The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-10
SALT LAKE DAILY SUNDAY JULY TO- 1881 SIXTEEN PAGES

ment, and L have at last come to
look upon it with some degree OF
equinimity and calmness.
In this veraciOuS memoir of my
origin and birth L wish to relate
only what is true for would scorn
all honor and success brought by a
lie. But this is an age Of icono-
clasts, innovations, discovery and
change and no statement we can
make will pass entirely uuchallan-
ged. Therefore, when / state that
aOGS born, some kind. contentious
soul, eager to set me right, may say
l am mistaken. That physiological
ignorance, religious fanaticism, big
otry or political hate, impels me,
strange as it may seem, to make
such a bewildering statement-there
lies hidden beneath it some deep,
reasonable design against the laws
and Constitution of our country, or
the salvation of the human race.
But as history is the account of eye
witnesses to the event, in the first
place, so likewise is it with biogra-
ply; and, as have the testimony
of my father and mother, as well as
that Of several reputable, truth re-
failing old ladies, who unitedly bear
testimony to what they saw and
heard, I'haVe come at last to the I'M
changeable belief that I was born.
Though have no strawberry on my
arm, no mole on the back of my
neck, as my toes and fingers are
right in number and form, yet they
as well as myself, are confident l
was not changed and somebody else
born instead of me, Neverfail Good
enough.
Having transmitted and infused
into the minds of others somewhat
of the belief that l entertain myself,
that l was born at sometime or
other, and that | was certainly there
when the event took place, l am
confident the faith of the reader will
be Quickened and the interest will
be increased in what l may have
further to relate. / will strive to be
more truthful and explicit than are
many who write to their distant
friends of the wonders and strange
corruptionS and sins they have
seen and are still seeing in Utah |;
for it is a peculiar physiological
fact, that when strangers come
here they often see double and
even threelold and in very truth, l
have heard it seriously stated, that
some persons are SO strangely affect
ed by the altitude of our mountain
home, or by an invisible moral at
mOSphere, or by spirital influences,
as to see things that no one else can.
| Vouck for this not on my own au-
thority alone, though that's respect
able enough to convince all lovers of
the truth but, likewise, by the unit
ed testimony of the members of the
Dryasdust Society for the Propoga-
ton of universal truth. To say such
distinguished and diSinterested in
vestigatOrS are BIASED, or sWayed
in their report by prejudice, reli-
gious, sectarian, or political bitter
ness, is too sweeping a declaration
for even our enemies to believe, for
all who know of the workings of our
society and the calm, deliberate and
truthful course pursued in all our
investigations, will readily admit
the inconsistency and maliciouSness
of such charge. [ have given my
thought and attention somewhat to
the cure of this evil, as well as di-
rected the laborS of the society in
that course and we hope to win event
ual success to the eXtinguishment
Af pI1H hn n
cult, though an honorable one, yet
we are trying to patent a machine to
turn prejudiced persons eyesight
inwardly, so that he may see his own
faults first, last and all the time, so
much that he cannot find flaws in
others characters and beliefs, until
he gets rid of his own. But to do
this effectively we must keep. him
unconscious of the operations of the
machine, as at present, it is far
too noisy in its workings and re
quires an expenditure of too much
gas and wind from ourselves to be
agreeable to either party.
Having demonstrated, or proved,
that l was born, / doubt not many
are astonished that it should be so,
knowing as little of the benefits 1
expect to bestOw upon the world.
But I claim no particular preemi-
nence on that account, leaving my
reward to time and poSterity, yet
would be pleased if all others were
equally as meritOrious and modest.
[ know fact interesting to me may
not be always interesting to others,
but such [ believe to be the candor
and generosity Of my readers, that
they will at least grant me a hearing
and not wish me in Hades, until [
am proven worthy of no other abid-
ing place. The truth-teller is often
sent to Coventry through no other
fault than that of telling the truth;
and while we are content to hear it
of another we are FESTIVE when it is
applied to ourselves. A pretty wo-
man likes to be told of her beauty,
though she may not like to hear that
of another enlarged upon, and we
can bear the infiction of being call
ed wise, while denying the gift Of
wisdom to our rivals. But the pa
tenting and introduction of our ma
chine will do away with a great
deal, if not all of this contention, as
we expect to make it equally eff
ficaciOus for Office-hOlders, Office
seekers, ministers, miners, or me-
chanics, opening the eyes and I'M
derstandings of those in authority
az we'll &c tho oovarDod shaving the