The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-30
THE MISTAKES OF nR. UTTER.

In his otherwise excellent discourse on
Sunday, appropriate to the presence II
church of the 2. o. S. of A, the Rev.
DAVID UTTER gave expression to senti-
ments which, while intended to be strongly
American, lacked in many particulars the
essential clement of Americanism, which
is fairness. II he is correctly reported in
print, he declared: 1.-THE weakness of cor
ruptibility is no doubt incidental to our
free institutions" II that be true, then
our free institutions are purchased at too
great a price. But is it true. Is il not
l.fact that, different from the institution of
monarchial government, which is founded
upon the debasement of the masses TO the
privileged classes. self-government leads
on to righteousness. II in the United
States we have an arlstocracy at all, it is at
least a satisfaction to know that il is IN
tainted in moral conduct Spoiled as the
AsToRs, GoULDs, VASDERBILTs, HEwITTs,
CooPERs, ADAMsEs, and their kind may be
by the plethora OF wealth or influence, has
anybody ever heard whisper of scandal
attaching to their names. Could anyone
imagine the loathsome deeds af the London
set. revealed some time ago in the Pal Nal
Gazette, 10 be perpetrated in this countryl
Or IL the reverend gentleman had special
reference 10 politics, does he
not know that whatever corruption
exists in our land is restricted mainly to the
petty places, while in high office purity and
virtue are the first requisites of success
Sometimes man like MATT Quay may
squeeze into the Senate, and directly after
Nd Of hat ,,toIa
epoch, some inscriptions politicians got
to the surface, but righteous vigilant senti-
ment soon rights such accidents.
DR.. UTTER will scarcely insist that free
institutions are responsible for corruption
in Russia, and yet the whole fabric of gov
eminent there rests upon that vice. Cabi-
net officers, judges and other high magis-
trates absolutely live on brides. In Ger
many an enormous fund, called the reptile
fund, derived from the confscation Of the
property Of the King of Hanover, is used
exclusively and brszenly for corruption
purposes. How long would we in this
country tolerate this sta te Of things! Could
the Prince Of Wales aspire to the highest
Office in the republic
The fact is that we give the widest pub
licity TO every case Of malfessance, and
from this the fallacy has gained belief that
the American people as such are corrupt,
but we were not prepared to hear it pro-
claimed by one whom we believed to be
cautious in mis- statements by nature and
education.
Neither do we subscribe to Mr.. UTrER's
theory of Obedience Our government is
not founded upon that kind Of expedienr
A ready compliance with the laws and
prompt acquiescence to the majority is all
sufficient for our peaceful development,
without mastery on the one hand or servil-
ity on the other. We are a patriotic people
none more so--even if we are not a DEM
on strative people.
AS for the immigration laws MIR. UTTER
would engrafu on our statute books, requir
ING q lease Of twenty one years before
foreigner could be naturalized, they smack
tos much of knownothingism TO be here dis
ased. The time has come, no doubt,
when we ought TO discriminate between
Assirable and undesirable immigrants, and