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Show I ! . MISS CLEVELAND AND THE MES- ; :.j sage. I . Ever Bince.the appearance of President ; Cleveland's message tliere has been more or less conjecture as to whether he wrote it all himself or not. Many have thought ; r that they saw the hands of the various i Secretaries in it, but it remained for the New York Sun to introduce Miss Cleve- ' ! land as a contributor. The .Sure thinks j : that Miss Cleveland "wrote that part of I the message which relates to the Mormon . question, and says that the style in which it is treated is as distinct from the rest of the message as would be the insertion inser-tion of a dozen .. paragraphs from Victor Hugo's writinga into one; of Dr. Samuel Johnson's essays. ; The part of the message which relates ; , i to polygamous households is as follows : j "The strength, the perpetuity, and the des- "1 tiny of the nation rest upon our homes, es- ! tablished by the law of God, guarded by ( parental care, regulated by parental author- ity, and sanctified by parental lova. "These are not the homes of polygamy, j i "The mothers of our land, who rule the ; I nation as they mould the characters and j guide the actions of their sons, live accord- ! ,i ing to God's holy ordinances, and each, se- i cure and happy in the exclusive love of the ; ! " father of her children, sheds the warm light of true womanhood, unperverted and nnpol- ; "-: luted, upon all within ner pure and whole- ! 1 some family circle. ' "These are not the cheerless, crushed, and j unwomanly mothers of polygamy. "The fathers of our families are the best i citizens of the republic. Wife and children j are the sources of patriotism, and conjugal ; and parental affection beget devotion to the ! country. The man who, undefiled with plu- I ral marriage, is surrounded in bis single ' home with his wife and children, has a ; stake in the oountry which inspires him - j with respect for its laws and courage for its defense. j "These are not the fathers of polygamous families. "There is no feature of this practice, or the I ; system which sanctions it, which is not op-i op-i posed to all that is of value in our institu- ! ; ' The style here is elevated and there is I certainly a display of feeling that is almost intense. The Sun finds in this a t ! great similarity to peculiarities of meta- "..;. phor and other rhetorical figures, and the i fervid, indignant and impatient thought j i which characterize the writing of Miss 5 Cleveland, and in proof of this great I : similarity quotes from Miss Cleveland's essay on Joan of Arc, and also from the I , reply to Dr. Howard Crosby. The fol- j v lowing are the extracts : j "All the energy and devotion and credulity I and constancy and jealousy and consuming i passion and triumphant worship that goes into a woman's love for one man and makes it the thing it is, went from Joan's soul into the cause of France." t "I dare to affirm that the American . mother who to-day, beingpressed on every J j side by the aggression cf King Alcohol, con- I fronts American men, the infant in her arms j her only soeptre, the motherhood on her ) j brow her only crown, and cries to them for ;t ? protection of her kingdom, the home, carries j in her cry an argument." f "God sees in the tearful cry of the bruised ? ) and baffled mother, sister, wife, His own I - argument for the suppression, root and J branch, of the liquor traffic." i . . -' I If Miss Cleveland did- pen that part of , the niessage which relates to the Utah matter, it is to her credit, while it in no s ; way detracts from the President's reputa- ! - v tion. Miss Cleveland has made for her- j self an enviable reputation, although that I . ; . reputation was much enhanced on account I of the elevation of her brother to the ! Presidency. That President Cleveland holds his sister in great esteem is well-known, well-known, and if he requested his sister to i express his views upon , the Mormon I question he has paid to her that homage j and distinction which John Stuart Mill ; ' so loved to bestow upon his wife, and it I : was to her, he said, that he owed the I ' : best thoughts in his "Liberty." Miss f ': Cleveland may yet lie an American Vit- f toria Cdonna. , I |