The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-19
HOLDING UPAMIRROR
Wherein Some Liberals May See
Themselves as Others See Them.
AN OLD SALT LAKER'S VIEWS.
Omaha and Salt Lake Compared-A Remark
able Eastern Winter-A "Pome1 on
La Grippe.

spondence of THE HERALD. THE CHRIST
MAS HERALD is at hand 1t is a splendid
Illustration of western push and enter
prise, both in general makeup and in the
advertisements; and is a great credit to its
originators and promoters. | have as vet
had leisure merely to look through its col
umns in a cursory manner, but, even in
this hurried glance at its contents,
THE MOST NOTICEABLE ARTICLES
to my mind were the review of the years
that have passed." by George Q. Cannon,
and the editorial upon Judge Anderson
and Mormon Treason Both clear, forci-
bic, and logical, they expose the weakness
of the positions assumed by the Liberal
gang, and their conclusions are irresistible
= because of the solid foundations upon
which they rest. The article by President
Cannon should make many Liberal blush
with shame as he reads the singing words,
eloquent with the impress of historical
truth, and picturing in vivid colors the
prosecutions from which the Mormon
people have suffered, and which
are so disgraceful to the boosted
Loerality and civilization of the
nineteenth century. Can any man, calmly
and without prejudice, study the history
OF the Mormons, and then join hands with
the Baskins and McBrides, the vultures
and fanatics, to continue the abuse and
persecution that have so long been heaped
upon this people?
Read again
THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT CANNON:
1.-THE ingenuity of their enemies have
2 been shown III formulated charges of steal
ing, swindling, immortality, murder, rebel
lion, and at last treason. They were mobbed
and plundered before they came into pos
session of and made beautiful their lovely
gathering spot, Nauvoo. They were
hunted and driven by blood thirsty men
before they developed and made homes in
the Great Basin. An army was sent
against them to exterminate them before
they came into the prosperity which
attended the building of the railroad.
They had to suffer imported officials.
hostile legislation, fines, IMPRISONMENT. and
finally denial of the elective franchise be-
fore their cities came to be regarded
throughout the continent as desirable
places to live, models of sobriety, synonym
Gus with health, beauty, wealth and good
order. Their members have been
ROBBED, MURDERED, DRIVEN, IMPRISONED,
and deprived of the common rights for
which the patriots bled and died"
Dlsgraceful record of the inhumanity of
men! And the scathing editorial review
OF Judge Andersons decision may well be
read, considered and inwardly digested by
that mission iurist, with profit to himself,
particularly the closing paragraph from
Macaulay: ITO punish a man because we
infer from the nature of some doctrine
which he holds. or from the conduct of
other persons, who hold the same doctrine
with him, that he will commit crime is
persecution, and is in every case foolish
and wicked
Macaulay's life was a life of honor, de-
voted to noble ideas; and he loved justice.
He could not look calmly on oppression
Every outrage hurt him like personal
outrage, and whoever attacked liberty be-
came his enemy.
THE LEADERS OF THE UTAH LIBERALS
could profitably spend hours every day
communlng with Macauley and Carlyle, if
their brains were equal to the absorption of
such grand ideas. By this means they might
IN time be brought to realize how great
frauds they are. But if they will not thus
profit, and are determined to continue their
crusade Of plumber and persecution, why
stop at such trif1es as demanding merely
possession by appointment of all the terri
torisl offices down to .school1superinten-
dents and assessors; Why does not
Governor Thomas continue, in the path of
AVA, and request authority also to appoint
Liberal midwives for each election dis
trict, so as to enroll all males at birth and
compel them to imbibe Liberal doctrine
with their mothers milk Why not also
demand the power to appoint officers to
keep watch at every administration of the
sacrament, in order to
coNFIsCATE THE PROPERTY
OF every communicate of the Mormon
church
And let him demand, too, of Congress-
special Legislation empowering the levy of
per cent. tax upon all Mormon property.
real and personal; 5 per cent upon every
transfer OF real estate by Mormons, and 10
per cent upon every article of merchan
dise or personal property sold by member
OF the church of Latter-day Saints. the pro
ceeds to be distributed among the Liberals.
Lhese measures would prove decisively
emcaclous In dlsciplining the recalcitrant
saints, who now do so much kicking at the
plucklng and plundering to which they are
expected to submit smilingly, and with
thanks.
There is one little bit of evidence which
we look Tor IN vain in the proceedings of the
Anderson lnquisition. or in his ESSAY upon
mormon doctrines. This is an extract from
AN ADDRESS BY DANIEL H. WELLS
at the celebration Of the fourth anniversary
of the advent of the Mormons to Salt AXE
valley. This would follow, very appropri
ately, Anderson's diatribe over the reioic
lngs upon the release of said Wells from
contemplate Imprisonment. In this ad-
dress President Wells said: cit has been
thought by some that this people. abused.
maltreated, insulted. robbed, plundered.
murdered, and finally DISTINGUISHED and ex.
patrlated, would naturally feel reluctant
20 again unite their destiny with
the American republic. No wonder il was
thought by some that we would not again
submit ourselves [even while we were vet
scorned and ridiculedl to return TO onr
aileglance to our native country. Remem-
Der that 1t was by the act of our country,
not ours, That we were expatriated; and
then consider the opportunity we had o.
forming other ties. Let this pass, while
we lift the veil and show
THB POLICY WHICH DICTATED Us.
That country, that constitution. those
institutions we've all ours: they are still
ours: Our fathers were heroes of the
revolution. Under the master spirits of
an ADAMS. Jefferson, and a Washington.
they declared and maintained their indie.
pendence. Because demagogues have
arisen and selzed the reins of power. should
we rellnqulsh our interest in that country
mace GEAR 10 US oy every tie of association
and consequently,
''Those who have INDUCED those senti-
ments concerning US, have not read Nor
monlsm Alright; for never no never. will
we desert our country's cause: never will
we be found arrayed by the side of her
enemies, although she herself NAV cherish
them in her own bosom. Although they
may launch forth the thunderbolts of war.
which may return and spend their fur
upon their own.heads, never, 40 never, will
we permit