The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-06
A DRIVE AT HARRISON.

adopted by the Republicans of California
will be gall and wormwood to President
HARRISON. 1t reads:
While we abate nothing OF our words of praise |
regarding the chief magistrate of the nation, |
we must express our profound conviction that
IN the whole foreign policy OF the administra-
ton We see traces of the master hand long and
lovingly known by our party We recognize |
again and again him who stands in the very fore
most rank of living statesmen, whose fame is |
world wide, whose name is household word
in every American home. and who is the
'favorite SON. of every representative in every
state IN the Union-JAMEs G. BLAINE.
1t must be as unpleasant for those elected
to the office Of President as it is unfortu-
nate for the American people, that the
foremost man in the respective parties is
so seldom elected to the first Office within
the gift of the people 1t is one of those
evils for which no adequate remedy can be
found, deplore it how we may. The
foremost man in the hearts of the
people is the strong mHn, the man
of positive opinion and convictions,
and who has the courage of them. But
such men provoke strong antagonism; they
may be many or few, but they are always
bitter and relentless, and of course pos-
sessed of more OF less influence.
They must pay the penalty of their
greatness.
He who ascends to mountain tops will End
Their loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and
snow.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down upon the hate OF those below.
Tho high above the sun OF glory glow,
And far beneath the earth and OCEAN spread
Round him are ice-rocks and loudly blow
Contending tempests on his naked head.
Then it happens that these strong men
are not always wise in their strength; and
not content with being stronger than the
individuals by whom they are surrounded,
they assume to be stronger than their
party. That means that they set up their
individual judgment or wisdom as superior
TO the aggregate wisdom or Judgment
of their party. That is bold stand to
take; there is much presumption in it,
and naturally it gives cffense. Yet bold
presuming, offensive as it may be it does
often happen that to g single mind there is
given more intellectual light than to the
multitude, or to the party OF which the
strong man is a member. When such is
the case, in 8 country governed by party
as OURS is, If the strong man be not wise
enough to recognize the great truth that
he must wait for conviction to take hold of
/ his following before he can hope TO make
the advancement he desires in priD ciple or
policy, his party becomes fearful of him,
and will chose for the highest Office within
its grasp, men who are both in harmony
with the fundamental principles of the
party and will accept its counsel in rela-
ton to the advacement to be made upon
the virgin soil of untried political policy
II is in consequence OF this fear which
! political parties have Of their strong men
that has led them to elect so few of them
to the Office of President. But parties may
shelve these men, and elect inferior ones to
the high office, yet the multitude still bow
at the shrine OF their hero, and refuse to
do homage to the one pushed into the place
their hero ought to have filed; and which
nothing but his strength prevented him
from filling, Human nature does not
change much, as the centuries pass away.
Now, as formerly, should you inEist upon
sitting the DOUGLAS at the foot of festive
board, the eyes of the guests would follow
him there; their faces would turn to him
and they would listen to the accents of hi:
voice-to the neglect Of the thing at the
head Of the table crowned and called king
until one witnessing the scene would ex.
claim: "Truly where Ger the DOUGLAS
sits, that is the head Of the tebler'
So in politics. The Republican party
may eject BENJAMIN HARRISON President
but so long as JAMES G. BLAINE lives ant
is in the cabinet, whatever of good is &C
complished in the administration will b.
attributed to him, and whatever of glory /!
won, the brightest rays Of it will fall upor
the brows of the party's real hero anC
leader.
SAUL was crowned King Of Israel: bu
: for some years before his death the peopl,
recognized in DAVID the real kingly
: qualities; and welcoming the tw,
from tue wars, in song and dance
the refrain of the song was, ''SAUL hatl
slain his thousands, and DAVID his tie,
: thousands" SAUL was very wroth; tn
saying displeased him, land SAUL eye,
, DAVID from that day and forward,' b
: drove him into exile, and pursued him TO
his life; but exile as he was, banished, pull
I sued, leader Of outlaws, he was still kine
l and Israel would have no other. 1t is prett
much so to-day. The real leaders ma
fail to reach the presidential chair; partie
and their supposed interests may pus
them aside and ill their place with inferic
> men, out the multitude will not be cheate
out of their leaders on that account; the
9 viii look beyond him who holds the sceptr
;. Of authority in his hand-the mere shade
y of power-to him who Yields the powe
< itself, and there will they bow; from hi
I, viii they accept the law.
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