Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-09-09
,.eRIcANs AND AMERICANS.

oortain scribe who occupies an
da eanctum not many blocks
edllO tbe office of Truth, but whose
I buttons are usually as far from
eVu' &c the heavens are from the
uu.n This man is wont to prate of
si ..ty and freedom. 1t is his hobby,
p,'b 10 has ridden it until it has a
au hack. not because the subject is
WV al right, but because of the I'M
sosoming rider. A drunkard may
uIssd tbe cause of temperance, but his
pDsotted harrangues at length become
s,.n,cting to decent people. Let us
wy what manner of man is this who
Instantly employs himself in vilify-
'aS his neighbors, saying all kinds of
@ings false and mean concerning
,ham and using ad nauseaum the
forms forms slave" traitor" etc.
few years ago, when aforesaid
,crihe was driveling for local journal
| # poecat fame, he was approached by
Gentleman, friend of his and at
me same time friend to the people.
whom the paper was ceaselessly abus-
me- who asked him why he persisted
IN writing matter that injured the
tate and its people. Witness the an
swer of the perennial lecturer on
freedom" and liberty" and "Ameri-
anism!" He was not in sympathy
with the policy of the paper, did not
even believe the trash he was putting
forth, but perforce, he had to do
uhat no wac dpinU boooneo b;c ,,,o.4z..
insisted on it, and his weekly stipend
demanded that he comply. Now there
Is freeman for you! Is not that
The kind of man to call his neigh
boris "slaves?" | have often wondered
i his boosted loyalty" and "Ameri-
anism" wouldn't melt away Just as
quickly and completely as did his
Wanted freedom" if put to a bread
and butter test.
The same traducer has said times
Without number that Mormon" chill.
gel are taught from their youth dis
eyalty to the government, disregard
or It's laws and disrespect for those
VINO are in official positions in the ma
num- NO honest, informed person be-
le,eS such stuff; the libeler-for-
Gead himself knows it to be untrue.
out there are persons who feed on
sucl pabulum, and he is willing TO
Produce it for the pay.
Inc writer of this article was born
aau reared in Utah, and he never was
susht' publicly or privately. one word
W r, ueasoh or disregard for the govern
U wea' OF any person connected there
S. a on the contrary, he was taught
r. che constitution of our country
vas God'glyen and that its principles
~ Ine most perfect ever vouchsafed
o. Hoital man; that the Stars and
tga . stand for more liberty than
,s Oh any other flag under the SIM.
, ,T%' ,o .ne majority of the men. great
NJ st User, who have manned the ship
lba raos from the beginning down to
that o uay, are among the noblest ,
bo I've. ever came to earth. Such are
no q. pII1inclples that have been taught
md ~ my days, at home and at school
ar m ~ the church; and in this I diff
lone to Ume whit from the youth of my
I woU sown' county and state.
md tba o however in my youth, taught.
las NJ experience of maturer years
heorrv' ' W, me correctness of the
heir q, 'nat all men who vaunt of
ans Amerlcanism" are not Ameri-
Ven fo a man whose pen is a slave,
oDtraot pay whose soul is so narrow,
e heone eu, tWo-by-"winny-edge" that
eghbors -I,Se witness against his
n Amo,, 'iOI worthy the name OF