The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-27

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like himself, il The same manner. and per-
chance by similar means ss be seeks now
10 drag bis great protege before the
public. a.
The remarks II regard % this Grow
are, 10 the emphatic language Of TisExcsi-
lency, simply absurd He was q miser-
abIehalfidioticc rqatn re-; and bis wife, who
never had . child. lcft him through ill.,
treatment Judge Sinclair decided against
bis retaining from her guardian the only
daughter by q former wife he had here.
and who also forsook him through abuse.
He has, however, one claim on humanity; I
as il appears, and that is, the tsteem and
veneration Of bis friend the writer.
/ After exalting himself into the induI-
gence Of scurriIous reflections upon do
nestle matters, far beneath the honorable
feelings Of a gentleman, yet Ear above
himself, and still much below those or an
ordinary backyard. the writer goes on
70 say:
IA merchant here Il daily abused iii
their meetings by this woolley and DR..
Clinton and similar characters, and all the
women who go TO this Store to buy goods
hre by these men pronounced 'whores and
strumpets' ID their puipils. Ladies who
attend parties gotten On ~ those who
are not Mornions are called strumpets,
i and are 60 pronounced from their polpits.r
The statement is precisely the contrary
J Eof what one would say who told the
j Itruthl Did they associate with such
! ctarAc,ers as the writer. bis private,
I though tolefably well known, antecedents
might give grounds for such accusations
In Utah we are not Lalituaicd TO the
low.slander this writer ii 50 Yersant ii.
And but for the Introduction 81 such
creatures ashimself, many \ name now
. blurred. aud blighted would remain for
lever pure and nrsuilied. I'll
4 Talk not Of Brigham, Tell not Of the
. yindictiseness Of MornoDs Whipernot
/ the ayenging wrath Of rumored Danitcs.
yveya X .ot ID II. ;,,a,anc. ..L,a,.
lodged and wen known, Of our former
Governor, nctuated by their justifable
anger. many there are who would take
such creatures By their locks, aud hurl
their rottin0 carcasss. n ~. v,,I,a,. .nd
i !, .....,a'.Is,.. 4. q. 80 :, -.
~ q s9.' = .ue - = - wa anu
~ soou men,
But the real pith has Jet 10 come; aud
We have too much confidence ia the good
I;ndoment ~ our friends II Al, ~,
y.
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e me tll source q these iioela We VIII
give the extract verbatim; s
.,It r,,, 80. 70, 7, n ~ 4 4; ~ q,
fanIt omo,cst tbose moi "a ,b,;r. .hnsaS 4,
| Is drncgsd into ,be;y ,,,lnifs. No!inss.ss
/ ihsn Iss, w,.sE tha Sesr,,i.ry II ~.
dsnoarccd ~ NAM, Thc ws,k I, .,r.s;,,,s
IN tresidl.a Judge or tl,e. Itnitrd Sts,s,s
i C,ougt Suryyyor General aud .rbiaf , c,.,L |
of he Indian bureau here were NAMED 3
| blaekrnards and scoundrrls. And h.rs
let me say ihat Col Davies of Nissanri
Who a the superintendent II Indian niY,irs
n thix Territory. n tho only &, an ,rhnr,
Htbey have not az vel assaulted Is their mt |
nits although they have done 20 q their
newspapers He Ii said ID bc and i NM.
j yersally regarded as the r,ost exemnlary
i md efficient officer in the Teryitory Al.
,hongll he has been here Int, 4 Few 1,onfhs
4 it IS admitted that he has done more -
i lint tune for the Indians than haa heea
i done n rs many years by his nredeccssors
The. Indians are MI pleased and sneaL
4 everywhere Of him as their GOOD Fa,ber y
| IN contradiction 10 Others who have held
The same position. Among these Il Saint
brigham hnsen, ! /. nayehad ne pleasure
and ina him 10 ~ i sinrers k;nd : 1900
/ moral and upright gentleman! IN. eyery
sense Of that expression. He interfercs
1 With no one. minds bis own business strict:
y, ana y ,t, 'a WIN s'sty9Gdyi mere,
tEesc s,,y,ons spd rb,Is,;a,, ha n., NJ I'm
| mons. who curse and swear IN their pulpits
gamble, tell lies and get drank will soon
frame pretext to assai! him in some way.
asoS".,s; "n ni,ie ~ % pno,e oueeF
among tiles. people without heinz ass.il:
ed, and many who have borne il for wears