The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-18

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our ancestors talk about 4naIienabIe
rights Of self-gOvernnent no taxation
without representation. habeas corpus
and right Of trial by jury. freedom OF
me press. freedom OF speech and freedom
OF assembly. were only 2 preteNt reSOTteG
70 ny rantlng Insurgents IN order TO
throw of the civilizing influences OF the
best government which the world had
that Tar Witnessed We have not been
stupid enough to confine to mere fords
our apology for this mistake in our his
tory We have apOlogized by deeds OF
confession It seems strange that We
ctllq as 2 people have prospered indus
frialiy and otherwise as we have pros
pered. so marVeiousiy sir in all our his
eotA - colonies ana as states. IN
spite or the monstrous erreor-this unhOly
rebellion.
Boston Tea Party.
Coming an down the current Of time
W found another period of popular hys-
teTlcs that is incOmprehensibie 10 US OF
q wiser genera ton il view of some en-
liEhtenlnG facts IN our recent history
Seine men in the troublesome little town
OF Boston, Incorporating as Indians,
siezed and threw into the sea certain
cases OF tea belonging to certain mer-
rants OF the East India company That
TINS was violation of law. no man IN
England or America. had any doubt that
me Violators OF the law were amenable
70 punishment under the law. through ITS
usual processes. amongst which were in
olcNment by the grand Jury and ulal py
q petit jury none doubted With Wis
dom. however. euualled only by that Of
tie present occupanf Of the chief execu-
lives chair in these United States, these
usual remedies by law against laW-break-
erss were ignored b. that Sapient states
man. King George. as being reeds too
weak 10 depend upon in an extreme like
tEal- The consequence was that the en-
tire population Of Boston men women
ana children. observers Of the law as wei
as law-breakers. were punished. and the
Boston port bill was passed thus in
fashion royalty communicating the lit
tie town. commercially and industrislly.
bic outbreak of popular hysteria 10 Which
have referred Not only all New Eng
land rose in wrath but distant Virginia
and remote South Carolina caught the
frenzy AID said in effect this. foolish
thing: IF government can disregard tle
forms Of law. whenever In government ,
opinion the forces Of law are too weak
and can punish the innocent without trial
because of the deeds of the ViOlatOrs Of
the law. then are we none OF US safe,
even 10 the remote confines Of Carolina
or within the depths of the woods OF
Maine-safe neither in our persons or Ill IL
our property. nor IN the pursuit or ouI
happiness. the very difference between a
free government and despotisIn oelng
that free government operates WITHOUT
fnt prescribed forms Of law and a des-
potism IS a government IN accordance
Viii -orne individuals discretionary notion
OF Justice or necessity You VIII remem-
her that ali the wisdom Of King george
cabinet could not put an end 10 TINS VAL
ton fury even though the CABINET an
sWered. This concerns nobody except Ine
1rWn of Boston Our ancestors could i-ot
ID ouieted. but got worse ana worse. H9nS i
their misguided COunselS led 10 the lovl-
ia result OF 'insUrreCtioE-' and free ana
Independent American government
Strenuosity.
I'VE have. however made the amend
honorable for this silly business by our
governmental strernuCsity at tudianOia-
Miss. Not long since IL was alleged, al
though not proven. Notwithstanding the
fact that there was United states mar
shall 10 arrest a United States grand
Jury TO convict, that certain people IN
The town OF IndianOla, Miss, hdd con-
spired together for the purpose Of pre-
venting an incumbent Of a FEDERAL ONCE
from continuing TO hold that office. True,
there is a plain statue Of the United
States. writ large on the pages OF the
revised statutes. proVidlng punishment
for those guilty Of that identical crime.
i was. perhaps, however Jhought tiial
the alleged crime could not be proven IN
court OF justice under the q uliaLS
forms of law. that the forces II law, as
in the precedent cited in Boston. were
TOO weak or not 10 be altogether reileG
upon' By those in authority The neces-
parv and righteous consequence vas tnat,
recurring TO the precedent. established by
that miracle OF wisdom, George OF nan
over and his cabinet we promptly ana
sYrenuouslv deprived the little town OF
Iudianoa Of all mail facilities. proceeded
10 punish for the laW-breakng intent OF 4
few-if indeed such intent ever el>isted
which Z frankly admit is QuestlOned-
all Of the town. men and women. doctors
lawyers. mechants- hack ana Wnlte- 1y
cutting off their mail IaciltieSr mus Dy
z White House decree, eXCommunicatlng
them from the intelligence OF me WOTlu
Our ancestors fncOmprenensibly. even
81 ter they had had the wisdom of the Bos-
ton mort bill fully explained. persisted IN
their madness and folly. refusing 20 be en-
lightened- and still hung on with miraeul-
Gus fanatiCiSm TO the peleI t-iaL only
the guilty ought to be punished end even
the guilty only after fair IFidi. NoL
50 with our wiser generation IN the IN
managed 20 prosper. as We nave nrospefed
50 miracuIOusly in all OGr 1'sloIy- N
suite Of folly like this, unConfess9d even,
until a very recent date. but d I9iiy
which we have now, thank Coo, nobly
shaken off.
One More Blunder.
The next great historical blUaGer, in
spite OF which strange to say, we have,
as 7 cannot too often repeat prospered
right along in every step OF our history
with now and then temporary drop
back. was the imrnOiatlon BY cur an
cestors of the nation indUstriGliSm upon
the altar Of free trade within the common
domain notwithstanding already existing
state lines furnished convenient place. op-
D0Ttuuity ard temptation TO establish
custom houses those potent ehcCuragefs
Of commerce What we ought to have
fought for during colonial DAYS was a
high protective tariff 10 Keep BRUSH
fsrodficts oflt of the American market and
another high protective tariff 10 keep
American products cut OF the bTltlsn
America. Then. after We had accom-
ulished our independence. and each state
had become a separate Sovereignty,
South Carolina ought TO have prot ected
herself against Pennsy lvania ana New
England Pennsylvania ought To- have
seen 10 IL that a line OF custom houses
prevented the invasion OF ner scored soil
By the products OF the Jerseymsns the
NIarylander and the Delaware1n- We
ought to have encouraged interstate trade
By stopping it as much as possible. thus
pursuing in that regard the enlightened
policy which prevails I'm sesdrd 10 our
international trade. Then, after forming
she present Union. the constitution ltseI
ought to have prescribed 70 The states
mutual protection by mutual taxation
and consequent universal prosperity
What an enormously rlcn coLlttt4 tllC
little state OF Rhode Island Wouid have
been now but for the inflEE of the cotton
raised BY the pauper labor Of South
Carolina and Georgia slave labor Tor
long time. and therefore worse than
pauper labor. How rich Florida would
have been. If. instead or raising pine
sppIes and oranges and suCh products as
anunFea Eoning- sun seems To recommend.
she had kept the rye and barley and
wheat and wooden goods or the northern
states out OF her confines and had Gre
ated' at some little expense 10 her pe0-
pie Il IS true but stiu, with much pride
and self-Era tificaticn- purely fiofuiah
industries OF these and all other things
Each community on the surface OF the
earth. sir should raise everything anu
make everything. which il possibly can.
REGARDLESS of the cost TO its people or
making and raising IL. and II they VIII
nor make and raise everything on their
own accord then the people ought 70 be
4a~aa v4nffF somebody consents % accept