Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-29
MORMONs IN MEXICO. .
A Protest Against sweeping Condcm.
nation Of the Latter.day Saints.

lTroB Daily Tisiesl
While am no apolOgizer for any
wrung.dolng ON the part Of any man,
be he jew or GENTLE, Mormon or
pagan, am unwilling 10 see mirrepfe-
sensations Of people whom | know TO
he n moral and ns law abiding NJ any
other class In the United States, aud
among whom am proud 10 number
many friends. Ithas been for many
years quite the fad IN denOunce the
Mormons, and there never are want
Ing writer's who are ready 10 i'll their
sails with the breeze from the popular
side, without regard 10 the Justice or
correctness Of the statements they
may make. For two or three genera
tiOns nothing has been too abusive 10
hufl Mt the MOrm0ns, but take them ~
people, or man for man aud woman
for woman, believe they will COM
pare favorably with any other IN the
country. Time is fast proving this to
bo the vAe, aud the old Mormon.
batting notion u rapidly being rele.
gated 10 the same position In public
estimation ~ the long -baniahed Witch
burning and other interesting amuse.
mcnts Of our New England forofath.
cts.
A FEw sTATfT1cs.
For general information will the
ever courteous editors Of the Tinios per.
nit me to give a few statistics2 lquolc
from "rhe History VI Utah." by
Huber Howe Bancroft, whose histories
Of the various states and territories ~
the Pacific slop. are acknowledged
authority, whose "Naiivo Races NJ
the Pacific States" enjoys world.
Wide reputation. In his preface 10 his
work on Utah Mr.. Bancroft says;
"ln regard TO the quality Of evidence
| have encountered lin investigating
the history Of the M0rmons | viii say
that never before has II been my lot 10
meet with such mass Of mendaClty.
Mark the term used. The attempts
" almost I'll who have written upon
the subject seem TO have been 10 make
out chsc rather than TO state facts.
OF course, by any religious sect dealing
largely In the supernatural, fancying
itself under the direct guidance Of God,
iia daily dolngs n standing miracle,
comningling In all the ordinary affairs
Of lie, prophecies, special Interpret.
lions and revelations with agriculture,
commerce and manufactures, we
must oxpcctto ilnd much writtenwhloh
none nut TINT got eau accept ms
true. And ia relation 10 or.
posing evidence, almost every bOok
that has been put forth respecting the
people Of Utah by one not n Mormon
IN full Of calumny, each author appar-
emily ondeavoring to Hurpass hlsprcdo.
ccss0r In the llbertinism " abuse.
Most " these are written In "a hen-a-
tlonal style, and for tho purpose u dc.
rlvlng profit by pandering TO vitiaied
public taste, aud are wholly unreliable
M 10 fncts."
vOUCHED FOR As CoRREcT
with these statements six years. In.
Innate observation Of the Mormon pc0.
pie and their traduccrH In Utah com.
pels mo 10 agree. The Mormons have
taken tho Bible literally and as q whole
~ their guide In life, not merely fer
one dhy In the week but for seven, ana
their traducers have WED with each
other In their efforts 10 publish Wide
spread among the people Of the East
the most wilfully mendacloua state
mentH, dlstorting every word, thought
and act Of tho Mormona, and
placing upon each tho most son
sational and misleading conptruc-
ton possible, until tho infOrma-
tion that the public generally has been
accustomed TO rely upon has become n
tissue Of fable and ialslty In compar.
ison with which the tales Of Baron
Munchausen Were gospel truth. Asa
press reporter, newspaper correapon'
dent, AN editor and u Telegraph opera
tor, my facilities for getting ut tho true
inwardne-s Of the situation during
my life In Utah were unusually IA.
vorablo.
THE FIGURES.
Now lot me give bOme speaking
statistics brought down 10 1889, and
complied from the census Of 1850, from
police and ponltentlary reports and
from the reports Of the territorial
commissioners appointed under the
Edmunds bill, promising that the
Mormons outnumher the Gentiles In
Utah nj least ten ~ Onc. OF the Grim.
inals arrested during the time specl.
fled there were for murder, man
slaughter and all assaults endangefing
life,3l7 non.Mormons 10 II Mormons;
for rape, . non.MormOns 10 Mormon;
for prostitution and similar crimes,
100 non.M0rmOns 10 I Mormons,
for drunkenness, 5gi non.Mormons 10
100 Mormons; for disturbing the peace,
Ill non. Mormons 10 % Mormons, for
vagrancy, lI7 Mormons TO Nor
mon; AMI NO on throughout the list, the
grant totals In the comparison being
1873 nOn.Mormon criminals b 905
Mormon, and this In a section where
the latter Outnumhrr the former ten 10
one. In the face ~ such fncts as these,
how absurd to talk about "persons who
persistently defy both law and NOR.
ality,' when this facts show that In
community where these "prpons"
number ten TO every one Of the non.
Mormon class, ten Of the latter arc
criminals 10 one OF the former!
WILL NOT ABANDON U1AIL
The Mormon people have never done
or said n thing TO indicate anything
like an exodus from Utah. And the
reliable "news" manufacturers, "
whose able reports Bancroft aays
"Never before has II been my lot 10
meet with such mass OF mendaoliy,"
those who for years have lived by ira
duclng and plunderlng the Mormons,
would be the first 10 oppose such an
exodus. In the words OF an eminent
representative Of this class, they would
repeat what he himself said. eve
don't want 10 drive you MOrmOns out.
We want you 10 10 on oultlyatlng your
farms aud building zap the Territory
Al We want IL the Offices" As regards
me Mormon settlements In Mexico,
they are simply aud solely the result OF
inc overflow Of an industrious aud ON
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