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Show The central and picturesque idea of abolitionism has passed away forever in the death of Fred Douglass. He was J a man of ability and nerve, and not withstanding the racial objections and objects in his way, he managed to fill a large space in the public eye for very many years. That Fred Douglass was not a type of his race is to be regretted, because he had very many excellent traits of character as a man. But Fred's only chance for future distinction distinc-tion laid in the hope of keeping alive and fanning the flames of sectional hatred. The nation has gone ahead of that, and it will no longer listen to those who clamor for negro equality, much lesi for African superiority. There will be a gentle regret all over the United States at the death of Douglass. How much better it would be were all the churches to issue an eiict pre-y.'nting pre-y.'nting their leading ministers from engaging personaliy.'in politics.lt would save a whole wolrd of bother.Mr. Cannon Can-non probably cares a great deal more for the church or business than he does for politics, it would be but natural f he did. Then let. him devote himself exclusively to the cburc hand business, i and stay severely out of politics. Let the wicked, hard-hitting politicians, like the man who wrote for the Times, have a monopoly of the filth of campaigning, cam-paigning, but keep the robe3 of the church clean and unspotted from the world. There is happiness and prosperity pros-perity for. all good church men in this line of policy, and only misery and worry tn the other. The war between the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Herald Ib a peculiar one, to be sure. They hate each othe with a mortal hatred, and yet they are painfully courteous upon all occasions. They remind us of the French army under Montcalm on the Heights of Abraham at Quebec, when the French with hats off and bowing, said: "Will the gentlemen of the guard please fire?" Chandler and Daniels 8re now very explicit in their arraignment of both the old partieB for their neglect in redeeming redeem-ing the bimetallic p'edaies of their eev -eral parties. If this spirit had been manifested earlier in the .session, there had been some significance in what they ha. e Baid in the closing hours of congress. Perhaps there has never been a greater political sensation in Utah than the one caused by the letter from Salt Lake to the New York Times. Indeed did that document cause a ruction. The reply, while it was a good strong document, did not nave as much effect as the friends of Mr. Cannon imagine! it would. The Deseret News thinks the Times should appologize for having published the Cannon article, yet we do not believe be-lieve the News expects it to do so. The animus of the article is unmistakable, and it meanB war to the death. We have not heard the last of this thing, we fear. There is to be no more silver excitement excite-ment in congress for this bession, but the silver men will not be idle during the vacation, and will come up strong and vigorous next December, with a majority able to contend with Mr. Cleveland's stubbornness. . The North Dakota legislature beat the woman's Buffrage bill. This is the first black eye the women have received this winter. Heretofore they have had their own way. We have heard a good deal said lately as to the necessity of issuing gold bonds to preserve our national credit. Of course, Rothschilds loves gold bonds. If Denver is to be made an excepted point, why not Salt Lake? If Salt Lake, why not Provo? |