Show LOCAL SELFGO VEBXKKXT The concession of local self overn ment is not the way to sap and impair but to strengthen and consolidate our unity Gladstone in his speech on some rule for Ireland Among the many sound political doctrines doc-trines laid down by the great English Commoner in his speech on home rule for Ireland the above is one that stands out in bold relief We rejoice to find an influential English statesman grand enough to stand up in the House of Commons and lay that principle down as political doctrine We only regret that the principle was not recognize before How much blood and treasure might have been spared had England acted upon that principle long ago 1 But the process of educating nations as in educating individuals is a slow one and advancement consists of such minute steps that it is scarcely perceivable perceiv-able Let us cherish the hope that if the progress of education is slow like the growth of the oak that as the oak is of stronger fibre than other timber by reason of its slow growth so may the advancement among the nations towards to-wards better systems of government govern-ment be the more enduring because be-cause the changes are gradual Nations are advancing One hundred and ten years ago a few men in Eng lands American colonies declared that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed At that time England raised an enraged hand against that doctrine but now her noblest and foremost Statesman says I ask that we should apply to Ireland the happy experience we have gained in England and Scotland where the course of generations has taught us not as a dream or a theory but as a matter of practice and of life that the best and surest foundation we can build on politically is the foundation afforded by the affections and convictions and will of man and that it is thus by the decree of the Almighty that far more than by any other method we may be enabled to secure at once social happiness happi-ness power and permanence of the Empire We rejoice in seeing the nations of the Old World accepting political doctrines that are a hundred years old in America because we believe those doc trines can best secure to mankind the largest possible liberty and the most lasting security to society Let us hope that the acceptance and promulgation of i these political doctrines in England may act as an admonition to the United States not to forsake her first love but remain true to the doctrine of local self government And let us further hope that the agitation ot this question m the old world may lead to amore a-more perfect extension of that principle princi-ple in the United States until all our Territories that are qualified to support a State government and desire it maybe may-be granted the privilege of entering the Union Among the Territories in the United States desiring to assume the responsibility responsi-bility of Statehood no other is so well qualified to discharge those responsibilities responsi-bilities as Utah No Territory can point to a more prosperous community or one more devoted to republican institutions than that inhabiting our mountain valleys and yet these many years a deaf ear has been turned to the just demands of Utah for admission into the Unionand Why Because the motives of her people have not been understood aright because their actions have been misrepresented by their religious and political enemies tat the Ume is coming when falsehood will have speat its forcewhen the tongue of slander will be silenced and Utah will take her place iu the sisterhood sister-hood of States To that end let her people especially her yonng men devote their best energies |