The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-13


fiuences them, every purpose which
animates them, and every hope which
/ inspires them. They understand the
genius of our institutions, they are
staunch supporters of the form of gov
eminent under which we live, and
they build their faith upon
FOUNDATIONS LAID BY THE
FATHERS
Andrew Jackson has stated, with ad-
mirable clearness and with an empfla-
sis which cannot be surpassed, both
the duty and the sphere of government.
lie said Distinctions in society will
always exist, under every just govern
ment. Equality of talents, of educa-
ton or of wealth cannot be produced
by human instincts. In the full en-
joyments Of the gifts of heaven, and
the fruits of sunerior industry, econo-
my and virtue, every man is equally
entitled to protection by law
1--WE yield to none in our devotion to
the doctrine just enumerated. Our cam
paisn has not for its object the re-
construction of society. We cannot
insure to the vicious the fruits of a.
vistuous life; we would not invade the
home of the providen6 in order TO sup
ply the wants of the spendthrift; we
DO not propose to transfer the rewards
OF industry to the lap of incidence.
Property is and will RENAL ntfle stirnu-
lus to endeavor, and the compensation
foil
the Declaration of Independence, that
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL;
but that does not mean that all men
are or can be equal in possessions, in
ability, or in merit; it simply means
that all shall stand equal by the law
and that government officials shall not,
in making, constructing or enforcing
the law, discriminate between citizens.
1 assert that property rights as well
as rights of persons, are safe in the
hands of the common people. Abra-
ham Lincoln, in his message sene to
congress in December, 1861, said: No
men living are more worthy 10 be trust
ed than those who toll up from poverty;
aught, which they have not honestly
earned l repeat this language with
unqualified approval. and join with
him in the warming which he added,
namely, Let them beware of surwen,
dering political power which they al
ready possess and which power if, sur
rendered, will surely be used 10 close
the doors of advancement against
such as they, and to fix new disabilities
and burdens upon them, till adj liberty
shall be lost
Those who daily follow the injunc-
ton: IN the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread are now, as they ever
have been the bullwark of law and or
der. the source of our nations great
ness in time of peace, and its surest de-
Tenders in time of war
But 1 have only read part OF Jack
sons utterance. Let me give you his
conclusion: But when the laws under
take to add to those natural and just
al tantRges, artiftial distinctions TO
grants, titles. gratuities. and exclusive
privileges, to make the rich richer and
the potent more powerful-the humble
members of society-the farmers. me-
c3lanics and the day lai5orers who have
ne6fheG' the time nor the means of Sc
curing like favors for themselves,
HAVE A RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
of the injustice of their government
Those who support the Chicago plat
form endorse all of the quotation from
jacksonville latter as Well as the
former part.
1--WE are not surprised to find arrayed
against US those who are the benefic-
iaries of government favoritism. They
have read our platform. Nor are we
surprised to learn that we must, in this
campaign, face the hostility of those
who find a pecuniary advantage in ad-
vocating the doctrine OF non-interfer-
ence when great aggregations of wealth
are trespassing upon The rights of in
dividua1s. We welcome SUCH opposi-
tion-it is the highest Endorsement
which could be bestowed upon us. We
are content to have the cooperation of
those VINO desire to have the govern
ment administered without fear or ia
vor. 1t isn't the wish Of the general
public that trusts Should spring into
existence, and to evade the weaker
members of society; it is not the wish
of the general public that these trusts
should destroy competition and then
collect such tax as they will from those
who are at their mercy; nor is it The
fault of the general public that the in
strumentaiity OF the government has
been so often
TO PURPOSES OF
PRIVATE GAIN.
Those who stand upon the Chicago
platform believe that the government
should not only avoid wrong doing, but
that it should also prevent wrong do
ing; and they believe that the law
should be enforced alike against all
enemies of the public veal. They do
not excuse petit larceny, but they de-
clare that grand larceny is equally a
crime; they do not defend the occupa-
ton Of the highwayman who robs the
unsuspecting traveller, but they include
among the transgressors those who,
through the more polite and less haz-
ardous means of legislation, appropri-
ate to their own use the proceeds of
the toll Of others. The commandment,
Thou shalt not steal Numbered from
Sinai and reiterated in the legislation
OF all nations, is nc respector of per-
sons. 1t must be applied to the great
as well as the small; to the strong as