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Show A RADICAL GENTLEMAN. A few days since, a gentleman who is pleasant and affable, a capital story-teller and a right jolly good fellow, entertained a company of gentlemen with an exposition expo-sition of the true position of the Democrat. We were riot -present, the meeting having been entirely impromptu. The gentleman gentle-man who expounded the position of the Democrat with such admirable clearness," according to his view, besides the . social qualities above-mentione d, possesses the quality of radicalism in a very great degree. Radicalism shows a power of hating, and the power to hate is essential to strong character. Dr. Johnson paid a distinguished compliment to hate in the person of his friend, Dr. Bathurst. The j radical gentleman whom we have in mind boldly and without hesitation de- clares that the Democrat did not meet the issue in Utah. The , radical gentleman is right, providing the Democrat is wrong. What the issue in Utah is it is not necessary to say, as all who know anything about Utah know the issue. The Democrat has insisted that the solution of the Utah problem will not be hastened by the institution of j a Legislative Commission, but on the j contrary has insisted that the continual, persistent, never-ceasing enforcement of the Edmunds law would finally solve the problem. It has also advocated the enactment en-actment of some supplementary legislation legisla-tion in aid of the laws now in force. But we have not met the issue in Utah, according ac-cording to the radical gentleman referred to, because we have not seen proper to advocate the particular measures meas-ures which this radical gentleman desires de-sires to see enacted for Utah. Under the circumstances, it is a pleasure to see that the President in his message has not met the issues in Utah. We cannot hope J to be ahead of the leader of our party on important questions, but are content to be abreast with him. And on the Utah question it is our pleasure to think we are abreast with the President. But radical gentlemen of all parties will probably continue to think the President slow, and while acknowledging him to have a comprehensive com-prehensive view of the affairs of the nation na-tion at large, deny to him a comprehensive compre-hensive view of a very minor part of these affairs the Utah question. In conclusion, we cannot but recommend to all parties in Utah a thoughtful consideration con-sideration to the- following views of the Right Hon. Earl Cowper on Radicals : If some of the Radicals sometimes make me impatient, it is less on account of their advanced views than their arrogant and contemptuous tones. They too generally assume that those who do not go so far as they do are less strong and keen-witted than themselves: as if to see two sides did not I require better eyes than to see only one, or ' as if to hold back and go slowly did not sometimes require greater power than to rush at full gallop downhill in front of what- j ever may be behind. If strength consisted in passion and in being dominated by a single idea, then the lunatio would be a stronger-minded man than his keeper. But this assumption of superior power by the ' extreme men is a matter for a smile rather ! than for a serious argument, and it is fool- I ish to be repelled or even ruffled by a little i offensiveness of manner on the part of those with whom it is our interest to be in alliance. I ' i |