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Show T . WHY THEY DIVIDED. We clip the following fro;n tue Silt Lake Herald, It in a splendid' txpusi r - ' tion ui the causes which at the birtli uj thu nation led the people to divide and as the vsry saai-tendencei ei st to d.iy ana as the people of Uiati mavsoun have to tke part in national affairs therefore in order to do so i telligemly, it becijmss of the utmost importance for . them to make themselves acquainted with the issues ol the day. 1 The JS?ratf being a democratic ptiper closes hs article w tli a pl-;a for IJenio-craey IJenio-craey but we think that injustice to all it will ha better to give all sid s a hearing and then let the people decide for ttiem-selves. ttiem-selves. From the Salt Lake Herald At the close ol the American revolu-tion'the revolu-tion'the patriots who won that splendid victory not only for Ineniselves but for all mankind, dicuveied it to be necessary neces-sary to reconstruct the government tin- der which thev had s:ruted for inde pendence in such a ni.iini-r as to form a .., more pstfect uniou, estalihshed jtlsl.ee,, - insure domestic liamjtullitv for the coin . moil de'&rtse. ',-The Cuiivention called to " revise the old articles of confederation j ' ' " finally drafted the present cor.st iliuion In its construction various influences were at work. There were the love of freedom on one hand, and the. devotion i to nn,'f r mi the uther: a dfesire to Con- struct the new government, on a basis entirely new, and an attachment for Kn .dish insatutions; for notwithstanditi3 tne Americans have sutleied oppre sioir and looked upon that oppress ion as rattier an aouse of the power of government and recognized it 111 the English constitution than an evil in tlie form l government itself; hence it happened that in tny were si. II attached to English institutions and looked to them for pa tern to guide them in shap ing the institutions of l:ie new government govern-ment thev Wire oustru ting. Thejro w ere tlise anxious to "incite the seperate sovereign ties ol the several state into one incoiporate union and thus to lot in, of all tine states one single utioual re-s re-s public, instead ol a ledsrat republic of " " distinct s ates" C tners again were ; " equally anxious to preserve tne sover-'( sover-'( 1 ' , eij. i y ol the respective 'states and were V Villlng to yield any gTeat measure of ' Y't M power to toe camrtl tvarnfften-. The . ,. sufleiuigs occasional L -J coliite J"y - V: j ;,,tie fepp-- - t f Piv- -. S 7 1, . tresit -Mil..... t '(. s especully caretul atn-ut It-'!' io the'-centfaf govern 1- K ' ; ' tempUted 1 .'vit. ... Jl " " ,ovvvrmleii'ilsJ(-Rijd y-svi'VV:fVXi'.. , v.a.-smti trMIc .... tht tu wcie lb 'C who ..' . lilougm tlie.r liberties wi ulJ 'be best secured by the establishment of a stiong ,r central g.ivei 11111 ml; tiite looked up n l!ie cons- I.dation ol thj govern nieiu a-i ihe worst ol all evils. AM tnese parties and influences were atwoikit) Hie loimiiou ol our present pre-sent c Jiistmuion. When the work of He Roiivehli m which framed it was completed and tiie result Siidmitled to the people ol tlie respective slates, Tiicy th u.ht too much power had been given to the general government, while tne fieed m of the iudivibual and tlie Sovereignity of the states were not siilikieiuly guarded. Tlieir opposition icsulted in t lie adoption of ihe first tep intendments to the constitution which may not be impropeily consided as tlie American bill of right, recognizing the etmality ol all men and' their right to lite, liberty ai.d the puismt of bap piuess. The first provided for non-'inleiference non-'inleiference iu mailers ol religion by Congress, the tenth said that the poweis not granted o the United 'Slates by the constitution, uor prohibited prohibit-ed bv it to the s'.ates, are reserved to the states lespectively, or to the people. With the adoption ol these amendments ail opposition to the constitution was 'withdrawn and those who had contended contend-ed fo: large individual freedom and the paramount importance of local self-government, ai well as those whose principles princi-ples led them to centralize power in the general government between the stales apd nation. It was but to be expected, however, that those who had contended for the preservation of the largest possible individual indi-vidual liberty consistent with the peace and good order of society, and the sov-erignty sov-erignty of the states should contend for a fair construction of the powers granted by the constitution to the geneial gov eminent; while, on the other hand, the devoted advocatesof ce.uteralized power sought to give the constitution a broad construction of the powers it created. It was this consideration which divided the citizens of the United States into political politi-cal parties under the constitution hrsl adopted and it has been and is the chiel basis of party division, from which, however, how-ever, spring many otner subordinate is-sues is-sues Ol the merits of this controversy between be-tween the two great national parties, the people of Utah are now called upon to decide for themselves. Shall theV give their allegiance to a party whose principles princi-ples tend to the centialization of power m the general government, or to that party which gives prominent importance to tne preservation of local sell-govern-nient? To the party giving a broad, not to say loose, construction of the powers conferred upon the general government, or to that party which insists tbat the constitution shall be strictly construed and not only that every usurpation but every tendency thereto shall be resisted? |
