Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-09
sMALLSESs AND BIGOTRY.

copies Of paper published in Aber
deem. Scotland, which exhibit tn,
bigoted and brutal sentiments en-
tertained by narrow-minded fanat
les toward the Latter-day Saints
The writer OF the following com
munication addressed TO the Aber
deem PAPER is appropriately named
Robert Small, and is a resident Of
Massachusetts,, this country:
al understand certain Mormon FL
ders are still at work in Aberdeen,
from the fact that quite few converts
10 that detestable faith arrived here a
short time ago bound for the West.
What makes it look bad IS that mos
OF the converts were girls from the
north Of Scotland. Considering the
sand that the United States Govern
ment has taken towards this obnox-
ious faith, and the infamous results Of
polygamy, it Is quite astonishing TO
me why the authorities Of Aberdeen
don't try TO protect their young girls
from being lured from their happy
homes by unchristian, immoral 'El-
ders'
and. sir, II the authorities Of Aber-
deem would apply the cruel lash TO
those Mormon Elders instead Of en-
ploying an old soldier to apply the
Russian mode OF logging upon chill
dren, they would gain the respect and
esteem Of every Christian nation in
the world.
Speaking about fioEging children
I think it is disgrace 10 Aberdeen.
Why not fog the parents that show
their children bad exampleG In %
cases out Of 100 children live as they
are reared. Would fiogging be toler-
sted in America? No, sir. Any one
who would dare suggest the idea to fog
children would in very short space
of time be found dangling by the
neck on some convenient lamp-post.
We on this side Of the water believe in
freedom. rights. and justice.
LAS I am an Aberdonisn by birth,
my heart naturally leans toward my
native home. Seeing an account Of
Mormon converts arriving in Castle
Garden from the north Of Scotland,
made up my mind 20 write to your
evening paper, il possible to awaken
public opinion on the subject.
winding up this rather rambling
letter, would advise the people OF
Aberdeen to follow the example Of the
people Of Charleston, s. c., in the en-
teriainment given to two Mormon
Elders who were trying TO procure
converts. I send a clipping out OF
the Boston Globe describing the above
incident.
Following is an extract from the
Boston GIo5e dispatch furnished the
Aberdeen paper by the small man
o; Massachusetts:
Last nighta band OF enraged citi-
zens. all OF whom were masked. went
10 the house Of J. A Gordon, where
they lthe Mormon Eldersl were stay
ing, and, after having seized and tied
them, gave them a coat OF tar and
feathers and rode them on a rail.
That did not satisfy some Of the
men, who, although the Elders begged,
gave them a severe beating, and
forced them to leave the county for
good
They were fired upon several
times IS they were running away, but
il Is not supposed they were hurt, as
they did not stop"
1t viii be observed that this man
with a mind in harmony with his
name has n very small opinion Of
''every Christian nation in the
world, 3" As he believes that the affec-
ton and esteem this great mass o:
humanity would be turned toward
the Aherionian authorities If they
would follow his british instincts
and break the law OF the land
and Of humanity by whipping
persons who are innocent Of any
offensa against God or man. He
further exhibits his infinitesimai
idea Of ''freedom, rights and JUSTICE
by recommending that all those he
trampled under foot and that the
inhabitants Of Aberdeen become Z
bowling masked mob, and, like
towards and dastards, tar and feather
defenseless men, ride them on a rail
and seek to murder them by dis
charging firearms at them.
The small man Of Massachusetts
seems to have been born in the
wrong age. He would have been al
home had he lived in the days OF
the faggot, the iron bedstead and all
the other instruments Of torture ap.
piled to primitive Christians by meu
OF his limited calibre and internal
instincts. The people of Aberdeen
ought to Tepudiate him as too small
and too vindictive for recognition
by freedom-loving people.
We are pleased to note the fact
that the editor OF the paper in
which the letter Of Robert Small
appeared was just enough and lib.
eral enough to admit to its columns
the following appropriate reply:
Under the above heading in youl
issue Of April Is notice a letter thai
Immediately interests me, as I have
the honor Of belonging to wha; Mr..
Small styles "that most detestabls
faith" but, correctly speaking, the
Church Of Jesus Christ. Now, sir, in
the first place, the innocent and over.
anxious Mr.. Small falsely asserts tina
a lot Of emigrants, mostly youn.
women from the north Of Scotland
arrived there, bound for the west
am prepared to prove that not on,
young woman in any way connected
with what Is commonly called Nor
monism has left the north OF Scotland
IN the past twelve months. Thos,
doubling the correctness Of this state
ment will be furnished with sub
staniial proof from the undersigned.
LAS for the Mormon Elders beins
tarred and feathered in South Carolina
1 am not prepared al present to dis
prove ii; but, from the advice Mr.
Small gives the good people OF Aber
deem in his interesting letter, it il
easily seen how much federation Their,
is in his makeup, and there is Nc
doubt in my mind that il tn.
Elders have been tarred IL la,
been through malicious letters as void
Of truth as the one that has called fortI