Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
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1t was ten years inter Appomattox
before some of the people Of Missouri
found out that the war was over; it
was more than that after jefferson
Davls's requiem was sung before some
Of the abolitionists of New England
realized that he was dead; and it is
only lately that congressman have
stopped waving the bloody shirt
But Missouri and the rural regions
of New England were not in as close
touch with the world. through rail-
roads. telegraphs and newspapers, as
they are now, or the occurrences Of
the day would have been sooner
graspcd by their inhabitants. OF
congressman it may be said that they
would have ceased ilourishing the
sanguinary emblem long before they
did had their honesty equalled their
intelligence.
There are newspaper writers In
Utah who are slower to learn than
We're the guerllas OF Missouri. or the
anti slavery enthusiasts OF New Eng
land. Either this is true or they
must be classed with the congress-
men referred to. Periodically these
writer's pretend TO see signs in the
political sky which portend things
most dlreful.
Dimly. through the fumes OF q
heated imagination, they fancy they
discern the vague but awful out
lines of II vast spectral figure,
indescribabic yet terrible in
form. with name Church"
spelled out in mystical and gigantic
characters. right across its back. The
havoc about to be wrought by this
dreadful creature is appalling, and
the patriotic spirits os those who see
the vision are perturbed beyond
measure.
Among the things this vast and in
describable spccter is about to do are
the wiring out OF the present political
parties IN this state, the resurrection
and rehabilitation OF the old parties,
with all their old time strength and
enmity. the subjugation OF the State
to the rule of hierarchy, the trans
position Of Ensign Peak and Antelope
island and several other achievements
equally feasible and shocking.
Reference to some matter connected
with politics somewhere in this State.
made by some prominent churohman,
o. especially by the News" has the
effect OF unwilling to the saze of these
writer's this monstrous apparitlon.
and they Immediately proceed to in
| nIct upon the suffering public long.
inane and unintelligible descriptions of
what they say they see.
For half-a-dozen years this sort Of
thing has been going on, and It is time
to cease 1t. II the editorial fraternity
OF our fair young State Is to escape
the charge Of embracing more than its
proportion OF imbccilos.
The utter seuselessness OF much that
appears in some OF our local cotem-
porarics upon this subject comprises
one Of the most disoouraglng soelologi
cal problems that confront the pa
triots Of our commonwealth. A spec ter
Is raised today, only TO be laid tomor.
row. Suspicious are expressed only to
be exploded as soon rs an answer TO
them can be printed. Settled conf
donce is prevented.
To these people might be suggested
that their hindsight Is better than
their foresight. The former, being the
more valuable, should be more often
used. They have written acres OF
rubbish about what the Mormon
Church was about TO do, and about
what would result from utterances by
Its leading men respecting politics
They have filled their columns with
profuse predictions concerning what
would result from expressions that
have appeared in the editorial coll
umns of the News" Yet they cannot
point out the first single Instance in
which their predictions have been full.
filled. They cannot nnd solitary in.
stance in which their charges against
the leaders Of the Mormon Church, OF
against this paper, or their prognosti.
cations OF results that would follow
their policy, have been verified. The