Broad Ax, The (Newspaper) - July 2, 1898, Salt Lake City, Utah Let us all hope that the i lamp of liberty will con- to burn in all men until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and No one is deserving of liberty who is unwilling to grant others all the privileges he claims and exercises for HEW TO THE VOL. SALT LAKE JULY 2, 1898. OUR Of the and the Future of ike American by D. W. A. M. D. THB AND THE DEMOCRATIC On the 23d of 1860, the Democratic national convention met in the city of and after a long and very bitter struggle Stephen A. Douglas re- the nomination for President of the United But his nomination was very displeasing to some of the southern Democrats and they afterwards nominated John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky in opposition to Mr. The delegates to the second Re- publican national convention in Chicago on the 16th of 1860, and Abraham Lincoln was selected for President and Hannibal Hamlin who was a thorough Democrat was chosen for The platform which Has adopted affirmed the devotion of the party to the Union of the states and the rights of the denounced the new dogma that the Constitution carried very new states and Senator Douglas who was the great leader of the Democratic party prosecuted his canvass with re- markable energy and with much zeal and his musical voice rang out clear and strong while he was engaged in addressing the acres of people who flocked around him wherever he appeared upon the But it was utterly sible for him to stem the tide which swept Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on to Mr. Douglas took his defeat very philosophically and when he observed that the majority of the Democrats residing in the southern states were bent upon disrupting the he espoused the side of his country and never faltered in his course and he rendered great assistance to Mr. Lincoln after he had assumed the duties of his high and the last words which fell from the lips of Stephen A. Douglas were there are only two classes of citizens in this patriots and Those who favor the Union are patriots and those who are opposed to it are Ex-President Martin Van Buren strongly sympathized with the uprising of the people of the north and endeavored to the hands of President Lincoln and his administration and before pawing away front this earth he condemned James Buchanan be- cause he had permitted the holding states to secede from the Van Buren de- clared however that war tween the anorth and the south would end without luting damage to the It is true that none of our dents have ever become aa un- popular as President Buchanan because he maintained that he had no nor the power to prevent the southern withdraw from the be remembered to that he denied right to and he did tte to enforce the No. 46 congress the duty of arming him with the power to do but much to its paid no attention to the wishes of James We must not lose sight of the fact that Lincoln and all the members of his first cabinet were adverse to pursuing any other Policy or course with the southern states other than that which had been pursued by Mr. In passing along we must also re- member that the Republican party had won its great victory upon the sole issue that its leaders were not in favor of admitting new states and territories into the Union un- less their constitutions contained a clause which would forever exclude slavery from their Yet notwithstanding this fact Mr. coln and associates permitted the new territories of Dakota and Nevada to enter the Union without any prohibition of slavery and by so doing they com- ignored the very and the only principle upon which the great battle had been won by the Republican G. Twenty Years in Vol. pp. 269 and 272.] be THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS KROM 1789 TO 1897. THE Hon. W. H. King ter a great deal of hard in securing the above en- titled work for most valuable work consists of eleven volumes containing more than It is printed on extraordinary fine book paper with large clear It is elegantly bound and fine enough to ornament ry of any first class THE DAY WE NEXT Monday July 4th, is a national holiday and it should be- observed and celebrated by all loyal and patriotic The Declaration of Independence should be read on that day by every woman and child throughout this for it is the the grandest and the most document which has ever emanated from the brain of Let each and every one of us endeavor to instill into the minds of the rising generation a portion of that same lofty and courageous spirit which actuated the immortal Thomas Jefferson and his compatriots to stand up and proclaim the independence of and let us look with dis- favor upon all who are in favor of permitting any foreign country to dictate or to control our financial policy or other On this occasion we most solemnly desire to impress upon the minds of our readers the ing words of George Washington which shine forth like pure gold or sparkling I conjure you toj guard well your and beware of the insidious wiles of foreign the jealousy of a free people ought to be con- stantly since history and experience prove that foreign in- fluence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican quit our own land to stand upon foreign by interweaving our destiny with that any part of en- tangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European humor or cap- It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign the library It contains very fine steel en- gravings of all the from George Washington down to dent and illustrations of the the White House and the signers of the Declaration of It also contains the Declaration of Independence and the articles 3f confederation and the Constitution of the United But its chief value consists of the messages and papers of the which have been col- and compiled by the Hon. James D. a tive from the state of who was authorized by Congress to arrange and complete this great and most valuable This work is perfectly free from all partisan and if any But if we had the power we would not permit one negro talion or company or regiment to assist in helping to fight against Spain unless they are officered from top to bottom by members of our own Wholesalers and Retailers of I ZANE ATTORNEYS AND Deseret National Bank Bldg. THE MOTHERS QN Thursday June 30th, the Mothers Congress of Utah convened in the Assembly this and Mrs. Emily S. ards presided over the The Hon. C. S. Varian delivered the address of The Hon. David O. Rideout delivered an quent speech on the im- portance among Mr. Rideout ascended to the very high est nights of oratory and received a hearty applause from the entire audience while he was engaged in complimenting and eulogizing the little band of pioneers who entered these valleys more than fifty years and who made it possible for the Mothers Congress to assemble in fair city of Mrs. Augusta Miss Mary C. Mrs Margaret Tupper True of Mrs. C. E. Allen of Mrs. Mary ford of and Rev. J. Howard delivered short ELLIS ELLIS Rooms 512 to 515 W. Attorney and Private legal advisor Rooms 305 McCornick Salt Lake H. L. j Mining Litigation a j Nos 81 and 82 Commercial i ETC. 213 SOUTH MAIN SALT LAKE Dry one desires to ascertain what any The Congress will close of the Presidents had to say upon its session on Saturday The Waverly Bicycle only Oliver R. 29 E. First South St or the Trunk and Bicycle Rooms 36-36 Suit Lake Thomas C. B. Royle AT Mam 8t.e.-l. City f Room 520 Dooly hall HAJ VAX Room 331 City and County Suit Laku A f 5 the hunt elevens ol iron m thite 5 b copper color 5 r and coral ol J and C Will for Brass Bid S Bed range in price c to c I H. Furniture Co. I STRAUP AND Brewing Attorneys and EAGLE SALT LAKE any subject or proposition affecting the interest or welfare of the American they can very readily do so by referring to his messages and The Broad Ax will ever hold Congressman King in grateful re- for presenting it with this priceless and inexhaustible July 2nd. THK woman's congress was in session in the city of for about ten and a great many ladies read interesting papers on different But in our opinion the paper which was read by Mrs. Don K. of entitled instruction in public was by far the moit logical and of all the papers was read daring that session and it should be read by every respectable and intelligent woman throughout THE USUAL The Richmond June 7th, in giving its gratuitous advice to the colored people lt ls no to the broi troops and their minded toleration of Salt these men must be pan- THE COLOR N SALT LAKc C Much to our surprise we see from the Broad Ax that no matter how gentlemanly a negro may con- duct himself there are many ness houses in Salt Lake that re- fuse to permit colored people to enter their There are negroes whose sense of refinement and honor is just as and whose education is as broad as that of many white If such a state exists it is no credit to the broad troops and their We distinctly appreciate the racial aspirations of the colored and it is entirely to their credit that such feelings within but no colored race has ever yet come in conflict with the Anglo-Saxon that has not gone down before it. The negro will be no Well the assertion applies to white folks as wed as it does to colored There are few Anglo Saxons in this country and we have our doubts whether you belong to that Bos worth it pears that one three Saxons and tour altogether eight were established in Britain by the year 586, and that the Angles and Saxons the leading and chief Dart in the ex- they when settled in this were col- called How many of this kind of people do you suppose are here today? The French and a portion of the the the the the the Irish and the Turks all d to tne white race are not Anglo With this mixture of races it is absurd to make any reference to such an extinct antiquity so far as Americans are Boast of being citizens of the United but find no pride in the Anglo-Saxon as applied to or you may find yourself throwing up your hat in laudation of another man's while thinking that yon were about your No no There is no. American citizen upon ibis continent who possesses anymore than what we men must dering to the ultra squeamishness of the In its editorial the Broad As is not one first-class lunch or not even a second or third class within the limits of the city whose owners or proprietors will permit a genteel negro to be Brigham City R. K. BASKIN HUGE E. no SOUTH MAIN Hard ATTORNEYS AT OFFICES Utah National SAMUEL A. First National Bank M. OF Fine Candies AND Jobber at Etc. Telephone 8. West Salt Liike SPECIAL JUNE of und Black All wore is sn Dow Wo have all styles In and light weights at reasonable Shoe Co 67 MAIN IN President McKinley's test of negro patriotism in his second call for he asked only for a specific number of negro as he thinke best qualified to stand the conditions of Negro troops are of great value in the invasion of After this war is over we wonder how long the President of the United States wants the colored people to serve their country before they are corded the rights and privileges of aa American What does the negro of the south receive from this Look at the number of negroes that lias been 100 since McKinley's They have even commenced lynching colored very recently two were lynched in In our President McKinley's inaugural address he said the lynching of the negroes in the couth must be then it seems that he has forgotten he ever tered such Since then the have been treated more like beasts than human is well said that the United only recognize the negro when this country .is involved in war or when they want bis Mr. President can't you do thing commendable for the negroes of glorious NO. 62 WEST SECOND SOUTH ST. j I Companion Connecticut American and New York A. 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