Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-27


ment into their own hands and no longer
Weld obedience to irresponsible parties; 1t
means government founded and protected,
notify force, but by consent of all the peo-
pie That was the basis upon which the
thirteen original colonies came together ana
framed the Constitution OF the United
States. The moment the people OF Utah, by
a majority of their sufrages, make 1t mani
fest that this is principle to which tney
steadfastly adhere, then there is not power
enough in the government OF the united
States nor in Congress to prevent such
people from obtaining
THE PRICELESS BOON OF LOCAL sELF-GovERN-
MENT.
But so long as the people surrender to a few
men that which of right belongs to them
alone, and to such an extent that 1t may De
considered as declaration that they are III
fear of free government, and desire TO sur
render their rights and responsibilities to
others, the government will properly say TO
them, We desire to retain that when you
would surrender to others.
Fellow citizens, why should not the hrst
Democratic ticket nominated in this district
be elected ON the coming August? Will any
one of you tell me why it should not be!
Will any one of you tell me why, under a
free government any class OF men can
nominate ticket and say to the people OF
the district that it is q foregone CONCLUSION
that it will be elected? Will any one tell
me why 1t Is that these men can treat with
such contempt and disregard the intelligence
and manhood of the people as not to delgn
to give reason why the men they appoint
have been put upon their ticket? Is there
any nominee upon that ticket. or any mem
Der of the party which nominated that
ticket,
WILL DARE To MEET US UPON THE HUsTINGs
And give US a reason why our ticket should
not be elected upon the coming electlonf
They do not come to you and appeal to your
intelligence, but they pursue still hunt.
They put forth q ticket which has been
selected by one man. Who is that man!
And that ticket has to be elected, and those
who dare to speak and vote against it are
notifed-no matter upon what grounds they
base their opposition-they are notified of
what? That an organization with a credul-
GUS and submissive support lying behind 1t
will, by means of boycotting, and various
other means to which resort may be had,
bring financial, social and other detriment
to the man who dares to raise an indepen-
dent voice in a free country They tell you
that We are trying to bring about the destruc-
ton of the majority of the people; they tell
you that would lay the heavy hand of trlb-
ulation upon even the mother who bore me
THAT AM TRAITOR!
We have seen the result of the policy which
this organization and this party has mapped
out and pursued for the past thirty years.
Like many of you-and am very happy to
say that the majority of the faces l now
look upon are the faces of young people,
first saw the light of day within the confines
of these mountains and valleys. We have
seen our father and the mother who
brought us forth brought face to face with
terrible and most eXaSperatlng situation,
and vet, to eXtricate themselves from a
position where further trouble might over
take them, they are not even permitted to
act according to the dictates of their own
Judgment. They dare not stand up in the
presence of the courts of their country and
give that promise to observe the laws which
all good citizens ought to be most ready to
do. If they do they are
PURSUED AS WITH A NEMESIS,
And made subjects of abuse and exeeration!
It has come to this, that human sacrifice is
demanded! That sacrifice is your father
and your mother and my father and my
mother.
The same causes lead to the same result,
and will continue to do SO in the course of
nature. How shall this evil be remedied? 1t
is simple proposition. Come out in favor
of the principles of free government Vote
the Democratic ticket if you please. Why?
Because the Democratic party is the expon-
ent of those principles which will bring joy
where there is sorrow in Utah to-day.
Young men of Utah, arise in the might of
freemen and say what you will do on the Sd
of August. There are enough men within
the sound of my voice, if they put forth
their energies, to work wonders within the
period of a week, and do that which might
be declared to be impossible under other
and different conditions. These bold noun
tain forms constitute the picture that gazed
upon in}earliest childhood, and it is not i'm
probable that their SUBMITS
WILL ogERsHApow MY LAST REsTNG-PLACE.
But before that time comes l desire to see
this Territory emancipated and put III the
position where she rightly belongs; and if
too late for me to enjoy it, then may my
children participate in the fruits of the eff
forts l now put forth. That day is not re-
mote; it will certainly come, earlier than we
think tonight, perhaps. We may be sacri-
feed in this struggle; that amounts to but
little. In the struggle of Switzerland with
the Emperor of Austria, when the defle of
the mountain was blocked up by the serried
hosts of Austrian troops and bayonets made
a solid wall almost, through which it was
apparently madness to attempt to break,
there was one man, hardy mountaineer
who said:
81 WILL CLEAR THE Way"
He rushed upon the bayonets and made an |
opening through which his followers might |
pass. He sacrificed himself, but he saved |
his country.
1t may be, as it has been predicted, that |
the Democratic nominees will be sacrificed. |
Well enough. We have sOwn the seed: it |
will grow. We are conscious of seeking one |
thing only, and that is the good of the peo-
pie of Utah. Sacrifice us on the Sd of |
August, if you WILL but we propose making |
a road through which others who succeed us
will be able to pass.
At the close of Mr.. Rawlins' speech
calls were made for Messrs. p. L. Will
liams. A. F. Doremus, w. A. Taylor and
others, but as none OF these gentlemen
were present, Mr.. Bamberger moved that
the meeting adjourn. The chairman then
retired. Notwithstanding this fact, calls
by the crowd were made for Gabe Blake,
w. FL. Mills. Major Nollnnan and others,
and the latter gentleman assembled the
stand and spoke as follows
MAJOR MOUNTAINS REMARKS.
FelIotc Citizens-This is the first time for
twenty-four years that haye attempted to
address political assembly, and am not
to make you any kind of speech
tonight. Our issue here is solely local. it
has nothing whatever to do with national
politics. Our sole struggle is against ecclesi-
astical or church rule-against the rule of
oHuICn 1uds HAS ndu enIlre sway III tnlS
country ever since its first settlement. II is
just simply struggle against a theocracy
that is composed of Church and State
AT this juncture Mr.. Bamberger, con-
jecturing that it was the intention of the
speaker, to deliver rabid anti Mormon r
speech, and that being no part of the
stepped upon the stand and
addressed Major Nounnan as follows:
ME-. BAMBERGER's REMARKS.
Excuse me, Major, but this is Democrat
c meeting, and we will not have any speech
es that are not strictly Democratic.
Then, addressing himself to the audi
ence, Mr.. Bamberger continued:
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