The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-29
WHAT MANIFEST DESTINY IS.
q ~. F,.llfnr al 1.5te. Herald.

+ TO the Editor Of The Herald
Since President Mckinley in his menu
orable apology at Boston for hiS attitude
\ II tld Philippines III engaging FL war
against their inhabitants said that 10y
Was our manifest destiny the writer
mas BEEN greatly worried and grievousiT
< perpleNed IN trying to learn lust what
( and sleepleSS nights during the COURSE
GO which divers mofnentouS questions
A bearing upon ths subject including u
Ereat variety of past phenomena that up
f 10 the present mas received 10 adeIuate
explanation have been debated with
much. seriousness and yoiuhilffys IT now
I becomes my grateful duty. as an occu-
l pant of our troubled planet, vitality COM
Cerusu in its peaceful and successful
4 revolutions. to liand down to a vdtatiles
4 but confidlns pu0lie4 In as compact Xet
robust Il form as, the eNfgencieS Of the
situation Will admit those profound coll
! c-EssuIss that ever attract the attentions
/ of all civilized disciples Of the mystic
Il philosophy. j say mystic FOR the thing
manifest destiny only f0NuiS16sg in the
REALMS Of a distorted spirituality, and is
\ always seem to advantage IN a man
I afflicted with Iaental DeTtmrpatt0nsa
Y 1T is well to State that manifest destiny
/ has n1ver been wholly damestfested.
! having generally existed beyond the pate
K of civilized control, pfeterrinS TO run at
\ large in a wild state OF nature. Now and
\ then it may be seen proving around
cabinet meetings. I'M the COUNTS OF kings,
4 mauifestius it's destiny to drifting pTeSl-
/ dents and permitting itself to be used MS
I an explanation Of the asseFteGiy uf1eN-
Manifest destiny In its limited senses
| may be defined to be the process of going
| on Il bust" for something and getting
| any old thing not before taken In ItS
| most extended sense, ii may be said TO
| comprehend aH that class OF phenomena.
/ both individual and collective. state as
\ We'll as national, not included in tine Tor
/ mer definition. and deriving its SuSeefl-
/ ance and personality from the combined
/ action OF man and the forces ta<At be,
/ or are. These explanations, upon super
I fetal examination. may not be free from
| objections but when placed under ttst5
microscope they viii appear above crit
| icisrn. and the germs upon which nfaIst-
| fest destiny lives and thriveS may be
readily detected
| To bring this doctrine home more forct-
I bly, to the mind, few Illustrations mp1St
| be produced. and in these Illustrations L
/ have been compelled TO purl0tn consider
| able that found it's origin in the fertile
volume of another's BRAIN thas was Ge-
voted during the greater portion of tine
| period of it's encase1memt Within the folds
! of it's '.sky piece" to the dissection of
manifest destiny and divers otler Things
| Ancieqltly. when Isaac lay upon the
! altar and was about to De d1SpsAtGaed 0y
his father, as an offering. and the ram
I seeing his imminent danger. came 10 fIs
| rescue. that WIS a, case OF manifest 1Ss-
| tiny for the ram. bat not for lSaae. as
| nothlng could be more manifest tram
/ humanity ON the part Of the ram TO III
I terceds at the critical moment; Ii you
engage in q ffsttc encounter with an an
I yersary, and ne lands well ORGANIZER
] sumner on the end of your nose. and by
! which you are made to see a ga1aXy or
\ stars, that would be a very striking
I example of manifest deSt1ny-for your
nose. Again, when man falls Into TING
/ bottom of q. we'll containing ten rect OF
I water at high water mark. and ne I'M
mediately makes UP his mind 10 leave
/ the bottom and come to the surface,
| where the air Circulates more freely, Li1ar
| would not be manifest destiny, acc0rQfIl9
! to an eminent authority, any more Tnam
to condemn the trusts and upnotd the
| system of high protection; but II 10
| climbs up within three feet Of the top
! and fails back again, turning a &9tn1I-
/ sq7Itt in his descent. and c8releSsfy sSi-
/ lows the water to shut on mas Willd. 4Htl
he dies and is buried the next spring az
low water mark that w ,o pc o, TlAiii'eS'
Asking the bartender the next morning
| for a little Old Bourbon, about three
| fingers after having stood MIN OH KpF
| Twelve drinks the night before, and being
| informed in d soft manner, Sah ~ ~
| nothing for you''-that is a good case or
manifest destiny in a par ROOM M, , SELLS
| chased down q canyon by a fQti-gfoWIp
! bear into which you have fndlscrFeLIy
| planted Il MaGSer bullet In the wrons
| MAGE and at a critical moment oil tIS
| ebag@ Won iudiciousiy avoid mOnstro0S
tree 0bstructng your course: anu dSaIlbSe
which the bea~ runs decorating mis- JuBu-
| fgr twice at the same ptesCc- AAlsbS
foubteG9y would be the strongest kfntt OF
| manifest destiny for the bear. for II IS
! very manifest that the bear mad run HIS
destiny. =. ~. .,.4
INDEPENDENT bimeta8Ism tp 1885 out Ft0
IS now worshiping at the SHRINE OF t31
golden calf is one of those lrreSpG.Ilslnse
| AGENTS that manifest destiny Delights TO
| disport with. Manifest destiny may e&lSE
! in a latent state in fnanimate Things anu
/ things animate without brains, ana w
/ fact all men who have lost tnd1vlduaI1ty
and the. p0yver of seIf-direction- 1t has
no MACE in an intelligent, conscious per
sori9fftw 1t is said to be a kind of dis
| ease naanffestiHg itself III various az
,-rees of intensity in different InGIvld-
TaTs President Mckinley has been TOT
| some time past and is today suffering
from a very violent siege Of It. tnsonuch
It is feared that after the Fihpinos are
I DronerIy assimilated by repeating rltleS
and machine guns, it will break out AGAIN
in n more dangerous ard compticaEeu
form and then manifest destiny: Wbgib
Mr. Mckinley at the helm, would nke 70
RIM ruiIftsry excursions into the o01[tp
/ American republics, and after theiT ITO.
ertv and independence is destroyed stIsAI
fhFi American flags planted over th@Ir
cauitols he would shout IN a spirit OL
hravado who GareS pun tnat doWi i,
| which manifest destiny has erected
II should be the duty of every toySt4, CT
/ zen TO keep on the lookout for InaKlafeSG
destiny, and if caught she ought 10 ~
consigned to the insane asylum Tor 4VV
S,earS together with her accom- pileeS
yea - ELIJAH FARR.