The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-26

by the interposition of Providence, or
as the natural result of things.
''Mr. Blaine had no protest to make
against Rum, MOrmOnisn and Reoel-
liOn,s as constituting three legs OF the
| Democratic party, and replied TO the
general tenor of Burchard's speech IN
the spirit in which he heard 1t.
Certainly, this arrant trickster had no
protest to make against any abuse OF
the poor MormOns. No word OF defense
4 to offer for the uninhuential followers
of Joseph Smith. Why? Simply, be-
cause as political factors he could afford
| TO ignore them, or make political capital
/ at their expense as he deemed wiser.
| Reverse the case, and give to the Nor
mons the strength of the Catholics, and
reduce the Catholics TO the weakness OF
the Mormons, and the honest Mr..
Blaine would go down on his knees to
John TAYLOR Does any one doubt 1t?
1t would appear from the denOuemeQt,
however, that "MormOnism" was III
this crisis more powerful than Roman
ism, in a mysterious way. Great and
wise as is Mr.. James G. Blaine, the
writer is fully convinced that there are
influences infinitely greater, infinitely
wiser than he.
The failure to understand the precise
utterances of the old dotard who was
venting his spleen against those people
who choose to worship God, and are
struggling to secure their salvation In
different manner to that to which he
was pledged, the knight with the
white feather" was misled, and being
misled his wisdom was OF no avail, and
was for the time being more helpless IN
his own defense and interest than the
unpopular Mormon whose funeral he
had arranged.
Call it poetic j1stice; the natural
course of events: the interposition of
Provi 1ehce; the fulfillment ofprOphecy,
or whatever you may, this incidentls TO
the student of human affairs the most
striking of anything of its nature which
has recently attracted attention.
Think for a moment. Blaine, the
greatest of all the Republicans; making
the grandeSt canvass ever made By any
candidate or either party; with all the
influence of a vast army OF paid sup
Pc tiers, stricken with defeat, and the
party temporarily paralyzed, by the
mere reversal of the syllable Rom J"
The slight variation between Mormon"
and Roman" laid low in the dust, the
Henry OF Navarro! The mumbhng
of an old bigot consigned the political
hero to the grave, and the wreck of the
anti Mormon Republican party A triti-
ing deafness disarmed the great Repu6-
lican warrior, and placed him beyond all
hearing of a second call.
For one, l am glad that the party
went to pieces on this very rock,
and l have no doubt that
ultimately it will be the fate Of all poll
teal parties who make a speciality OF
attacking any religion. Political par
ties should let religion alone in these
United States of America. No one
doubts that for the word ':polygamy, y
in the Republican platform, the word
/, "MOrmOnism" could have been inserted
to the satisfaction of nearly every men,
Der of the party. The plan was the de
structiOn of MOrmOnism, as it is now,
and the Republicans well know that If
they hid lived long enough to bury
pOlygamy. they would have kept the
grave open the remainder of their term
10 receive the corpse of the Mormon
church.
FROM Republican or Democratic par
ties whose special object is the annihila-
ton of any religion, or the degradation
of any of its law-abiding adherents, may
I always be sufficiently clear-headed to
keep aloof.
, Let us look for moment, and see
what this incident teaches. If old
IL
been attending TO the moral and spir- L
ual welfare of their parishioners, as was
their duty, they would have had no
time TO spread taffy for Blaine. Had
Blaine been of the real American arts
tOcraCy;o he &c of mtn who belieI c
! III true freedom and independent man
. hood, he would not have been listening
: 10 those old ''sky-pilots" Had the Re
6 ubliC ans INDUCED less in talk against
the MOrmOns during their campaign
the Mormon question would not have
: opposed them like a nightmare, and
the brains of Blaine and his cOmpeers
would have been free for political
thought, and therefore in better cOndi-
: ton for the fray. In short, had the one
thought, that all men are free and
equal, and that every one is equally en-
titled to his opinion upon earthly as well
! as heavenly matters, been uppermost
! in the minds Of all the parties con-
cerned, the disgraceful exhibitions OF
bigotry would have been avoided.
When Burchard inSinuated that Rum
Romanism, and Rebellion" were three
legs of the present Democracy. he lied
! and he knew it; and when Blaine pre-
tended to imagine that there was any
. fitness in substituting the word Nor
! monism" in that connection he knew
that he was playing the demagogue.
The writer belongs to no church, and
I owes no allegiance to any priest OF
leader, but in consideration of his own
weakness he is honest enough to admit
the probable existence OF an All-wise
power, and is convinced of the fact OF
unseen influences taking part in
subiunary aff&irs. On that hypothesisi
ne is willing to admit that the MOrmOns
: have the right to believe, and some
: grounds wherein to base their belief
that God moved in mysterious way to
defeat Blaine. He feels fully assured
, that Good (Which is equivalent of God
!. dill The Tribune OF this city deserv :
the thanks of the Mormon people foI
reproducing the above quotation from
the Chicago paper. as evidence OF the
fnlfillment OF the Mormon prophecy
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