Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-12
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n tho spehktrs and publloists who
profess such confidence III the sincerity
end Integrity OF the Mormon people
would but prove this confidence by
ceasirg TO COMPUTE up and shiver lances
sgaiust sprcite'. they and all the rest Of
us would be happier and better In
the firsi place, whether they expires
their real sentiments - not, they havo
every reason for the confidence they
talk about. No mistake was made
when the pledges VI the Mormona were
given, none was made when they were
accepted, and none viii be- made In
expecting that these pledges be full
filled. They have been fulfilled, In
every care We believe; they Will be
Just o. consistently liycd up to In tho
future. OF course individuals may
express sentiments and take coursc
which g1llacal Or other opponents
may criuclse, perhaps Justly. Hut
speaking OF the Mormon1 ns q people,
we challenge the world 20 bring forth
the first particle Of ovidgacc that they
have been unttuB 10 ,hus promises or
that they expect 10 he.
Iiihcy a,ve made any error At all, u
., as We regard %, Ia b,ing too literal
In the i..a.lment Of lhl, which thg.f
former opponents hayu required o..
thom. Ia no other community, We
venture 70 sny, have Sitter tncmigb OF
a recent lay been 10 promptly forgiven
aud 40 generously fownrle with oilioe
aud honor within the GIT Of the people
as has been witues,ed here. Nothing
that could be- tXAe,od as proof thHt
past conditions were buried, nas failed
On the part q this loug.suuet.rG aud
charitable but mhngnud peop.c. In
politics they have stood by ,hoir
party colors and candidates
with untwerving fidelity, mud
their votes have elevated 10 Tic, some
men whom they had no reason 70 love
or respect. Ia almost every election
district in this state they have been
have Joined. 10 we wanted TO 70 into
particulars we could mn n column with
figures showing TINT IN nearly every
case II is the non.Mormon candidates
who have run ahead Of their ticket,
and the Mormon candidates who have
run behind; where there are oxcsp'
Han. a .Ur ~ Ia .nak aaa. o.,
the non.Mormon sufimgists. The
switching and changing Vi votes, 20
common In popular elections every.
where, ia something 10 which they are
strangers. They are steSdiast, relisble,
conservative and honest In their poliil-
cal promises A. well "a in every other.
All this being not only true hut
conceded 70 DO true by those who
do not like the Mormons on general
principles, ish't IL about time 10 stop
this everlasting bAbble about threat.
ened dangers and a "return TO old con-
ditiona, "as well rs fantastic appeals TO
the people 10 assert their independence
and beware OF those among their lead.
eis who want TO rob them OF their
liberties? Does anybody know Of the
necessity for such warnings or the basis
for such iehrs? IL IL the merost drivel.
Decrepit hack.wrlters ami tenile
mouth-warriOTs keep constantly clam.
otlng about the "Americanism" to
which they seem 10 think they have n
Gole right, and the Independence on
which they act rs though they had an
exclusive patent. A hall dozen
dotards, mostly soribes, harp on these
few strings with perslsleney that Il
really pitliul, when mOnenps lucid
iIy would convince them that
there lie not the least shadow
OF foundation for thelr silly
tcAres and swelling rhodomontRdes.
PerhApSws mIaundeBtand the texture
Of this community, but cur opinion Is
that almost unanimously they are
ready 10 tquelch the only remaining
feature Of the cold oondiiiona"-tho
nightmare rawlings OF sUutei poii-
tieians, the cruel petulance OF narrow
bigots, the despicable tusplclon Of
every Motmon's act. For our own
part, with the ready determination 10
battle for and carry out every promise
the Mormon people have ever made,
and 20 resist TO the ulleTmost every
iniriug cement OF the nights Of msn and
every assault upon true Amerieanism,
we shall honcelorlh take particular
pleasure In tearing the mask igOm, aud
exposing TO the people here Enl me
world elsewhere, the hypocrisy and
basoness Of the diseased few whose
present course cannot bs olherwlH' fe.
gardod than as desire Tor dlscOfI,
di5intogtati9n anu ruin.
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