| Show CAME I 1 Rca discusses them teem with aith freedom I 1 AN untrammeled MELED PRESS NEEDED A definition det of the principles princia lel policies and tendencies of the two parties JOURNAL ir If avirt avint 7 written quite copiously jn ill salt 0 alt lake papers on utah questions quentio n 8 generally I 1 fool feel alint on commenting 0 un on ocal local I 1 political affairs an explanation tie is due tile people whose anier interests anil and iler consideration the explanation is that utah is made up lip of the parts that compose it anal the whole body is concerned conter ned in the condition and welfare of its members Illel whatever affects a part in some degree affects the whole in the recent division of tile people on oil national party lines cache county played a 1 I conspicuous part for the reason that its action became the subject of more extended and thorough discussion than allan that or of any other county in the territory strange stran to say the conduct of the people eis has I 1 been icen represented in liberal journals ay characterized characterised by bv fraud dissimulation t and acl esias dictation while locally and as a matter of faette know that party feeling has run so high bi h and flowed so deep that pe personal monal social and business s relations have been sensibly affected so far from controlling tile result have church leaders been that if they had to dictate it in i politics their counsels would have been largely largel v die regarded the people have fiegly taken th themselves ein selves in hand politically political lv and to the best of then their ability have exercised their suffrage e riv rights lits the newspapers of i ogan representing the republican lican aid democratic parties ties respectively have engaged in ill ti it warfare which for violence acrimony j and vituperation give evi evidence of anything anything M 0 e else I 1 S e than a sham battle apostle thatcher makes a brief democratic speech followed by some ome f quite impartial exhortations in tile the tabernacle the next daj and for thi ia 3 tile bation calls hi him 1111 quite severely to an account next comes prest joserh F smith with some republican teaching as a part of liis his discourse in the tabernacle on oil the te civil and political duties of the saints for this interpolation of a little bit of republican doctrine TISE tim and salt lake lak c herald ilfin ld open out with a re regular ular road broad side eide especially does the herald exorcize exer cize itself with tb the c ire of political righteousness anil and party indignation the salt lake tribune thinks that all this newspaper controversy and local discussion is is mere pantomime nothing but deception or of rather the acting out of a previously lot isly arranged programs pro gramme gramm e but in logan the seriousness seriousness arid and ci earnestness of the whole is well understood der stood back east we discuss politics warmly inveigh against the opposition party in ill unmeasured terms hear preachers pray all and preach politics occasionally but a ill I 1 chisisi this thi sisi is carried on oil generally without wi thou t any break in pers personal onal or bu business iness friendships As to preaching preachy if ng n poll politic ti s especially in utah I 1 should sav say eliat it was a good thin thing 0 and a pro proper per thi thing for the reli rel ignus C nu s leaders and teachers of tho the mormon church to encourage the people to divide honestly peacefully and in possible into parties and to enjoin benoin upon their people that no political lotical party lias has any any bt anding Aan diny C whatever as a test or criticism of relious religious reli r gous ous fellowship that with respect to church matters all parties are arc lly neutral and andin in different dill erent that cv every ry true chris christian tian must mui t obey the laws lairs and g give ive i true allegiance 0 to the government M but bilt if any reli religious 0 ious teacher or leader wishes to in mould the people in the interest of any any political cal party he lias has a perfect right to do ito io though if in doin doing 1 it lie should ra div iv due notice of his intention and icile if he mes a church lie he should use it as 1 a I hall which lie ho had hired fired and lie he should trust the integrity of his own olvil conscience cieli e and adl tile the force of his arguments arguments for the blessin blessings S of god up upon liis his wol ic of course if party boalt fealty is held to I 1 lie to a matter of indifference aice and neutra neutrality lit in rela relation tiou to church fellowship and ecclesiastical standing landing tile the teaching deachin 0 and preaching Z of any leader is entitled to no ili influence or consideration other tit iliin all that which belongs s to it 0 on 1 tile the n grounds coundi or of its reasonableness and 11 general genera 1 truth fill ness lie political ind and conie come to us its is as tile air 1 sunlight their ef bcd 61 c v Uc itS alc p rii ik ailt upon I 1 oil their own hii intrinsic qualities no scientific inoval mon J or political pl principle hiruo 0 bille 1 or 01 false because of tile the assertion sarti in or declaration speaker or t teacher eacher i and in we must determine ily by tile the use ilse of our wherein truth an 1111 d fa bality lity reside it is id doubtless a work of binic and patience and unending in progress pro 0 ress As ks a I 1 republican ica 11 1 I bel believe that tl the ie party Js is nearer light in its pit past history hi atory and present y than the doino democratic party and I 1 may so teach lut but my words worda are entitled entitle il to no consideration or credence except as they convey reasons and to another mind arid and what is true of my lyly own wn words is true of tile the words of any other man having t been a constant reader of tile the nati on and JOURNAL JOI since pinco the beginning or of tile august campaign 1 I must say that I 1 have been most interested interest cd in tile freedom and independence which each has I 1 aas exhibited hibi ted teil not that mere or bravado is any ally great virtue in itself but in order to make the press a valuable auxiliary to public education it must be untrammeled eventually public sentiment and intelligence will c correct breet gances ga nee s arid and excesses and the people must learn like the alie beasts of tile the field to discriminate among the herbs that grow so abundantly before them if there are arc briars briar and whistles thistles es they can pass them by and feed only upon those varieties variety e 11 that are wholesome and pala palatable lable the independence of the news aws papers arid and the free volition anti and action of the people in the ex exercise arcise of 13 f the right of suffrage e and even the minor strafes and martir partir zeal s ir i r extensively exhibited go far toward confirming my frequently repeated assertions assertion in t the lie and other paper it of salt batke that the people of utah arc nial making king rapid stride toward a competency for an all if independent statehood stat chood that they the art ar sincere 4 and free anil and self governing e there ire are two principles which should go together tog ther in ill the make up tip of every inte intelligent and useful citizen those are arc independence and toleration without Alit bout toleration fit an independent man inan become overhear over hear ing and supercilious without independence a tolerant man bacome a mere sycophant or a weakling independence is the manhood the tc substance t the lie self hood bood of the man ifju and it is a I 1 principle which especially characterizes the th e democrat toleration is based on the fact that other persons person and things have have rights as well as ourselves god made his universe very broad and very greatly diversified and most things have their places and uses anil our limited comprehension might leai lead us to despise or un underrate many man of them if a true ruc spirit of toleration should ll not enable us to bear with then them until wo we are able to comprehend their mission and purpose in the jiniv universe erse the central thou thought alit of republicanism I 1 think to be the principle of unity the organizing e in centralizing and coordinating co s spirit p i r i t this principle has its most prominently pro muen pe in hamilton while independence arid and toleration are arc largely shown in jefferson probably lincoln comprehended in ili hi own nature these fundamental principles more fully than any other american statesman I 1 should sal say that utah and mormonism II 11 has heretofore exhibited a strong 0 tendency d ency toward organization an and 1 unity of action anti and that wl when en the people come to interpret themselves fully there will be a large drift toward republicanism it is indispensable and perhaps il unavoidable nav that there shall ever be two parties or more in the country we have more freedom and safety with two t than all with but one each acts as a check upon the other roth both have more or less of truth and error blending in their platforms and policies I 1 welcome all with their diverse papers null and speeches together ether they chev might seem like a babel but a little study and discrimination enables us lis to cull out what baits us and wo we feel enlightened and enlarged by variety and this rings brings b 0 me to the thought 0 with which I 1 set out that independence of thou thought lit and exl expression both in newspapers anil and in in private and social intercourse fire arc of the utmost value and I 1 consider it especially so in cacho cache county for it shows a large I 1 degree of preparedness and competency for the if higher and more responsible duties soon to devolve upon the people of utah respectfully CALVIN |
