Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-12


work for months aud whose chief feai
IL that the offer OF Job Of some kind
may overtAke them aad thu'
deprive them Of their prlnoi
pal excuse for idloness and
vaporlng, are expected at every op
por,unity to curse the nation, engage
in wild threats against those who ia
work and consequently have som'
little money, and talk Justify abo vi The
coming war when capital will be
humbled and accumulated means he
placed where they can be got with less
exeftion than now. But we were
scarcely prepared 10 hear Of the people
Of great city In growing anu
prosperous state, where Intelligence Il
the rule aud crime the exception,
engaging amid cheers OF approval and
wild explanations Of delight In such
language IA would actually be dis
creditable TO a gathering Of Paris COM
munisbi That the governor Of the
state was present and made II possible
q more incendiaty speech than any
body else does not mitigate the
situation In the sllgbtsst degree,
It only aggravates II; and
that a so.oallsd minister OF the Gospel
Of peace and salvation unto man made
such remarks NJ tho veflest villain that
ever walked up the steps Of a scSGJld
might blush at, does not mend matters
either. II was most disptaceiul and
dlsfeputable N not dsstafdly; II has
bespstlered the escutoheon OF Colo.
RADIO with blackening blotohss which
may never be wiped out and will re-
quire long time 10 become dim.
In the cause OF silver and all other
material and all moral things anecli ~
the welfare Of this county, the NEWS
has been neither silent nor uncertaiu.
For the sake Of exercising demagogic
influence, that Thrift might follow
indirsctlon, many there be who think
that the least said the better and act
accordingly, but that Ia not the wa Of
this paper. II a cause 10 right II Ia
not wrong 10 uphold and
defend II by Straightforward
ana undertaking methods; N II IL moi
right, It should not be- tampered with
nor should any tlmidlty be shown or
any dublety Of expression Tesorled to
In announcing II thoroughly and con.
tlnuously iii tits gone. Hence have w
contributed our most earnest support,
our heAItlest Encouragement, TO bimet
allism and the futthsTanos Of silver
production, while opposing rs far as we
might the policy Of a single gold stand.
ard with its attendant evils Of contrac.
ton Of currency and shrlnkAgo Of
business. But for such incorporate,
such outrageous proceedings As those
spoken Of we have no approval and
believe It the duty Of the press Of the
country TO deory them aud belabor
their authors to the fullest extent, that
at least some OF the evil accomplished
may be- neutfAlizsd.
Perhaps by this tins those speakers
have cooled down, aud u ~ we hope
they arc reasoning In strain some.
thing like this: IL was pretty strong
talk that was engaged In yeslefdAy,
and Il IL lucky for US that We live In n
land where freedom OF speech and un.
btidled license arc 30 nearly one ami
the same thing that hawks eye
could not detect tho dividing line. We
can talk war, but fortunately that
kind OF hostllitles IL not noticed much
by the government. What IL n revolt
against the national authority were 10
occur by, for instance, Ignoring a pro.
cess from United States court; aud |
suppose an effort to arrest the offenders
for contempt were resisted by them,
posse oomRatus were called for and |
no one would respond TO the call; sup
pose, further, that the governor
were appealed 10 and asked to
assist by ordering out tho militia,
which OF course he would refuse TO do;
what then? Tho United States army |
is not large enough to whip this state,
but Just think Of what would happen
II It were To be declared In n state Of |
instruction or rebellion, and volun.
teers for ninety days should be las
they certainly would) called for to
suppress it-how long then would cur
dAy-dreAm OF an independent Rocky
Mountain province lasl7 And would
not the awakening be little ruder
and perhaps a little rougher than we
had counted onG II one.thlrd OF the
Union containing the best generals and
the most desperate fighters backed BY
a people acting rs one household anu
with staboard and other advantages
that we have not could not whip the
United States, what kind Of show
would WI be likely to have? Lot us
be thankful that our war ended M II |
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