of long years bow how little regard would he have for ake of popular Do pular poeju xee As it is he seems an innocent victim of general pr hie his plane plans of ambi hie his dearest chemes fich emee of suc em f persape the opportunity of a it lifetime are wiped away by the dread ewa of a popular myth to hie his mind doubt doul glew leee the mormons are ghouls they have undoubtedly they ire impious iwlew he iffe doe does bot not know 75 neither do olo many more like him hina k abow ow the vie truth We ar t Shave M bave been bee ff a pos position ion ilar kothz to that M timmond Tim roona in all kindliness and with no desire to mislead him in the least east we beg beg to assure him that he is making a grave error which in his sell soul does an abided virtuous and noble people a serious injustice the mormons are not like perhaps if a ot it is because the they y arc laore conse envious ent ious more devout more hone it m more ore pure and possessed of a i superior courage enrage and hardi hardihood hoo dl in piat mailers of friendship friende bip their fidelity is prota proverbial erbeal for hospitality they have no rivals for honor and fair dealing in business they have no peers of all the people of the united states the mormons have the grandest cause end and the loftiest objects to attain they stand together in fraternal unity against the world only in that they endeavor to do gods will iu in all things and eschew all evil in utah and among the mormons heal healthy thy and proper ambition has the most capacious and exalted field for heroic and honorable exertion nowhere else on the face of the earth to day are there finer opportunities for a young man with an honest heart and a level head the cormons mormons Mor Alor mons are the kind of people that it is safe to tie to they are not governed purely by mercenary motives they live natural lives and they arc are full of true loving kindness and good will it indeed i requires same some courage to recognize the rights tin and id eminent virtues of the mormons cormons Mor mons it indeed costs an elt effort ort to 10 jo do justice to their merits in the face of a ghastly prejudice against them but an independent and honest young man can cad afford to be brave and despise the mere superstitions of popular invention we wish M timmons and all could know what the mormon church is what it leaches teaches and the kind of people it makes maes in that event he would chose to be connected in any capa capacity citi with a mormon paper rather than any other all things cone considered if he be has the c courage enrage and honesty for which we give him credit whether we re gard utah from a business point of view or from a social standpoint whether we consider her magnificent clima teher teber maje majestic stio scenery scenery her mighty commercial possibilities her peaceful mormon population her daughters of unequalled beauty or her stalwart robust sons she is equally peerless attractive and admirable and ought to draw the independent dep indent brilliant youth of nations to her borders |