The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27

1t the damndest country ever known.
The world over politics breed i'll feel,
ing, distrust and mutual disgust, and in
the successful endeavor of political lead
ers to lay all the evils of country at
the door of their opponents, the people
are carried away and lose sight of the
real causes that are sapping away the
vitality of the, nation. The history OF
all ages shows, that politicalfermenta and
national dishonor and death have gone
hand in. hand. "In union there is
|strengtIl." Is the pet saw of blatant
BOOSTERS of liberty, and they think them
selves united while their sentiments are
so widely opposed that Oftentimes men
are led to take each others lives they
call it unity when one class of citizens
is forever declaring that all the evils
they suffer are brought about by the
domination of a party of their own
countrymen, and so blind do they be-
become in their mad zeal that they lose
sight of the possibility of themselves
contributing in any way whatever to
the evils they lament: they talk of lib
-erty when they are the slaves of party
and each party is led by men, who IN
999 cases out of 1000, have only their
own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and personal glory
in view, and yet mankind will brawl
and fight for these very men, who have
no more sympathy for the masses than
they have for the individual, and the
Lord only knows how little that is. The
lesser political lights in the Conservative
party point to Lord Salisbury as the
Second Coming In politics, while among
Liberals, Gladstone. tthe grand old
umbreIla'') is the Ancient of Days re-
turned. And thus the wordy warfare
wages. e.r- .eIc1 5Ty.ssg .f1ss
StiA more surprising is the interest
which the ministers, or parsonsT or
priests, take in the political issues Of the
hour. They are as mad as wrath be
cause the Liberal party have, limited
that the disestablishment OF the Church
of England might properly. in time to
come, be called political question; yet
from time memorial. these step
ping stones. these sign posts on
the way to heaven, have perSisy
ted in asserting their political
rights, but the bare mention Of a
politician assuming to dictate IN their
ministerial affairs raises brawl almost
uuearthly in its Yehemence and the
alarm is sounded over the country that
the work of God is menaced by unholy
and unrighteous men, / know minis
ter in Belfast seeoBd to none III point OF
popularity, Hugh Hanna by name, but
affectionately known among the masses
as ''roaring Hugh" He presumes to De
debater and is always foremost IN the
political fights, of q wordy character.
This pious gent recently held torth IN
Belfast and denounced the candidate OF
the opposition party in the most Dareo
faced and brutal manner ever hearq'
and he was applauded. This same rev
erend blackguard and blackmailer tne
next Sunday taught in his large church
to an admiring congregation, and douot-
less preached charity, patience, longsuI-
fering. etc., for he is beyond a DOUBT
popular servant of that meek and lo@iy
one who came to establish ION eaEt1
peace, good will toward men" Lore
Salisbury may be statesman, but ne Is
politician enOugh-thatis, small enough
to take advantage of every popular
chance to WIN his point, and as ne Is
supposed to be the champion OF G9o 5
word-he declares that to disestapnSn
the church would be to destroy the
preaching and PRONUNCIATION OF goa s
word. which shows what a high estllnate
he puts on the power Of the Almighty
Jetovah-of course his is the hurrah