Show presidential CAMPAIGN THE campaign of the presidential candidates is now fairly inaugurated in almost every section of the country stump orators for the republican and democratic parties are or very soon goon will be at work laboring with all conceivable cei vable earnestness to convince the people that the salvation of the country depends entirely upon the success of the party whose cause they severally advocate from now until the ard of november the exertions of both parties panties will vill be such as in all probability have not been seen before in this republic and it will be well if blood is not shed in the struggle for victory the stake at issue is very high on the one hand we have the republican party in whose hands the whore power of the government is at present vested they have everything to lose on the other hand there are the tho democrats at present resent almost powerless in the admin adain E of national affairs they have everything to gain the republicans are the progressive party of the nation the they have freed the negro and want to cozer confer upon him the elective franchise and to mak make 0 his status in the eye of the law equal in every respect to that of the white man and thus in a practical way endorse the declaration of independence pen dence that all men are ara created equal the democrats are the conservative party of the nation they virtually are willing to 0 acknowledge the truth of the same axiom but in the case of the negro they are unwilling to acknowledge it practically at least so far as the franchise is concerned between the two parties the most intense animosity exists and neither party is likely to be at all scrupulous as to the means it employs to ensure its own success and to accomplish the defeat of the other whichever party succeeds the chances for peace and harmony prevail prevailing inne through the nation are meagre if the republican candidates are successful the policy of that party with regard to the reconstruction and admission to congress of the southern states is almost certain to be rigorously enforced which will not be at all likely to tal decrease the irritation and bitt emels already existing between the two great sections of the country if the democratic candidates are elected the idea of resigning all control over the army and navy and in fact over every department of the administration of the government will win after eight years of absolute sway be extremely distasteful to the republicans and one to which they will hardly be likely to submit without a struggle so that let whichever fety lety party succeed that may it is not at al all ali improbable that the alarm of civil war may again be sounded and the direful and bloody scenes of the late lato rebellion again be re enacted it would be otherwise if the contending parties were imbued with that genuine patriotism possessed by the founders of our government but today to day power is sought because it ig Is power and for the furtherance of selfish ends and party purposes and not for the sake bake of well governing and promoting the best interests of a mighty people the people of utah view the contest from a very different standpoint to any other portion of the inhabitants of the union on all matters religious or political secular or worldly they are i accustomed to vote as a unit and amongst them party feeling and political excitement are unknown in either of the great political parties of the nation we know that the friends of mormonism or the kingdom of god are few and we are far from feeling or believing that the salvation of the nation totally or in part is dependant upon the success of either party that good and well meang meaning ng men are to be found in the ranks of both we feel assured but they are too far in the minority to have much weight or influence in deciding the affairs of the nation jn in reviewing the history of the past dozen years we can see that the welfare peace and prosperity of the nation have materially declined at the election in 1856 the finances of the nation were in a prosperous condition and though many signs in the political horizon were ominous and portentous of evil yet the nation as a general thing was harmonious and prosperous under the administration of james buchanan the treasury was emptied of its surplus and the nation prepared for the outburst of the most gigantic and bitter civil war of which history furnishes furnished any account in 1861 thab thai war was inaugurated and for several succeeding years was waged with intense energy and the nation plunged into a delt debt whose magnitude is almost beyond conception cep tion and ina in a space of time so brief as to be unprecedented even in the history of any of the european nations in addition to this sectional and party feelings of the most hostile and deadly character permeated all classes of the people now as history but repeats itself there is nothing very promising for the future of the nation in the success of either party however our stake in the contest or influence in its decision is very small but we can look on calmly and dispassionately siona tely during its progress assured that the issue of this as of all other events materially affect affecting the fhe destinies affecting of the millions is in the hands ands of him who wiio overrules over rules all anin ga according to his good will and plea piea pleasure ure urt |