Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-04

g The rules 90 evidence are SEQ CON
trircd as 20 give the accused the bone
/ 90 of the doubt and to shield him from
certain classes u testimony He Is in
/ Aoceut tiIl proved guilty
Treason. which has been for age
The terror Of The people of Europe
consists in this country only of over
T acts IN leYying war 0n thc republic
ln adhering 20 he open enemies OF th,
nation and giving them aid
\. All citizens or other, alc cqua
I before the law and u0 tile Uf bro,
/ hllity can De granted on the con.
. iIaly the almost universal manhood
/ suffrage. and in some states woman.
] hood suffrage. makes OF every adult
( citizen a sovereign. The source ~ uoweI
whence government issues. Dl-carliug
/ old theories, such as The divine right
/ of kings we Say That sovereignty ulu-
maiely and u rlght rests with the
/ people Each person sacrifices % por.
I tiou Of his natural liberty 90 insure the
/ safe preservation of the rest OF 81. 3ud
/ The sum Of these sacrifices constitutes
/ the sovereignty Of The government Tho
people are therefore the sovoreisus
and may enlarge contract, or change
the powers exercised by their servants.
the officers - the government
p We enjoy freedom 81 religious
belief and worship. with no estah-
lished church 10 support nv taxation.
and with no religious test for office or
public privilege.
10 Because Of The gIbordnation Of
the military 10 the civil power. there
is little danger that these liberties
shall ever be overturned by armed
force
SOME NATIONAL MISTAKES
And let US be warned by an example
Of that great nation and mother Ut
narliaments and author Of constitution
al liberty throughout all the world
That a man 81 mightlor than a dollar:
and his rights his interests. his inii-
vIdual freedom. n you please. more im-
portant IN the sight Of heaven than an
The schemes NJ conquest and power .hat
ever have entered the mind OF man.
But Jet rs boz warned. moreover by rec
ora of our own shortcomings as a PEG.
pie and Of our own failures as a ma
ton. For iu many Of the gravest cues.
lions we have shown ourselves bur
poorly prepared to meet the issue and
10 hnd the best and trueSt solution.
IAus, 10 must ever remain u our meme
orits a regret and a remorse that IN
dealing with the American Indians we
nave discovered 30 little aptitude to
govern them successfully and 10 pre-
serve them from the determination
thar apparently awaits them. These
noble SONS OF the forest I'm some re-
spects the noblest Of all the savage
races, and certainly the most heroic
ls II any real answer To- give 10 the
question which postcrity VIII inevitably
put TO us concerning the extinction
Of that race OF human beings 10 cav
or up our failure 10 do the right thing
by saying. The only good Indian rs a
dead lndlan?" What answer shall our
children receive when they ask MS
what We and our predecessors did with
the American forests the noble trees
whose limhers We now vainly lack II
we shall finally succeed In hacking
ana burning into extinction this great
gilt OF providence 90 our nation aud
people? Dare We tell our children the
facts about this case-how that for
several generations the best Drawn ana
strength Of our nation devoted Itself
TO Telling and burning OF the mighty
forests Of America, destroying a wealth
Of timber that today would have been
OF more value 10 the nation than All
the mines OF Golconda or the fabulous
riches Of the orient? Dare we. | saw.
face our posterity and tell them the |
facts I'm this matter? Dare we TODAY /
admit that a restocking OF these forests
Is scarcely receiving a thought from |
our legislators or people, and that the I
beautiful profitable and, l had almost
said, divine science OF forestry is ali F..
unknown and unpractised even I'm iris I
vast and trecless domain. where ,,p I
can scarcely get the necessary lumber .
with which TO build our habtati1nsp I
What answer shall we give when int7r. I
rogated as 20 the vast floods that an.
1udlly lay our farms and homesfeads
ana even some OF our cities waste by /
reason oi tlc Want0u OF careless de- I
OF forests and other yereta- /
lion by the unrestraiued hands Of folly /
Jr of plunder?
What shall be our answer 10 the I
question that the young generation is /
Ilfcady asking, as 20 how u Is that we .
mould have devised or permitted 10
now up the system OF national and
tate taxation which uniformly *,
mptS The right and llghtens the bur. .
lens Of the well-to-do. while IL falls with .
lnnltgated severity upon the sons
q toll and the deyotees of Industry.
What Is our answer 10 the manifest
act that our cities permit more vlo-
,uce' more murders and holdups. than
le cltes ~ any other great countries
q the world?
How do We account or apologize for
Do TACT that as a people we are more
u3leci 10 the exactious OF private
Monopoly. more exploited by schemes
V private gain, more trust-ridden I'm
act than The people Of the European
or even the AsIatlc dos.
Have We any explanation az he fact
hat Wc lay more for and get less in
service of our American
titles han they do In other civilized
.stl1LHf
OUR NATIONS DESTINY.
These things my friends. are solemn
lcts--Condltlous that cali for The rem.
ay which as citizens We are bound to
ner Unless 10 is 90 be that America Is
'NNf NV va hIAN We NAANu 10 IWuf
NIX lft OF republics the Inscription on
hose runs is. They were but they
re not No; that cannot be: foi
ltgr sll. these and similar mistakes are
My email things that can be and viii
e rtntdicd By the united action o.
.yg men o. produce that nation B,
h.ch violence shan no more be heard.
hose God shall be- an eytrlastinp
SHIT. and the days Of whose mourning
ban DE ended. "a nation 600 which ne
igh tides Of passion shall never beat
gain as Ga the past. and where the
.upcsts caused by human injustice
bail cease fortycrmore a nation whose
roud ship Of state. weaiherIng every
orm shall come grandly sailing into
TAT harbor whore 90 would bc-the
lfbcr Of universal peace and Tho
-otheihood % man which 70 ls The des-
uy OF this nation 20 create and 60 keep
pen.
THE ELKS TRAIN.