Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-17
9 lonMoXe rArnIorIsM.


I'm tho great civil war thrro was but
enc prayer ln Utah. ana that Wla thli
the north Hni south miEht a1 neift
destroy each other that there WuuIi
rYt b. power enough lrff 90 lntefinfN
with tho Saints IN Utah, but aN ine
taichlrra 0f the Mnrmu1s between l,e'
and 1899 was in favor ui "a protective
iarin"
The anlmua and the grammar in The
foregoing sentence proclaim iu author
ship. There u only one paper in utah
which would Indulge in that kind % ni-
tack IN that Kind u ycrhlagc. I'm the
great civil war" Utah did nli that was
required Of her BY the government Of
tho United States. When President
Lincoin asked Tor mormon" aid in
protecting the malls and travel across
the plains. President brigham Young
responded with nlncrity, and men were
furnished nt once who performed the
duty required 81 them. readily ana TO
the satisfaction ana approval u the
government
Tho paper that makoa the above at
tack appeals 10 young Utah. and Co
the Mormon people. aa 20 what they
think OF the pcacrct News. when IL
makes plain statements of fact and
history which do not agree with the
erroneous assertions and theories "
that paper what do they think Of the
paragraph we have copied from iia cole
umnsg Il d poHablo that any % them
win oondono tho frat part N u because
they oo,ucide with ~ last assortionf
There la nothing political that f. 90
nay partisan, Ia this matter. II ~ slime
ply u question o. fact. u Involves the
loyalty III the Mormon people 60 tho
rovorumnut. The Mormon" battalion
the very mention Of which innnmoa
the Salt Lake Tribune into wrath and
scurrlllty-wnn organized ani made 10
wonderful march through the deserts
to California. In o. spirit " chlvalroua
loyalty 90 the United States II was
animated hy the same cuihualaHm with
which our noble boys volunteered f1f
the war with SPAIN Any imputntlou
20 the contrary should and viii bg
spurned AMI condemned BY young
Utah" and Ola Utah alike.
The charge made on Thunday. which
we disnruved. was that u used "a b,
told that when the Mormon" people
were driven almost 90 dcanalr, The
American government compelled then
TO furnish battalion % their young
est and strongest men TO 40 60 war;
on Friday a different turn IL taken and
the old pervoralons ~ tho story arr rc'
Vampsd with variations. ana some rca
history h cited. Whitnoy's account be-
inE all right so fnr na quoted. but there
~ nothing IN II an TO show that th'
"Aiormona' or their leaders claimed ul
any tlmo that they were "CoM
PEELED" 10 furnish the battalion.
The rint of the whole contention Il
that tho men werr mustered into th'
country'a service. In the true anirlt o
patriotism burning In their own breast
whom they responded 20 tho call, and %
the heart and expressed sentiments o
President Brigham Young when he ud
dressed them on their departure.
What the Dcaorrt Nown presented of
this point ~ historic and irrfutnhlc
unless Il may be- an cxpungod from
page ana fact. by the Trlhuno'a favor
ite and finished argument "coloaaa
liar" with which II closes todny'a dis
rertntion. II 10 not worth while 20 pur
rue the subject further except TO nal
that while the Saints. az the time Of IN
call for the Mormon" battalion, wer
nmartinE under the keen sense Of In
juriea suAtnlned. Of homes deupoilcd. o
property seized. Of lives lost. and M
belief that ncnton'a plot Tor their dos
truction was a factor IN the movcmcn
10 tako from them the strength of thoi
number. they were plead with By tibet
leader 10 rise above self and resent
mont TO the hlgh plano ~ patriotic de
Votloni and that he assured them o
the good intentions Of the President q
making tho call
Thore was no claim Of "compulalon,
but the o6erlng upon the altar O
country was made IN the genuine Hplrl
Of patriotism. which has ever frcd th
souls OF tho Latter-day Saints unl
burns nH strongly ana uhlnos na bright
~ among thcm today. and a. kndlc
and ENCOURAGED IN the home and In IN
house of worship, wherever Mormon
ism" has a foothnld on the earth