The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05
POLITICS AND PATRIOTISM.

The London Daily Chronicle sent
to ascertain what we're the real senti-
ments of the American people on the
Venezuelan question. He has written
his paper what his conclusions are.
and they generally appreciate better
than anything that has yet appeared
in the English papers the true senti-
ments of the American people.
When this commissioner says that
the Presidents message has enorm-
ously emphasized the line of cleavage
always existing, but discreetly ignored,
between East and West in the United
States,' he totally misapprehends the
differences between the East and West.
They are as to financial ideas and
nothing more. He also gives too much
weight to western denunciation Gt is
nothing else) of eastern goldbugs. He
allows this more Importance than any
one in the country would think of do
ing for single moment. But he ap-
preciates the true sentiments of
patriotism in the people as no English
He says that .tEnglishmen will learn
to show much greater respect to
American national opinion, knowing
that force is behind it, and will there
fore refrain from provoking it by utter
ances and acts of yelled contempt"
If this Chronicle commissioners COM
patriots will ponder that statement
well and make 1t part of the know
ledge by which they guide their &C
tons, they will have learned much
and have broadened their views far
beyond what they now are.
1t is a patriotic Englshman who
speaks as follows:
am astonished at the depth and
character of American feeling on this
question. Men experienced, staid,
elderly, conservative, many holding
judicial positions of great RESPONSE
bility frankly declare their uncompro-
missing support of this American doc
trine. And while it is clear that Presi-
dent Cleveland was infinitely too clever
and too devoted to his own party not
to see that his message would deal a
knock down blow to the two groups of
his political enemies, Republicans and
free silverites, still no greater mistake
would be possible than for England
to regard the message as mere party
manouvre> LIZ this latter view gains
acceptance, the consequences of the
mistake may be awful When I reflect
on the possibility of this and know
what [ know of American opinion, L
am profoundly depressed. Arbitration
is demanded by every consideration
dearest to civilized mankind
That statement will be revelation to
the English people. They and their
press nave never sensed the fact that
there is anything in America but poll
tics. They have thought and acted as
though patriotism in the American peo-
pie were am impossibiltty. The Monroe
doctrine, of which they are being forced
to take cognizance as never before
they have regarded as merely polit.
ica1 pronouncement; nothing more
! Suddenly a rude awakening has come
to them from their day dream. The
fundamental trouble with them in
! forming their opinions of American poll
ties and their estimates of the American
people, is that they have not credited
them with sincerity. No graver error
could have been made. The four years
| fight for the Union should have taught
/ Them differently. They have never
been able to distinguish between oul
| political methods and our politica
| principles. Their insular pride has
prevented them from taking more thar
a surface view of American institutions
What Professor Boyce says of ths
European reader of his work 9TH,
American Commonwealth" is peculiar
ly applicable to the British reader O
it. 1t explains his great oversight of
or lack Of power of insight into, the re
serve force Of the American people
What he probably fails to do, be
cause this is what the writer is mos
| likely to fail IN enabling him to do
| is to realize the existence in the Amer
! lean people of a reserve of force anC
| patriotism more than sufficient t,
sweep away all the evils which are nov
! tolerated, and to make the politics o
bhe country worthy of it's materia
! grandeur and of the private virtues o
| it's inhabitants
It IS this thing the Chronicle com
missioner has realized to it's full ex
tent, and 1t is this that he would i'm
press upon his country. He has dis
tinguished between our politics and on
patriotism.
GOING TO THE STATES.