The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-25
THE WORLD SHOCKED.

The explostgns'et the House Of Pariia
ment, on Saturday, were not confined
in their effects to the city of London
The reverherGtien extended TO ever!
quarter Of the civilized globe, anC
shocked mankind more severely thar
did the killing of the Car few year:
ago, or the ASSASSINATION of Cavendist
and Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin
These marders were the vengeful acts
of desperate men against what they as.
sumed to be wicked and hard-hearted
officials, who were oppressive of the
people. ThSs is an attack upon a
government rather than upon indiyid-
uals; it is war against a national adj
ministratien, and what makes it seem the
more terrible is ,he fact, that with the
solitary exception of our own, the as
sailed government is the most enlight-
ened, the wisest, the most liberal, and
the piarest and best on earth. ghe sys-
tenn, the administration, the generous
policy towards its people, of Great
Britain, are SO wise, fair and beneiicent,
as to make the government, though
monarchy, little less republican in fact
than the United States whose citizens
enjoy not much greater freedom of
action than DO the subjects of the Eng
fish Queen. Great Britain has but TO
take enc more stem forward to becomes
grand and glorious republic, and not
few thoughtful statesmen and observing
students OF times, peoples and nations,
believe that the taking of that step is a
thing of the very near future. What
makes this outrageous attempt to blow
up the Parliament House seem themere
terrible TO Americans is the fact tilat
the English are so near to as in every
thing, from thought and sentiment
to puqPose and operations. 1t was the
knowledge of this fraternity of senti-
ment and action that caused Congress
men to tremble in their seats while
reading the accounts of the explosions.
When such acts can be committed in
London, it doesn't require & wide stretch
of the imagination to see our own
capitol cracked and shattered by the
operations Of the vile creatures who
applaud the Westminster incident.
The difference between America and
England, and American citizens
and English subjects is so slight
thatidiscentent with government over
there .is ,very apt to find its reflex. ON
this sideef the Atlantic. The vicious.
derraved, dissatisfied elements. of
society that exist in Great Britain have,
their counterpart in this country, and
it would require as little to excite them
into active operation here as ia the
former nation. - u
1t should be borne in mind that this
murdereus, obstructive deed, isnot the
act of any considerable faction of the
British subjects. The British people
are as rtle, as loyal to their govern
rnent as the Americans can possibly be
to theirs, and the disconnected element
over there is small indeed. being con-
fined 70 the Lowest orders OF society, the
deprayed, criminal classes, with here
and there GINNING fellow with vicious
heart to direct when he lacks the
courage to lead.
The American Congress and the
American people should ask them
selves how far they are responsible Tor
this awful crime, and having satisfied
ourselves that we are not entirely
blameless, should take steps to reduce
the responsibility to the lowest possible
limits, by doing what may be done to-
wards effacing the stigma of harboring
somany ofthe class of men from which
Saturdays dynsmiters were drawn.
Already one of these murderous
wretches has used the wires and press
of the nation to express his glee at
deed which causes good and lawful men
to shudder, and it will be strange if
within the week some demagogue Con- /
gresham does not chuckle with delight |
over the act on the floor of the House I
of Representatives. America opens
her doors to the O'Donov;ln /
Rossas, the Phelans, the dynamiters.
nihilists and assassins of high and low
degree, and stands guard over them
against all the world while they are
planning just such deeds as that OF yes
terday aud getting together the means
and implements necessary to their ex-
ecution; not only this. but they are per
mitted to publicly solicit money for
carrying on their hellish trade. OF
course. it IS not yet charged that Ameri-
cans had any hand in the Westminster I