The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-31
MALICE RUN MAD,

The vilest tissue of falsehood ever put in
circulation against the Mormon people is to
be found in the last weeks issue of the
illustrated serial under the caption, "Wiu
the Mormons Fight.n The Mormons have
suffered more from misrepresentation and
downright lying than any other people of
modern times Anyone at all acquainted
with the amount of falsehood put in circu-
lation against them simply stands aghast at
its volume and variety. And still the filthy
stream, like another Styx, flows on with
undated force and volume, until one is led
to wonder if there is no end to that ingenu-
ity which deals in falsehood and trades in
mendacity. Satan is said to be the father
of lies. Granting that in times past he
may have had same claims to that bad title.
he must yield the palm to some of his chill
dren, for they certainly have out-stripped
him IN downright monumental lying
Judging from the first article of the Sc
ries to be published in the american. we
would conclude that it is the purpose of the
writer to collect all the abominable un-
truths and SANDERS ever uttered against
the Saints, and by cunning continuance in
the weaving of his narrative represent
them as Mormon doctrines, practices and
future intentions. To say that such pur-
pose is oiabolical is putting it mildly That
such is the intent both of writer and pub
Usher is scarcely disguised. The article is
preceded by the paragraph from
President HARRIsoN's late message to
Congress; then comes paragraph
from the pen Of poor, defunct-at least politi-
cally defunct-C. G. GOODWIN, one of those
rhetorical pellets which he sugar coats for
consumption abroad, but which are never
swallowed in the territory where they are
manufactured. 1t is to the effect that if
the Mormons are let alone the time will
come when there will be another call for
volunteers and money; and as before Gn
the times of the rebellion we supposed tens
of thousands of brave young men will &c
away-never to return; as before, there
will be an enormous debt incurred: as be-
fore. the country will be hilloczed with
graves, and the whole land will be
moistened with the rain of woman's tears
The rain Of woman's tears-mirdbilc dictl
We shall not then need to irrigate in Utah
Next comes the dispatch to the New YORK
World in which it is alleged that General
MILES expressed a belief that the Nor.
mons were at the bottom of the present re-
igious craze among the Indians. We now
come to the article.
The writer represents himself as the old
est Mormon in the Rocky noun tains, and
as still a Mormon. Herein is where the
mischief of the foul plot of writer and
publisher most appears. The editor of the
american calls it the mormon reply to
President HARRIsoN's message" The
writer disclaims having anything sensa-
tional to tell. He proposes to leave per
fervid rhetoric to the anti Mormon lee
turers and book makers. He is writing a
plain tale for plain people, not regarding
whether his story is in his favor or against
him. "You ask me-" he writes, whether
the Mormon church is stronger than the
United States? 1 will prove to you that it
is" He then gives an Incorrect account
Of the ANN ELIZA YOUNG divorce
case before Judge McKEAN, in which
BRIGHAM YoUNG was declared guilty of
contempt of court, fined and imprisoned in
the penitentiary one day. Then follows a
cock and-bul story of preparations to
forcibly rescue him from prison, which was
only prevented by the news being flashed
across the wires that Judge mexican was
removed. Here follows this precious
morsel:
Give yourselves no uneasiness," said BRIG
HAM to some OF us, who were anxious lest a
certain bill should pass Congress, 'for 1 have
drawn goodly draft upon the the tithing fund.
When put my hand into one pocket 1 put
Congress into the other"
In this way, that is, by bribery, he claims
the Poland law was emasculated Re
ferring to the passage of the Edmunds-
Tucker law and the appointment of re-
ceiver to take charge of the church prop
erty he says:
We only laughed. Vast amounts and many
varieties Of property were transferred from the
church to private parties during the three days
before the law went into effect The receiver
and the courts received less than one million
dollars-a mere nothing in our enormous wealth
He thinks this illustrates that the Nor
mon church is stronger than the govern
ment. Coming to still later events, he
writes:
When we were striving to secure statehood in
lSs7-Ss, we adopted this programme:
That there should be cessation of speeches
disloyalt to the United States.
That it should be published that all young
Mormons were opposed to polygamy
That territorial convention should adopt q
constitution prohibiting polygamy.
That an amendment to the constitution of the
United States should be proposed in Congress
prohibiting polygamy.
This programme failed to deceive either Con.
gress or the country. So we threw of the mask
we defied the law courts; we gave up hopes OF
getting Utah admitted as state into the union,
and we continued to practice our religion as in
the days of BRIGHAM YOUNG.
And what do we mean to do nows If we can
not purchase legislation in Congress- or buy up
the judges In Utah, tell you frankly we mean
to fight?
Really, for man who disclaims having