Show A REED SHAKEN WITH THE WIND ix IN another part of this paper will be found a report which appears in the congressional record of a tilt between some republicans and democrats in the house of representatives a few days before adjournment in which the utah question figured prominently the object of the gentleman from maine who desires to figure as the leader of his party in the lower house of congress was to coin some political capital for the fall campaign we think he and his associates w ill not succeed in utilizing the utah question in this way it can call be readily shown that there was not time considering si the more important measures that required deliberation to give the attention necessary to measures proposed affecting affe eting the mormon question and thrush to rush any bill through congress in the indecent manner in which tile the edmunds monstrosity ity was forced upon the country would have been a disgrace to the democratic party holding as they do a majority lu in the house there was not time to debate any of the schemes proposed whether of republican or of democratic origin and they were properly postponed postpone ti till another session sessio the idea that certain measures measures must be brought forward for fear the omission to press them even when they cannot be 1 eairly airey considered may be used as a party weapon is a strong reflection upon the honesty and manhood of those who threaten it and that the mormons cormons Mor mons must be made tile the victims of the political exigencies of both the great parties of the country is shameful to the nation and a strong reflection upon the pretended statesmanship ot of party leaders neither justice wisdom nor sound policy can be expected in the consideration of questions affecting utah when expediency and the fear of public prejudice have more weight with the framers of our national laws than the welfare of th the nation the preservation lot of liberty and the prevalence of df right mr reed of maine main 1 e is a great man in his own estimation but from the signs ot the times it is not improbable that before another Congress convenes convene he will appear like a reed shaken with the wind of political disaster to avoid it he will have to struggle with all his might and maine |