The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-31

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but the bull, disputing that right, and
throne applause and laughter)
planted himself squarely upon the
track, facing the locomotive which
came laundering on. The bull did not
seem to know what was coming. but
the farmer, his owner, did. With a
gasp Of establishment mingled with
surprise, he exclaimed: well, I adj
mire your courage, but d-n your judg'
n1ent." G1ere the house went Wild.
The applause and laughter having
subsidized, Mr.. Whitney resumed: 'But
/ did not like to compare my friend to
dumb animal He had given con-
vincing proof that he was not dumb.
True, there was once an animal who
spake Qaughter), the property of one
Baalam daughter, but he spake by
inspiration from on high, so that I
could not compare him to the gentle
man from Davis county. Oproarious
laughter and app1ause).
At last he had thought of a proper
subject for comparison. He was re-
minded of that memorable day-June
il. 1S15-when the representatives of
banded Europe stood facing upon the
field Of Waterloo one bold, brave. des-
perate man. the representative of I'M
dreadful day had passed before his
n1&stal vision. The speaker gave a
g. 1hic description of the great battle,
and then went on TO say that all this
had occurred to him during the first
days discussion. He regarded the bat
tie as over, but found next day that he
was mistaken. He had not been wit
Messing Waterloo at all, but Leipsic,
and 1t was to Elba, not to st. Helena,
that the defeated Napoleon had b, N
sent. He had returned, insisting that
ne had not been conquered, and had
entered upon new campaign. Then
waterloo came indeed. The speaker
Yelt not like participant in the strife,
but rather as some wandering Childe
Harold, moralizing upon the battle
IeId, standing upon this place of skulls,
we grave Of an empire, the tomb Of
ambitious hopes and desires.
psoberts' Seeming Imoutation.
There were one or two things in the
Grafton of this eloquent friend that he
did not much admire Running
through it was a seeming imputation
that all who opposed him were actu-
ated bv motives less noble and
honorab-e than his own; he alone stood
for principle. and all his opponents
were indulging in maudlin sentiments.
seeking for WOmen'S smiles, and reach
ing after laurel wreaths with which. it
was intimated, fair hands were wait
Ing to bedeck their brows. Said the
speaker, 81 have seen no laurel
wreaths. I saw banquet Of roses
Qaughter), yesterday, standing upon
the table at my left Roberts' seat 7
suppose it was Mr.. Thurman's Roberts'
near neighboD, for he is one of those
WhS have been reaching after
such things 0aughter), but / noticed
th3F 1t was Mr.. Roberts who walked
awakwith it after adjournment Re-
newed laughter)
Following is an imperfect synopsis Of
Mr.. Whitney's subsequent remarks:
Because a man stands alone, amid
the wreck Of matter and the crash OF
worlds, he is not necessarily right, nor
more sincere than his fellows Some
times majorities speak with the voice
of God. When Sumter was fired on. it
was the minority that spoke, but when
the great north arose and burst like
whirlwind of conquering wrath upon
secession, it was the voice of the ma
5ority, the voice of omnipotence which
said THE union must and shall be pre-
served" True, romancists usually
choose their heroes from the ranks of
the minority. Lucifer is the hero of
Paradise Lost'-one OF those bold in
dependent spirits, who dared look the
omnipotent tyrant in his everlasting
face, and tell him that his evil was not
good" But was he right? Lee, Jack
son and Beauregard are the rOmancist's
heroes of our great civil strife, but the
Lincolns. Grants, Shermans and Sherie
dams were no less the instruments of
Providence to put them down. 1t was
the voice Of the minority that spoke at
Sumter but it was the voice of the
majority that Numbered at Shiloh,
Gettysburg and AppomattoX. Minorities
crises of history, but not always. Ma
jorities may sometimes have truth and
Justice on their side, and he believed
1t Awas so with the majority OF this
convention, who were favorable to
woman suffrage.
All Pleas for Neutrality-suspicious..
81 the pleas against il are pleas for
rex OPPRESSION, for stagnation. Such
notes are not harmonious with the
morning stars, singing of progress and
advancement. Politics could be and
would be something more than a filthy
pool IN which depraved men loved to
wallow. 1t was a noble science-the
science of gOVernment-and would yet
be lifted to a loftier plane. And there
was a glorious future for woman, COM
menSurate with the higher state of
things thereby indicated. She was
meant for something more than q wife,
mother and housekeeper. These, how
eyer admirable. were not the sum Of
hSr possibilities. The woman's move
ment was one of the levers that was
being used to lift the fallen world
nearer to the throne of its Creator. 1t
will need Woman'S refining and civiliZ-
ing influence to effect it. And what
matter if in the process some corrupt
institutions perish. some narrow no.
lions are destroyed. that are held By
those who assume to know already
what is the acme of woman's refine
unent and civilization. Let truth and err
ror grapple and let the fittest sur
vive / stand here for progress and
advancement. both for man and Wo-
man. Old things are passing away.