| Show AMERICAN poli foer F altor editor deseret I 1 american fork with her innab yet forms a part pant martof of utah notwithstanding the large ot of hypocritical lava that has been belching forth from the sectarian volcanoes east west north and south those nery fiery streams ot of human llian hatem batem hate bate and nil nii christian love had no effect upon our high school examination which took place last week preceptor J B forces forbes it was highly creditable to that very wor thy gentleman who has cor many yearb yeara exercised great energy to raise the moral and latell ectal condition of cut our children merchandising la Is quiet dealers are expecting prosperous times especially if it B K H matters take boom doom we have no na poor that need bread koeut to eat last sunday the teachers of the school distributed upwards of t faur bundre rf books looks amongst their pupils many of them first class works doctor fisher also spoke to the people and vms vas wail the intention of the american bible society to push its interests ig lr this territory distributing ami irell ing bibles it js said that con sis tency ia Is a precious jewel but what consistency 1 Is 19 there in m belling telling lis lib us joda cods word and anea tor for these professed christ christian ian lan people who appear BO so much kuch concerned for our welfare to persecute and eay bay au alli 1 aano mani ner of evil agal agai against list ui us for believing the word a nd and practising practicing its its pre pro cents the seventies event les ies and mutual improvement pro nent dent meetings are eil ell vell veil vil attended the society conj cont coni dinue lo 10 their thein labors of love filhe 1 he people of this quiet burgrave burg have been bea signing narg petitions toi bg forward ed d to congress joeb sion aj although it atia Is a novel thing for foramer amera Amerl cans cana to do to ask the eure gepke senta tIves jot lot this tw great ireat nation to refrain retrain from passing laws inimical to the constitution upon which great com con commonwealth mon wealth was ed reflecting upon the many well farmed and elaborate speeches of america s monji upon constitutional rig tits and the peoples ll bertles liberties what a atlon action I 1 as been taken lately by the present benato senatorial liAl body in jig the plage passage or edmunds edmunda bill which vio lence lenee eal eai cal ledlaw 4 law to Teg regulate the civil ecclesiastical and ana domestic re lati iati onti I 1 of thousands of whose fathers fought and bled to lo establish ta civil and religion liberty the honored veterans et erans of the past never naver contemplated inu iri the year 1882 any bof tot ilof 1 sons gins would besmear the national life en 1 trusted td thema theta hyl byl laws of aestrid neither nor des deb despotic otla kings dand daie td enact I 1 I 1 which td ted rob a law abiding people ze of their trade frude franchise hise to them of sitting as jurors and ther thet dissolving of the peoples peeples legislative legie legle latke asti asi embly ahia aria creating la in the he place thereof 4 a commission to of five 1 arrangers to control the greater part of the governmental functions of the territory american statesmen may bay be great if greatness f consists in in tel tei culture burthe quality niso also must be judged by their acts ga A handful of good life ia Is worth a bushel of lea led learning mIng the advice burns bums father gave him Is adapted to our cur nations tives lle lie badat bade mo 0 pt act a manly paa parti tho had tad newa neva ineer a fd riling tar lar fhlug Ching ruf rui without nn an honest mamy mayy heairt no man asworth regarding 11 it b be asked itha ltha itka d degree dearce egre to 0 propriety were the hearts during the passage ofed 0 lle lie mundi bill I 1 rn m of what samuel smiles bays says t A 7 r e at deal deai of while b bj tl the e nama name of or patriotism to rhems these days ays consists of the merest bigotry and and marrow harrow exhibiting itself It seirin in nut Aut ional prejudice dige national natto nat naj conceit ponc eit elt and national hatred it does not notA how show itself in deeds but in in howlings 9 gesticulations e U culat alai and shrieking helplessly for help heip in n nying flying flags singing ringing songs bek bet VA andun in emm ena eraetta era grinding W RV arhe athe the hurdy aur gur gurdy y of long dead grievance long jong wrongs ito to ve alth lieh lich a as thib this Is persapa among the uw gret giet eat curses that can befall any CO coun conn try A noble boble patriotism eler cler cheri ashes the memory and example of the great men of old who by their suffering in the cause of religion or of breedom havel have won for themselves a deathless gloryann glo for their nation those privilege privileges a of free life and free political institutions of which they are the inheritors and I 1 Pos possessors poses lors mors sors A nation may be very bigin big in point of territory and population and yet be devoid of true greatness the people of israel asrael were a female fidall people yet what a great life they developed and how powerful the influence they haye exercised on the them destinies of mankind any number of depraved units cannot form a great nation the people may seem to be highly civilized and yet be ready to fall to pieces at the first touch of adversity they may be rich polite and artistic and yet hovering on the brink of ruin if living lor tor themselves ea groys ony and with no end but pleasure each little self his own little god buch such a nation is doomed and its decay is ipe vitalie character ceases to be upheld a nation may be regarded as next to lost where it ceases to esteem and to practice the virtues of truthfulness honesty integrity and justice it ac dues not deserve to live and when the time arrives in la any country when wealth la Is so corrupted or pleasure eo so depraved or faction so infatuated the people that honor order obedience girtue and loyalty have seemingly become things of the past pasts then amidst the darkness when honest haply there besuch be buch such lett left aro are groping about and feeling for each others hands their only remaining hopa will be in the restoration and elevation ele eje of 0 individual character and it character be irrevocably lost then indeed there will be nothing worth saving W W J |
