The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-05-12
PROVO CITY.
MAY II. 1884
THE MAJESTY OF Law.

There is no cause high enough,
sacred enough, OF just enough to war
rant its votaries in going outside OF
the law to advance it, defend it or to
propagate it. What is outside OF the
law lie condemned by the law. What
is valuable to US, dear to us or what is
valued by US is defended. cared for and
held sacred 10y the Law. Our laws we're
constructed for US by the wisest and
best men Of all the ages, and they have
bequeathed to US the obligation to
obey them. There is no way OF evading
this sacred duty of obedience. The
fact that times are hard by reason of
the enactment of bad or imperfect
laws gives US no right to set them
aside, evade them or disregard them.
The majority can make binding laws
for the minority. Good citizens must
obey no matter how distasteful they
may be or how destructive to onr priv.
ate interest they may be. There is
only one way that an oppressive law
NAV be evaded. and that is repeal it or
substitute better one for it.
Now the law Of '73 demonetized sill
yer and brought on the many dire
evils, or many of them, which have at
this distant day filled the land with
poverty, unrest and armies" of sore,
impoverished and idle men, The only
way to evade that law is to repeal it
and su )stitute better one for it. We
become criminal and wickedly 80 too
by our banding together to over-rawe
the government and try to induce it to
pass paternalistic laws which are dead
against the spirit of our constitution
and the genius of our institutions. Ihe
fact that either The law of '73 or the
Mckinley law or both has produced
hardship and poverty is in no sort or
by any rule of logical Interpretation
justification for the exhibition of force
or the use of threats to induce the gov
ernment to furnish work or bread for
those upon whose shoulders falls burd-
ems too heavy to be borne, almost.
The only proper way to proceed and to
influence matters in the direction of
more money and consequently
better times, is to elect men and
administrations which will repeal
the cruel law of '73 and re-enact the
laws in force previously, which will re-
store tree coinage, furnish more money
and set the industries of the people
at work again, furnishing employ
ment, better wages and the living
chance.
All this even would fail to favorably |
affect the times for those who band |
themselves together and on one pre-
text or another wander over the land |
b9gging or terrifying the people who |
are at home and at work into contrib |
uting of their means to support the |
aimless or doubtful wanderinEs and |
plans of the idle. The majesty of the |
law will be invoked to reverse this
faulty policy, this peripstetie gospel of
unrest, which is growing dangerously
like anarchy or communism. This is
no fitting land for this kind of energy.
The American people may groan and
complain long and loud under the con-
sequences of faulty legislation, hut
they will not resort to revolution or
anarchy. They love the law. This
sentiment is ingrained into their
hearts. They will growl and groan,
but end always in gathering behind
the law and its officers, and should
ever conqner the world the
United States will be the last power to
give up. Our conservatlYeism is vet.
sran. 1t has the stay in it, and while /
other governments are crumbling to 6
pieces ours viii be battling, and sue.
80 too, we believe, for the
majesty and benignant protection of l
5he law.