Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-06
THE MENACE OF THE AGE,


eynect 40 cgcapa the condemnation OF
civilized people everywhere for high.
handed crimes against civil liberty ana
personal rights? Especially can any
COMMUNITY escape criticism FOR Justly
ing and defending such conduct. Inls
attitude stimulates the very splrll OF
lawessness dIssipates sclt'reslralHI
and subtly deadens the moral con-
science OF the community. which u has
taken centuries Of progress TO bulIl up,
and upon which. more than upon any
laws and constitutions, the strength
and soundness OF society depends This
layltv Of sentiment, once started ana
encouraged. spreads the more rapidly
because is true nature is not agpre-
ciated Tho speclous arguments used
IN defence OF these practices, with their
shallow seeming Of common sense aLl
plea AZ necessity, slowly gain a foothoId
In public 0rlnlon and develop q semi
cynical 'CNttdlency type Of moral
philosophy which hy he very shortness
OF range Us the essence Of immortality.
This is Wig the southern a.l'udc On
diprl li,stiOn is more than an out
ragc on the negro. q tends 20 disinte-
crate the moral fiber OF the community
and undermine some Of the basic essen
tials Of wholesome national life
The foregoing Is from Gunton's Mag
azino for September It affords food
for serious thought We commend It
to the consideration Of our people. es-
peclally those In Idaho, where Il Is
particularly applicable because Of re-
cent disturbances and their effects
II Is true that no community which
iustines or defends IN any degree the
spirit OF laWlessness or closes It's eyes
against such crimes as those perpe-
traied IN Akron, Ohio, and Wardner
Idaho, can escape the criticism Of civil
lied people, who value the institutions
Of our country and sense the necessity
Of unfolding the supremacy Of the law
II Is astonishing how the laxity Of
public sentiment In regard to the viola
ton OF law IN extreme cases becomes
infectious and spreads with alarming
rapldIty The excuses that are offered
for mob violence are easily seen through
when once they are examined but
when the wildfre Of lawless passion
IS klnded, its flames extend and IN
crease with such marvellous force. that
reason Is dethroned and the lowest and
fercest instincts Of fallen humanity
are IN absolute control.
The people who arst settled these In. |
ter-mountain regions are under the |
most sacred obligations 20 be governed /
by law Whenever Il has seemed that |
they were IN opposition TO recognized |
authority. the conflict has been Tor the |
purpose OF establishing and defining |
the validity OF legal cnactments. rather [
than defiance OF constituted authority /
The Constitution OF the United States |
IS the supreme law Of the land. and /.
regulates all the departments OF the I
national government the judicial as I
well as the executive and legislative /
branches Of the public service. A COM .
','' 20 determine The consiitutionaIity |
- '.s's.a'on is "''hin the scope Of |
constitutional right guaranteed by the /
~, ','s'' u'n'n' lhe application OF
which IS thus called into question Il
is therefore the yeB anupodss OF an-
,,.,,, 'l,I- "uI ,"''e'! o'HerenI both 10
t. ,,'','t's NM "'u 10 a'l TO The mobocracy |
a., 80 "., "''l" '", voice OF The law-ab.d-
' s a''1 '7'oeao'e citizens of this
~" y y ana should be raised.
.'I Conservative people should be
. '''e'u' '""' he''ner by political entan-
tb,y -. y, Wy PERSONAL endorsement
o ,a,' s s'., associated with or apollo
o.. 30. ''' 'N' advocates of iawless vlo-
,',,,' uu1'' any pFeieHt or show Of
, ,.--',g.i''S' Hio's' the destruction Of
'., W. W. ATTACKS upon human life, the
,t, ,','N 'si'e even Tor The moment Of
-. ' '.'9 Va d ''a'e roi nation, are 90
-. 80 condemned and vigorously |
,li - n, OUT people. Anafchism and
Ill 5y '.'''" are e'eTnal.y incompau-