Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-19
Is THIS FREEDOM


No Journal that ever was published
on earth has equalled the anti-"pior-
mont organ Of hate In exhibitions OF
sslf.contradic,ory positions and state
mcnts. Neither have there ever been.
10 our knowledge, such glaring dis,
PARTIES between profession and prnc-
tIcs as are constantly manifested In the
columns Of our inconsistent contempo-
rary. Itisa regular freodom-shriekcr
in theory, while In practice It, procli'
witty for tyranny and aheoiutism Ia not
approached by any other newspaper
issued from the press In this or any
other country. II .. showing liz cha
ractcristics In these directions, as
matter Of course, In iis treatment
Of the subject Of the proposed Oh
liberation OF the old local political
lines that have existed In this Terri.
tory, and tho inauguration Of n popu.
lar division upon national party poll.
tics. tits opposed TO the movement.
II has perfect right 10 take that POSI-.
ton or any other II may elect upon
any public question, but IL attempts
To bulldoze and torrgirs others Into
training with II are inexceedingly bad
taste, and In direct conflict with liz
own professions Of liberty for tho indl-
vidusi, providing, Of course, the par.
ticular person DO not "Nformon."
The following from Mondays Issue
Of the organ Of hate seems fair on It's
face: at IL an occasion when every
Republican should uss HE opn mind,
and use II with as serious Intent as he
ever did In his Ilfc.v
A number Of well known Hepub-
licsns have undertaken, ON the latest
political Issue, 10 uss their ovn minds
instead Of the minds Of the gang which
runs the tyranny shop from which the
paper In question Is issued. For thus
conforming 70 the Invitation Of this
remarkable journal TO use their own
mcntal faculties instead Of being echoes
Of opinions and expressions conceived
and shaped for them by tho practical
exponent Of slavery, the gentlemen
who declined 70 jump when the
Tribune string was pulled arc
accused Of selling out their
party. This means, Of course, that
they arc political traitors because they
declined TO DO political serfs. A quota
tion from this mornings Issue win ex.
hibit tho beauty Of contradiction for
which our unestcemed contemporary
has become notorious; "rhe Repub.
iicans who thus undertake 10 sell out
their party arc In tho position Of the
devil when he offered the kingdoms Of
the earth for = little worship. They
had nothing 10 trade and neither
had he"
This 10 not . happy illustration for
the gang who offer II. The gentlemen
who have elected 10 use their oton
niinds are compared 10 tho devil, and,
Of course,to make the illustration sym.
metrical, places the parties 10 whom
theprofer Ia claimed 10 have been made
In the position Of Him who WINS above
temptation and tho real owner Of the
earth. For tho third party there does
not seem TO bc any place LEFT NO far US
relates TO the unhappy illustration Of
our much mixed cotemporary.
Tho slanderous imputation thrown
out by this organ OF defamation upon
gentlemen who have had sufficient
Independence TO use ne6 opn minds
In place OF electing TO be- subject 10 the
mostgalling dictatorship ever witnessed
In this Republic, Is most despicable.
1t remains To DO seen whether or not
there shall be abJect submission TO such
tyranny. One Of the questions con.
nected with tho present situation is
shall Intelligent citizens slavishly fol.
low the dictation OF nm unscrupulous
clique which persists In sitting upon
tho tall OF progress shouting "whoa?n
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