Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-06

some halt OF wholly ulhnOuutaoie eN'H
/ In the Interests Of mon oflnflueuce, by
an appointment TO of1ice In this distant
Territory. Others, not 40 bad, have
owed their appointments to kinship or
friendship with persons In power
| Others still have been men OF chsIac'
ter and ability, In every way worthy
Of the honors placet upon them anu
the positions given them 10 I'LL. rms
IL tEus Of men Of both classes--th0so
whom the Saints have looked upon
rs enomies, and those whom tnoy
have regarded as friende. Some, the
most unfelrntlng 10 their opposition TO
the MormOns, have still been respected
by them, aud that very properly, NJ
sincere und upright men, who having
adopted the mistaken notion that Nor.
monism was a system Of lust and
treason, a menace 10 the Christian or
monogamic home, and TO American
Institutions In general, have deemed
II y patriotic and even religious duty
10 DO all IN their power 10 cxtirpato II.
rhis class have beon both official aud
unofficial. On the other hand, the
Normons, with equal proprisiy, have
considered come who have fought
them and their religion as men OF no
nypocrites, masking for personal ends
as patriotic fef0rmefs. This class have
also been official and unofficial. These
sincere anu pseudo pattivte, these real
and sham reformers have at times
united, with all the Gcntiles, and made
common cause against Mormonism.
Hand iu hand with them have been
found many stceders from that faith,
II A.
immoral and disreputsble, aud most OF
them bitter and unforgiving, ~
apostates generally afv.'-Pagcs 672
aud 579.
al think these extract. will serve to
show that II ~ my purpOse 10 DO i'm.
partial, anu 10 speak N men anu things
us they are. OF course my book IL not
an anti. Mormon work. Who expected
that II would be2 But neither IL II n
defense VI Mormonism. IL 10 what II
claims to be--s history of Utah.
zone more word aud am done.
You say: 'rhe writer seems 20 be I'M
conscious that TO make out his story ne
charges direct cruelty upon the men Of
Missouri, the men Of Illinois and the
Government OF the United States be.
fore the Saints came here and up 10
the time OF the closiag OF this volume
Pardon me; but you certainly are
mistaken. So far as the Government
ia concerned, | not only seem but
| am unconscious Of the truth of
what you say. There 10 not = line
In the whole book that | know OF that
would bear such n construction. But
am perfectly conscious, | Hssure you,
that | do charge direct cruelty upon
the men OF Missouri aud lllinOis-that
l., upon such OF them n were cou.
cerned In the prosecutions Of the
Saints In those States. The massacre
at Hsun's Mil, Missouri, was no less
cruel and cowardly than the massacre
at Mountain Meadows; and the murder
Of Joseph aud Hyrum Smith, In
Carthage Jail, Illinois, was, In every
way, rs treAcherous anu indeiensible
as the assassination Of Or. Robinson In
the streets OF Salt Lake City. All
were foul and camnnble deeds, by
whomeyer perpctrated, aud impartial
history has right TO pass upon them
~ such. Very respectfully,
o. +. WHITNEY.
"aIay 81, 1872"
This appeared In the paper to which
II was addressed, and three column.
are occupied with M attempted re
Joiner, which amounts TO nothing but
n repetition OF = former charge that tn,
"History" 10 not history because Il
leaves some things out This IL ll,tl,
more OF the critics peculiar logic. Oh
the same rule, a History Of the United
States would not be history, II 1t die
not include n detailed statement OF Tia,
critics miserable failure In running
for office in Utah, the explo ded false
hoods which tn Tribune has set forll
for facts, and n full account Of the ris,
and fall OF the bogus Tuscaroras. Ac
cording TO his notions II History OF Utal
Ia not history, unless II contains III,
fables and libcls about the "Mormons'
that have been invented or adopted by
thu Salt Lake Tribune.
Here Is another sample OF the crltic'i
logic az. He disposea OF the undeniabl,
facts OF Judge Crailcbaugh,s imam
Gus course In Utah, by the Statement
that he "happcnod TO know him per
sonally and helped to lower his bod,
into the grave" This may all be true
but 1t would constitute n very poo
refutation OF the facts OF history, an,
as n certificate OF character would h
Judged from its source. But a. an Al
gument sgainst the plain narration o
Cradlebaugh's judicial vagarlos, II
childlshness II too silly oven Tor laugh
tor.
30 with his attempt at reply 4
Bishop Whitney's refutation OF hi
criticism about the Mormon Battalion
The Bishop shows that the "Mormon
camped on the Missouri when tn
Battalion was called for by the Gov
ernm emit, could not know that "CalI
fornia was practically conquered,
rs alleged by the critic, b'
cause "CaiifOrnis was nearly tw
thousand miles away with no railroad
and no tslcgrnphs iniervoning;" an
It took news six months to travel froi
the Missouri to the Pacific coast.
Here Ia this critics. loglcalt?) reJoinde
GLOW coul the Battalion have oXpoc
|! oil not to meet nm open foe In the iielt
Simply beca use Fremont was inCaliiorn
with small command aud had ordel
to practically capture tho state, aud ,
4 | 1id commanders Slo ul aud Stockton