Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-15
TAR AND FEATHERS.
Couf. Rclrl Of How nullis WaB
Treated Fiity-lina Yeas A.o.
lmE TIMES ARE CHANGED TODAY
Contrast HcWan the rru.ui Feeling
aud That Which Formerly
was Exhibited.


MANY % your fvalefs hll De iuirr'
cs,cd ~ pciu5o an exso. copy q %
paper in a suit planted 300 ,ug circuit
court at Independence, Jagta3u c0uu.
w. Missouri, In the February term,
1894, ny Bishop Edward Partridge,
plaintiff against niy.0ye m3ub1s
who without color % laW trI4uI anu
dragged him 70 the public square in
Independence, and after aiuH.Us him
Jared and fea,horod him, hi,ur which
they turned him loose. Tue reason 1r
this outrage was bgcauas OF Bishop
Pafifidgu's religious belief in Aplstlcs,
Prophets aud the organization, gl,,.,
blessings aud ordinances q. tue Church
Of Christ
/ personally know The plaintiff, our
esteemed and worthy Bishop Edward
Pattriugc, a. a true iriouu OF tue pgoE
Of liberty aud OF freedom Ui thought.
Iu fe'aSd to his character 20 the time
gi iiillctiHg the cluvltIrH mentioned
upon uiui, us stated Ia hIa .mqlaiut,
will give General WIlfJu' testimony.
Bishop Partridge, btsi'ef being urfu
aud luaihufed, was expelled from his
home uud state. The huy.Gyu mob.
ucr, In their answer now ,0u niu
ln the Independence court, each Uc.
kuoWlodgud that they assistct iu tho
lastardly act, Each one Of tho Huy.
five put in the same answer. TIA. they
did u "in scli.Iefente.D
General wilson was one VI the
chief mlhhofr who helped % drive Out
of the county, aud finally out OF the
slate, ono who was asking tho courts
Tor rUdfcsr, su that he was barred rOm
bringing % Justice BIZ uergruIsra.
General Wilson said 10 T.. Il. Pratt, AMI
ulhcrs; I'VE jackson county boys
know how u u.s., ani therefore have not
tue extreme uatted ami pftjldiue
which characterize thu rett OF the
troops. We know PERFECTLY well from
the beginning that tne M0tmuns have
not been thr nggressprs NJ Hll. A. e.
began In 1888 IN JtCsaIu county,
Nle'ouu, su 10 has been over uiGcu.
W. mob sou without
law; tins authorities refuse 10 protect
you according 10 law. You, then, are
compelled 10 protect yourselves, anu
we act upon the prejudice VI tho pub.
lie, We jJiu forces aud the whole IT,
legalixc' Tor your destruction. Whru
We dr. ~ YOU from Jackson county W.
burned .Ui u your hOUgrs, plundUrud
your gO.tB, destroyed your pres, type
aui paper, books, on sr and oil; taJTrl
AMI iuathrrrd old Bishop PatttiIgu,
ae exemplary au old man as you can
Hui anywhere. Let
sot OF mou serve me on your COM
munity have been served anu I'll he
Id n l would not light I'll 1 died."
General Wilson was engaged with,
~ ho hng already stated, logaligrd
moo, at Far Wtst, on November let,
1888, anu just before making the above
itAtument, he held conversation with
tho Prophet Joseph Smith at tue time
when no WA condemned by the mob
10 TO shot on tie public square vt Fer
West, Caldwell county, BIO, J0Beph
asked General WilsOn what no had
done that he should DO treated with
such iudlguity, stating that he had
always been supporter OF the Con.
slituuou and Of good government.
Wilson, Ttply was, ~ know ~, and
that IL the reason 1 want " kill you, "
have you killed"
wilson aud Captain Blgart, n Meth
0dist preacher, AMI hls son'iu.lAw, Mr.
Cook. 10 was u time Of general rA.
element A great many Of the rAbblo
were led ON by false fumors and fanati.
olsm. This feeling died out with that
generation aud new generation now
appears. Only very few remain who
TOOK part IN driving tho MOrmons
from their lands and homes
finy.hve years ago. During
my recent trip, l only found two, anu
they are old men, who were then boys.
One OF them, n Mr. Mason, ut Inde.
pendouCe, Missouri, eaid, 81 helped 10
drive the MJrmons away, hut l was
only In my teens. have nothing
against the MOumous. Ihoy never
harmed me. | now can sou II We had
let the M0TmOus alone they would
have built ny ~ country as they have
done ia Utah" Mi. MEson IL now
about ~ years u age. / visited him
vt his homo, snd he and his family
treated mu with kindnoss.
Having had the opportunity OF copy.
Ing the Amended complaint, In the
matter hrst referred 10 In this com.
municatlon, aud also the 50 answers
now on file ia the circuit court ~
Independence, No., awaited myself
of the opportunity VI presenting those
copies Tor the pcrusal OF our young
folks, that they may read Of some Oi
the difficulties encountered by the
fathers In eAsblthIng 30 good cause
As We are now enjoying
The foregoing documents afford
food for serious gcleoIiOns as ~ the