| Show PEN COUET devoted to the discussion of republican principles 7 B WHY ARE YOU A republican BY PEES JOSEPH F SMITH bis your letter asking mo to state some of my reasons for being a republican was duly received but of other duties and from the city have prevented an earlier reply I 1 will give yon a few of my thought on tho subject expressing my views amo the greit purposes of government are the defense of the lib protection of the rights maintenance of the safety and peace aad the promotion of the prosperity and happiness of the people the government dei ivine its power from there and I 1 believe that aba principles ot the se party are better adapted to the consummation of these purposes than those of any other party the idea of absolute liberty in enman government is an absurdity thare is a limit beyond which liberty its lic anBe republicanism beta the limit within the bounds of reason and the and there it firmly stands therefore believe can party the fullest liberty to every one consistent with the welfare of the draws the line sharply between liberty and license in the crucial tests of the war of the rebellion involving the conduct of the war the treatment of prisoners and of a fallen foe the abolition of slavery reconstruction and the restoration of peace and the preservation of the Union and the nation republicanism was weighed in the balance and not found wanting it was bood measure and full weight I 1 believe the Ee publican party has the cobrae of its in its opinion a cause is justat Ju will 1 find a way to do something for ft under publican Ka rule and power tho people of utah have enjoyed immunity from mob violence from hostila armies sent to destroy them and from wholesale fines costs and imprison ment the republican idea of government more nearly conforms to the true order of government as understood by myself and the founders and people of utah under republican influence and home industries and en are fostered and j rate teethe country is enriched and built its resources developed and its people put in the way of prosperity 1 believe in a republican form of government that the condition of a territory is one of vassalage a relic of colonial bondage anti republican and un american and yet with sufficient power in the hands of the democratic party for four years utah strongly democratic and amply abuaf ifield that party refused to admit her into the union avowing that utah was the fly in the party ointment and they cast out but I 1 firmly believe had the republicans beba in power and utah would have been no fly in the republican ointment and I 1 further believe that with the power in its hand and the knowledge that the republican party has a fighting chance in utah she will soon bo relieved reli ered of her territorial swaddling claths cloths and adorned with the habiliments of statehood in this respect I 1 believe that the republican party has never had a fair chance in utah and I 1 want it to have a fair chance aud an honest trial and if it proves true to its principles predict that utah will rally to the standard and be true to it in conclusion I 1 am for utah and for my own country in preference to all others for in america it was that god revealed his perfect law and only here could it find a foothold on the earth therefore I 1 am a republican FALT labb CITY nov 21 1891 B JE PRINCIPAL YOUKO SIR in answer ta boar tien why are you a republican 1 I trill say among other reasons ar the following ast 1st the theory of government Rovern ment as expounded and maintained by the lie publican party is snoie nearly correct than that of any other party A government must be strung enough to pro hect its citizens at home and abroad and to protect of nations withie borders and 2nd the financial policy et this party is a wise one fostering ahe interests of the farmer and the manufacturer the consumer and the producer ever since I 1 can renn aber our leader bare ared upon ahe people the feces sity of patronizing hems industries and this necessity is still urged what we as a people attempt to do by moral suasion tha republican party docs by law there is but littia in the means used aid no difference differ euce ia th results produced ard 3rd ane republican party is cour ageous to maintain in tha fane ef any opposition idaia ef and to denounce ver ic knows to bt i wrong ath I 1 believe that the republican party will do more for utah in developing her raour ces and building her man and in giving her statehood than willan party in fact il utah ever becomes a state ehe will do so through the influence of the republican party ath after deliberate reflection and investigation for I 1 was by birth anu prejudice a democrat I 1 am convinced that the theories and view I 1 of the mor a nearly harmon is with ouis as a people chaa do those of adv other party BY BISHOP JOHN E BOOTH answer to your que tion why are you a KepuL hcan that tha if re more and lui than would be al lowered to me to act shyin in a short letter and theresi there ii I 1 wil content myself for the present by men two which araa I 1 understand them probably proba oly the foundation of the between two areat panties pai ties 1 refer to the questions of central or tate the protective or tariff I 1 was born ia england and aired there till I 1 was nearly ten years old and daring that period I 1 formed such an attachment for that country that nearly thirty residence in ibis land laa not entirely destroyed it and whenever thero are dif Terencia existing between great britain and any other except the united states my sympathies are inclined to go to bog I land I 1 bad not been hero ions before I 1 found that same love of country ap in my breast and the object of my attachment thia time was the united states of america I 1 soon read tho araton of independence the articles of confederation the constitution ef the united states and tha lives of a number of the leaders of those times and for a bov gave them a good deal of thought noting practically aba defects in the articles of confederation and how they were remedied by the then my love for adopted government grew abaco and that love was for the government aedita for one individual state and not so much for the states separately hi the union aa a whole and that love 2 as also been intensified with age and experience A practical application of the principle I 1 believe has led to the Sp resent prosperity of this nation wuen the opposite would have resulted in not one countey but two and if not two perhaps one for every state I 1 am a firm believer in E pluribus unum rather than ex uno I 1 do not believe that this nation would have prospered aa it has if a non pro tariff system had been in force nor do 1 believe that the future trosper ity of the country wilt from now on be BO great if the tariff system is changed from the be publican idea to the democratic ocra tic I 1 think country is above party and the good of the ahola is better than the good of one I 1 believe it is better for some people to be wealthy and all comfortable than it is to have all the connary indigent I 1 do not say that the latter would necessarily follow democratic rule but I 1 believe that is the tendency of free trade and the other the tendency of krotec lection tec tion noy APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH Da your favor tho following question is to band why ars you a republican abt there is a limit in liberal government beyond which it is not cafe to go er anarchy is the natural result to aay mind the Ee publican party in its policy has gone as near to the line as safety to all concerned will permit and 2nd the Ee publican party holds that thesis a nation and not a conglomeration of independent sovereignties sovereign ties ard 3rd our allegiance as citizens rans direct to the general government first and then next to the states in which wa reside ath I 1 believe in a strong government based upon the ive and good will of the citizens and by the votes of an intelligent people I 1 look upon the democratic idea as wholly tain and that as a nation we would be in constant danger just as we were before the war long as nations are divided and are under various forms of government it is the duty of american statesmen to look to the interest of their own citizens and to aid as fully as possible in the development of every le source the party of lincoln grant garfield and blaine has sought to do this ever looking so the best good of the entire people ath the party of seward sherman I 1 morton and a host af other patriots broke the shackles from the limbs of the colored race they also placed within the reach of all men in our land a home and farm why should I 1 not be a republican when that party has done more for the human race than any political party ever formed salt lake city nov JOHN MORGAN DEAR SIK the reasons for my political faith are multitudinous but I 1 shall elate only a few the republican doctrine of federal supremacy is the only foundation upon which a permanent government can rest the democratic doctrine of state led to civil strife and the secession of slates which means anarchy thae republican doctrine of krotec lion establishes and fosters home production and gives employment to and makes wage earners of our own citizens instead of our cousins acroca the the republican doctrine of ty enables u to exchange our surplus or such articles as we do not pr md gires our own producers produce ra an ayen bance with the producers of other ands the republican doctrine of the public ands for the poor man comparatively ree of cost has made ni a nation f ree holders instead ui at will the republican doctrine doc trino cf frae speech iree press free ballot and s air count lays al the baab of the per of our institutions and if en voiced would bring to baes that other idea f A of tb eople ir the people aad by the peole the republican doctrine of universal education will place the people of this nation in the van of the world from an educational standpoint tho republican doctrine of universal suffrage forever de baring the thought of property right in human flesh freed four million slaves from the degradation of bondage the duc trina of law and order is exemplified in the fact that not my of my co have ever beau gaiu or driven except under demo rule aud their persecutors go un chipped of juanice today because of ho f Dimo cratie authorities to punish them nicais to cac le aken creation rea tion of he itil eleain ut ahat g go d order libe ty atil bab itan government it aoi ami weakness of md vitality it maans revolution revo ution and anarchy ia the end aa the haryett SALT LAKE nov aj 1891 A why am I 1 a republican He publican 7 because republicans the f the united spates because republicans opposed the kentucky resolutions f qa which in thair tendency if put into practice woud have Ue troyed the union and i because the democratic party originated said and sustained them because nullification was a democratic measure the Dano cratic party pre T fe he connary in an uncalled for and unholy war Bec aase thea republican party bay d the country from destruction and jaa troyed the doctrine of because the republican party broke shackles irom the limba of beides because the republican party in slated that but one flag the star spangled banner shall aavo from north to south from east to west and that the red flag of ahe anarchist and the battle flag of the babel shall be dragged in the dust because the republican party never produced a burr a kalhoun Oal houn or a jeff dayis because I 1 believe in the doc tiina of a protective tariff home industry and diversified fields of labor because the principles of the republican party renders its buot equal add answers tho dem md of the people for the free bonx and equality of all men assuring the rights of all citizens tor the elva tion ot labor foi honest for a free ballot a honest count currency and correct returns because I 1 believe this country under the constitution is a nation and nut a compact because the republican party can point with pride to its every act and today ab firmly as in the beginning by its every principle because it is the party of lincoln grant sharman loan garfield blaine aad a boat of republicans whose aamena wiil endure whose will shine as long as mind shall be as long as memory shall exist provo kov 24 1891 BY SENATOR I 1 E WARREN SIK I 1 am a republican he cause whon this nation had internal dissensions and differences it was chiefly due to the republican party that the nations honor was maintained and the union preserved I 1 am contented to remain a republican because upon all questions the republican party ia the baity of the people it is the party of the poor and the medium classe sas well as the rich it is the party that in protecting the interests of the working man it is the party that believes that america is for americans and in designating americans I 1 refer not only to the na tive born but also to thoss who come here from other countries with the intention of becoming bona fide citizens of the united states and assimilating with us and our institutions I 1 am a republican because tbt finances of the nation haye always been safe during republican rule l matters have been intelligently discussed aad wisely settled and the nation has and improved mcder republican as no other nation on earth haa done wye nov 26 1891 |
