The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-15


every nation on the globe out cs its
propriety, just as in a smaller way
they startle the neighborhood With
their Saturday night brawls and
rough and tumbles. There may be
a good deal of truth in Ireland's SOY
rows, bat there is also a good deal of
"blatherekits" about them.
Let US personify the British govern
ment and stretch the figure q little.
OF all John Bulls numerous wives,
Mrs. Ireland is the one, and the only
one, that is neglected and abused
beyond endurance. Poor creature,
she can't stand it a. ali a! all, and
she won't stand it at all at all. She
pIaHces up aad down the neighbor.
hood, detailing her grievances, and
screaming and swearing and calling
the old man all sorts of i'll names,
telling everybody his good faults,
declaring that she i8 the most abused
poor woman that ever lived, yowing
that she won't live with him, and
that she viii have divorce and ali.
mony and lawyers fees and court
expenses, and the old mans wool of
his head and his hearts blood too,
and all that sort of thing.
Now the neighbors, certainly the
more sensible OF them, think, not
withstsnding the lady's virtues, and
that che may have somejust cause Of
complaint, that che is public NUS
ance and is rather "ba1 egg" 60
far, and that she must have some
faults on her side, whether the old
man is perfect or not. Consequently,
they feel inclined to say to her,
"Shut your blabbing mouth, hold
your scolding tongue, 60 home and
mend things, look after your children,
wipe their noses, wash their faces,
comb their lair, and see that they
don't go unkempt, ragged and dirty.
We don't want TO hear your family
secrets for everlasting. We have
enough of our OWL" For they recol-
lect that his other wives-Mrs. Scot
land, Mrs. Wales, Mrq. Canada, Mrs.
Augtralssis, Mrs. West Indies, and
Mrs. East Indies-get along tolsra 2ly
well with him, and don't 90 scream
ing all over town and cou0try abou.
how badly the old MAJ uses them.
Nay, Ms. Canada actually talks
in this way, changing the pronouns
and the verbs in the quotation, which
is from a reputable Philadelphia
paper, as q recent expression from
Toronto-'T have no grievance such
as the Americans had when they
fought for liberty. I govern myself
and am free to do as please. Britain
cont,ols me with e siiksn rein, end as
long as be allows me to go my own
way I will be content to remain, not
altogether a dependency, but, as I
am in reality, his ally"
TIE fact is, Ireland is a chronic
sorehead, and she refuses to be COM
fotted, consoIed, or conciliated, be-
cause she can't HAYS her own wild
and wilful way in everything. With
all her virtues, she is inveteralely dis
cOntented, quarrelsOme, and turbu-
Leaf.
Let US make a supposition. Sup
peso Americans look at home instead
of looking at ireland. Irish malcon-
tents will lie in ambush and merci-
lessly and murderously shoot down
their supposed enemies in cold blood, |
Or rather we should say in hot blood,
for it is an open question whether an
Irishman's blood is ever cold. The
1Iormons here in Utah haYeI
grievances. Suppose they were to lie
in wait in that way and shoot down a
governor, q judge, q MARSHAL, for
some fancied or real wro1g. Suppose
a Mormon Painell were to go into
the states and tel the story of Nor
mon injuries to elicit sympathy and
solicit subscriptions. How much |
sympathy and how many dollars
would he get? Yet no British |
government official acts so insultingly !
and so inlmicaily and SO tyrannically |
toEa de the people of Ireland as some
federal officials tave acted towards
the people o! Utah. No newspaper |
in Ireland supporting the British |
government is a tenth part so acanda-
lousy Indecent, so outrageou5ly libel |
lous, SO viilsinously insulting, and go |
utterly unprincip!ed toward tle pee
pie CT Ireland as the newspaper,
.ederally supported 10 this city, is to
the Mormon people. Ireland has re-
representatives. in the British parlia-
ment. Utah has no representatives
in the United States Congress. Yet
Britain is an ancient monarchy, and
Toe United States is a democratic re-
public, with I'll the modern improve Il
nents. The tenor of British legisla- :
ion for Ire'aad for many years mas
'een steadily towards liberall.y and I
'onciLation. The tenor Of congress 7
loEal legishtion towards Utah for Z
many years has been steadily towards y
llibeTalitg and irritation, and tais .
.urrent session strenuous efforts are n
lnder way to surpass al former legis- a
ation in illiberality, injustice, and t:
towards Utah. The Queen ~
+ England never speaks OF the a
eople of her dependencies in a bit ii
ar, tylannical, prosoriptive and per- fl
ocuIiye spirit, never recommends c
'arlisment to enact Laws of that de- W "
eription. The President of the a.
United States did ell thpsa fbfnos 10 In