The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-11
TWEEDLEDEE IRELAND AND
TWEEDLEDUM UTAH.

following occurs:
"There is, know, an answer to this,
aud what is the answer is only found IN
the view which rests upon the basis o.
despair and of the absolute condemna
ton of Ireland and Irishmen as ex-
ceptions to those beneficial provisions
which have made in general Europeans.
and in particular Enslishmen ano
Americans. capable of self government.
that an Irishman is fusus ndtuTGe: that
Justice. common sense, moderation and
natural prosperity have no meaning for
him; that all he can understand and all
that he can appreciate is strife and per-
petual dissensioD. Now, sir. l am not
going to argue in this House whether
this view, this monstrous view, Is
correct one. / say an Irishman is aS
capable of loyalty as another man: hui
IL bis loyalty has been checked. why.
il is because the laws by which he Is
governed do not present themselves to
him as they do to US in England or
Scotland with a native and congenisl
element"
The sentiments embodied in the
foregoing extract do credit to the heart
and brain of their great author. Even
the Salt Lake Tribune is struck with
something like admiration OF the lofti
ness of soul displayed by the "grand
old man, and the question at issue be
ing one of liberty for the oppressed
Irish, and not for the down
trodden Mormons. il is heart and
soul with 1.-THE great Gladstone pro.
posal," which it calls "a superb rhe-
torical effort" and says: "His speech
bresthes throughout a spirit of hu-
mainly and a reverence for human
rights that cannot but endr5r him to
the people for whom he spoke, and IN
deed to lovers of liberty in all lands.
We would be only too happy to be
lieye that these plausible words were of
a cosmopolitan character, and that after
long years a spark of human feeling
had at last been struck from the flinty
heart of g Tribune editor But We are
of the opinion that it is not the prin-
ciple of human rights that is here
lauded for the sake OF the principle it.
self, but simply its application. The
same pen that praises an effort for the
of the condition of the
Irish, has nothing but abuse and con-
for anyone who speaks
a kind word Tor another oppressed class
the Mocmons. Mr.. Gladstone, if he
we're an American statesman, and
should utter in the halls of Congress
Ior the Mormons the noble sentiments
be delivered on the floor of the House
IF Commons in behalf of the irish peo-
pie. would be surprised, If he cared any
hing for such vaporings, which isn't
likely, how quickly the tables would be
turned against him by papers of the
Tribune kiudl The rapidity with which
the truly grand old man" would find
himself transformed into "a sorry ass, >"
would cause his amazement TO rIral
that of Bottom, the weaver, in "A Mid
summer Nights Dream" He would be-
,ome at once "a hired tool of the Nor
non hierarchy" "a mentally blasted
wretch" "a senile and sniyeling
and be loaded with
other choice epithets kept in
the Tribune locker to be used as
arguments" against anyone who dares
iefy its malignity and speak one word
or the cause of home rule and human
rights in Utah.
of course the TribEne has ian answer
10 this" but its answer is only found
IN the view which rests upon the basis
Of despair and of the absolute coudem-
nation of the Mormons: that a Nor
mon lis lEsus ndturae; that justice, com
mon sense, moderation and natural
prosperity have no meaning for him;
that all that he can understand and ali
that he can appreciate is strife and per
petual dissension.' This monstrous
view, as Mr.. Gladstone truly calls it,
is the one taken by all papers of the
Tribune stripe in relation to the Nor
mons. and such editors are so blindIy
bigoted that they cannot see the parai-
lei which shows up in such glaring col
DIS their inconsistency. Tney praise
turbulent Pat for his loyalty; they de-
nounce the quiet Mormon for his trea-
son and l&wlessness; what they term
patriotism in ireland, they would call
crime in Utah; "a suberb effort in
behalf OF the trsmpled Celt, would be
1.-THE supersnnuated drivel Of q hoary-
beaded idiot" if spoken in defense of the
prosecuted Latter-Day Saints.
We take the solid ground that the
principle at issue is The same, whether
the rights of Mormons or the righss of
Irishmen are concerned. To paraphrase
the words of the English Premier. "a
Mormon Is as capable of loyalty rs
another>pan;" but if his loyalty has
been checked. why, it is because some
Of the laws By vhieh be is governed do
not present themselves to him with
native and congenial element. being
in their nature. special in
tn cir application. and ruinous in their
results. In other words, to similarly
apply Lord Macaufavts Strfctura= ~, ~