The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-10

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of men who dared all and whose very
names make your heart strings thrill.
You do not forget Arnold Winkel-
reid. the Swiss patriot, who
rushed against the oncoming. solid
phalanx of Austrian spears, coming
with swift tread like an irl es sta be pub
lie clamoring force. He sliced an arm
full of the glittering steel and buried the
points in his own breast, while his COM
panions broke through the opened way
which had been made for liberty, and
Switzerland was redeemed. Go back
few ages among the legends OF Imperial
Rome and recall how vast creVlce
burst open in the earth, yawning at the
very portals of the forum. The sacred
oracles cried that it would never close
and Rome must perish unless sacrlhce
of some choice human life were offered.
In an hour. back came the
/ flower of Roman chivalry.
nob'e youth with the fire OF grand
daring flashing from his eyes. He was
! adorned IN holiday attire; he RODE his
| highest melted barb, and when he
reached the gaping assure with one
nuick spring, brave, handsome rider and
richly decked steed had sunk out of
sight into the abyss which closed'for.
ever. But these are only instances OF
physical courage. 1t requires even a
quality of greater bravery to be moral
hero, There IS one Englishman whom
Americans love better than all Others
of his race and time. | mean Pitt-the
man who had the courage to stand in
the British Parliament and defy the
wicked governments project for the an
initiation of liberty in this land. Such
an opposition as that of which he made
himself the champion might mean s.
grace, the ruin of all his ambitious
projects; hut he dared to say
to the King and the ministry:
"If 1 were an American, as / am an
Englis Imam, while a foreign foe re-
manned IN my country, l would never
lay down my arms, never, never. never"
Remember our own patriots of last cen
tury, who declared the divine idea that
all men were free and equal. They
walked il a pitiless storm of host lie
opinion. Even later, almost in our day,
the men who led the movement fer the
abolition of slavery were execrated by
the public clamor as wretches unfit to |
live, as "nigger stealers," worse than |
These men all went on |
their wav, knowing that the day of JUS
tice would dawn when their heroism |
would be recognized at its full value.
1t is not so difficult an act to perform
a deed of physical valor. with the sound
Of fife and drum, the spirit, the enthu
'iasm, the wondrous physical power
which is impaired to a man in the
,langor and glory of assembled multi
.udes of warriors or admiring, applaud
ng friends. But it is more, for a man
20 sit down in the presence of his soul
md say: For the sake of my own
ruth and manhood, l will perform this
.ct of Justice, and 1 dare to face the
opposition of the world" Gentlemen.
you are animated by this exalted
ceiling, this court room will not only be
he Temple OF Justice to my client, but
t will be to him his city of refuge,
within the gates of which the hating
multitude may not pass.
1 have few words more to say, gen
lemen. before 1 close. MY client was
onvicted last week upon a similar
barge, only the alleged offense was
placed a year later. You see his
.ge-more than seventy years-his
lair IS white with December
rost. l ask you to consider well what
-ou are doing before you render YER
lict which would impose upon him an
additional penalty. Imprisonment
means more in his case than in most
,thers. 1t means more than the depri-
alton of the necessary comforts and
ttentions with which MS age and cir
have made him familiar. 1t
neans more than the change from the
ociety of loving friends, to be the in
-oluntary companion of thieves and
nurderers. Yes, gentlemen, for to my
lient, it may mean-death Death
within the -ison walls! And yet, do
lot understand me that l am here as a
uppliant for mercy to my client. God
orbid that 1 should ever be placed in
my earthly court where | shall have to
Isk for mercy on his behalf or that of
my other man. l ask simply for
lorenzo Snow to-day, justice, brave JUS
expect nothing less. hope and trust
hat you may be able to rise to the dig
lity of this hour, that you may be able
% see and grasp your opportunity to
become moral heroes, that you will step
onward and stop this onward devasta-
ing rush of injustice and wholesale
which is sweeping
through this Territory, and which your
,utstretched hands can stay.
But, gentleman, if you fail to view
he grandeur of your position. if you
all to act as becomes moral heroes,
mark my word: the future will bring
is retribution of regret to your hearts.
10 act of oppression can go forever I'M
whipped of conscience and destiny.
This is true of individuals and nations.
Read the blazing lesson of history, and
t says that from the hour when Per-
vas myriad army was tossed like chaff
rom the shore of the land which it
had hoped to desolate, down through
The many ages until the hour when the
Corsican corporal swept like the arch
angel of war in an avenging triumph
over the tyrannical nobility of Europe;
yes, search your story until this present
hour; you will find that destiny has
been lying in wait to bring retribution
20 every family and every land which
las transgressed the laws of justice and
humanity.
Gentlemen, this world has had her
chapters written in blood and tears.
She needs no more. Your verdict, now
% be rendered, will become a part
If an important historical epoch. 1
entreat you, by the regard which YOU
nave for your own fair fame; by your
owe for your children, who will Judge
you in the light of the future, by your
and hope for your country
md her reputation, that you will not
De swayed by prejudice, but that YOU
will be guided by facts honestly statad