The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-04
Comparison of the Past
4 and Present
OBJECTIONS OF A UTAH MAN.
Dosi-es Some Protective Mea-
d sures adopted for His Future
Benefit.
Lin If TIE HERALp:

20 70 know as much as the average
T,t.b Commissioner of the "Edmunds'
-.rietv I would have addressed my
,aIfto them, but that their duties are SO
M and they have so little faith in
.be;r own capacity, that l might have
- wait until the matter could be laid
tsfore the digpitaries in Washington FOR
,be;r Danielitjsh judgment.
NV case is too urgent for such delay,
md as i have read THE HERALD ever
sir-e It was founded, and have often
baen benefited by its wisdom, l come TO
;tosa ,ried and trusty friend.
Of course, you know. nv manner Of
80 now ! have sought IN honesty, to
briid I'D the desert and to help people
+bo waste places; l have been Nor
non 'I1 . Some consider me one NOW, but
m irving TO serve two masters, ] have
felt something OF a disposition TO love
one and hate the other, or to cleaye to
one and despise the other; ior one says,
Won NAV or must" and the other, You
mustn't ana SHdH l. -NO", OC-
fore this contention was as de-
c;ded, as now, l thought the liberty
NJ one included all the rights of
the other, and as religious liberty was
claimed to be circumscribed IN Amerl-
can freedom left my native land when
int youth my father had taught me
Of the tyranny of monarchy, for he was
chartist: and he looked forward to the
time when American theories and priii-
cples would supplant the antiquated
practices of the mother country.
Spending some time IN re land OF
the free and the home OF tn rave |
finally drIfted with the hoodtide OF
western emigration and found myself In
salt Lake CITY. | began 10 sympathize
'giih the "Mormons, and looking upon
their persecution and fight westward as
Lheresult of local prejudice and jealousy
I studied their faith, and finding it to
harmonic with the book | had been
taught 10 read at home, and in the
Sabbath School and in the church TO
which I belonged. became Nor
mon" Oh, years have fed since then
and have not been an unfaithful man
10 the theories l received. | finally took
IL wife or two besides the first. and |
have had children by them all. had
uOt realized any wrong il this. | never
heard of any one else wanting them,
There was no quarrel OH hand,
no iyals that knew any
thing of. If there had l might
have felt some pride in this as men do
in other directions when they are able
10 oyerreach a neighbor, or l might
have given them all up 70 better
claimant! Still thought well of my
wives The fact that had them did not
lessen their value in my estimation. l
never dreamt that they came TO me
because nobody else wanted them, /
vas satisfied, and they were satisfied,
oZ- children as they grew up Were salts
fed also, and we were pretty agreeable
al round, and should have so remained,
bat our bene6Cent government realizing
that our burthens were heavy in
country where many do not and cannot
marry al all: in sympathy have gone to
work for our deliverance: notwithstand-
ing our redemption of the desert, our
raising 81 so numerous posterity, they
seek 10 bring US into disrepute and to
deprive Us not only of our political
privileges, but of our social privileges
also; they might have made appropria-
tons to help Us out of trouble. One bill
after another has gone through Con-
EresS imposing pains and penalties"
lqlr our relief from that which we did in
;dl good faith, legislation I presume
"e'ng cheaper Than appropriation
Snce these bills were passed We haze
sustained chr families, our children
have been SchooIed and clad,
and they want visit from
lhel7 fathers now and then,
'lAl he fathers wants u see them, if
Vai! 10 say good morning = or good
evening as the case may be; some Of
mem are SICK at times. and We have
i'e' lQst all interest, we want to know
now !hey are getting on, but we under
s1ah" mat there are spies in the land, g"
A@1 they walk to and iro before
ONT houses, ana in the dark and
stiiy nigh, listen at the key holes
ana peek under the blinds. It is hard to
heteVe, ] know. but these things are
IlKed IN this one slave Territory of Il
S9lee Tree land. BUT, Mr.. Editor. pro-
1aeiy y,on know more about this than |
60, ana Il 20 will apologize, and come
u me question l wanted to ask.
Gan goa tell where car get :. permit
OF license TO call and see MY folks.
one mat viii include an extra visit. if
any q Iham are sick; and one also that
can oe elslly read ANA understood by
even Ihe most tHrtive spy? If IL had a
Piee 81 uihcial ribbon 10 il and a big
seal these deputy marsha,s vhs
caHnGt read good, would not
mistake he!ibbon and seal. and by an
elsZ leCSed Subpoena take Us down to
NJ: h2haI. 70 answer either far Polly
"a lor Lass. Cchsb. I hardly think the
.Sty could give permit or = license. be-
cduse The courts seem to usnrp all the
loos III Which there /. money. but
$neEe does he authority resi-? ! had
ne Commissioners in my mind once.
theLi got Oh on to the Governor. then
. ne Secretary. but further reflection
sS-l, JQdg' Zane is the man; bur there
Ss,.;lls. dit!talty n all these places, and
nay. nave hrilly thought (if yol. think so
tool thac Attorney Dickson would be
,Ae man; IS he could "divvyn with his
associate associate Narian, the programme and
M n, % sGiS the circumstances.
a., II SGra.ei with the protection of the
voutlS' and recognized by all the deputy
s sna: .shalts, q man might visit. now and
tts slA Nose who have been near and dear
~ s'i y IN The haicyon days OF the past;
NV. i lcf fear al opportunity, q weak
Iian would likely bc lei astrav.
~, ~ 5ot deputize 4 guardian OF sort OF
subsidiary SUBS deputy, that our family ties
~ t,ol oe Kept intact and looked after by