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

boys standing by. said, Uncle John,
| he must be a mighty big goose " he
| hasn't heard OF II already" In a GER
| tain way, the notification with which
we are charged is perfunctory and un-
| necessary, and yet It is well to maintain
| by some degree of Formally that re-
| spectful observance which Us due To
| great events. The nomination by a
| great party to the great office to which
! We call you, the vice presidency, car
| rylng with II the duty of presiding over
| the senate Of the United States and the
| possibility Of succession to the presl-
dency Is great event.
A HISTORY or BLUNDERS
AS soon as | learned that | was. by
! resolution Of the convention to be the
| mouth piece OF the committee for the
| performance OF this pleasant task, I
| began 10 look about me In order 10 see
how the duty had been performed by
| others. ! found from recent perform
ances OF a similar character IN the Re-
| publican camp that for notification
| speech historical essay Is altogether
| the proper thing absolutely necessary
| for the emergency. We shall therefore
enttle our notification address: "a
Brief Historical DisQuisltion upon
Some OF the Blunders Of our Ancestors
as Viewed from the Standpoint Of the
Wisdom OF Republican Statesmen Who
Have Embraced the Strenuous Life"
THE INDIANS CASE.
The first OF these consisted In dis
elimination against the red man---the
image Of God in cherry--on account Of
his race and color and previous cond-
ton. our ancestors said 1t was on ac-
count OF the Inherent. or inherited race
traits, tendencies ana supposed incapa-
cities, of which his color was but the
outward sign BE that claim pretense
or sincerity, we found TO our aston
ishment. that the door OF opportunity
and hope I'm the way Of office holding
and voting had been closed 10 Lo! TIE
poor indian, He was not invited In by
the selectmen I'm Connecticut nor by
the electors OF the SELF governing
towns In Massachusetts, to help gov
ern our ancestors and the country
which they had committed TO their
charge, nor did our ancestors promise
to assimlate him. This first violation
in America OF the divine tight Of man
hood suffrage and of the cherished fun
damental dogma that all men OF all
races are equally capacitated to govern
themselves, and especially to govern
others. has doubtless been the "lllad
OF all our woes" Plainly # was what
tho Boston Transcript so eloqiently
calls "colorphobia." We could not ac-
count for II, except perhaps upon a line
of thought suggested by a sentence In
the notification address Of the perma-
nent chairman Of the Chicago conven-
ton Informing the president OF his
nomination by the Republican party to
succeed himself Mr. Cannon said. 'By
blood, by inheritance. by education and
by practise, We are a self-governing
people Are we 10 believe that Mr.
Cannon meant 10 intimate, converse,
That nobody was OF self-governlng ca
pacity unless by blood, education or
successful practise? II so. Il is feared
that he is getting back 10 our ancestors
blunder and may incur the danger OF
receiving the appreciation Of some OF
those benighted creatures known as
southern Democrats We wonder If our
ancestors in New England, New York
and Virginia had been stupid enough
to have some notion the converse OF
Mr.. Cannon's utterance In their heads.
and II they had based their action on
the fact that the noble red man" had
none NJ the blood "of self-governing
races Nv his veins. none Of that subtle
force of 'heredity' which accounts for
so much and which Is so hard to be ac-
counted FOR itself II they thought that
he had not for any sufficient length OF
time been educated" for the task Of
governing white men, or had had no
"Draotise' in It, except such as seemed
to lead to the conclusion that he was
not capable Of it.
NEXT GREAT BLUNDER.
The next great blunder IN our early
history consisted I'm their taking up
arms against King George and his
forces, when the latter were actuated.
as they themselves confessed, only by
the kindest designs Of "bonevolently
assmiatlng' TO themselves our re-
sources and our opportunities You, sir
who have a Republican son-in-law and
therefore possess culture by affinity az
least. VIII hardly believe that our an
cestors were stupid enough to fight
against the principle, which we so
frankly recognize i'm the Philippines,
viz that It is perfectly right self-ev-
IDENTITY proper for a flag to cover and
emblemise two entirely different sorts
OF government, one FOR ourselves Eat
home" protecting individual, clvll and
political liberty and pretending TO fur
nish fun and equal opportunities for
industrial development, and another for
Others I'm the colonies" absolute and
discretionary IN its character and avow
eddy limiting industrial development
there by the necessities Of commercial
exploitation for the benefit OF the
home" merchant and the home"
manufacturers We know, now, OF
course,that all our ancestors talk about |
'lnalieuable rights" Of self-government, |
mo taxation without representation"
habeas corpus and right OF trial by Jury |
freedom Of the press, freedom OF speech |
and freedom Of assembly were only a |
preteXt resorted 10 by rantlng "lnsur- |
gents" In order 20 throw on the "civil- |
i2ng influences Of the best govern |
ment. which the world had that far |
witnessed We have not been stupid |
enough 10 conhne to mere words our |
apology for this mistake In our hstory |
we have apooglzed by deeds of confess |
sion ] seems strange that we could, |
as n people. have prospered lndustrially |
and otherwise, as We have prospered, |
so marvelously sir I'm all our history, |
both as colonies and as states IN spite |
Of this monstrous crror-this unholy |
rebellion,
BOSTON TEA PARTY.
Coming ON down the current of time,
we found another period of popular |
Mysteries, that is incomprehonsible 20
us Of wiser generation, in view OF |
some onlightcning facts i'm our recent |
history Some men IN the troublesome |
little town of Boston, masqueradlng as |
Indians seized and threw into the sea-
certain cases of tea belonging TO GER
tain merchants Of the East India COM
pany That this was a violation OF |
law, no man In England or America |
had any doubt: that the yiolators OF |
the law were amenable Ga punishment
under the law, through lis usual pro-
cesses. amongst which were indictment |