The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-13


that was not the mother of the live
,cbild would prefer to see it slain rather
than behold it held in rapturous joy tc
hts own mothers breast. So with the
Tribune and the gang it pretends &c
sneak for. If they lost all hopes OF
| gaining control of the Territory for
themselves, as dernier resort they
would prefer that Congress take direct
band entire control of II, than see il
Iunde- the management OF those TO
whom the government thereof rightly
belongs. hT~
- the rule or ruin clique in Utah
sctuated by purely patriotic fervor in
its anxiety TO keep Utah out
of the Union2 Do they fear that Anne
rican liberty would be blighted II Urah
became a Slater The Consultation pro.
vides that the United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union
a Republican form Of government"
That being the case could Utah hope
even If she desired it-but she does not
desire ito enter the Union " thout a
republican form Of goTernment7 Cer-
tainly not; and il her people were to
sdopt a State constitutions indeed
they already have-in conformity with
that provision Of the National Constitu-
ton, and the people being both COM
petent and willing TO a sumo The re-
sponsihlity Of StatehoOd-is there any
justice in keeping her outside the great
sistehood Of States to whichshe would
De } an ornament and N time "the
brightest star on the old hsg's crowded
space7'i rrr-r
It will be idle for the Tribune to urge
that our republican form of State gov
eminent would be merely the form
without the substance. That has been
and will continue to be its childish OBJ
lection to the admission of Utah into
the Union. How long can running
waters remain impurei Not-long.
Leaning over the rocky beds Of the
mountain gorges. stealing quietly
through the valleys, now in the shade
and now In the sunshine, losing its
identity in grander and pure streamsS
and carried on in majestic sweeps TO
the vast oceans. there 70 be whiried
along In still mightier currents; kissed
into vapor by the sun. to be chilled into
dew drops that shall mimic the
brightness. or carried into
the vast recesses Of the north to be
frozen into huge ice mountains that in
some future age shall again dissolve and
continue, the eternal change not much
chance for impurities lasting in this
great round of constant motion.
30 let Utah come in contact with the |
worlds streams Of progression; no
onger keep her locked up in her own
fastnesses, but let her mingle |
in the worlds commerce
md our nations politics; sether in mo.
ion, and whatever is incompatible with |
ler enjoyment Of the largest liberty
viii soon be cast aside as flthygsrl
nent. Whatever is destructive of social |
happiness. and peace, will ere long be
Ibandoned.
But what troubles the Tribune in
with Utah's statehood is
his: Il would result in RELOCATING the
'olitical hacks which as a rule have
'een foisted upon Utah to their proper
lace in society and in politics to the
ack seats where they would seldom be
cen except when they occasionally
married. at better men, which would only.
revoke 9 smile of contempt State
God for Utah means for them failure
d Utah as they have failed in other
communities where they broke down
efore they came here. AndTit is
gainst this they are sighting. With
hem it is q war for existance. Ne
'onder If they cling to their last for
Urn hope with a death grip. and cry
istily for helPl Ti20G