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Show THE "NA i IONAL" FIZZL.K. The "empire builders" are not a success, Equally failures whether they try to organize churches or political parties, they are objects of commiseration. commisera-tion. They attempted a church with a Zioniie title and it collapsed- Then came a spiritist organization, resulting in a similar fizzie. Politics was essayed, es-sayed, and the "libera" abortion perished per-ished from aggravated marasmus it wasted away till its shadowy outlines grew indistinct acd faded from sight. Then a new effort was attempted, and I a "national" party loomed up, nip-I nip-I poscdly borne by tho noble five thous-land thous-land and odd that had signed that Mc-i Mc-i Kean petition. "Enroll" was the cry; I "enroll, and save u;!" And enrolling j places were appointed. The faithful I wero urged to march to the polling lists and affix their names in a solid phalanx of heroes. They wero to be-; como immortelles, tho grand army which would save the country from the i terrible late of being swamped by the Mormons. How savagely fiery became be-came the eloquence that urged this sublime course of action, let the chronicles chron-icles of the "ling" and tho "nationals" "nation-als" declare. What momentous issues is-sues bung upon their resolve, who can tind fitting phrase to jtcll! The army of "nationals" I were ardently urged and plaintively ! aupcalcd to, that the party might have i a name and a place on the pages of ! history. They were called upon to enroll en-roll themselves , "as members of the national party of I'tah;" to "solemnly "solemn-ly pledge" themselves "to do all we rightfully can to overthrow theocracy;" and the chiefs of the "ring'1 were cx-! cx-! pectcd to head the movementanother ' new movement. Hut the chiels didn't come to time, past experience wasn't by any means encouraging; and fusions of Gentiles and apostate Mormons had been far from satisfactory. And so tho "national party" is another exhibition If wasted gas and useless expenditure of acrimonious buncomb. Tho poll lists three in number contain a hundred hun-dred and fifty names; we wouldn't knowingly rob them of one. There are ninety-nine at Gould's, thirty-four at Kahn's, and seventeen at Allen's; and yet the cohort of federal officials have not declared their adhesion. adhe-sion. Thus "shrinks" the heroic five thousand; thus fades the glorious prospect of offices and pickings; thus cburche3 and political patties find the same common grave, and a terror-stricken terror-stricken public grin a graduated grin which breaks into an audible smile, rippling over with appreciation of the sublimely ridiculous in caricature. Hie jacst reqiikscat in pace, etc. |