Show + OK COUNSEL FOR THE CHURCH George F Curtis counsel for tho Jlor 1 I mon Church must bo far advanced In r it his dotage Instead of waiting for his j turn in court ho rushes into tho columns v of tho Glebe 1etnoeraf in tho interest of 1 u his disloyal client When a lawyer hast has-t a to argue the case of his client In a paid tr nan journal and appeals to party instead e of to judicial tribunals ho must havo a case that will not bear Investigation while tho counsel disgraces himself professionally of pro-fessionally In his communication Mr Curtis protests pro-tests against provisions in tho Tucker Edmunds bill designed by the Gentiles of Utah ho says to render futile ally all-y efforts to reconcile tho Mormon to a state of cheerful and confiding feeling t toward tho Federal Government What nonsenso is this and to what r absurdities will heavy rotainura drive m men Can tho Ethiopian change his skin or tho leopard his spots Let Cur n tis try his hand on the African or theI I leopard and ho will havo an easier task than to bring an Ingrained and oath hound Mormon into a state of ucrful and confiding feeling to ward tho General Government Timely the paid defamer of better men ban himself talks about reconciling t traitors at heart to the Federal Govern meat as though they had been defrauded de-frauded of their just rights and of f right ought to bo placated He fears that by asserting tho National authority after early half a century ot defiant opposition opposi-tion to it on tho part of tho Mormon hior nrchy to use his own words that the nation will drive tho Mormons to desperation des-peration because It attacks their civil mill religious liberties Ono can have no patience with professional fessional prostitutes of which Curtis is a representative with more or less of followers In this Territory and in fact ho world over What a disgraceful dis-graceful chapter in American history tad this nasty littlo polygamous clique earned for itself and its mercenary camp followers from Ben Butler and Jerry Hack down to sniveling George T Curls Cur-ls Pecksniff lioutwell and Ananias Gibson Gib-son All these severely virtuous gentle nan havo been and are shedding crocodile croc-odile tears over tho dear persecuted i Mor mays just in proportion to the drafts they make upon the tithinghouso funds One would suppose tho Mormons themselves them-selves would bo sickened at tho display i made by these hired mourners over the prospective death and burial of tho twin relic of barbarism Tho best friends of the honest in heart among tho Mormons Mor-mons are tho loyal men in Utah who propose shortly to officiate at the sail funeral |