Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-06
AN IMAGINARY CASE.
A Protest Of Scandinavian Against
ScIrrilOus Article.
Editor Deseret NelcS.

MY attention was yestefuay caliea
to an editorial, which appeared in
the Salt Lake Tribune of December
end, and which was devoted to n
supposed case from Copenhagen. /
was earnestly asked, in behalf Of
many Scandinavians in this city, to
enter protest against the SANDER
Gus insinuations contained therein.
1t lie with some hesitation that l en-
deavor to do so, because it is well
known among the respectable part
Of the community, that the paper
named has long ago placed itself,
both with regard to m1-ality and
literary qualifications, far below the
criticism Of any gentleman. Its
products belong to what in Scandi-
navia is known as "gutter-litera-
ture, "and it is always more or less
unpleasant to stir the contents of
receptacles fer filth. Still, the ex-
posure Of the product referred to
may assist in opening the eyes OF
-A--~--S<z-sa nave IN the
quarter from which such an article
emanated:
The article reads thus:
Imagine a case: A man is at work
in the slums of Copenhagen, he has a
wife and five children; they breakfast
every morning on black bread and a
little piece OF bologna sausage: thew
know nothing of any other country.
except their own; through the dull |
brain of the man there has more than
once stolen thought that il he were
to die II would be hard time for the |
wife and children A Mormon mis-
sionary comes along: he tells that man
II he will only have a change of heart:
II he Will only accept the conditions OF |
tue Mormon faiit, he will be helped |
10 another land. that the Mormon
Church there will secure for him a
farm where he can raise his pipS- his
chickens, his vegetables. his fruit and
where the everlasting fear of star
walton will be taken from his soul.
All that will be required from him
IN return, will he obedience to tho /
power which gives him all this.
and II viii take his note, more.
over, for what Is advanced, and ON
easy terms he can pay it up and he
and his children after him will he
land-holders. That man, that assisted /
emigrant with his wife and children
are brought over and put down in
Salt Lake City, They know nothing
OF this country, it is not possible for
them to learn anything of il; thev are
given nothing 10 read but Mormon
publications, they are taught from the
start that their full obedience must be
to their creed"
After some more language in the
same style, the Concluding wonIs
are:
We would make il impossible for
such men to lay their hands ON Tho
American ballot. and we would do n
on the same principle tina. or govern
ment IL now forging guns and build
ing battle ships, on the principle ira,
every nation has right 10 be iealous
OF Its sovereign power and suspicious
oil every man who will not give to il
true and faithful allegiance" |,
The intent of the article l. to CON-
vey the idea that the Church IL ,
male up OF ignoramuses who are
willing TO sell their souls and their
bodies for a small consideration and
hat such idiots are transported from
Denmark, and this is ground why
'ueh should be denied the privilege
u citizenship. In orier to support !,
MS groundless assumption an un-
impossible case is supposed. 1t
never has had any existence in $
'eality, nor can II have any.
Now, let me remark here, that no /,
warfare is easier than that which Is
vaSed against imaginary enemies.
I requires no heroism to conjure up Il
Zoe and to attack that spectre. 1t b
sometimes done by those depIor- +
be beings who have no heroism "
but whose brains have Il
cen soaked in whisky and per- u
ieareo by tnefumes OF 6Fidin, I'm 81
J deiirium tremers has taken hold 81
them. fet,in this kind of warfare W
he writer Of that imaginary Copen- il
agen case engages. He moJestly OF
My mentions one case, but he. M
o doubt, sees In his wildly q,
Icited visions scores of them. b11
low they hunt him, | can n
e them in my minds eye, those W
lots from the ''slums'' Of Copen- 81,
lgen, where they crawl round ca
i'm, grinning at him, haunting
m, endeavoring to steal the bal. Tn
{ from him. anu sink him into the Ina
ave of korah, Da'han and he
hiram. And he is fighting for his "a
e and liberty, and the aviation ne
the country. DJD Guixotte on i'm,
5 famous Rosinsn.e VAS not more n.
earnest, when he Tough. against wi
e wind mills, taking them to be of
ants, than is this scribe i'm fighting tic
e case he has conjured up before til
Those who are familiar with CO. In
nhagen and with work of the M,
ssionaries OF the Church when in,
road, know that there is not the VIC
Ist semblance of truth in that i'm of
mary case. AFT
the beautiful capital str
has no .'slums'' at all, va
nparei to the sO-callei "slums, an
New York and some larger cities by
the United States. Those who "p
mt II go To the. ''slums" some hel
ere m s. the mark, il they go to s
ienhagcn. no,
The lal,OTers Of Copenhagen are a am
pec:able class of people, every ere
ng considered. True, fthey have L