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We publish letter from the scene of the recent
Mormon outragcs, written by a respectable c!i.
zen of Hancock County, ILL., and making its state
ments in temperate tone and spirit The article
is entitled to 90 before the public, and the appeal
of the writer for It's insertion in The Tribune is
chcerfully complied with. Let no man, however,
argue from this that ce believe that the facts sta
ted by our corrcspondcnt-evcn had they been
ten times stronger than he represents them-fur-
niShcd the ehtest justification for The murder Of
the Smiths. That, in whatever light It's viewed,
II was a cold-bloodcd, barbarous, brutal outrage
and the certainty that its perpetrators will never be
brought to Justice shall have no influence to make
us withhold the expression OF our horror at all such
bloody deed. Whatever they had Gunc-how
black soeyer were their crIncS-they were de-
fenceless and in the hands of The laws, under a
solemn pledge of their protection as well as jus
ucc, ard the people Of Illinois had not the slight
est excuse for taking it Tor granted that those
laws would not be cniorctd-laws, be 1t under
stood, which emanatcd from themselves and were
to he administered by their oicn chosen insiru-
men,s. In this Country, thank Heaven! VIC have
q peaceful and efficient remedy for all abuses Of
political power, whether executive or representa-.
,iyc-;he BAllot.Rox; and those who resort to
any other especially the remedy OF force
and y;clcncc, deserve not the name OF American
citizens.


Do not the people Of illinois see that the evils
under which they have suffered, and the circum-
stances unaeg which the monstrosity of Nor
monisn has thrven into such portentcus dlmen-
SONS, have been Of their own choosing Who
gave Joe Smith foothold in Illinois whence to
leap above the law and set its ministers at def
arce? Who conferred upon the Mormons a
Charter granting unusual and extraordinary pyi-
vileccs whose exercise has led 10 this bloody ter
minstion Who empowered Joe Smith 10 or
game all independent army within the territory
OF the State of Illinois, to establish himself as
petty and irresponsible military despo;, reigning
over his subjects with the double tyranny of mill
tary fo,ce and religious superstition Who did
al this but The Loco. Foco Governor and Legis-
la.urc of Illinois, elected BY the People Of Ia
nois In The answer to this question lies the
cause OF the recent disasters as well as the only
suggestion for their prevention in The future.


u Hon. WADpY THOMPSON addressed the
Wings Of North Carolina in mass meeting at
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