Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-01
FORGING HISTORY.
statements by Hoilisier and Ilin
Examined.

Ia
.,,,,ct vas laid do,vn In this
Mo''uVn ''.... -. 80. 80
city. Auuf'ssus WIZ li'ue "Y W 80
Hollis,cr aud i. &. INN THESE men
h.y. both been In Utah for years.
80. ho,h h.en rabld antl. Nor.
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mons. iney "'o wv" '"''''"V'' -"
historians.
ttollister pays the Buchanan army Of
,ss- ,.as ann, IN Utah Ia install the new
1921 VS. ', -. p.J.,.I o,cor,
governor M" o""'' 'u o..'7'
The records show that that army was
..ut 10 Utah TO put down a. rebellion.
r., ,... IA. Abatement mad, by the
ln'' - Ii,
President 10 '"o eoui'ii"""'''"-V
OF the army and by him repeated 70
the commander OF the forces sent 70
Utah.
The tact Ia, however, that there was
no more rebellion IN utah then thhn
there IL today. Adventures and Fed
efal officers who could not obtain con-
troll Of Mormon women or use Mormon
men 10 Oil their own purses, wilfully
and maliciousiy lied to buchanan until
they made him believe that the Nor
UlNHr wa rs
government. There was no rebellion
and that TACT was brigham fOung'r
excuse for keeping the approaching
army out Of the Territory until the
President should send men 70 see what
the real situation was. IL took them
about two days 10 see that the Nor
mons had been clearly In the right,
aud when the army came into the val
Les n Hid "A kgaffAa lutlF. III pnInei
on terms proposed by brigham hnd
accepted by Buchanan's special am
bassador.
Had the MormOns boon IN rehcllion
nothing OF the KIND could nave Oc-
cured, because one OF MIR. Buchanan's
commissioners was so preludiccd
against the MormonH that he expressed
himself 10 tue effect that he would IKE
TO zee them put TO tho sword, ana YET
they were NO clearly right That lie had
TO consent TO giving them their own
terms In an honorable peace.
HOLSTER, abiding TO the coming OF
the California volunteers In 1869, says
government at Washington thought
heat 10 station troops hcre.h He con.
voys the Idea that the troops were sta
toned here because there was danger
ola Norman uprising against the gov.
eminent. The intimation has no baAis
IN fact. III were To say that govern
ment sent the California volunteers here
because II was afraid to trust them nj
the front, 40 full Of the spirit Of rebel.
lion was California, l would, In all
probability, be nearer the truth than
HOLSTER Is In his insinnation.
In 1862 the Mormons were just be'
10. N.
scourge that had been upon them from
and then what was worse than grass.
hoppere, the malice OF lying bigots aud
adventures VINO succeeded In getting
an army sent out against thom. ono
OF the best Federal officers ever sent u
Utah was Governor Cumming, and
the Mormon Utah Militia kept him
showed In Mt Camp Scott living on
mule meat without salt for nonths.
He no sooner saw the Mormon people
AMI the real condition OF affairs than
he sent word 10 the commander Of that
army that there was no rebellion.
holster II now ~ he has been ior
iseniy years m unreliable writer on
all matters touching the Mormon
people.
Again, HOLSTER u Withholding
something when he gives the origin OF
the church that laid the cornerstone on
Tie occasion named above. The
young Mems Literary Association"
was acompany OF infdel-. indepen-
dence Hall did not, as u matter Of fact,
belong TO any church In the outset.
twas to he an independent hall In
which any and everybody who
wanted TO speak should have
hearing. That LOT OF
men who called themselves "Free'
thinkefs" should deed their property
asa gilt TO n church that has been
working ever since In conjunction with
all other churches OF its Kind on the
continent TO obtain control OF the gov
eminent ana Danish frccthinkers from
NE country, only proves how little
mink" there was among the "frees"
anu IA evidence that, Ms n matter OF
fact, they were only advonturers who
would serve any power that would
gmliiy thelr wishes.
The ffeethinker Of Utah are un-
uoubtedly the most iuiotic freaks In the
country. In playing into the hands Of
me Liberal party they are simply
helpinR To put Into the control
oihe United States government ncom.
Dlheu priesthood that has declared that
no "infdcp" or "atholsp should b.
Tolerated on Christian ground"
As 10 nm, l want 10 call attention
what ! believe TO be fraudulent sta.
uucs. lie says the Congregational
church has had 1000 children In IL
schools In this Territory, "threo.
ioutthu OF them being OF Nor.