The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-03-08

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II IL M wonder We have Credit MOlilicT
men in Congress have bccn. tins winter,
careful reader Of pu''l,c Journals of Mon.
tana and elsewhere, and have observed the
attempts Ut some Ut them to villify the &C.
tion Ut Delegate Ciagess In regard to the
Right of Way bill and the Mormon question.
The former, if it becomes u law. vii! meet
with the appreciation VI every honest heart.
d citizen ,and will save % from being preyed
upon by the vul.ures who would feast Oh
our substance by means Of y n. Is. railroad
subsidy. First they would have pouuced
upon the entire Territory, but the roll call
was sounded, the yeomanry came into line,
and now the demoralized subsidis.s crap.
plinG ut their dec.ing hopes ask converting
Of the Legislature to grant them eosstv Sub.
sidy.
Iwould not have referred to the above
actions were Il not that q citizen interest.
ed in the welfare Ut my county and Terrific.
~. deem It my duty ~ give my testimony
In vindicatiOn of the character Of m unset.
6sh gentleman and Delegate IN the person
Of VIM. H. Clagstt. hope that Na)ol
Martin Aaginnis may folio v In his course
and carry out the measure, II unfinished
during the term of Mr.: Clssett, and not be
persuaded BY the Rocky ksssseis Gazette
that Helena 10 Montana nm well.known
Democrat, we'll known In both MadisOn and
Deer Lodge counties, did " much for the
election Of Major Maginnis, a. any one Of
my abilities, and have too much regard fos
him to wish to ace him misled BY errins
Journalistic.
1t N officer discharges his duty faithfully
and for the hes, interests Ut bus constituents,
and then they stand amazed when false &C
cusa.ions arc made against him but will not
come u the front aud viudicate his cI,srac-
ter, is it any wonder that good men will
shrink from and bad men will attain to the
high places Of Government! 1t would seem
that with some it makes no difference how
we'll On officer acqui,s himself; they would
brand him with iniquity and uphold fieud.
Then let the true aud honest c,me forward
and say u the good officer: .'Well done
thou good and faithful servant; you have
discharged your duties faithfully and we
honor and esteem YOU" Mr.. Clage,t has
acquitted himself we'll.
As regards his action On the Mormon
question, h's ultersnces and Representations
ON that subject are virtually and literally
true, and speak that know. requsted
Of Major Asginnis while on bic elect,oneer.
Ing tour in Deer L,dge county at Thomas
ranch, that he should never, by word or
deed, endorse or sustain the Theocmcy of
Utah, and hope be will not They richly
deserve oil they will get and more. I came
to Utah with General J0hnstou's command
In 1867. aud SIX years observation among
them gives ample opportunity to know
them. They met 10 with ''bloody hands"
but not many ''hospisab!s graves" They
burned the grass ahead Of u, and our stock
starved aud died, and they sought to serve
- the sane way by burning thirteen United
States supply trains. We reached the val.
ley of Salt Lake about July lot, 1853, and
found the City Of Saints abandoned. On
cur march ~ Cedar Valley We met them 70.
turning to their homes, pitifully destitute;
some Of ~ rendered them what aid We
could. and lived to zee how like venomouc
serpents they repaid it l have crouched
beneath the tyrant yoke of the One Man
Power of Utah and know well many Of the
dsstardly acts of tyranny that have been
used to crush every man not Mormon.
One ut their dogmas IL that Q man outside
ut the pale of the church cannot prosper.
ard here 10 an instance how they establish
It: An industrious man named Williams.
married 1srmon girl. He had great
many cattle. BY mistake hs branded calf
belonging to one of the SAINTS. He was
brought up before one of the doorkspcrs Of
hell-s Mormon Judge If Probate and fined
600 and costs. That 10 how the ''yellOv
dog" dogmas ere proven.
You,. truly.
FRANK STEvENa
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