The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-05
VERITAS' POLITICS.
A Sermon Worthy of Many
a Thought.
THE WAYS OF POLITICIANS.
Nearly All of Our Inconvenience In
Life may be Traced to Our Pas
sive Indifference.
rHE WAYS OF POLITICIANS.

| Nearly nineteen centuries have passed
away since the song of peace on earth,
good will towards men" was heard by
the shepherds on the plains of Bethle-
hem. The struggle through all these
centuries for the maintenance Of peace
and good will has been fierce and
bloody, and TO the selfishness of men
may be traced the cause OF all evils,
and failure to establish an universal
brotherhood among men.
The Christian system still shines with
respondent granduer, and advocates
the fatherhood of God and the brother.
hood of man, and recognizes naught
but mutual intesest founded upon
love and good will. 1t would be q
waste of time to go into detail to show
that all the misery of the race is to be
found in mans inhumanity to man.
Every age is marked by a renewed
energy of men to gain the mastery over
their fellowRen, and to hold the human
soul in chains of servitude by physical
force.
Christianity and modern civilization
are in no wise related. Neither can it
be shown that our present civilization
is the outgrowth of Christianity.
Christianity leads to universal peace
and good will, to equity and justice,
and to a recognition of God as the ruler
of the universe.
A little over one hundred years ago,
the inspiration of God descended upon
a band of men who, in the magnan-
unity of their souls and the guidance
of divine being, renewed the offer of
peace and good will toward men. They
comprehended the genius of the gospel
of the Son of God, and declared that
all men were born free and equal, and
left US a constitution which is the
foundation of our great and good gov
eminent, government by and of the
people, which is known to-day all over
eminent. 1t remains to be seen
whether or not the people will main
tain their rights by preserving so rich
be carried away by the subtle spirit of
the demagogue, and by the aspirants to
Office who are trying to cover up their
designs by crying protection for the
labOring classes of America.
It remains for the present generation
to say whether or not the objects that
the founders of our government had in
view are being realized by the people of
the United States. 1t is useless to deny
the fact that very much is lacking, as
we realize to-day. 1t is most remark
able that the people who hold to the
sacredness of constitutional govern.
ment should be carried away by the
influence of political party that has
ever striven to bind the body and mind
of the people to its errors, and the
maladministration of the government.
What political party has led the van of
sectional hate, but the Republican?
and to-day, if this party had the
power, the olive branch of peace would
be struck from the affairs of united
people. All our troubles arise and
flourish in the hands of men who cut
loose from constitutional limits. These
men, these same Republican leaders,
are striving to renew the struggle by
sowing the seeds of bitterness and
sectional hate. The struggle through
which the nation has passed was car
ried on and maintained for nothing
less than our national union. The
human soul was strung to its utmost
tention in sympathy for the negro, but
the blood of our brave soldiers flowed
as a stream of life from the throne of
God for the maintenance of the union
that God has decreed shall never be
destroyed.
Shall we close our eyes to the cunning
and subtle spirit of the men who are
striving to cover up their deep designs
by crying protection? The struggle
soon to be commenced will be for the
government against a select class
whose design is to make capital
supreme, and when we say class, we
mean those who are separated from
the people by financial lines. Labor
and capital are brought into conflict by
men who are seeking the mastery
through controlling monetary infu-
ence, which to be successful must be
protected and maintained by the
labors of the millions throughout the
land.
President Cleveland is in every
respect a representative President of
the people, in the maintenance of the
laws in keeping with the letter and
spirit of the Constitution, and the peo-
pie should continue his services as chief
executive of this great republic, and
they should by the use of the franchise
politely ask Peok's political bad boys
to go home and wait until they are
wanted; tell them to go home cndlearn
the lesson which declares that it is
good for brethren to dwell together In
unity. Yes, the people are tired of the
Republican war song. This great do
main has been dedicated to God and
humanity. We want no more political
hacking at the tree of liberty and ma
tional unity. The Republicans know
how they have tried to destroy it, and
they might as we'll be honest and foot
the bill, and not try and charge it up to
others.
The mission assigned to US as a ma
ton does not consist in the mainten-
ance of political supremacy of any
party. It is our social duty to main
tain the letter and spirit of our insti-
tutions. and to resist every attempt at
accumulation over and above our
necessities.
Modern education and the power of