Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-20

Dos,sa,e.. ondt hrs co,5,, ao,os ne people
u northern rfdh iigMfgig ncofoh
Yours respectfully,
CuAs. II. HNHr,
Ricu 4 Ricu.
To Hos. Dno. v. EDavNns.
United staloa Senate"
There is one feature OF the foregoing
correspondence which l. brought into
prominence by It's absence-modesty.
These young men who have exhibited
such deep Interest In the public local
welfare and shown such feverish I'M
patience ut the mere prospect OF de.
lay Of benefits, Inform the stoich
Senator from the state OF Vermont that
the passing VI enactments by the Utah
Legislature fixing the place OF holding
terms OF court was a ursurpation by
that honorable body Of "a power given
the Governor This was power
"nevcr given TO the Legislature
Therefore the conclusion " inovitnblo
the esactmcnts were "cOntrnry 10
authority aud consequently void"
This ~. on its face, a strong plea Tor
tyranny and autocracy, and q knock
down argument. against popular rule.
Unfortunately for It, safety the gentle
men who made use Of Il overlooked the
necessity Tor the preservation of the
consistency of one part OF thcif state
mcnt with the net Of II. Had they
gra.pcd this essential they never
would have written the closing para
graph, which asrs MIR. Edmunus-
whom the Logan gentlemen seem 70
rvgnrd n the entire Scnnte-to "conier
upon the Governor n power that u con
sisicnt with prevsous Legislation on
the subject by CONGRESS anu whlch
will authorize nam 10 cJcroi,c a J1ofcr
iohioh " IA doubtful whcther ne Hoip pos
assses, and thus confer upon the people
Of Northern Utah right long needed"
Such n statement ~ thatafier having
previously asecrtcd TINT Congress had
already given such power 10 the Gov.
ernor, aud that 10 exercise II by the
Legislative Assembly was consequent.
ly without authority aud void, II, TO
say the least, n tribe absurd. II the
astutc Senator from Vermont critically
examined this document II would lie
Interesting 10 know what he thought Of
the legal calculation. He could hardly
have been infatuated with its logic, nj.
though he has given ample evidence
that lie IL In line with Its sentiment
the reduction Of home rule In Utah
aud liz concentration la a few officials
In whose selection and appointment
the people have no choice.
The lcorr,sondcnts of Senator Ed.
munds appear 20 have forgotten that
Congress empowered the Legislative
Assembly TO enact laws son all right.
ful subjects Of lcgialatlon.r This GER
tainly includes authority 10 designate
the places OF hsldlng terms Of court.
surely the representatives. ofthc people
ought nottD he charged with usurpa-
ton for performing a duty ~ simple
aud 10 plainly within their right Us
that.
Il is the duty Of every patriotic cltl.
zen 10 contend for the rights Of the
sovereign people, opposing every en-.
croachment upon their prcrogntivcs
under republican form Of govern
mont. This contention should enter
Into the minutcst details, and II II
regrothil that men can be found Ia
the community who, ON account ~
creating local professional business,
win urge reduction Of popular rights
aul their hestowal upon AN official
who has exercised all the energy aud
cunning VI which he Is possessed 10 Oh
tain kingly rover over Utah. lie
has also sought, by all his rcsources Of
device, 10 produce the disfrapchisc.
ment Of n majority 81 the pcople-ln.
we presume, the corre.pon-
dents with Mr.. Edmunds. No man
should perform any act or utter u word
that would, In the smallest degree,
tend 10 the production Of frttcrs which
would shAckle himself.
We viii hero introduce, ns "A fitting
u striking paragraph clip
p Il from the american Sentinel
"if tho cltilons do not regard their lib
nrtlos with u Jealous care, " they do not
vigorously oppose tho first indication Of
lespOti.m, u They do not resist tho first
stops In unjust taxation, II they do mot
the minor violations Of the
Of religion, equality, the time
will come, and II may not be very far
distant. when tho rights of tho people
will be- tramplod la the dust. This h n
Hanger Tint has been seen and emphasized
by tho greatest OF our American states
men. II Il u trait OF human nature too
TO escape the observing mind.
Some u the most important OF the writ
ngs VI our carly statesmen utter this
warming To the American people, aud tho
ruth of their words IL No evident 10 tho
lover OF our FREQ Institutions that wo cam
not disregard them with lmpunlty.n