The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-20
Home Rnle for Utah .
SALT LAKECITY. June 10.

SALT LAKE CITY. June 10, 1886,
To the Editor OF ms HERALD.
Much Is said about home rule nova
days. But it is not home rule for our
own people. 1t is for people far away
and with whom We have no national
connection. Strange, but i; is verify so
hold TO the safe old traditional policy
for the United States, and that is. to
enter into no entangling alliances with
European or old world governments.
Consequently home rule for Ireland is
far cry for me. 1t is something N
which /, as an American ci,izsu, have
no special concern. II the people uf
the BRUSH Isles think it best for Ire
land 10 have home rule, il is not NV
bRines +. Some Of them favor 1t. and
Others do not Much may be said both
ways. Its matter of division OF gov
Eminent, and some fear il may be a
pJinter towards dIsintegratiOn, which
,iley hold would not be good for e
p ace and prosperity OF Ireland. Brit
au, Su Ope, or the " rid al large. Then
sOtne hold that an fish gOvernm mt OF
Ireland would necessarily b. CathOli
which the Protestant Irish could
hardly endure. GO IL might b.
home rule for Catholic or southern
Ireland. home rule for Protestant or
Northern Ireland, home rule for Scot
land, home rule for Wales, and TO
knowing how much farther home III e
would 90. Would that be well for the
prosperity and integrity of the kingdom
or The enpire2 Many of the bet minus
IN the country have grave doubts about
ha | 4 urnfrNd
officials 10 live on the taxes, more pulit-
icai excitement and rancOr, and prob
ably more political knavery. No Prot
eslaut want extension OF Catholic rule.
aud, seeing that the civil and religious
liberty that the world does enjoy Is the
direct result OF Protestant rae, one
Cannot well blame them. But notwith-
standing, II the people of the BRUSH
Islands want home rule, lie. them have
IL. II they don't want it, let them 20
along wi hout il Anyway, il is no spe- |
cial business of the American people.
But home rule for Americans is the !
81 ial business of the American peo-
pie. the people of these United States. |
IL Is the one thing political they should |
be the most jealous TO establish and /
throughout the length and |
breadth of the land, because the entire /
H0AAAANaA 81 uNON I
IT. grow tired of hearing the repeated /
yells for home rule for Ireland. when /
home rule does not prevail here at
home. IL is disgusting. IL seems still 4
that everybody knows how to manage
his neighbours business. That is why /
we in America hear so much about
home rule for Ireland, and nothing
about home rule for Utah. There is
more home rule in Ireland than IN
Utah, more personal, civil. and reli-
10 liberty. Yet the cry is more for
Ireland ana less for Utah. Rather let
Is perfect our own method of govern
nent before attending to that of other
nations. Let US insure actual home
-ule for our own territories before
;iamoring for IL for parts and portions
II other nations. In my view every
American citizen who shouts for or IA
Tors home rule for Ireland, and does
rot shout much more loudly for and
much more strongly favor home rule
or Utah, Is a hypocrite and a traitor.
lie puts me in mind of the words OF tie
savior: Thou hypocrite. first cast out
he fbeam from thine own eye; and
hen shalt thou see clearly to cast out
he mote out OF thy brothers eye"
UTAH.