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Show BY 1UE Ftul'LK. A ITta for Tbrir Mora Direct i'arl Id Lrglilalioo. To lha Edlton Believing ibal It will ba of Infarct! to Iba publlo tu Invatllgat aud If neo aatary orltlclaa tba aotlouaof our law maker, aud perbap to make tua:Ka Hunt oonoarulug lb making of lawt, I make bold to atk yon to pie ate publltb tbla artlol In your valuabl paper. Flirt, 1 may atkt To where ara wa drifting? It It Into tcoiallint, or ara wa drifting Into auarchlim? From obtarvatlona mad by myaelf and otbara, 11 appeara lo ut at If nearly all the lawa thai ara now being patted not only by our owu iieglilature In Utah, but In lb Tariout tla.ea uf lh Union, la olaaa legislation, glviog lo a tmall portion of our cltlaeua tpeolal rlghta and privileges over that uf lh utiier. I underalood (that according to Ihe Cauatuuttuu of our oountry all lha power k ranted to tha lagltlative bodlat la received directly from the people, aud that . tha people at tha ouea to be governed hy the laws made by our legislator. If ao, than Iba pjuple hava a rltftil to have a direct vole In lha making of lb lawa that they must be governed by. Hence tney have a rlht to rUat or demand Ibal tha legislature pita tucb laws at tli niaaeee uf lh people dntlro. U tney uu out do as Ihtir coiittllueuis rt. iut)l them tu do, Ibore thi-UlJ bu tuuie way of remuvlog thwin, or, what Is still better, 11 no bill uf iniurBnoe be auautrd and become a law until ll haa , beau referred hack to the people lur I 1 refer tu the rcierndurn. This would be a guvarnmaut 01 the people, for tb people and by Iba peoplu, und lu laot tut would he a true republican form of guVerunianl. It may tuvm al tlitl tight liupraotlhls, but In reality 11 lanolao. Kwllxerlaud hut this tysiem of law making aud it It reuoMiilaud at In beat aud uiott utt ieiuullcau fjrm of government upon the earth, ll wa. advocated hy tb lllustrous and liiuuurtal Abraham l.luoolu, who saiu. "Youcautiual all lh paoi la a grat deil more than you can trutl soma uf Ibem." Antipathy between rlcb and poor, lietwaau lb daa.ee auJ maaaus, waa never mora lnleiite or Irrecouullable than al this moment. H,oibI privl legos aud unequal opp rtuulllet are blotting out frau-rnal ltriiiig, aud lu many ul roles thebrolberbuod of mau" Idea is but a meaningless Jaal. The patalon for gold it the delirium of tha age, aud lit corrupting abd polluting luucb Is visible everywhere. it la making aoouudrelt uf gautleitien. Our churches, universities, lerhajn courts and ojuuctls, Irgltlsturac, elcfuruitn videuo ul its uouliiuiiuaiiug and de basiug mtluttuces. Where will IbltstoiV Apparently It will go ou Irum bad to won, unlets Iba matt uf tb people aria lu their might and through the pulls voice their sentiments, and mat a radtcil reform In our system 01 law makiriv and govern manl. Hired tirtif-latlon la practically lh ouo thir g Hint mutt t a 'Opted, before any Inio.irtnnt reform re-form It likely to he mvle. 1 I. I think, theafmeof human lvrltltlon. For when lh people rule absolutely, then tyranny ot K fVoruuii ni will ds aprar, 'Hittrunt tba man ur iiidii who dltlrutt in p oplr, is an oil Baying, L11I a gut'd our. All IS-formert IS-formert can nulla tun Itils pin form: iVmo Tnlt, Tot ullsb., t clall-:-, pru blidilonitla, tit icle-teivr, all Veritas lfbir-unlt:ulala,rarmrra,alllAt,Cia men; everybody who believe Inaguvuri-nietit Inaguvuri-nietit nit fi r in I by the o pi a. (Ql'erbata 1 ithve written too length mu article, hut I arn lu earned, aid deairanot unly the Hood and ireatiom of all In our Hietr, but altn the freedom of all tx. o 11, Heripectlully. JtTHlK'K. |
