Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-21

answer Brigham gave him made US
al laugh and have always had a
great deal Of respess for him since
al have enough said he. TO keep
me from interfering with other mems
wives and daughters
This answer, while not the first
time he had made it, was new to US"
The correspondent, who scribbles
over the nom dc plume OF ''Obser-
ver," asserts that Mr.. Huntington
is an '-ass." This epithet is not
original, and can hardly be pre-
sumed TO issue from a high-.oned or
intellectual source; neither is it a
very forcible argument against the
consistent and truthful opinion en-
tertained Of the sMormonss by the
gentleman 10 whom it is applied.
As 4 consequence, and seeing that
it comes from q sneak who makes
personal attacks over a fictitious
name, It causes its user to assume
an aspect OF unauthorized imbe-
cility.
Passing from the unargumentative
attack Of 'aObserver. who is care
ful, like the usual run OF character
assassins, to screen h irself from OBJ
servation, it is in order to say some
thing about the editorial comments
on the same subject. The editor of
the paper referred to Introduces 4
mixture which is a curiosity, being
combination Of alleged moral
ethics aud brutal abuse. The article
is lengthy, but a portion Of the clos
ing paragraph will give fair idea
Of its quality, and it is, therefore
here inserted:
1--WE are glad OF it, because i.
the interview shows that deep
down c. P. Huntington must have
been base-born and basely bred,
and that he has no idea Of morals
except that class OF morals which
keeps g business engagement: The
pitiful thing about II is that he puts
himself on record as man who has
no moro respect for women than
Brigham Young himself had.
There is one lovely feature about the
character of c. P. Huntington. When
he comes 10 die there will be a vast
fortune to be distributed, and in the
distribution there viii no: be one
tear OF regret that the man who
amused the fortune was called upon
in the regular course Of nature to
die"
This attack on Mr.. Huntington's
morality IS ostensibly made on the
basis Of the gentleman having APP
/ preciated a remark said to have
been made by President Young,
which only, in q pleasant way, iH-
timatsd 10 his auestioners that his
/ domestic concerns were his own
business. The real cause Of the
fury Of the Tribune, however, ia that
the distinguished gentleman said a
good word for the "Aiormons.H The
close Of the quotation is indicative
OF vindictiveness that isappalling,
reaching close to the point Of de-
string Mr.. Huntington's death.
Gall and spite could scarcely go fur
Their.
The richest phase Of the article,
however, liesin the absurdity Of the
editor Of the Paper in question at
lacking the gentleman on whom he
opened his batteries or anybody else,
on the ground Of morality, seeing
that his own plane in that respect
could not well be lower than he
himself has announced it as being.
As evidence Of this We have but to
quote from an editorial under the
caution OF ''What Utah Wants.
which appeared in that paper some
/ time ago.
We quote from IL:
"Apropos ofthe new and petty war re-
I Gently started By the Municipal government
/ on the women OF the town, the liq1or deal
I ers and the gambling fraternity, oae Of the
1 enemy said 20 US the other day: 1T may
! be Z hard thiGg 10 say. and perhap harder
Z stili 10 maintain, but 7 believe that billiard
I halls, saloons and houses Of III fame arc
more powerful reforming agencies here in
[ Utah Than churches and schools. or even
/ than the T,iiaHe. What the young Nor
/ mons want Is to be free So lorg Is they
| are slaves, Il mltiers not much TO what or
/ TO whom, they are and they can be noihiar.
] Your churches are as enslaving as the
/ MorrronChGrch.Y ourp party is as bigoted aud
4 Irtoierant as theAiounon party.Af ali events
rejoice when l see the young Mormon
koodiums playing billiards. getting drunk,
running with bad women-anything 10
break the shaokIes they were born in. and
that every so-called religious or viriuous
] influence only makes the stronger. Some
OF them will q quite TO the bad. Of course,
poor SIKH and since there Il no good reason
why they we're begun for let them soon be
done Tor, ani the sooner the better. Most
OF them, however, Will som weary OF vice
and dissipation, and be all the stronger for
the knowledge Of II and Of its vanity. At
tie very least they will be free, and II is Of
such vital consequence that a man should
be free, that n my opinion his freedom is
cheapiy won n th- cost Of some familiarity
W.ta low lie. aud while i; Is not desirable
in itself, l. is TO me toIerable. because II
. appears 20 offer the only inducement strong
enough TO eHtice nea out Of slavery iaIo
( freedom"
! The foregoing, which was en-
bodied ia an editorial article pur-
ported TO be the remarks of
"LiberalD to the editor Of the
Tribune, ana the comments Of the
( latter upon this horrible theory Of
graduation, approved Of it, as will
be seen by the following quotations:
-Frresoa is s5s srrf roq-isite Of manhood.
! aud i q can BE- ron Iritho-sf n esses 50 much
( az 5stieT. IRA orHt, Hsrer mind the erocsses,
I-iH fhe .Nreaiou- 1t - nc; you who are
I responsible. when it comes TO that; it is
those that have enslaved you
The situation assailed by this spe-
cies Of journalism is simply this:
The teachings and requirements of
the Church are necessarily strict in
relation to the moral conduct Of its
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