The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-12
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bration. In this il shows itself, l
possible, even more utterly destitute
of truthfulness and principle thar
ever before. The HERALD has no
found fault nor hunted for fault
but has endeavored all along to re
pei what it considered malicious
insinuations and downright false
hoods emanating from its down
town neighbor. Criticism is not
fault finding by any means, when
it is based upon even apparently
good reasons; it is rather pointing
ont defects in order that those who
ar8 responsible for them may see
the error of their ways and there
after avoid them. To call names
and resort to utilization is always
the Tribune'S reserve force, upon
which ii relies when beaten, baffled
and driven to the wall. It grimaces
like a monkey and says what its
brain-power doubtless considers
severe things about its opponents,
in order to set on certain quantity
Of idiotic patrons to applauding, this
being its only hope when it can no
longer act the part of manliness
and rebuU the overwhelming proof
arrayed against its statements.
Anybody of mature years and
sound mind knows that there is
such a place as Liverpool, hence
there is no controversy and
nothing to prove as to that /;
but because the assertion that
there is such place comes
from source that would rather die
than eat 4 square meal, does it
therefore follow that all the allega-
lions emanating from that source
are true and do not require proof?
The tribune is notoriOuslY the har-
lot Of the press; 1t lies from the
very lust of lying it hates truth as
the common enemy Of mankind
avoids the light ofday; and because
It accidentally tells the truth once,
does it therefore follow that decent
Deople should not require proof as
To its other utte1ances? Those mat
GERS which are generally and all the
time recognized as facts do not need
its support; they speak for them
selves: but its own allegations are
its own offspring, and the better
part of humanity hereabout want
10 know why they should be COM
Delled to answer the concoctions of
\ professional scandal-mOnger.
We will here take occasion to
state thai the first public demon
stration which occurred in Utah
After its settlement by the pioneers
vas the celebration Of the Fourth
Of July, and there was no flag pre-
sent but the stars and stripes. This
was before the Tribune had an ex-
sstence or the men who now con-
duct it had matured the arts of viii
ication and detraction. There was
as much enthusiasm and "Ameri-
eanism" displayed then as there
has ever been since, and it
was as earnest and sincere
As any feeling which the soul ever
gave birth TO. OF course the cele-
orators on that occasion labored I'M
der some disadvantages; they did
not have a newspaper whose col
umns contained such statements as
that bawdy-houses, gambling dens
and drinking saloons were things to
be commended because leading
Young Utah" out Of MormOnism,
as the Tribufls's columns have con-
tanned; they did not have officials
whose whole career here and else
where was blistering, blasting in
fanny; they did not have laws and
rules which meant one thing for
one party and another thing for an,
ether party; they did not have car
pet-baggers and nondescripts to re-
mind them that they were alto
gether bad and hopelessly incurable
because not agreeing on all points
with their visitors-but they cele-
brated the Fourth all the
same, and did it with as
much spirit and bOisterOus
display as though there had never
been and never would be an oppOn-
ent within thousand miles.
If the Tribune and its cOrporals