The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-08

3ens had not the Jeadcning. demninE
gen sheo of Mormonism disqualified them
Ir"InL reasoning from cause to effect.
And because of my kindly regard,
ana the public and private expression Of
", Tor Brigham Young, as personality
distinguished from the intolerance and
dcspottc fcrocity OF the religious zealot.
am "hypocrite and prevaricator g"
And because. In the pamphlet before re-
Ierrcd 10. trace the causes OF the mas
sacre from tho hloodthiraiy sermons or
Brigham. Jedediah and others down TO
the slaushter OF The helpless victims OF
Mormon blood -atoning Vensenae. That
which makes such creatures as you
wriths is the fact that. in the matter OF
the massacre. ] have the entire bunch
Of YOU on The hip, and that. instead Of
invoking the law and testimony I'm the
case, you Ictrca, 10 the despicabc hole
from which you hiss your serpent like
hatred OF anti -Mormon3, and their
agent rs YOU please 10 call me. ny
refutoton OF the charges set forth IN
the pamphlet that Is causing 50 much
Squirmins nnioug the holy prophets,
combination OF the worst qualities Of
Ansnias, Benedict Arnold and OF the
cowardly midnight assassin.
And Apostle Charles w Penrose is also
invited into the open and TO defend him
self from the charge that IL WAS he, not
J. who proved that Brigham Young per-
undcr the awful responsibility for tho
crime at the Mountain Meadows. II
am a ''hypoCrilo and prevaricstor" for
5clng candid with myself. with my fell
the time TO prove II. Now is your op-
portunlty 10 prove il and discrcdlt me
WIN those VINO have confidence in my
yeracity and love OF truth, liberty and
tair-rlay. DO II now, or forever bear
the brand OF being the most cowardly.
scNiie and lying creature that ever
sGnirmed twisted and wriggled in tho
presence OF truth. honor and decency. or
90 4 MI lf,i q cSgly 10 u
the slime OF ignorance and superstition.
AND lot us select tho Evening News in
Which 10 try conclusions.
! Will briefly review MI Piau's letter
10 the end that the public Will under
stand the desperate straits 10 which you
and your masters arc put in the 6es-
perstc effort 20 discredit me aa tho au-
thot OF tho Mountain Meadows massa-
crc pamphlet And in so doing deny
that I am discred,tmg the aged Mr..
Piatt's Neracity. 1t is merely a qucs-
necr whose life has been filled to over
flowing With the hsrGShips and trials
OF almost continuous fton,icr life aimee
1896. Aud knowing. as I do. something
he. with all others OF those who toilcd
and endured and sowcd that others may
reap has my. profound respect.
Mr. FIatt docs not rcIncnlber that ne
liamolin's Indian boy having for three
days divided his lunch with Rachel and
Ruth Dunlap whose parents had bc"u
slain hy tho orders Of Isaac Q. Haight
tho accredited spiritual and temporal
agent of Brigham Young. and how he
guarded their place OF refuge in tho
hopeless effort 10 save them from those
Mormon dcStruyers. Mr.. Platt has also
forgotten that i told him that the pretty
story was impossible OF truth, ard that
tho girls were ravished and their tl1ros Is
cut within All hour after the smoke had
cleared from That hateful scene Of un-
rSllrlSI iTGHrnpTN and
Mr., Pl1tt has also forgotten that he
told me the story Of the nile sir.
dressed in white. going TO the spring
Nor docs he remember that told him
That 7 had heard the story. and that
had not heretofore believed IT,. And
an certain that hc Is sincere in bis
statements. Eut why do you Mr.. Editor
"f the News uuibhle over those two
armqss stories if, a. YOU. and YOUR
inspired" masters claim, the Indians
perpetr9ted that crime nj the Meadows?
Mr., Platt. in the next TO the last sen
tcn"c OF his letter. has the following: ''I
wish 10 refute his lniyl statements be
cause l told him. nothing but what ]
knew 20 be true
Mr.. Plat evidently rcmerliers hsvirE
with tho Indiana for tho Meadows on the
sunday before tho uss@s Gre. and that he
saw him when he returned on the sun
dav after the massarTe; That he heard
afternoon service: that Leo told the de
tails of tho slaughter: that hs glored in
II and said that II Uas the will Of God.
All three Of those stories appear In
The pamphlet, and YOU arc invited TO
compare the relative importance OF the
FIRST two and the last OF Mr.. Pls1ts s
sta tomenis. That is. you should unaided
make the comparison unless the mental
effort should prove to he too great.
The undisputcd statement pictures John
r. Leo AS hcarilcsS butcher OF women
and children, and gloryinS in the deed
because n" believed il to he the Will OF
God - VIII not You, Mr.. Editor. agree
With mo that Lee WIS a "rcjigion- -crsZed |
f3uatic"" And viii not YOU also con-
ceJc that ho was but . type OF the fifty-
I've Mnrnoua who participated In the
slaughter? And viii you not also agree
With mo that " is more cha rita BILE TO
believe With mo that those naturally |
kindly fathers OF children were religion
era zcd fanatics than 70 charge them with !
having murdered those defenseess cmi |
grants for the cNprcss purpose OF appro- |
priatinE their wagons. animals. gold, jcW-
slry. bedding. clothing, etc?
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