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Show i . ittSI roiiiicu. imciTiox. i B ijfflJC TitRnK Is iireat deal aj nowaday v X MjilN In UUli about "politic! education." A 'ji I ( '3DS stranger ouIcllie led to believe ,br tbo It L I JiilH! lenorof remark niiiJo upon lt,lbt tbe t '$ r tilB?' peopleof Mil Territory knew nothing ' 11 unM! tw"t ll0,1Uo ""," IU",, recently, S 'm wbeiiKenllemenmoroorlrialnfonneil, ft, If I I j4 condescended to expound lliercspni S 'I J !' tlvetlieorlesof tbe great parllei of tbe ;if ' 1 ijl 1. oiuutry for Hie cscll benefit of the it ' 1, , '1! t The truth li tbat politics Is by no m P I ill rowen an uninvestigated sulect in " ( ft ill ' Utah. There has been aorao confusion Wi 1 '111 of mind a totlie relative velucsof tho WJJ , P. j i'h clsluisraacle by Demoorrete and lte. f-' IBM li'IF lublkam. Hut tho general prluclf Its i I ' rjl(J, of the solence of government bivo I !k! - II R been ltlelydlsoutsiI among luoieo jr. t fj 1 le.ancl both nan and omen through. r 1 Fi , ill's; out the Territory hava given llicui fv p 1 ' 1 serious oonilderslloti. ? e , Much of what It now dhrnMcl a (' Jj 1, "political education" hi no right to (1 " t ' the term. It would bo more iro. I .ji prlalely csllel rty misrepresent, j M ,( Hon. Itrontlits chiefly of vilifying ! ( one party and claiming undue credit i'U Vj for the other. Advocates on cither I'P! f aide are addicted to thl, end tho select L j I ! 1 ' n' edifying. Alo there are r- I t aom who attempt to mVe convert to V ! I 1 1 tm., their tile ly generalities without $ li 'j, point, claiming they are llepubllrans I, I'll. 'Tia or Dcraocra ti, the care may br, be. I I 1 ijj' cause their I arty possesses certain I ' I j j tir' qualification and will aocomplltli L' r , U' certain thing), all of which might bo f f 1 f equally claimed by their oiponenU, . '1 L and all that It neoJrd In the argument 1 1 J" to make It equally valuable to either ' j , tide la to change the name of the pMly it' . to eulogized for that of the other. p k1 Uccatlonally a tpeech It made or an I1 article It published which It argutnen- ' ' j tatlra and educational. It contain .( m facta and flgurraand logical reatoulng. p ,1 ' It It then worth contlderatlon auJ I !. coraptrltou with Hie Tlowaofan ndvo- 'H cate of the oppuilta party. Tholettex. j 1 pletlre and titclal pleading It conlalnt I j , the more valuable It l. Thettronger ' j ', and moro fairly It present! the clalmt 1 ) of the other aide tbemore roiiTlnclng It It In Ita refutation, Huch ipeechet J ' and artlclea are of benefit to inquirer, ' , and whenconTertt aru madn ly them 1 i the rccrultt aro likely to remain per. 11 manent roldlera of the patty, , 1 We notice that much of the Influence ,. I 1 brought to bear upon Totera appealt to j I their aelflihuiMimd promolet taction. ,. J I j , nlldoi. Taat It to tay, they are atked ';l to adopt what It alleged to be of local E jp I jj benefit and pera?nal adeantage, rather ll'M'i Hr than that which will be Ilk. ly to ad. M ' 1 y Tance the welfare of the wholocountry. I'tlj, 1 Tlilt may be political education, but It I j J! J 1 It not In the direction of tlatotman- V. j ( alilp and patrlotltm. In uatloual '' 1 j' queitlontthegoodofthenaUou thould , 1 , be paramount. National politics j 1 ought not to be studied within thu r 4 c 1 narrow HintU of mere local lutereau. I r We adTlte our frlendt who are L ' I eerlouily lnTettlgatlng political prlu ' ' I ilpled and party Invitations, to avoid I J ' aoceptlng without (Utttlon the atate- mvnta of either oiponent na to the J ' vlewtand purpoteoof the other. It each irty twak for Itself. Whenn Democrat taya the Ilepubllcaua Mnnt ' , monarchy, or a Kc ubllran aaya the Democrata want anarchy; when , cither taya the other almi at the ruin of the nation, or tho destruction of S manufacturea, or the establishment of F monopolies, when one j arty claims all ' -r tbelDtelllgenoeorialrlotltm,orTlrtup, Jj. and declarea tho other to be u destitute of everything that It Jf admirable or praiseworthy; It may t hrJ. aantlbly tet down to uirty buncombe I and that mendacity which tomo j I ( people ezcutu In what they call polltlca but would condemn In any th tng elso. r. 1 1 All such itufTaathat It foreign to true political tducatlou, and It not worth tpendlug time to consider, I Very much of the aamo vatuu It the olalm that reelected men of yeara that are uul, and who have long rluce left I tills world and Its disputes, belonged to t tuch aud tuch a tarty, and thrlrnd. mlrcraihould therefore belong tu the aamojarty. The Imuoi of thilr llmu are probably also In the grave. It la I tho living present with which we have ' to deal and the best Interests of Utah ' and the nation today which we should consider, ltoth tide, of any mooted question should be examined, and ' every citizen should think for hlnitilf ' and act for himself, limiting thut liberty which Is glveu of (id aod recognized by his country, and to use hit illllcal Influence that Rood gov. A j ernment may lie maintained and ln- t dividual rlghta may be preserved. |
