Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

century having forbidden the reading
OF the Declaration Of Independence IN
a part of the country's domain with
courts ready TO decide that the Consti-
tuition is not written letter 20 be
read and obeyed, but a dancing piano.
rama. changing Itself to suit changing
conditions;" having put our foot down,
wisely and firmly, upon freedom OF
speech and freedom OF assembly and
freedom OF the press I'm Colorado ana
those "appurtenant-appe where
freedom OF speech, press and assembly
might be awkward for US; having
Joined the holy alliance OF land grab
bing nationalltiesi having discovered
that Gods command against robbery
and theft does not apply 60 men In the
aggregate, acting as natonalitles. when
robbing communities OF their independ-
ence or "beneyoently assimlating"
their resouroes-amld all these reversals
Of historical blunders Of our past,
boldly aver that we need not despair
Of the republic
WHO CREATED PROSPERITY?
True, there are those who say with
hlind faulty, that the Dingley tariff
law did not exist always, that every
one of its schemes is not un.
changeable to be worshipped mat IN.
Republican party itself vas not born
until comparatively recent date and
that yet the country on the whole has
always prospered. They say that its
prosperity was owing 20 new and cheap
lands, inviting the Drawn and muscle Of
the white men Of the world to their
cultivation, skimmlng from the sur
face of the human ocean It's waye-cres
Of courage and enterprise They say
TIT owing 10 n magnificent area OF free
trade, first between the colonies and
then between the states--an area that
has grown, by Democratic American
expansion OF homes Institutions ana
Industry, and not by Republican Brit
ish crown-colony-c conquest until 1t early
became larger than any area of un-
tramelled free trade which exists or
has ever existed, on the earth They
say that II was due also to our freedom
from the tax.burdons Of mlitarism and
the consequent ability to devote our
resources, thus saved 10 the education
of the people and TO their betterment IN
home and Industrial life. They point 10
the fact that even during the period OF
our existence as colonies, that constant
movement OF laborIng men from the
old world to our shores, which still con
tinues. was going on that this move
ment was accelerated after II became a
separate sovereignty on the earth and
that II was stu more accelerated after
the mooted question Of the possibility
Of a dissolution Of the Union had been
finally settled. They say that this very
movement to America Of workingmeu,
under both high tariffs and low tariffs
az all as IN colonial days was proof
OF the fact that higher wages have been
paid at every stage Of our history 10
white men working I'm fields and fac
tories aud mines and forests in the
United states, than were being paid to
the same white men working I'm sim
liar pursuits I'm the old country. They
say that the currents OF labor how
unlike tho currents I'm our rivers TO.
wards the highest leVel-toWards the
place where the rate OF wages and the
standard of living are highest They
say-these foolish people-nearly All
Democrats-th taxes are necessary
evils and never en- themselves a bless
ing to be sought for that there is some
element of common sense in the old
aphorism Of having ut little govehn-
mental interference with the affairs Of
men as is possible constantly with the
protection of life and liberty and prop
erty All Of which illustrates TO what
heights Of palpable absurdity so-called
Intelligence can climb.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Another error Of our grandfathers
in connection with our foreign affairs
has come over me lately with weighing
down emphasis. George Washington
who however was nothing but a plain
Virginia planter. a sort Of high-class
farmer, and therefore, one of the has
est set" not 10. DC thought Of In the
a. ,tit al a IL
ers as the senator from Ma ssaChusetts,
or such ylrlle history makers as our fell
low citizen in the WhiteHouse- thought
and possibly his secretary OF state,
Thomas jefferson, had great deal 70
do with inspiring him 10 thnk-thut
our wisest and best and most patriotic
foreign policy consisted In amlcable re-
latons with all the other nations OF the
world and entanglng alliances with
none Of them; In other words, that our
chief duty was to keep our own house
in order, with the notion I'm our stupid
minds. that the sum total OF the right
ful purpose of all Just government is
the freedom and happiness Of man.
How wonderful II il that we prospered
with that sort Of foreign policy and
maintained with all the respect and
good WIN OF the world--wondorful i'm
decd when we consider what we now
know 10 be accepted sound axioms Of
policy We know now,
from our fellow-citzen in the White
House that the peoples, who may ex-
pect our tolerance and friendship, are
Those who maintain order and prosper
ity" those who govern themselves
WELL" those who pay their financial
obligations" and that II may become |
"a duty. which we cannot ignore, GER
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intervene IN some way, more or less
Indefinite. In the domestic affairs Of
those who do not do all these things
nor behave with decency In political !
and Industrial matters whatever I'm !
the world that may mean but who, by |
the omission OF the doing Of all these
things. do loosen all the ties which |
bind together civilized society" which |
Hes. of course, God has appointed us !
His mundane vIce-regent- mechanics |
10 tighten up again. With these new |
ideas OF our duty as nation MILF |
tant. Il may not be very long before |
we are firing of cannon TO celebrate |
the glorious use If the United states |
army and navy somewhere In South |
America. as constabulary 10 collect |
debts due from South American gov |
or individuals to European |
concessionaries or trad |
ers Let us live IN the hope OF that !
great day and, when we see |
n let us close our eyes |
but triumphantly cease to |
breathe and az our hearts grow weaker |
and weaker surrender our souls at last |
to the God who gave them, win the |
grateful EXPLANATIONS Now, Lord, thy |
servant hath seen lt!'
A QUEER OLD IDEA.
What queer, old time, childish idea |
was that Of our ancestors, that the |
Of the United States Is sinI-
ply a chief executive and that his du-
ty consists In executing the laws as |
thew were written. | need now tell you,
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