The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-20

confined. Polygamy can nave,
ceiYe the National sanction or to,d te'
alton by admitting the conS OiorN
ity that upholds it AZ .ta. un~
the union like others. The MI IN
mons must learn that the libsrt1nor s
the individual ceases whan 'y ,t OF
rights of society begin. 'ns
OUR CURRENCY,
The people of the United State.
though often urged and temntS5
nave never seriously contemplatSd
the recognition of any other mnneG
than gold and silver and currenoy
directly convertible into them. Tbsy
nave not done so, they will not do A.
under any necessity less pressing
than that Of desperate war. The
special requisite for the Completion
or our monetary system is the fixinc
OF the relative values of silver and
gold. The large use of silver as ths
money Of account among AslsFo
nations taken in connection wifi
the increasing commerce Of tbo
world gives the weightiest reasons
for an international agreement
in the premises. Our government
should not cease to urae
this measure until a common stan.
dard of value shall be reached and
established, standard that shaT
enable the United States to use the
silver from its mines as an auxii.
liary to gold in settling the baIan.
ces OF commercial exchange.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
The strength of the republic 10
ipcreaSed by the multiplication Of
land owners. Our laws should LOOK
to the judicious encouragement Of
actual settlers On the public domain
while it should henceforsh be held
as sacred trust for the benefit of
those seeking homes. The tendency
to consolidate large tracts of lands
in the ownership of individuals M
corporations should, with pr)Uec re.
gard to vested rights, be discour.
aged. One hundred thousand acres
of land in the hands Of one man is
far less profitable to the nation in
every way than when its ownership
is divided among Loco men. The
evil of permitting large tracts of the
national domain to be consoli~
dated and controlled by the
few against the many is en-
HANGED when the persons con
trolling it are aliens. 1t is but fair
that the public land should be dis
posed of only to actual settlers and
to those who are citizens Of the re-
public or willing 10 become 90.
! OUR SHIPPING INTERESTS.
Among our national interests, oae
languishes; the foreign carrying
trade. IL WIS seriously crippled in
our civil war, and another blow was
given to it in the general substitu-
ton of steam for ssil in ocean trat-
| fic. With q frontage on the two
great oceans, with a freightags
larger than that of any other nation,
we have every inducement to re-
store our navigation, yet the gov
eminent has hitherto refused to
help. A small share of the encour,
agement given by the government
to railways and to manufactures,
and small share of the capital and
zeal given by our citizens To those
enterprises would have carried our
ships to every sea and to every port.
| A law just enacted removes some Of
the burdens upon our navigation
and inspires the hope that this great
interest may at last receive its due
share of attention All efforts in
tuis direction should receive en-
enlargement.
SACREDNESS OF THE BALLOT.
This survey of our condition as
nation reminds us that material
prosperity is but mockery if it dOel
not tend to preserve the liberty of
the people. A free ballot is the safe.
guard OF Republican Institutions,
without which no national welfare
is assured. a popular election
honorably conducted embodies the
very majesty of true government
Ten millions Of voters desire to take
part in the pending contest. The
ssfety OF the republic rests upon the
integrity OF the ballot, upon the se9
curity of eufftage to the citizsn.
To deposit fraudulent vote is no
worse a crime against constitutional
| liberty than to oSstruct the deposit
Of an honest woe. He who torrupts
suffrage, strikes at the very root OF
free government. He is the arch
enemy of the republic. He folgets
that in trampling upon the rights
of others he fatally lmperils his
own rights. at is good land which
the Lord our God doth give U.S.
but we can maintain our heritage
only by guarding with vigilance
the source of popular power.
an, with great respect, your ODE
dent servant, (signed,)
JAS. G. BLAINE.