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Show H AS 10 HTATi'HUOII. H There need be no mlsundfrilandlnaa H on thla Important aublect. Tim naturo H of (be case li aucli that there ilioul 1 be H none. The teniporat welfare of Terr H great number of peoplo lianiaupou It H aod there abould be no ehu filing or B ttoubledcallnK In the matter. It ! very M Tlilent that what l looV-od upon B for a while m simply return of the H old-llma and all alonx discussion at H Washington about Utah m a elate, Is M crystallising Into an carneit and deter B mined effort to confer sovereignty upon our Territory, and this, too, with. out any further delay. We repeat, It la a matter of too much concern for the H people generally to mliuudetataud 1U Import. Tho mottslgnlflcant feature In the H present moTement aa wo look nt It It H eirneit and determlnoJ advocacy of 1 men who formerly bitterly opnostcl H anything of the kind, and not ouly H llili not only did they oppoie Inde ftl penitence for tho Territory but H favored further restrictive measures In Bl order that the msre al.adoarof eover- BBb elgnty which we formerly ptsaossed H might be curtailed nud kept on the B way to extinction. Thla la another of B tboaeevldooce tint "the world move-," M and more than that: It meana that a Hj queatton of clalmoj concrete prluclplo B la sometime more a matter of abitract H polloy In which aotne uthor Rain than 1 oura la the chief object sought. This Is, B however, aomewhat foreign to tho tub H ect proper. H If ever a commonwealth waa abun. K dantly equipped for that responsible and H dignified poaltlon defined by the term H a'atehood, our la and for many yoara H iiaabeen. Huperlorlu ppulatlon and H wealth io any of lta IninuJIalo neigh- H bora with ono single exception; equal H In Intelligence to any elmllar part H of the world; well Informed ai to the H theory of our national government H and thoroughly advised a to political H methoda therein; with a Uetlro to be H relf-iustalulugai relate! to all things H what more ehould bo required? With H auob recomniendatloiii and with an H titter absence of tlio meretrlcloua and H aelf-seebing anda of mere polltl clans, B We bavb ropeatedly aakod thit the boon B conferred upon lest deaervlng terrl- H torlea ba alao given to ui; that auoli H petition! did but glva tboee who pauod H upon them additional opportunities to H revlla, upbraid and humiliate oppor- B tunltlea which they generally made B the moat of went unnoticed, at least B . not noticed to the extent of preventing 1 ua altogether from peaceably asaom- H ( bllng and petitioning for a redrew of H grievance. Hut It failed to come B and each aucaeedlng application B did but have the effect of weaken- H log the teal which characterized auch Hj eflorU, and finally tholllokLrlng light M wenteut. Uavlng ascertained to our m l entire aatltfaotlon that aupplloatlon M even when coupled with aggrcwalou I waa utterly futile, the proper, In faot H the ouly thing to do waa to give It up, H (atlafled that our whole duty to our m aelveaandour country had been per B formed. B If Utah la at last, now that petitions, H remonttrancea and auppllcatlona have H ceaaod, to bo taken Into the alaterhood, H well and good; there will be neither H decided oppoaltlon nor active advocacy H from thla quarter. From thla It mutt Hi not be Inferred that we are IndllTurent H to the boon; far from It. Tho record Bji above aat out la at once a audi. Hj elent denial to euoh a conclusion Hjj and an explanation of the pav H , alve condition prevailing. In fact, HA It aeema to matter but little what Hi' our poaltlon may be, unleai, Indeed, It ' be to abow that It la not made tun baala I of action at Washington. j. It would be very much more gratify. lng to moat of thupsoyleof this Terrl- toly If they knew that the statehood ao long waited and eo perslslently ail ed forwere tho result of an awakening awaken-ing to reason on 1 Justluo on the pan of the powera that tetaud that what came ! to ut In tho way of improved govern ment waa a recognition of our capability capabili-ty aul deaertaaud uothlu; else that, In abort, It was an admlaalon that Juat-I Juat-I Ice had, been delayed long enough. But no matter; In the future ui In the past we will weloomo all the goo 1 tint i comes and maku the moat that can bt made of tho bad, with a reliance male no leaa firm by reason of pait event that all will come out for tho boat. 't The territorial ayatmti ol govern. 1 i roent la a) utterly ut varlanou with j republloanlim In lta national seme that F no one who Is thoroughly In accord j with our polltlcil thojry na a whole ! and la fully udvlaed upon the aubject, either upholda or ottompta to llnd any It excuse for It. It la merely u relic ut the frontier eyateai which once pre. vailed of lHcefrfelty became of there being a frontier while all beyond It wa. a dark uontlnent Into which the sunlight sun-light of civilization and L'hrlitiuulty had never onetrated, at l'iut In niodirn time-; nud us rapidly at thu wattia weru reclaimed and commuui-tlesof commuui-tlesof sulUilvnt iiuportaucuiind cia blllty formed to Jujtlly the tutloua! government In withdrawing It-pulerual It-pulerual control, this was done. Hut It waa thu means of engrafting tin ijittra uon the body polltlo nud of late years the territories have subserved sub-served purposes ao couveulent to thoEe who tnaku aud unmake, that an admission to tho Union . la looked upon aa a royal favor luito.nl Df a plain matter of right and a matter , of oourae. llut with all this under- 1 stood, there are atlll many features of territorial life eape'lally relates to Utah of lato ynira that are far from being undesirable, The lca-,1 of these la tho Hem of expense; the nat onal government pays the greater part ol ourpubllo burdens Io a political way, aud statehood would mean the with-dnwjl with-dnwjl of auch nulstanoo; but It would ben vary narrow-minded If riot unpatriotic un-patriotic l-olloy to oppoie statehood on any such ground In fact tho question of expense la not to be considered Io auch oJnueitlou except, as before Bet out, When we remember that under the territorial eystotn e are aaved ao much. Tho moat satisfying thing of all li that we nro thoroughly familiar with that system, Into become accustomed to auch deprivation ni having n voice In the govornmeit, are on reaMnabty good terms with ono another, are bounding along the highway of proiperlty rapidly rapid-ly enough, and present to the world the anomaly of having bottor qualifications quali-fications for statehood than aluioat nny Territory whoso adrnla-lou occurred during thla generation ha I at the tlino of admission and bettor than miuy of thoni have ytt. If we cannot bo like other communities In respect to the matter dlaouued, we can be con-eplououa con-eplououa by reason of belli unlike them and atlll oi-uiilu as much capital as they; but this otnnot last much longer, II would nppoar. It cannot bo overlooked that In our midst Is an element numorlcallr ro-spectable ro-spectable and I o many cases respectable otherwise who are honestly and determine deter-mine lly opposed to statehood for Utah. While we woul 1 hot defer to what wo can but consider a prejudice, candor compels the acknowledgment, that the territory's admission would afford more genuine pleasure If It wire not opposed In auy quarter. |
