The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-01

anu Calleu 10 memory, TO strengthen
the devotion of the people for their
country. There is no people, probably,
upon the face of the earth WAC
have greater reason TO love their
country than the American people.
They honor and love it because
it is their government. In bygone ages
and IN other great governments of tbs
world. the sovereignty does nos rest
upon the will OF the people. In some
countries the right to govern is believed
to be divine one; the people do not
make toe government under which
they live, but in this country the people
make the constitution and the laws. 1t
is true that in past ages there were
governments termed republics, but after
all they were but aristocrasies. The
great masses of the people were in
slavery. 1t was so in the Republics of
Greece; it was so in the Republic of
Rome, but our fathers planted their
government upon the will of the people.
And for this reason the people have an
interest in it; the government is made
for them; they are not regarded as
b. ling made for the government. We
ses in lookil across the sea the grea.-
est nation upon the face of the globe,
and absolute power in that nation is in
the hands of the Gar. But the spirit
of freedom is arousing the people of
that country, and we find the Nihilist.
Though they may adopt rash and I'M
reasonable means to reform their gov
eminent, still their united efforts at
last will overturn that government or
will reform it.
The speaker then went on to show
that in the establishment of any govern
ment, the founders must adopt certain
principles. In the Territory of Utah,
he said, the people were endeavoring to
build a State. If they do, they must
build it on sure foundation (applause),
and the government of the United
States must be satisfied that it is upon
a sure foundation, or they will never
recognize IL IS a State. (Applause.)
The Judge here made use of smile to
illustrate his meaning, which to some
was as plain as MONDAY and to others
as dim as common darkness without the
aid of the glimmering light of electricity,
in reference to the manner in which a
man would build his house, stating,
very philosophically it seemed to the
appreciative audience, that if there was
rubbish on the ground he would first
clear it away before commencing build
ing operations. Following this, the
orator remarked that it was true gov
eminent is not built of material things,
but it is built and established upon Ger
tain foundations. Sentiment and the
will of the people are enacted into
laws, and when people have no will
of their own, when the will
of one man or few men is the will of
all, there is no foundation upon which
to build substantial government.
(Applause). Republics describe the
timber of which to build governments.
in the light of all ages and in the light
of all experience they settle this-that
all men are created equal; that they
have an equal right to life, to liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
Cat this point Governor West made
his appearance, which was the signal for
some applause.)
All men are not equal in every re-
spect, not by any means, but they are
before the law. One man has just as
coed right to his life and to protect it
as another; one man has ss good right
to liberty, to engage in any pursuit as
another, and the same right to the pro-
lection Of the government. Previous
to the late war. portion of the Ameri-
can people denied that truth. They
said that the black man was not en-
titled to his liberty; that he was
not entitled to pursue happi-
ness as other people were, and
hence they undertook to build a
government upon the cornerstone of
human slavery, and they organized to
overthrow the government when that
great man whose name l have men
toned, called upon the patriotism of
the American people when he appealed
to republican opinion. When the guns
of Sumter were heard throughout the
land, we see the sons of liberty march
ing down TO the front, marching down
for what2 Because they were ready to
die for their country if necessary. They
regarded the government as theirs, and
they were ready to die for it. 1t is true
there are some governments in the
world that are not fit to live for, and
such government is not tit to die for.
True, some governments will be suited
to some conditions and to some people
that would not do for others. 4 gov
eminent for a lot of wild Indians or
baIbarians would not do for civilized
men; they neeu more forc,, but no gov
eminent that does not recognize the
VI Ahmah bhot
are announced in the Declaration
of independence according to our
views is not tit to exist. (Applause).
There were crowned heads across the
seas who believed that better blood
| flowed in their veins than the rest of
mankind; and these men said that self
government IN North America was yet
an experiment, and when instruction
or rebellion arose it would go down.
When the guns roared forth at
Sumpter, they announced that the
great Republic was falling to pieccs on
account of its own inherent weakness !;
but then the millions of free men came
marching down to the front, these men
were amazed and when they saw the
great Republic arousing herself like q
strong man and shaking her invincible
locks, they did not seem to know what
it meant. AS the struggle went on, as
the fight thickened, these men saw that
the Republic, like the eagle, knew his
roost.
The speaker here referred in glowing
terms to the flag which had been
honored in war and victory, and which
had known no defeat; and concluded
with the following peroration. May it
represent nation united. happy and
| free; nation that Is ready and
willing to honor the great