| Show THE WEST AND THE SOUTH the letter from mayor shakespeare 10 of new orleans to mayor kissel of ogden has it the genuine ring of southern appreciation there ia is something in it which speaks of be the hospitable and generous gene roua breeding which is a birthright of 0 f the laople among whom mayor shakespeare may emst imst of a kindred fellowship the south is famed for its noble men and not the least among them are those whom ogden has been delighted to honor mayor klesel will undoubtedly have something to bay say on his personal and official account to our friends of the south in response to this royal acknowledgment of our poor favors for mr klesel we c can a u a say ay without hesitation that the charge is perfectly safe in his hands but there is a pith and substance in the letter before us which is something more than social compliment something more than personal onal cordialities cordiali ties or official greetings greali nei something in which ogden olden and utah at large are mora more deeply concerned than in any business or social enterprise brought to our notice since the great progress began no better expression of ot itcan it can be given than mayor Shake own language 1 I trust that in the very near future a plan may be devised tor for getting 0 I 1 together influential men to formulate a pro gramme and build a 41 platform upon which we may all unite cordially and that through our united efforts the people of the rast may be compelled to do us no the justice they have BO so long and selfishly denied us as here ia is the keynote of a subject of graver importance than rusay will perceive at first firse suggestion how ilow grave a subject it la is no man can know till a brief time lias lies unfolded some of the political entanglements entangle ments now at work how deeply selfish is the east upon questions where southern interests ore are involved has already been de mo nitrated rated and the loyal men of the south have been on oil the 0 watch for a means of peaceable adjustment of the difficulties les they bay have shown a disposition to yield in every point where they could do so and preserve their manhood and political integrity so long as this sectional meanness fortified and stimulated by political hatred was confined to the south I 1 we of the west did not comprehend what a monster of strife and injustice it was since the recent debates by congress and the press praise where the life interest of the west hang hung in the balance wa we can comprehend how thoroughly sordid and coldah are the A I 1 ib I 1 cant cent roling methods of the section that has been arrayed against at first the south and now the south and west and through this desperate struggle for or our rights we have been made to realize from the conduct of our Seu southern thern friends how valuable a friend can make himself it i be he strikes when big his blows are needed mayor Shake suggestion of a claier bond of union between the west and south will be thoroughly appreciated it has already a vigorous endorsement and arid the leaven is one that will work with astonishing rapidity and effect sectionalism is a bid bad institution and not to be encouraged save for one purpose only sectional combinations may become eo so strong and so tyrannical in their str strength enath as to jeopardize ise the weal of all that are not of them such a combination can only be overthrown by weapons of its own sort then it is that this bad institution called sectionalism becomes very useful and very necessary for the general peace of all when there is no west no I 1 east ala t no north no south as prayed for by some of our great men then to be an american will mean to eay say the least immensely more than now meanwhile let us cultivate our friends when we know them as such in other words the people of the south must not be forgotten |
