The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-20

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governor out of That such a man
should ever come to be governor is
as inexplicable as our red cOunsels
are. 1t must be, like them, one of
the signs of the latter days. What
q commentary on the free institu-
tions of the New World it is to hold
in terrorem the rod of Congressional
and national vengeance over a
legislature Of popularity elected
representatives! Is this coercion the
legitimate OCtcome of those much
Wanted free institutions? What
must the people of the Old World
think Of such a lamentable spec.
taclel
Now when ignorance, imrertin-
ence, impudeDce, insolence, so,
phistry, cajolery, and threats are
brought into play in such matters,
it is safe to recur to first principles.
The Governor pretends that the
people of New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and old Kentucky for instance,
are in a state of almost passionate
and quite threatening anxiety as to
what laws the Utah Legislature
will enact. What supremely silly
nonsense! What the deuce have
the people of those states TO do with
\ our little local Legislature.Out here
in Utah? should very much like
to know. It is none of their bust
ness what our Legislature does. The
Legislature of this Territory is not
setting to make laws to govern the
people of those distant states, nor
will it wildly dream of doing any
such ridiculous presumptuous
thing.
AS to this vile threatening busi>
ness, it is the peculiar business of
the big bully. 1t reminds me of the
remark of we'll known author, that
to threaten with severe punishment
twas an inquisitOr's argument" and
the world well enough knows the
base, brutal and bloody arguments
that followed threats by the Cath
Ollie inquisition. There is nothing
in the argument Of threats that is
fitting to be used in this great Re-
public, nor in any enlightened or
civilized country. Besides, 1t is the
very nature of the spirit of these
threatening people that if you cringe
to them in one thing, they will pros
coed to push you to cringe In an
other, and then to keep you On alb
jectly cringing. Then they will
kick you for cringing.
But no matter what the Cover
nor says or threatens, the
whole and sole duty of our
Legisture is to pass such laws as the
people want, within the range Of
the Constitution, and OF the consti>
tutional laws of Congress, hugging
as closely the spirit Of the Constitu-
ton as the letter thereof will allow.
The Governor is only one man
among 10000, and he is entitled to
represent that one man and the
opinions Of that one man and no
more. The 10000, every man Of
them, have as legitimate a right to
desire the Legislature to do this or
that as he or sny other man has.
In return, the Legislature has a
legitimate right to regard the huns
BILE opinion or desire OF any of the
10000 as it has to regard the proud
and pompous opinion Or desire of
the Governor. 1t may be said that
if the Legislature passes any bills
which the Governor does not like,
lie will veto them. Very well, let
him assume that RESPONSE bility. 1t
will only hasten and increase his
condemnation. The absolute veto
ia relic Of the dark ages, anyway.
1t Is aD utter anomaly in q demo-
cratic republic like this. But let
not our Legislature, to please such a
wilful and unreasonable man, pass
bills which the people do not want,
but are dramatically opposed to.
Let US hope that our representa-
tives will exhibit the noble spec>
tacle of legislative body attending
strictly to its own proper business
and no other. Let them seek to
make such laws as the peo-
pie, the sovereign people, who are
TO be governed by them, desire,
! withia proper limits, and not such as
will certainly be detested and resen ed
By them, though supposed to be pleas.
ing to the people OF far eff New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio or Kentucky.
That is the true American doctrine,
and he who opposes it ia a traitor TO
his country and to the very frat
principles of American liberty. III
our leg islators, in their legislative de-
liberations. tanely submit to be i'm
perially dictated and insolently hec-
tored by an imported Governor. in
whose choice they have no voice,
they will not deserve the name o. free
men, and they will not prove tiem-
selves fit representatives of toe free
men OF Utah, who hate tyranny and
| usurpation as they hate the deoasing
rule of his satanic ma esty.
Finally. [ will give you my esti-
mate Of the message in word-it is
Els. BY JUPITER.
A Massachusetts coal dealer pre-
SCENTS every newly married couple in
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