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Show THE "LIBERAL" PARTY OF PAK1S. Tin: rlyine words ol" the Archhiariup of I'arw, like tho.-e of Madame K'jI- : and-: cd the name subject, should he indelibly written. Said the venerable cculu.iia.ttic to liU murderer.-: "I'ro-faiio "I'ro-faiio D'.t the word liberty; it is to u.r alono it belong, for we die lor liberty ! and faith." The outcry mrtdo by the Com tnuni.it s of their love f"r i "liberty," of their desire i to overthrow' tyranny and iMablihh a government of "liberty," and of thuir determination ! to have "liberty" secured to all, evoked no little .sympathy in their favor throuuliout Ktimpc n- well in the United Sufes. Ttuy were the most violent oVelaimfrs against any attacks, on the liberty of the press: the must1 strenuous udvueates of free speech; the mat bitter 'ippononts of everything that wivurud ul' intnleivnuu. But no sooner did th-'y aiu a teui- j porury power than, liko ail other demagogues dema-gogues who seek ihe.pupular suffrage' by similir means, thuir tyranny and in-j tulwronro , were manifested. Kvery' joirrrml- that did not eeho thesenti-j meats of the Commune was summarily stijipres'ed; eve 17 meeting that did not, sound llio praises of the Commune was rigidly prohibited; every person j who did not at Iciwt make a show ofi favoring the. Comiuuue .was proscribed. Then cimo murder, the foulest and most damning that the world has ever' witnessed; and outrageous auts of vandalism that would have disgraced, the most barbarous nation of the dark j ages.' And all tluve monstrous crimes! against liberty, all this hydra-headed : tyranny were perpetrated in its s:iered ; name. , No wonder the Archbishop, with his last words, adjured them not to. prol'ano the name of liberty; no wonder tho sentiment of the world 10-voltcd 10-voltcd against their infinious acts. It is so easy to raise a "cry;" so catiy to pretend to virtue where it does not exist; so easy to shout "liberty" when ''license'' is aimed at, or, at the loiwt, an ell'oi't nt tyrannizing over others. oth-ers. Why, even hero in Utahwc have a "liberal" parly, heaven savo the mark ! that combines more intolerance, less actual lib.u ty, more of a desire to rule or ruin, more of a determination to exercise the "one-man power," than can be found in nny other part of these United States among the same number of men of as limited calibre, rinding hero a people who have- made a great community out of a desert, who have governed gov-erned themselves in peace and order for nearly a quarter of a century, a people among whom every man em enjoy his full constitutional rights untrammelled ah; would seek to govern a host with a handful, and uuder the empty mounding mound-ing cry of liberalism attempt to inaugurate inaugu-rate tho grossest tyranny aud strip every man opposed to them of tho last vestigo of his rights. """ Does anybody want proof?1 Has not tho effort been made within a few months to rob every man of his political rights by trumped up charges aud false oaths? lias not the effort been made to gag the press? Have not threats tho most open been made of what would be done with the citizens of this Territory, could those who make the threats obtain the power? And if still more evidence were wanting it is on hand, with facts, names, and data that cannot bo refuted. Wo wish the leaders of this falsely-styled falsely-styled liberal party to sail under their own colors, and call, themselves by their right name, if they will. Their affected affect-ed liberalism is a sham; their claims npon popular sympathy a delusion aud a snare. They are not liberal; they are not honest; if they were either one or the other they have ample opportunities opportu-nities to make it manifest. Their cry of liberty is like that of the Paris Commune Com-mune a found to cover ulterior designs de-signs against that true, honest liberty which despises demagogues and wil' not accept their rule. |