Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-21

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lifhblo under certain circumstances 70
the former than II can be In the latter
whore liz purpose IL not a. IN the othci
for selfpreseryatlon but generally ioi
revenge. Recently the News con.
tanned u brief editorial Illustrating thi.
sul feet quite we'll. one Of orr mcr-
chants replied 10 An cnslcfnofierotbaf
gains that ~ the silver We produce iT
not wanted there, the goods they have
10 cell are not wanted here. II ever
words were apt and exactly timed to
the occasion, those words sent to our
eastern brethren were. They revive
somowhat the patriotic stl'.denlal
which the Revolutionary f1refathets
practiced when they wouli no longer
ouy England's tea--not that they did
not feel lhrmselyes In need Of the lea
aud would have been glai to have It
on honorable tofm'. but toe terms were
not honorable; they were dis inotly
dlshonorablo because humilia,ing aud
oppressive.
So let Il be with that numerous, In
dependent aud thirty people whose
chief occupation for many long years
has been nrst ovofo ming stubborn
and rebellous nature west Of the Mis-.
aourl liver aud then compelling u 10
yield Of ~ treasures not only that the
toilcrs themselves but their friends
and dependencies might enjoy I'm.
proved circumstance ana the happier
lives which come thcrcirom. 10 took u
long time 10 eight the battles and make
tho soil capitulat,; but they were
fought out anI the victory was won.
The golden sands OF California were
well.nlgh depleted Of their treasures,
the ruddy stream flowing to tn east
had changed from vast, aleady and
c,asel,ss one to the reverse Ia all rec.
poet. and threatened 10 subside alto.
gcthcr. War was upon the land and
the nations eyes were turned
wher,g 10 Germany or Engluud or
any part Of the East for the ,ns TO
prosecute the coutlicR NJ; to
the sagebrush plains, the track.
less mountains, the precipitous
cliffs md the adamRntine cav.
erns Of the far West where civilization
had established itsolf aud was ploddiug
along toward emiuonce aud wealth
without even 10 much assistance from
the other eide Of the continent as .
company OF soldiery or stand Of arms
with which 10 overawe the more
ruthless Of tho neighboring savagts.
No matter; the linton must and
should be preserved. Even though
the Westefner- we're practically living
In n foreign country, the loyalty Of the
land that cradled them and the fellow
feeling for their brethren Left behind
were paramount, and thus the golicn
tide had no sooner ebbed than ono Of
silver began its food, and its move wns
also to tho Last. There was no cavil-
ing as TO terms, no question o. 10 wnGt
shape tho precious cargoes were TO 70.
turn TO them In; II they never To-.
turned Mt all, very well. They were
needed there; the nations life, the
peoples prosperity thereafter, hung
upon money Ia abundance roing be.
yond the great divide-not money
called into eXistenoe by the aid OF that
false cruoiblo called ctodit-but
money which spoke Tor itself, which
carried lis values with It In IT, atoms,
thu money authorized by the founders
OF our instilutions--gold and silver.
That was the treatment OF the "sold
ERsW by the Speculative West" aud
1t was effective.
II Ia not proposed 10 make II n senti.
mental question ut all. We are not
ssking the money couters for gratitude
by any meant; We are asking them ilf
Justice based upon reason. They have
not only seen but felt the power Of
silver In the land whom given the place
which the laws OF nature ana tue
necessities OF man require II 10 occupy.
II there were any valid reason, any
cogcnt, Logical, pertinent Circumstance
calling Tor its duthronomeut aud Gba-e.
mrnt, we would not be 10 unGeasOna.
Ole as q demand that ii be continued
NJ money. But there is none such.
The procedure resulting In the strip.
plug from silver oi H. royal attire has
been network Of trlchery having in
view the Acknowledgement OF those W no
liyooi the products OF others. The West
and the South were becoming two vast
aud growing empires wiihin an EN-.
pirt; their products were aud are
Indispensable 10 the COMMERCIAL world,
and silver Ia the money upon which
they chl,fy rely, by which the values
Of nearly nil their staples are gagged.
With silver continued as money these
two sections would have dictate their
own terms, i.sIead OF having torm-
prescribed Tor them, as h tho case
when gold In the hands Of eastern aud
foreign spuoulglots rules the market.
What other object than controlling
the substance " the land on such con.
ditioub as the hnhncirTs saw ft % pre-.
scribe could the membets Of
Cui gress have had when they
hoodwinked the law o. 1873 into