The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-30

knave unwhipped of justice. What
colossus of wrong IL is thai such q map
should presume % discuss the con-
science /, Aswell might q pig lecture on
astronomy, or the editor of the GueT-
liza attempt to write on temperance. As
well might Kate Flint preach chastity,
or HOLSTER preside at the apotheOsis
of fairness We admit the consist
ency of the writer, while We e1ecrate
his principles. 1t is strictly logical that
the organ of prostitutes and murderers
should disparage the conscience; that
the sheet which declares that young
men would better be roues, and girls
follow q life Of shame, than be Nor
mons, should seek to depreciate the
standards OF honor and morality. The
auhorism of Johnson that patriotism
is the last refuge of scoundrel. finds
an illustration in the effusions of the
hynccrltical GueiilIq. It's methods Of
discussion are beneath contempt. 1t
mistakes TRADE for energy, abuse Tor
reason and habituslly feeds its readers
upon pabulum which to many OF them
has become like opium 70 the Coolie, a
necessary but disgusting ana vicious
habit. To spit in a mans face, to knock
him down, or call him hard names,
generally ends a discussion, but right
does not rest with the aggressori II was
his sense of error that provoked the
outrage. Truth, in the confidence Of
invincAbility, can afford to be moderate;
error must supply with denuuciation,
what it lacks in argument. Those
constant, neYer-failing, dreary editorials
of the Tribune, Of which, treason"
'licentiousness, ""turpitude, " slaves, "
and so on, are the burden suggest the
monotony Of the bull frog croak; it Is
only the boundless wealth Of the Ian
guage in synonyms. that relieves them
from literal repetition. 1t is like the
organ OF John Phoenix, it plays but a
single tune.
Not only does this blood-thirsty
efitvium answer arguments By denun-a
cation, but it finds q further weapon
in deceit and Misrepresentation.
The language of the MIkado chorus
is with slight change, applicable to the
subject II hand:
We know him well,
He cGnsOnly tell
Untrue and groundless tales
He always tries
and nary time he fails. aAAI
Several days ago we had something to
say concerning the night of aliens to
retain their conscienees upon assuming
The Tribune attempted q
reply. but did not attempt to bring
forth or suggest a single argument in
refutsdon Of what we said. What
it said was characteristic; it
prated glibly of the Inmate treason of
Mormonism." of the moral turpitude
of the writer, and said he was not en-
titled to 8 single privilege under the
Constitution, bat should be banished as
q publc;enemy. We asserted, and we
hold this truth to be self evident, that
the naturalization oath cannot be taken
absolutely and unquslifedly. If it be
the case that the oath admits OF no
then every law, however ,
unjust and tyrannicsl, must be serupu-
ously and Loyalty obs ryed. If it were
treason to disobey it, it were scarcely
ess to oppose it or render it luke
warm adherence. 1t was claimed that
the presidents of freedom as well as
the dictates Of reason demonstrated
that no man, upon becoming citizen,
need consider that his conscience must
be subverted to the conscience of the
or that his God must not
open his mouth, save to applaud the
of the laws. We quoted
the memorable words of Lincoln: THAT
If the ipohcy of the government upon
vital questions is to be irrevoc-
ably fixed by decisions Of the Supreme
Court the people will have ceased
to be their own rulers" The Tribune
said that we consider we are living IN
der an ancient despotism. Such
an assertion, in view of the we'll
known teaching of the Mormon
people that the Constitution was
inspired, Inc view Of the universally
admitted fact that the people Of Utah
are, with a single exception, a law
abiding community. and desirable
class Of citizens, and in view of our
thatit is the rule that laws
to the standards Of morality
and to the dictates Of Divinity, is little
short of horse stealing.
The irresponsible character of the
journal is shown by its statement that