The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-17
YOUNG MEN, REFLECT.

There are a few Utah-born young men
who are wearing the badge OF the Liberal
party and training with that organization.
We are pleased to say there are not many
of them. and the indications now are that
there will be less rather than more before
the end of the campaign. Some have al
ready withdrawn from the ranks OF the
Liberals, thoroughly disguised with the
methods employed by the party managers
there are also mumblings of revolt which
will take away all who are solvent and own
property, if not all who are reputable
1t is the privilege of every man, young
or old, to unite with any political organlza-
ton he prefers. 1t is his right to labor for
the advancement and success of the party
with which he allies himself. His politics
is his own, and the more honest and indie
pendent he is in maintaining his political
principles the more man is he, and the
more popular respect does he command.
We are not going to quarrel with these
young men, if they are honest and intelli-
gent in what they are doing. We are going
to concede their right to pursue the course
they are following, at the same time
regretting the fact of their choice
and wishing that they may see and act
differently. There are also some matters
which with propriety may be laid before
these young gentlemen, and some questions
which can consistently be asked. The
fathers of these boys were the early set
tiers of this territory; they came when
Utah was a wilderness of mountain, sand,
oil -. tbayr fOnn6
here most forbidding in her aspect, mani
testify opposed to human occupancy of the
soil However, the fathers and mothers of
these young men were made of stern stuff.
You may call them fanatics, or what you
will, but all the same they were brave and
hardy men and women, and with stout
hearts, strong hands and determined wills
they went to work to reclaim, redeem and
make habitable one of the most uninviting
sections of the American continent. They
knew that work would overcome formid
able obstacles, and they were not afraid
Of work Even the frowIing of ma
ture and the threats of the elements
could neither discourage nor deter them.
They were sturdy and progressive and
were determined to conquer How well
they succeeded is visible on every hand. By
their toll the soil was made productive. By
their labor roads were constructed and
canals dug. BY their work towns were
founded and these grew into rich, slightly
and prosperous cities. Utah was trans
formed into one Of the most charming spots
in the republic The men and women who
made this country what it is are growing
old, such of them as have not gone hence,
worn out by the hardships and toll endured
that those who came after them might live
in comparative comfort being spared the
work, deprivation and suffering performed
and endured by the early corners.
Now there has come upon the scene a gang
of adventurers-men without means or en-
terprise, and too many of them devoid of
principle and lacking in the qualities which
are praiseworthy and admired. Thesem
have had nothing whatever to do with the
redemption and development of this coun-
try, and they have no interest in
the welfare, progress and honor OF the
community. They are here as adventurers,
specializing on the developments of a few
months or year or two. They are here
because there is nothing to lose, and there
is everything to gain. These are the men
who are denouncing the founders and
builders Of this majestic commonwealth as
vile, unclean wretches; who are saying
that the fathers of Young Utah were and
are traitors to their country, who should
be deprived of their citizenship, denied
fraternity with their countrymen, de-
spoiled of their property and their pro
perty rights, and turned out upon an IN
feeling and uncharitable world, branded
as creatures undeserving the consideration
of their fellow men. These impudent
Adventures go so far as to petition the
court to endorse their infamous assertions,
and put the judicial seal to the certificate
of outlawry which the scalawags have pre-
pared against the old inhabitants. They
solicit the young men to join with them in
the unholy raid and mingle their voices
with the cry which is bowling down the
fathers and mothers as traitors and unclean
beings.
THE HERALD asks if it is strange
that surprise is sometimes expressed at
seeing a Utah boy, the son of worthy
parents, training with the gang who would
Q6DTlVS his 1dIutE VI nOLlc anu Uuig pOS-
sessions, of citizenship and fraternity and
send him into the world veritable man
without a country? Is it astonishing that
there should be queries as TO what the
young men are thinking about when by
their presence and utterances they approve
the assault upon their fathers, mothers, as
sociates and friends.
Fortunately there are but few of these
young men, and as remarked above the
number is growing less as the boys
are made to understand the true mo-
tives of the gang, and to appreciate the
full meaning of their utilization with the
carpet-baggers who have assumed to con-
troll the political action of all who are not
members of a certain church. Few as they
are, THE HERALD is not going to quarrel
with these young gentlemen. 1t is simply
going to ask them if they are acting In this
matter after due deliberation and thought
fulness, both as to the full meaning OF their
present attitude and the consequences OF