The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-13
GIVE US A REST.

commercial empire, In whatever
direction one may look or go, he is
confronted by natures own an
nouncemenU of inexhaustible re-
sources, ilIimitabIe fields for enters
prise, and a people capable Of carry
ing on any work in which intellec-
tual, physissl or financial genius
takes a part. With such vast and
splendid fields for the investment OF
labor and capital; with SO much to
explore and that which has besn
opened up not even approximately
exhausted; with SO meny facilities
for yielding the necessaries, the
comforts and even in some respects
the lUxuries OF life; with natural at
fractions possessed by 70 other
community under the sun, the stu.
dent of practical ecOnemy might
well and properly pause in his
studies and say to himself, "Why
dc you overlook such grand re-
sources, and, instead Of cEltivating
them. sacrifice the jewel oppor-
tuuity on the altar of the demon
discords"
That Utah is in possession of such
resources and facilities as, aided by
the daring hand of enterprise and
the magnetic power of capital.
would place her in the front rank of
commonwealth, cannot be denied
in fact, no one tries to denyit. Ma.
ture has showered her gifts upon Us,
and with a lavish hand bequeathed
and given to her children all that
they ought to ask to make them
selves free and independent. There
is SO auch to be gained by compar-
atively slight effort, that one, even
if not a close student, may see it
manifest on every hand. And yet
we are not quite happy.
The times are not "out of joint, y
but there is ''cursed SPITE" and
the forces by means of which re-
cults are accomplished should be
organized and arranged with the OBJ
ject in view of "setti0g them
night" 1t is an easy task; as JEFF
ferson Davis said when called upon
by the peace commission, "lf you
want the war to end, Cult fighting;'
while the chief Of the confederacy
was and always will be wrong in
relation to the condition Of things
which he sought to establisL on this
continent, the sentence has a pecu-
liar aptness and fitness here which
could not apply to his ease, and it is
on that account we use it. There is
no rebellion, nothing in the political
atmosphere Of q decidedly threatens
Jag character here, ana by applying
the words we do not invoke the
situation. f'Stop fighting;" the
words seem consecrated to the COM
mon god Of justice and humanity j:
and when greater achievements can
be accomplished thereby, results in
which the honor and unity of the
nation would not only not be sacri-
feed but actually strengthened and
its interests enhanced, why not
adopt them?
The fact Is, that there are
those among ne who would, for the
sake of temporary and temporal
gain, set aside all that is greater and
better in the immediate beyond.
Man is a peculiar animal, 30 pc. uliar
that il anlnfiuenced by improper
methods he will adjust his own diff
fculties and forego little pertains
ing to himtels for the rake OF &C
c mplishing much for those who
constitute the grand social entity.
There is but little need Of strife;
those who are wrong can much more
easily be set right by moral sua.ion
and the effects resulting from social
sttritior, than by vilifcatlon,
abuse and continued agitation. I
laws are violated, the system
of which such laws constitute
a part has erected courts and
other legal machinery by means Of
which such attractions may be ex,
plated; and anything beyond tbi:
would seem, on sober thought, to {
supeIfuous.
There is little doubt that II the
wishes OF the majority on both sidel
of the political and social line in
Utah were consulted, their verdict
would be, in the homeIy but ex
pressive phrase Of the day-"Give u.