The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-07-08

PIES IN the same freshness and Splen.
dor with which they came forth from
the carnage of the most significant revo.
luton since time began.
y lofty patriotism, high ideals of
government, noble sacrifice lighted the
lire in which hoary trad tons we're con
Sumed; ana from which this country
:. arose re-created. worthy 10 become the
: model after which the republics of
Z other lands might be fashioned. This
: ire was the beacon which lighted the
: miserable, hopeless masses of the
: French to a struggle which could end
: in but one way, with the overthrow of
the throne. The light of that fire has
never grown dim, but has shune down
through the decades with ever increas-
ing brilliancy. difusing the warmth
OF liberty and equality among all men,
= until. as final tribute, The Australian
states have coufederated, adopting a
constitution based article by article,
upon that instrument which has
placed this country in the van of
the foremost nations of the earth.
For the perpetuatiOn OF our free in
Stltutions there is no factor so power
full as education.
The endurance OF true Republican
principles can only be assured where
the masses of the people are intelligent
Only the ignorant bow he neck IN de
grading humility to the Yoke of ty-
ranny. To RusSia's benighted SerfS
liberty was not so much as d name
But Russia 5 educated freemen make
uneasy the head that wears the crown
of that vast empire.
A liberal education should be the
blrth-ligh of every child. Ina govern
IN nj by the people the intelligence of
the masses is far more essential than
the erudltiOn OF the few. 1t is to the
gIeal. honest body OF the plain people
hat the NashlngtOnS and lincolns OF
future crisis must look for support.
Upon them depends the fate ot every
great cause. They are the muscle and
sinew 81 every effort made for human
lty's progress and uplifting. If educa-
tion has swept the cobW chs of bigotry
ana superstition from their brains. 50
they can comprehend clearly and act
wisely, it will be well with any land
Every great movement produces It's
leader. The hour and the man arrive.
together. But woeful burden is lead
/ erShip, when education has not gwen
the people grasp oi broad policies
Washington at the head OF little
army, wrelchedly equipped, poorly DIS
ciplined, tatttred ard hungry, with
spies and English sympathizers ali
about him, felt keenly what 1t was to !
have his way beset by jealousIes an
lukewarmness among the people for
! whose freedom he was making Su he
/ roIc a Struggle.
/ Lincoln, bearing such Il burden as
! few men have ever borne. grief-StIicken /
/ over seeing his country plunged ] to a
/ tratracdal war, harassed on every
hand, was hampered by lack of COM |
prrhens on of his policy ami his meth !
obs among the leaders of his own party
1t was the plain people with whom F.
Line bins great, tender heart beat Ia ,
the closest sympathy, vino raised The /
stirring cry:
we are coming, Father Abraham, 30O,0Jl
strong"
And who saved the union by re-electing
to the presidency the only man capable
of leading the great conflict 10 an au-
spiciouS issue.
Among the many signs OF the times
that prophecy progr SIS, none is more
significant than the wide dissemina-
ton OF interest in questions OF public
policy. With higher degree of gem
eral intelligence relative TO matters of
common concern, the idea OF the
sovereignty of the people has been rap
idly gaining ground The spirit of
democracy is abroad in all the nations
of the earth. The .siaaaasn of the crown
as a personal pow ASue appar-
ent in many coy soecially Is :
this the case ia mat the poor
remnants OF % "a institutions )
seem lettering However !
contributed rec khelm-
great reason to facilitate ourselves
upon our national leaders as upon our
good poets and men of letters. The, i
heir apparent Of the English throne. I
with his name smrched. his honor tar .
nished, stands i'll gl@ring contrast with ]
the noble men who for more than a cen {
tury have guided our affairs of state to !
glorious contamination. 1
The fierce light that beats upon "A !
throne shines brighter with each sue
ceeding year. More and more does the h
king, with his assumption of divine t
right to rule his fellow men, appear a 9
thing of shreds and patches, and it a
seems not unlikely that at the end of I
another century all nations may be lift /
ing up their voices in glad thanksgiving t
for the boon of such liberty as we enjoy Q
to-day. Il
But it is not well To draw too fair b
a picture. This most fortunate of the
people on the globe has serious prob /
lens confronting it to-day-problems O
upon the wise solution of which de- s
ponds the future Well-being, if not the /
very life OF the Union. Every year the a
of Europe pour upon our t
shores hundreds of thousands of a
their population, in which the lawless S
element is so large as to be serious c
public danger. Among these hOrdes Of Il
Poles, lIungarians, Bohemians, con "
tingents from many lands, there is an Il
enormous percentage of the vicious II
and turbulent claSses-an anarchists To D
whom all government is tyranny, pau c;
Ders to become a charge and burden a
upon the people of this country. 81
Our gates are open to the prosecuted -
Jews Of Russia, driven out with all the Il
that religious bigotry and b
financial Jealousy could prompt But Il
h~ slealtIy assassin of Italy also takes Il
refuge among US, and we are in grave Il
LANCER of having that secret order OF Ia
murder the Malta, ingrafted upon our Il
soul. Admittance to tins country is too ii
readily gained, citizenship and the e
franchise too easily acquired. 10 many il
If these immigrants our history and b
rad tons are sealed bouk-they are
both ignorant of and Indifferent to the u
principles of freedom, justice and a
equality underlying the fabric of oul t
government In their hands the ballot Il
becomes a mere commodit to be {
Darterrd to the highest bidder. d
There Is no evil more insidiouS than a
me against which legislation is power Ii
ess. n
1t Is only with the growth of genu ne Q
that the ballot VIII
cease to be thing Of bargain and sale b
and become in every mind the sacred o
symbol of self government. .
The tendency towards the concentra-
ion of immense wealth among a few b
md the consequent financial bondage
# the many is pressing public danger b
\ hich, unchecked, may prove a serious a
menace to absolute ire edom. For the d
of enormous money-power