Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-10
A RADICAL GENTLEMAN.

A few days since, a gentleman who is
pleasant and afable, a capital story-teller
and right jolly good fellow, entertained
company of gentlemen with an expo
sition of the true position of the DEMOCRAT.
We were not present, the meeting having
been entirely impromptu. The gentle
man who expounded the position of the
DEMOCRAT with such admirable clearness,
according to his view, besides the social
qualities above-mentione d, possesses the
quality of radicalism in very great
degree. Radicalism shows a power of
hating, and the power to hate is essential
to strong character. DR.. Johnson paid a
distinguished compliment to hate in the
person of his friend, DIR. Bathurst. The
radical gentleman whom we have in mind
boldly and without hesitation de-
clares that the DEMOCRAT did not
meet the issue in Utah The
radical gentleman is right, providing
the DEMOCRAT is wrong. What the issue
in Utah is it is not necessary to say, as
all who know anything about Utah know
the issue. The DEMOCRAT has insisted
that the solution of the Utah problem
will not be fastened by the institution of
Legislative Commission, but ON the
contrary has insisted that the continual,
persistent, never-ceasing enforcement OF
the Edmunds law would finally solve the
problem. 1t has also advocated the en-
actment of some supplementary legisla-
ton in aid of the laws now in force. But
we have not met the issue in Utah, &C
cording to the radical gentleman referred
to, because we have not seen proper
to advocate the particular meas
ures which this radical gentleman de-
sires to see enacted for Utah. Under
the circumstances, it is pleasure to see
that the President in his message has not
met the issues in Utah. We cannot hope
to be ahead of the leader of our party on
important questions, but are content to be
abreast with him. And on the Utah
question it is our pleasure to think we are
abreast with the President. But radical
gentlemen of all parties will probably
continue to think the President slow, and
while acknowledging him to have COM
prehensive view of the affairs of the ma
ton at large, deny to him a compre-
hensive view of very minor part of
these afairs-the Utah question. In
we cannot but recommend to
all parties in Utah thoughtful con-
sideration to the following views of the
Right Hon. Earl Cowper on Radicals:
If some of the Radicals sometimes make !
me impatient, it is less on account of their |
advanced views than their arrogant and |!
contemptuous tones. They too generally !
assume that those who do not 90 so far as !
they do are less strong and keen-witted than i
as if to see two sides did not /
require better eyes than to see only one, or !
as if to hold back and go slowly did not !
sometimes require greater power than to /
rush at full gallop downhill in front of what |
ever may be behind. If strength consisted |
in passion and in being dominated by a
single idea, then the lunatio would be a |
man than his keeper. But !
this assumption of superior power by the
extreme men is matter for a smile rather /
than for serious argument, and it is fool /
lsh to be repelled or even ruffied by a little !
ofenslveness of manner on the part of those i
with whom it is our interest to be in alliance.