Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-23
hear from him. The venerable chair


glowing tributes paid by Jefferson to that
champion of liberty, Thomas Paine, he
recognized that man should not be al
together religions man to be true
patriot The broad platform of Democ-
racy does not know creed or profession,
but believes in doing the most good to
the greatest number He had lived in
Utah fourteen years, and was not, and
never had been, in sympathy with a
united Church and State. He wanted
equal privileges for all, and it was moth
ing in mans favor to be straightforward
and upright in business here to entitle
him to an Office. Church patronage is
the power in their so-called "People's
party" The Peoples party is not polit-
zeal party, and nobody outside of Utah
and its immediate vicinity knows of its
existence. Utah must be identified by a
political party, and we must try to make
Democracy the power of national recog-
milton.
At the finish of Mr.. Benedict's address
J. L. RAwLINs
Was called upon and responded with his
usual power. He said that it would be
idle for him to attempt to say anything
more convincing than had already been
said, and propounded the query, ''What
would be the result if these princicles are
carried out?" For his part he was salts
fed that the people here would feel bet
ter in every way, and a new impetus
would be given to the country The prin-
ciples of Democratic Government would
push to the front in spite of all opposition,
and the yoke of oppression, internal and
foreign, would be lifted from the necks of
this people. With Democracy at the head
of affairs We are promised a government
of the people, and the reason of the indi-
vidual man is brought to bear in help
ing to perpetuate those principles
of self-government which enters the
heart of every free man of this glor-
ious nation. Republicanism has had its
mission, and though that party was in
power for nearly quarter of a century,
Democracy still lived, and its promise of
equal rights to all men. The history of
the Republican party has been one of
coercion, but now that the national
affairs are in the hands of the Democracy
the laws will be enforced Justly and
fairly to all Utah can never occupy a
place in the national political arena,
without a change in the prevalent ideas
in regard to local government. The
Democratic candidates do not expect to
be elected this time, they only expect
their efforts to inculcate a spirit of free
dom in the midst of this people. Re-
ligion forms no part OF this controversy,
as far as The Democrats are concerned,
and if the Democrats come into power
here they will merely use the powers
vested in them to insure the good of the
people. He did not mean to touch religion
in any point when he began his address,
but had been led into it inadvertently
The young Democrats of Utah are looked
upon as deserters from the parent fold,
and also as being in direct opposition to
the precedents of their families, but this
is not the case, only so far as the right to
think and act for themselves as far as
political principles are concerned. When
our young men have fully come to the
point of governing this people on politi-
cal and common-sense plan, nothing will
prevent Utah from entering as a State in
this glorious Union
When they say a word for themselves
the young Democrats are accused of being
traitors. Young ard old Democrats will
still stand together, though defeated, and
after the Sd of August they will still be
true to assert their political rights on the
platform of Democracy.
JOHN NJ. YOUNG,
Upon being called for an expression of
his views, said that he had gone there to
hear the views of others in regard to this,
our first political campaign in Utah, but
as they, no doubt, looked upon him as a
representative young Democrat he would
make few remarks to substantiate his
claim as member of that party. He
thought that the young Democrats had
been misunderstood, either wilfully or
otherwise, and had been made the subject
of adverse criticism without giving just
cause for it. A man should not be
thought the worse of merely for coming
out fiat-footed and saying that Church
and State should not be governed by the
same head. Because they had been ig-
norant OF the political rights which they
should have assumed upon reaching their
majority years ago, there is no reason
why they should continue to remain SUBJ
servient to rules which they had no hand
in making, and which are contrary to
the utterance of an original thought.
The young men of to-day have enough
intellectual stamina to entitle them to
some recognition in welding the affairs
of local government, and if they choose to
stand for their rights on the Democratic
platform and identify themselves with
that party, nobody has any right to OBJ
ject. Our cause is just one, and it is
merely question OF time, and possibly
after repeated defeats at the polls, ere we
will solidly plant the standard of Democ-
racy at the head OF political affairs in
Utah.
Mr.. Young having finished his speech,
Mr.. Bamberger moved that the meeting
be adjourned, with the information that
on Saturday, the 25th inst, there would
be another Democratic meeting held in
front of the DEMOCRAT office.