Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-28
Saturday ValE
BY an Ex-Editor.

whose aim II WAS to inspire the people
Of our own and other lands with an
aversion to and hatred Of the Latter
day Saints, shrewdly and cunningiy
selected the beat means Of doing 20.
They knew thu, men generally nave
great horror Of secret assas'ination
anu general blooi.thirstiness, anu
especially OF funaticsl combinations
bound together by unlawful ties to
accomplish such deeds Of violence ~
priestly leaders might dictate.
Therefore, they exhausted their
imaginations In describing such u
condition OF affairs rs existing
In Utah as would most iorcibly appeal
to the preJuJices Of nil classes. they
told dreadful stories about the
"Daniles" aud destroying angels"
how uniaie II was for any man TO
remain In U,ah who had In any way
incurred the dislike Of President
Young or any Of the leaders OF the
mormon" people. These stories were
10 often and indusiriousiy repeated
that many peteons imagined they
were In great danger In coming TO
Utah ard that they nigh, at my time
lie secretly murdered. Many OF the
old settlers will remember the ridicu.
lous boast Of Schuyler CoIiax aud his
friends af.ur he had made hts ppe.ch
In front of the old Townsend House,
that che hal bearded the lion In his
den"--a feat, they alleged, that
hau never been done before.
Under tho impressions Of which
epeak--that II was only ut tho risk Of
lie that anu ouc dare utter ,ontimen'a
In Utah antagonistlc 10 President
Young or the people-that speech OF
Vic, president Coliax appeared to him
self and friends M an act OF the great.
cat courage.
This incident illustrates how sue.
cessIul the opponents OF the Litter.Jny
Saints had been Ia giving the world
false Views OF their character and Of
the state Of society Ia Utah. Yet
every one In the Territory who had
resided here for any time knew that
the Vice.presidcnt was deceived, and
none knew better than those with
whom he associated ut the time.
Fer years every deed Of violence
committed In Utah, or even out OF
Ulah II the "Mormons' could IN any
way DO accused OF II, was made to
do duty before Congress la deepen.
ing tue bad impression concerning
tue "Mormons." As an instance,
there was the case OF Almou w. Bib.
bitt, who was allied upon the plains,
hundreds Of miles east OF Utah, by the
Indians. As he held an official posi-.
ton under government at the time, II
served the purpose OF certain class 10
attribute his death 10 "Mormon" ven.
g,ancr, anu n NUMBER OF imaginary
reasons were fabricated as motives tor
his murder. The testimony OF credi.
bio persons as to the circumstances OF
the killing, as well as the testimony Of
his family anu KINDRED relieving the
Enormous" from even the suspicion
Of being In any way connected with
his death, was quietly ignored and
passed by as though II had no exist.
encc.
Slime years ago thcre were several
BILLS introduced into both Houses VI
Congress having for their obIeet,in one
form or another, the almost comulete
annihilatlon Of every right which, as
citizens, the Lstter,day Saints pos.
sesscd. In making an argument be.
fore the Senate committee GU territories
Ia favor OF the passage OF one OF these,
a prominent citizen OF Utah gave such
u tlood.curdiing account of the muir
ders and atrocities commiltei In the
Territory by the "Mormons" that the
senators listened horror-sIrioken to the
rectal. Mr.. Cragin OF New Hamp.
shire and Mr.. Christiancy OF Micni.
gan, both OF whom were the puta,ive
authors VI bills against the "Mor-
mons" were members OF the commit.
tee and wers piesent, and they, douot.
lsse, found ample Justification for their
sciion In this Argument. AS Delegate
from the Territory | was present, ami
obtained the privilege OF occupying
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