The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-08-13
FUNDAMENTALDRMOCRACYl..

FUNDAMENTALDEMOCRACY.
Equal rights to all, special privi-
leges to Rone," is automatic of demo-
cracy. '.All men are GRATED equal,'' is
the gist of the American Declaration of
Independence, and Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself," is the essence
of practical christianity. Herein is
trinity of form of expressing one great
immortal idea.
The theory of mans equality first
was uttered in Jerusalem by the
founder of christianity, became
live factor in human government when
it inspired the fathers of our republic
to emanclpate themselves from the
yoke of Great Britain, and secured to
itself the fixed condition of immortal
ity when it became the guiding star of
the political party of our nation called
the democratic party,
The man or woman who goes about
doing good to all is a christian in
conduct whether a church MEM
Der or not. He who denies the divine
right of Kings and recognizes the sover-
eighty of every individual, is an Amer
lean in sentiment, no matter where he
may have his dwelling place; and those
who claim that every citizen shall have
equal opportunities with everv other
citizen for the development of every
good quality he may possess, are demo-
Gratis. whether they know it or not.
A true democrat cannot sustain anV
aristocratic classes; he des res all per-
sons to hsYe an opportunity of being
amongst the best and wisest OF man
kind. He cannot consent that the
paradise of the few shall be built upon
and hide the hill of the many. 10 his
mind it is not good state or soc1eUy
which enthrones greed in the palace,
and drives benevolence to shelter In
the hut. He cannot endure that the
plutocrats should be favored by the
laW-makIng power to satiate his greco
of gold wrung from the honest toller to
increase the power Of the oppressor to
trample into the earth those whom the
Ged of nature designed to walk erect
with eyes looking up to the heaYensi He
is constantly inviting those who are low
er than himself to ''come up higher"
When he comes across his fellow man
living prone upon the ground, robbed
and beaten by thieves as the American
people haYe been for the past thirty
wears. like the Samaritan of old, he has
no eyes to look upon the priest with
his breviary, Oh the Levite with his
psuedo legal protection, skulking on
the other side OF the way to avoid see
ing the effect of their hypocrisy and
fraud, but with eyes half blinded ed vyitbh}
tenderness pours into his wounds
healing oil, makes his heart renew its
wonted beating by invigorating wine.
conducts him to place of safety and
rest.
If democrat is ever impatient, it |
is when he sees his fellow man seek
office for the sake of plunder, when
bribery and corruption are rampant IN
high places, when parasites fatter
placemen that they may fatten upon
the life's blood of the toiling masses
he then takes the scourge of the ballot
and drives the money changers from
Gods temple.
The mission OF the democracy is to
dethrone wrong and enthrone right,
and it is constantly changing it's form,
lust now golden calf is placed on
nigh to be worshipped;the Moses of de-
will shortly rise in his right
'ous anger and dash it to pieces. The
democracy IN the very nature of things
will restore silver, and open the door
10 that We may get SO much of gold as
g our just right.
This is but faint portraiture of the
character OF democrat; all members
# the democratic party do not fully
i've up to those principles, neither are
VI church members good christians
'ut he whose religion prompts him TO
i've christian life is better for his
reed, and those who believe in demo-
ratio principles and aim to make them \
ractical in their lives are entitled 10
e called democrats.