Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-06
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idcallnm must be maintained. Those
characters OF history that are more
or less envclcpcd In the apooryphai past
but are stili connected with something
heroic must be kept In existence, ao-
cordlnr TO the arguments which nrc
now being made Perhaps THIS " not
when considered % whole. bad
thing either. sine, great or worthy
deeds that were actually performed
but In the misty depths OF antiquity
might thus be excluded from the pale
OF ciedulity. After a great lapse OF
time during which records have UNDER
gone mutation-whcre thcrc were any
fccords-lt IL difficult sometimes 70 de-
termine where facts leave on and nc
ton begins. and II may be better to
preserve something that never occurred
II ia tendencies BE- 20 incitc 20 health
fui emulation than to let Il go alto
gcthor. Take for instancothc patriotic
yirtuoun impulses impaired BY the story
of william Toll; yet great many OF
our analytical historians regard him "a
the mercat myth.
one Of the champions OF the doubt
fui but honorable characters OF the
past il Golfers Weekly. !, holds that
amid tho era Of hcrolHm We have been
parning through. the very existence Of
cherished character u the American
Revolution (Aiolly Pi,eher) II assaulted
chiidc Harold predicted that AN are
that doubts Troy may one day doubt
even Rome Itself. The American peo-
pic are not prepared to give up cap
tain Molly Pitcher. and her part In
TINT glorious day Mt Monmouth. Mem
tai anguish has been endured when
proofs were offered that Homer never
lived. and several times rcjoiccd at his
rescue from oblivion b. the sheer force
OF some Intellectual slant. lllgh as
Napoleon Bonapartc rone. We have
seen that Archbishop whateiy was able
TO logically dlsprovc his very exist
enre. That sort OF thing may DO
tolerated In Europe. but II will not DO
here.
The Weekly grows rapturoua over
Moliy'a exploits, and then switches on
20 Hohson and the men who unsisicd
him In the Morrimac episode. regard
Ing which some very thoughtful aud
appropriate words are said. u portion
o. which are here reproduced:
Much NJ every American ndmlrcs
the hcrolan and patriotism Of HohHon,
there viii be- those who doubt the Wis
I dom ~ putting "a ship IN charge OF a
man who has never served rs cxecu-
/ tive or navigating officer. The fact
that HohHon was competent aud brave
enough 10 run the Mcrrlmno into the
narrow channel nj Santiago de Cuba
docs not prove conciuflvcly, Il VIII be
argued. that he would be- able 10 cx-
tncatc hla ship from lee nhorc In u
| gale OF wind. That ~ all very we'll.
but Il0baon IL OF the stun from which
commanders are made. Resource,
daring. and professional skin he un-
/ quoHilonnbly Possesses, ana his access
sion 90 tho line VIII be a great aoqui-
sltlon 10 H. AZ present. the stan has
/ tho hero of the hour In the person Of
/ Iiohson. Tho line may truthfull.
assert that four thounand men on the
acct were anxious 20 undertake the
pcrlloua duty. but the stubborn fact
] fHlnhlNA tuhA u iMhn from ilf Fthii
| originated ana executed the work.
Han. then. 10 tho eight heroes. says
The Weekly. and the News" oonours;
and may their authenticity and that OF
their achievement never become at nh
Questionable. In this connection the
name 81 one who has been sighted
nearly every time the men arr uamed
properly occurs. II Il coxnwnin clau-
sen. tho stowaway, who violated tho
rules In order TO make rure Of being
one OF tho party. His IL n peculiar
case. lilo II denied record booaus,
ne acted without orders ana thereby
subjected himself TO punishment In
stead Of reward. Notwithstanding this
the people have acquitted him In adj
vance, not only this, but given him d
place alongside the others, whore prop.
orly he belongs, The authorities have
as yet taken no steps looking 10 a
court martial Tor him and It wiz be
just ar wen Il they never do take them.
no doubt.