The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-15
REFORMS:
Scout" Reviews Some of the
Evils of The Day..
sEDITION AND. ALIEN LAWS.
A Few Pertinent Questions for the
Representatives Of the Land 7
to Answer. ! ~
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To the Editor of THE HERALD:

More than one OF the articles pen
ned for you by Scout have been Of
political nature, in which the admins
tration of public affairs by the corrup
ZIONIST squad have been shown UP il
their true light. Now what is the gen
eral and most important topic, in which
all of US, Republican, Democrat,
Greenbacker, are interested and thai
to great degree? Our Territory is in
>vaded by foe, which to-day looms
up in his might and defies the strong
arm of the law. When the elder Adams
was seated in the presidential chair two
bills were passed and for time were
most stringently enforced. We refer
to the Alien and Sedition laws. These
laws, when annulled, were no doubt
detrimental to the infant Republic, yet
to-day we need them, and badly too.
Why so, do you ask? We will tell you
why, and after you have read and
pondered over our reasons, every reader
of THE HERALD will concur with
Scout" and wish something similar to
the old laws of Adams, time were in
force. We are a republic, a free coun-
try; we extend a cordial welcome to all,
of every nation, TO come and live in the
United States and for that very reason
are injuiring not only ourselves, but
causing the most scathing anathemas to
be hurled at our heads by all Europe
In Chicago, we know Socialists and
Nihilists who are openly holding their
meetings, endorsing every act of VIC
ience. passing resolutions fayoring
strikers and on the whole developing
the basest and most despicable of
schemes to undermine us and ruin our
government. This class of men imagine
themselves a most potent faction is this
land of freedom. 1t was through their
clan that a Russian Car lost his life.
and If we do not blow THAR leaders from
the lannon's mouth THU we NAV. haye4
to mourn over some of their heillsh ex--
PLOTS. Then come the tCelestials''-
are they needed here? Do they aid us |
materially in opening up the rich treas
ures of the land of sunset?" Do they |
adopt our ways and act as part of us? I
Do they go as pioneers in a wilderness,
and by hard persistent labor open up |
even one acre of our vast unoccupied |
agricultural domain? To these ques-
tons must come the answer, no" |
But what do they? To tell the old, old |
story you know SO well would be Tres
passing on your time, so we only re-
mark; they are indutrious In that |
particular, we can find no fault. They |
earn money and keep it. 1t is lost from |
circulation among the whites, when
once John" grapples our coin. To |
China it may go, but not to US will it |
come. They are clannish and more |
heathenIsh in their Inode-of living than
even the poor Arab. The worst charac-
ter OF disease, leprosy and others which |
common decency forbids US mention
1ngfooules with them to this country |
and the number OIL, premature deaths |
therefrom is not small. The present |
San Francisco coroner can vouch for |
the truth of their being the very seat of |
the most loathsome of diseases. If |
nothing else is done by Democracy, the |
prayer OF every well wisher of our gov
eminent will go forth to the throne of |
Him who made it, if Congress would |
forevermore forbid their landing on our
soil. Let them go. Our washing" can |
be done at home without them and all |
would move smoothly where naught
save trouble has reigned Just Thought
miserable opium smokers. lThevil
lure andFuin for life our girls in theirl
joints and yetnothihg is done. Shame
on our representatives Do they wish |
US well or not? The sons of sunny Italy
come over and become citizens. An
other disgrace. They infest our south
ern States and are ruinous to our labor
ing classes. Ireland sends her poor and
they al once commence sympathizing
with the dynamiters and aid skirmish-
ing funds and other inventions to de-
stroy the life and property of Britain.
Papers are printed and published in our
great cities openly favoring all schemes
and plots to murder. Will such last and
receive the countenance of our govern
ment? This, indeed, is a most pertinent |
question and one of more importance |
than some may imagine. Newspapers,
all over the land, publish reasonable |
articles. The northern press villifies
the southern press and thus it goes
from day to day. Yet why does it con- !
tlnue? The journalistic mode in ex- |
changing courtesies is now akin to |
Woodworking and is despicable. So |
let the Sedition Law be renewed. The |
early digging upTan6 putting rigidly in +
force Of these laws isleft to the grand |
old party which has stoed the storm and /
returDs to power stronger than ever, and /
MAt4OuV SluSle scar received IN the |
conflict which it has persistently fought |
for the past twenty-four years. Mr..
Cleveland is a man possessed of COM t
mon sense. a requisite not feund-in the !
House of Corruption, whose ministry
viii soon step down and out, TO welcome |
the return of the men who believe and t
advocate the veal of the land. In their
genuine zeal and earnestness to benefit |
,wesincerely hope theylwill remember
that there is detective aue to be I
remedied, and with new broom of /
stiff and strong material commence and |
sweep clean all the foreign elements
which are tending to undermine us and I
ruin our government.
10 conclude, let US ask the press
people. whose eyes may scan this
article, to consider and preach through
their papers the truth which we have
endeavored to place before them in the
manner possible.
SALT LAKE Cry, Feb. 10, 1885. t