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Show ir is ULsr lo in: J us iv It never permanently help any cause to rulsrcpritcnl tho opposition. Buch advantage a may appesr to accrue ac-crue from II Is only temKrary, and when the reaction come tho Intended Injury rebounds and doe more damage dam-age to tho author than to the Intended victim. This will be found by extl-encoto extl-encoto hold good In politic. It It therefore with no disposition to do barm to any one, but the contrary, that we refer lo a chirge that Is being made and has been many time re-wntod re-wntod of late, that the last Utah legislature legis-lature "took otrtlie bounty on sugar." Thestalementls not truo nud ought not to be reiterated. The argument bssod upon II mutt fall, unless It Is supported by something that ha tho merit of accuracy. The Utah Legislature could not take oil the (Jovirnmont bounty on sugar; that Is evident nud needs no proof, for nothing short of an Act of Cougrt could remove that bounty. And tho lato Legltlaturo did not take ofl the Utah bounty on sugar. The sum of 1 11,000 was drawn from It ln 1R91, and the remainder of $19,001 Is open to tho sugar manufacturers In 180.2. The Dcglt laturo did not take this oil nor attempt to Uke It oir. Tho fact lu tho caso arc, that a bill tor a furlhur sugar bounty f.i Introduced In tho Legltlaturo of 159.: and failed of poaaage. A very small majority voted It down. Wunocdnotanddouot propoto to reproduce re-produce tho arguments, pro and cou, that were adduced when the subject was under debate; they were duly set forth at the time In the IHstlllT NlAVS. It Is well known that this paper favored the bounty, as an exceptional ex-ceptional case calling for exceptional legislation. Therefore we cannot be accuted of any partisan or rcreontl motive lu now stating the truth. Tho best way In all thete controversies controver-sies It to adhere to facte, and lu assailing assail-ing the position of auadvorisry to accord ac-cord to It nil the strength It luwmies, and set forth Its clalmi fairly and correctly. cor-rectly. Then there Is some credit lu overcoming It and the victory will count. There Isso much misrepresentation misrepresen-tation nowaday In iolltlcal matters, that tho ytry mention of Ihem 1 becoming be-coming oflcnalvo to Juit minds. Utah pollllclane ought not to fall Into the methods of the demagogues and tlio place-huntert, but, contend fairly for that which they bellevo to bo rlght,nnd conduct their discussion In tho spirit of Justice, courtesy and honor. The truth will be euro to win In the end, nud It will abide forever. |