The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-26
CHEEK.
The Tribune and the Government
of Utah.
SAT- LAKE Cry, July %. Is

ma the usual amount of cheek, of
!. abuse of the people of Utah, and the
general Sunday howl, and withal the
"Toad-eating fiunkyism" that has ever
characterized that vile sheet.
FirSt-Their cheek on General How
ards letter. 1.-The Ne,cs sneers at the
letter of General Howard" To begin
with, the Ne0S did not sheer at General
Towards letter. so there is lie as well
as cheek. ''And it declares. that no
meanness is intended" Another false.
hood, for no such word as meanness was
used by the Ne,0s nor any wsrd that
implied it. Then the Tribune goes on to
declare that this is a government dis
tinct from the government of the United
States and says it has all the time been de-
claring this to the nation. Wonderful
7rfbunci Now, let us look and see what
the government machinery consists of
for Utah. There is Governor Eli 81.
Murray. But is he the Governor of
Utah? Just ask him that question. Mr..
Goodwin, with an implied doubt, in
your well modulated soprano voice, and
as dearly as Eli loves you, the chances
are you would be kicked. Well, he is
governor, then, really and truly. Was he
appointed by the people of Utah? Well,
hardly. Does he not use his appointing
power and his veto power to the best of
his ability, and doesn't he understand
the rules OF multiplication? Well,
should think so. Then there comes the
district judges, three in number. Were
they chosen or elected or appointed by
and with the consent of Utah's people?
l trow not Are they not supreme in
their rulings, and do they not rule this
way to-day and that way to morrow, to
suit the emergency of the case? Then
there Is the prosecuting attorney with
his assistants, his Mckay, his Marshal
and deputies all appointed and all gov
ernlng without so much as asking the
| consent OF the governed, and all these
othcers thus governing this much-gov-
erned country. Are United States
officers appointed by the United States
government, paid with United States
| gold, with all the help that money or
the power of the United States can call
to their aid, and yet Tribune Charlie has
the cheek to say that this is a govern
mene distinct from the government of |
the United States. Why, man. should |
think every one of the United States |
officials above mentioned would kick |
the cheek off from you.
Then Charlie goes on to say that once |
before the Mormons trailed the flag in
the dust through the streets, once when
Lincoln died they jeereI as they draped
it in Grape
When, Charlie, when, did the Nor
mons trail the flag through the streets
in the dust? Did you stand meekly by
and see them do it? If so, why did not
your patriotic bosom swell, and why did
you not raise your own war cry, as you
say you did recently after the Insult"
to the flag on the 4th? Why did YOU
not hit OF your melodious voice as on
the last occasion and invite, may urge,
Two or three thousands of old soldiers
Union or non Union, to come to Salt
Lake and massacre men, women. and
children? Was it any the less a crime
then than now that you should have 1
oeen silent over III And when I'm
coin died" did you hear the Mormons
leer, as they draped the flag in Grape? !
Ii so. where was vour pm riOtiSm seen-
ing? Why did you not then, in thund
ering tones, command the dogs of war :
to be let loose, and thus appease your
and insulted feelings? | nave
no FAULT to find with General Howard. :
and If he should come to Utah he would .
ind that he had nothing to do but to
march back again, as he would find 4
peaceful ,law-abiding people; and soldier
ana gentleman as he is, he could not,
syen 10 please MI. Goodwin and John C.
Hung, begin to shoot down men, women
and children who were without anv
means of defense, but who were in the a
peaceful walks of home life, without V
'ffense to any living soul but the Tri- a
'une. The best evidence in the world s
hat the people of Utah are in the v
peaceful pursuits OF law-abiding citizens. :
ind that nothing can move them from
hat peaceful plane, is that Charles g
Goodwin and John G. Hung can So in :
iult them and falsify them in almost :
very issue of their vile sheet, and vet
20 unwhipt. n
The people of Utah have no fear of i
General Howard or General McD. Nc "
jook turning onto them their soldiers.
u OF their interfering in any way with
ne iaw-apldlng peace-loying people of (
: tan. NOT bit OF 1T, and they further I
'elleve that either of the aboye-named al
Ulcers would use their entire forces. if IL
necessary, 10 prevent a mob from raid d.
ng and looting our beautiful CITY as the =
'rt6une invited them to do.
No insult was ever offered to the T
American flag by the people of Utah. /
or was the United States flag ever in. St
uited IN Utah, and the motive Mr.. L
GOODWIN has in saying to the contrary ! 81 81
10 STIR up and arouse more bitterness -
g:a,lnst people who are already spoken
vi OF everywhere. But the very fact
his preferring to live in Utah to anvd K
Their spot upon this broad, free land. is
royes the falsity of his own statements fir
ne nation, | think, might claim that at
! insult was offered them by two of its =
70 ae ofhclals failing to display the
ral Court House and the Post Office N
ere conspicuous for absence of any Sc
lntll whatever on that much-mooted de
ourfh OF July just past. SALINA. Il
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