Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-11

In The North American Review Gen.
ernl Rush Q. Hawkins declares that in
this republic brutality aud avarico arc
triumphant and rido rampant over do.
ctncy and humanity in our civilization.
The government Is swindicd from be.
Cunning to end in ils business contracts.
Railroad wrccking Is fayorile Ameri.
can industry which has enriched a SGT
Of individuals whose presence would
adorn penal institutions Tho star
route thieves robbed tho government Of
s0,oOO,oOO. while the thieves who steal
government timber on public lands have
been carrying on operations for fifty
years.
There Rlsois the stock watering trade.
which has nourishcd to such an extent
that oyer.issuos Of stocks and bonds
amount Ia this country to not less than
$1,000 900. ian Indirect mortgage
upon the nation,l products, industries
and laborof the whole country" Avarice
knows no bounds. It will palm worth.
less goods on the public and itnpcril the
safety Of life In Its greed Our buildings
arc dangerous frsnds OF tho Indian
agents employed NJ the United statet It
Is said. "Thuse wrctches would burn
down n city to roast Pig Tho brutal.
ity with which sheep, cattle aud hogs
arc treated In the west Is something ~
Ecken the soul Of civilized being.
Therefore, all these things and many
more considered, brutality aud avarice
are triumphant in the United States"
But no, says In reply Colonel Robert
q. lngcrsoll. What II We do water
stock 1--WE all know that tho amount
Of stock Issued has nothing to do with
tho value Of the thing represented By the
stock" which may DO put down under
the head Of great Truths. In closing his
defense Of the American people from
General Hawkins charge Of universal
ayarico and brutality, Colonel lngersoll
uses these eloquent words
There "a IN out country no real foundation
! Tor these vide and sweeping ISLANDERS. Thia,
AAAN HNAAAANAtAf y wv NNaN NNNNN lNMnMNH 10
bcai countty.in tho world. The citiseuiof this
| republic are, on Tho average, better oiuihgd and
| fcd aud educated than anyoihef people. They
arc fuller Of life, more progressive. quicker to
take advantage NJ the forces ~ nature. than
any other q the children of men. liore tho
! burdens VI government hro lightest, the rgspon-
tlbllltles Of the Individual grratost. aud here,
| In my Judgment. nrv IN BE- Nufkul out tho most
| important problems Of tnclal science.
Hero In America & finer sense ~ what Il
I due from man 10 man than you Will fini IN
| other lands. We do not cringc 10 those whom
chance has crowned. We stand orcct
our aympathles are strong aud quick. Gen.
croiiiy Ia almost national failing. The hand
/ " honest want 4 rarely lon untitled. Great
/ calamitics ogen tho hearts and hands ~ all
Here you will had democracy IL tho family
republication BY tie nfvsidc. Say what you
will, the family l. apt TO be patterned after the
| FoycrnmoaL II King Il At the head Of tho
nation, tho husband lns.dnoi himself the mon-
arch ~ the homo. III thii coultry wo have
/ carried Into the family the idea ON which tho
government 4 hassd. Here husbands aud
/ wives are bcginning 20 10 equals.
Tho highes. test u civilization l. the treat
ment Of women and children. Hy this standard
America stands frst among nations.
There Il a magnitude, u loone. q grandeur,
about this country an unplitudo-thnt tatis.
/ nea tho heart and the linag lnAtlcn. We have
our faults. Nc have our virtues. but our coun-
| Try Il tho bcst.
No American should ever wriie a line that
eau DO sn.cTingly quoted BY al enemy VI the
great republic.