Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-18
WAR AGAINST cALUMNY.

a New Zealand editor Of a Catholic
paper. Rev. Henry W Ciary, az pres
ent on a visit to this country. has con-
celved the unique idea Of starting a
concerted effort In the Catholic world
for the refutatlon Of scandalous sland-
ers about that church its priests and
institutions. A Cleveland paper says
the gentleman has been engaged in this
work for years himself but now he
has planned a worldwide organization
with headquarters at Rome. for the
purpose Of meeting and exposing the
propagators OF scandal and calumny.
The association win be known as the
International Catholic Truth society
His work # is reported. has been
successful so far Everywhere he has
found friends and endorsers Of his plan.
He has Just completed a tour Of South
and Central America, and the report
says that he deprecates the custom
that Protestant missionaries have OF
manufacturing scandals in connection
with the Church In Iatin-America and
Latin countries generally He says
that if the Catholic missionary were to
spend his time going among the low
est and most illiterate portion Of
population in outlying sections. seeking
out calumnies against Protestant mis-
sionaries instead Of doing his duty. the
record would he anything but inviting.
This is undoubtedly true. We hope
the gentleman will succeed. and that
other Truth societies will be formed
and multiply and count members by
the million. all ready 10 hunt out and
expose every he and liar. until there
shall be no safe place for them on
Gods earth. The world is very largely
under the influence OF the father Of lies
and his subjects are legio. A great
many OF the sons and daughters Of men
actually love falsehood more than
truth. so the task is not easy.
II is worth while noticing that the
best N men have not escaped the cal
umniator. Washington was reviled and
DETAINED more terribly than any other
president, though he laid himself and
all his splendid talents upon the altar
OF patriotism Lincoln was DETAINED
and finally murdered.
The Conway cabal is well known
matter Of record Al the time Of the
darkest hour OF American history, adj
venturers plotted against Washington.
Among them were Lee, who after the
lapse OF more than one hundred years.
has been proven a traitor, negotiating
with the British ministry for hetray-
al Of the colonies. Gates. inefficient
and useless. but possessed Of inordinate
vanity. Conway. despicable consplra-
tor. who wrote anonymous letters to
prominent men In and out OF Congress.
alleging Wsshington's responsibility
for military disasters. believed even to
have forged Washlngton's name to pa
pers designed 10 further the plans
OF the conspirators. and a little later
driven from the army. Mifdin. more
stupid than malignant, yet at one time
desiring 20 place Lee at the head OF
the army. and at another time 10 adj
vance Gates to that position. Such
were the men whose attacks upon
Washington. were incessant and veno-
nous TO the last degree. and such gem
orally are the men who devote their
time and talents to the invention and
circulation OF falsehoods about their
fcllow-men. When they charge treach-
cry they are. generally. traitors them
selves when they charge corruption,
they are generally moral porverts
themselves When they charge tyran-
ny It is generally because they want to
be tyrants themselves.