The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-19

know the gentleman personally, but
only IS an editor; We should Say IL our
Individual yernacular poIiteness asir,
Won are o weak-headed, irresoIute,
self-displayed, scrupulously dishonest
wretch, beneaththelowestmouldofhu
man common sense. You IRE governed.
By menwho panderto your senality. You
yield, according 70 fair rational con-.
struction, 70 1.-THE superior force Of brides
from army contractors and merchants,
70 preserve them from insolvency and
despair; and your corruptions and sub
ljugations have turned their heels
against yourself. <
This is only = snpposition: that Isl,
Fin case we met an individual of ordi-
lnariIy sound mind who would say such
things AS for Mr. McElrath, We
/ give him our charitable recommends
ttion TO the keeper Of the first reason
Irresponsible asylum be is passing. The
memories Of past scandal have been
floating before his disordered fancy;
and he had better place himself in safe
keeping, until his common sense Is
awakened 10 tho facts that are now
IdeyelOpinR themselves before the
public.
Our readers win please pardon Us If
1--we have given them offence BY noticing
Rsuch contemplate scurrility We had
mot intended doing 30; but really the
resuscitation, now becoming 50 FREE
l(quent, Of Islander, long since exploded,
i began to Grille Us i little. Nor that
j alone; but To see, as We do daily, men
shake you by the hand, with smiling
1 face, as they whet d dagger for your
heart, Is more than human natur, can
well bear These fellows that, in Utah,
lby their poisoning letters, try to IN
feet the public mind abroad; what are
Ethey2 Refugees Or speculative poll.
ticians. We're they men of nerve,
they might have attained 10 the dignii-
ty Of proper highWaymen. AS ii i III
they are fclons ii the dark. Unthink-
Iingly, however, they deyelope them
selves, and are gradually becoming
known 70 the public They prate Of
honesty and virtue. Among the class.
to. which worefer there Is not one who
would not rob your child of its bread,
Or defle the matrimonial OF virginia.
couch Of their professedly best friend.
Beware OF them. And feIIow-citizens,
remember! that the motto of every
American should be; We are entitled to-
/ the franchise of sovereign citizens; mot
70 be treated with the indignity Of con-
| gregated slaves; and last and least of
all BY the insolyent, insulting, despo-
Itism Of homeless, unprincipled treasury.
petted wanderers and money hunters.
We do not wish to be misunderstood.
There are men who have been, and now
are, temporary residents in Utah, who
have endeavored honorablyto discharge.
their duties as honest men and faithful
servants Of the Goyerrmentthey serve.
They have our honest hearts and ready.
hands to aid them. OF those only do
I'VE treat who have used their commits
sions to abuse the sacred trusts reposed
in them, and seek to make the citizens
of our great republic enemies to each
lother, and to break npzthe holy union
that binds, or should bind together with
AN unstrandablc cord, the greatest and
most invincible nation on the earth.
Nov should we, IN any case, have
taken notice Of the remarks Of the
paper referred TO, but taat, perehanee,
4 many may have supposed that the
silence lstrictly speaking d silence Of
contempt } Of the citizens Of Utah, was
accustomed by an inability to answer.
lEthem. .s... &. ....:
Is i unfair in us to say that the