The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-03

telling aPssovernor Murray. a treble
ence I" onsed a halt in the delivery,
round ." the close the clapping con-
While a for several minutes after Mr..
tinleu VI had resumed his seat.
WINS WINS SHARP moved that the meeting
JAs the declaration and protest as
adoP' Pending the adoption,
reao, 1oHy Q. CANNON, on being intro
NE 10 the meeting, spoke as follows:
-. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
lam earnestly in favor of adoption as
-. ssnse OF this mass meeting, the
Nv Joration of grievances and protest,
uI Eiob has been read. l trust it will
VIZ" I've the unanimous endorsement.
only of this vast assemblage, but
that of the entire, much-abused and
al LootIv wronged community which
gSabit these mountain wales. It is in
l I'LL strange movement in American
GGeetstuorv-this demonstrating of two hun
I lE.e thousand citizens against the infiic-
.inn and continuance of wrongs which
t tO TIE world over, would not sit
naaImIv down and submit to--and 1t
G !Hsd;cates a lamentable departure
i t.om the spirit and design of the noble
I mo who gave US the system of govern
rnont of which we are so proud. 1t
,noints with deadly warning to the fact
iRSst weakness-nay, DECAYS showing
;tsoif somewhere in the glorious fabric.
II canses untold sorrow to those who
are 90 powerless as to be made to suffer,
nd crave concern to those who desire
10 zee our institutions perpetuated and
onr country's fair name remain unsul-
Iisd But it makes easy the task of
noIIing attention to and designating the
saat Of the trouble. The true friend OF
Goo government, like the true
oud of man, hesitates not to declaim
s,,a everything impure, debasing
o9d demoralizing. Under such clrcum-
star the patriot or the Philanthro-
MIST regards it his bounden duty to
bring all agencies into action to correct
tbe evils which, unchecked, can only
hiring destruction and distress. Where
The patriot is also the sufferer, love of
country and liberty is reinforced by love
of home and family and life If he then
can tamely bow to, or at most mourn
fnIly groan over the sad condition of
affairs. he is worse than craven-he is
nnvnrtI1v the name OF man. Let this
much be said to those, if any such there
he among US, who would shrink from
the scanning of motives and perhaps
he unfavorable criticism i::c;s-i which the
taking of this step may involve.
possible that there are some who
doubt the wisdom of thus boldly pre-
senting our case. There may be
r1hn f1nohIo n
wherein the innocent, as they call them,
oaly wish that business was not quite
only anticipate from this movement one
on record as sympathiZing with the ac-
themselves be placed under the ban for
graceful yielding to public pressure,
dreds o1thousands of mics away, who
know nothing for themselves of our
practices and belief and who would
able standard by which to judge other
mems morality. Beware of such false
friends The nation can Ill afford to
number many such citizens. They are
an element of weakness in any COM
munity or country of which they are
party. Their friendship is tickle as the
wind, their patriotism a mere SEN
tlment Of expediency. Principle with
them is Outweighed by policy, and
in order to preserve peace and avoid
friction they would prefer to make any
concession to crook the Pregnant hinges
of the knee at any despots's bidding.
But the great bulk of our people are
made OF Sterner stuff. They have not |
breathed in vain the pure, free air of |
the mountains in which they are in
trenched, and have learned to most |
heartily hate every stripe of tyranny |
whether coming from the great or the |
Insignificant. Our contempt for shall
lOw-brained bigots is not lessened by the |
fact that such characters are sometimes
sent to Judge and rule US. We do not
hold those guiltless who send and in
Struct these men and we await, perhaps |
With Impotence, the day OF reckoning
Tor all wrongs, which day is sure to
come. We are not afraid to protest
against that which we know to be
wrong and we do not propose to
present our requests and state our
grievances in cringing tones of suppl
cation. We know the rights and privi-
leges which we as free men are entitled
to and we know they are denied US.
Its necessary to dwell on the causes
which make this strange step compul-
sorry one and which embolden US to ven
nre It, We revere the memory of the
athers who protested and at last re-
Oeued against the oppression which the
parent government sought to exercise.
we ind much to admire in the manly
sand they took in resisting each new
IMPOSITION of obnoxious laws and regu-
saonS. We read with quick-drawn
breath and bounding pulse of their
seven long, trying years of fighting,
wa ~:a1kened by hardship and bowed down
sl.n disappointment. We glory in their
.5Ai triumph over every obstacle. Then
N1en they had shaken off the foreign
3USe and were free, without knowing ex-
S ra what to do with their freedom, and
t H. wonder how they will use
o re prize so dearly won, our
EsOIo9ndest admiration is chal-
tInseQ by the glorious instrument
t tbeI brightest minds framed, and we
s suaak God daily for such ancestors,
f, MI rare manhood and such Consti-
Inv iSaVh. We teach our children that
t tbe american flag is their flag, and that
T ny must never brook an insult to it.
lan3y grow up to regard America as the
cn -'u oi the free, where every man is
I'M dhteed every legitimate right.