The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-08

sary remedies, but in the struggle for
existence the voters are ofeen Indifferent
to the application of an erroneous princi-
pie until repeated applications establish
a custom. and In time a custom crystallizes
into law. 1t behooves us. as lovers of our
country and as the friends of liberty, to
insist upon the Independence of the 1if
ferent departments of our government and
upon the maintenance of the rights which
have been shown by experience to be es-
sential to freedom and f-government.
The jury system must be preserved. and
we cannot hope to preserve II If. for any
reason or under any pretext, we permit
any citizens to be denied the protection
which Il furnishes.
According to the Declaration of In
dependence. governments are instituted
among men to secure to them the enjoy
ment OF. their inaiienahle rights. Among
these inalienable rights, three are specif-
ically enumerated-life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness. The second and
third. however, are really parts of the
first for life means nothing to the indi-
vidual II 1t is confined to mere animal
existence. Man Is distinguished from the
brute In that the latter eats and sleeps
and dies, while man is endowed by the
erty is necessary for the realization of
mans possibilities. His conscience must
be left free that he may fix for himself
the relation between himself and his God.
His mind must be left free that he may
devise and plan for himself, for his fam
lily and for his fellows. His speech must
be free that he may give to the world the
results of his Investigations and present
to others the ideal which he is trying to
realize in his work. His pen must be
free that he may scatter seed thoughts
to the nttermost parts of the earth and
leave to posterity a record of his work.
He finds in government the cheapest, as
well as the surest proteo ton of this
liberty, to be, to think. TO speak, to act.
Pursuit of Happiness.
"And what constitutes the pursuit of
happiness? Man must have home and
Enthusiastically and society. He must
have food or he will starve. He must
have clothing and shelter; he must have
books, he must have instruments with
which to work. He must provide during
the period of strength for the years when
age dulls his energies and benumbs his
hands. He may have ambition he may
have Willingness to work AMI environ
ment that spurs him on; but the govern
inent may encourage or ii may discour-
age his efforts. Government may bid him
hope or leave him to despair.
when / visited the valley of Jordan l
learned that it is fertile and productive.
and yet instead of being cultivated. like
the valley of the Nile vast stretches OF
territory lie untitled. Why? I was told
that under the reign of the sultan the
toiler is not protected in the enjoyment of
the fruits of his toll. If the farmer
plants and tends his crop. the rowing
Bedouins will sweep down from the hills
at harvest time and carry away the fruits
of his industry.
IF the government does not assure to
the individual the enjoyment of the result
of his effort, there is no stimulus to in
dustry.
I'VE have the best government on earth.
1t gives the largest liberty, the greatest
hope and the most encouragement to the
citizens, and yet, even in this country, II
is always necessary to be on the watch TO
keep the instrumentalities of government
from being turned to private gain