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SALT LAKE CITY, TJ'I'AH, JANUARY 25, 1896.
No. 22.
THE BATTLE OP LIFE.
The battle of life, or the philo
sophy of race development, was the
subject of an address, delivered at
larrisburgh, Pa., last month, by
that eloquent and professional gen
tleman, Hon. C. H. J. Tavlor, re-
arder of deeds for the District of
InlnmhTa. R rpprpt that nnr
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imited space forbids the insertion I
)f the entire address, as it is replete
rith lessons of value and encour-
pany, in your pocket, but still you else. 'Of one blood God has made
lajremeut
to the colored race, and
tends to .break down and obliterate
the venomous prejudice from many
of the Northern white people. We
will only briefly review a few of the
excellent points made by this cul
tured speaker:
"Life is a battle, and the world
the battle-ground. From the mo
ment of coming into being, the
struggle for existence begins. Our
training, education, and early ex
periences are but the drill and
discipline requisite to carry on the
warfare in after life. "Why is life
so hard? Whv must men strive
l and struggle from one conflict to
i another? The answer is: it makes
us stronger and better men and
women. What poor, puny, power
less, worthless and vicious creatures
we should be, were it not for this
warfare which brings our energies
and manhood into active operation.
Out of this struggle comes the
axiom, 'necessity is the mother of
invention.'
jui,u w. uuir uroi. literature,
our songs, and our discoveries in
art and science, were wrung from
the human heart in the agony and
excitement of the battle of life.
Work is the common destiny of the
human race. From the time that
Adam was put in the garden of
Eden, down to the present, it has
been decreed that man shall subdue
the earth. In all parts of the
world the rule is the same. Where
the wintry blasts says to him:
Work, or I will chill thee to the
bone.' Where the rugged earth says
tohim, Work, orthoushalt have bo
bread Where all the elements of
nature exclaim, with apparent
harshness, but with, real kindness:
Work or die there is man greatest,
mightiest and best. The child bora
in the lap of luxury, and raised in
indolence, with no object but to
live and enjoy life, will not be
great or good. The only weapons
needed by a youag man in starting
out inilife, are: soand health, sound
sense and a soand character. If
you have these, do not say you are
poor. You may sot have two coin
dollars to keep each other com-
are not poor; you have a splendid
capital to start with. Do not say
you have no friends to patronize
you. None but a simpleton stands
in need of patronage. Be your
own patron. Friendless as you may
seem, you yet have three powerful
friend:s your health, your intelli
gence and your character. And, as
long as you keep on good terms
with these, you are all right; you
arc invincible; you may, you must,
you will succeed.
"Do not be discouraged by what
you call unfavorable circumstances.
Men that are great are masters of
circumstances yea, they are creat
ors of circumstances. Such men
can dash through unfavorable cir
cumstances; knock them right and
left; trample upon them, and form
new conditions that are more favor
able. Do not talk about the times
being: bad. The men who succeed
ed fifty years ago, would succeed
now, if they had to begin life over.
"One thiug we should make up
our minds to do. That is to toler
ate an honest difference of opinion.
Men are as different as their faces
are unlike. Think none the less of
a man because he does not agree
with you in all things. No man is
perfect; and history fails to record
a man who is absolutely without
fault. All the best man can hope
for, is to be a little higher than the
one next below him.
all men to dwell on the face of the
earth The negroes are not a dis
tinct race, but merely a variety.
"It is my firm opinion that if two
boys, one white, the other black, in
every way blessed with equal
health, sense and character, start
out in the battle of life, with the
same opportunities and surround
ings, the report at the end of life's
journey will be alike creditable.
In this country we must equal
on all lines the average men of
every race-variety. Braius rule the
world, for brains own the world.
We must, therefore, have a
liberal and many-sided education.
The most inferior training is
better than none at all. Nothing
is more dangerous than univer
sal ignorance, hence, each should
strive to obtain as broad an
education as is possible.
"The rigid discipline through
which our miuds will have to pass
in getting knowledge will gradually
remove our childish credulity, our
superstition, our prejudice and our
bigotry. It will make us cooit
circumspect and manly, without
being intrusive or overbearing. It
will also initiate us into the art of
finesse, or tact, and enable us to
deal with our surroundings.
"We should not push ourselves
into circles, where, at present, our
company is not agreeable. Do no1
THE DEATH OF FRANK LAW
LER. During the past week we re
ceived a Chicago paper from our
friend, Mrs. Rebecca Hamilton,
containing an account of the sud
den death of Alderman Frank Law
ler, of the 19th Ward. Alderman
Lawler was always a kind and gen
erous friend to the poor and labor
ing classes; and we had the honor
of being one of the 60,000 citizens
of Chicago, who signed his petition,
asking President Cleveland to ap
point him postmaster of Chicago.
At the time of his sudden death,
Mr. Lawler was busy in giving a
charity ball for the benefit of the
poor of the 19th Ward, which
proved a financial success, he feel
ing much elated over the success of
the venture.
We have had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. Lawler on several
occasions, and we always fonnd
him very kind and considerate; and
we join with his family and many
Chicago friends and sincerely mourn
his untimely death.
urgesocial equality. There is nosach
The four great factors in our such thing as social equality except
as relates to one's private concerns,
his home or his family The idea
of any discriminations is absurd and
outrages the very philosophy of
law. Do not clamor and seek for
an opportunity to express your dis
taste over an imaginary rebuff. Be
manly and broad. We should
make our firesides happy, modest
and prudent.
"We need noteven raise our finger
to protest against race prejudice; let
it alone and it will go away silently,
so that no one will know the day or
hour it left. Let
us advocate the right, maintain
pure and just laws, foster morality,
help to build cities and homes, and
teach our people and our children
to love their country, and we shall
be safe and free from race preju
dice and time will at last find the
two race varieties growing up to
gether, and enjoying wealth and
happiness unequalled by any dream
of poet or paints'
civilization are: mathematical sci
ence, embracing all the arts of
mechanics and physics; ethical sci
enc, embracing all the arts of ci
vility and refinement; legal science,
teaching all the arts of justice and
political economy, and theological
science, which covers all the arts
of religious conduct and duty.
"The Egyptians, the Greeks, the
Romans and the Israelites, are typi
cal representatives of these great
sciences; each surpassed in their
respective application in these
lines. These four great races laid
the four corner stones of our 'civi
lization. The colored race of the
present day have inherited a won
derful place in our civilization. If
we succeed, we must produce men
of our own kindred and race va
riety, who can solve the perplexities
of life. We must enter the arena
side by side with the other races,
and act toward them as our breth
ren, though they be given a. differ
ent clasefication, based on climate,
habits, location, etc., etc Strictly
speaking, there is but one race of
men. We speak of the five races
more for convenience than anything
" Unity Hall, 28 west, Third South
Street. Services at 11 o'clock a.
m., Sunday. Rev. A L Hudson,
pastor. Subject: ."Co-operation.
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SHALL WE HAVE A NEW
PARTY.
A new political party is about to
be born iuto this busy world, at
Washington, D. C, known as the
Bimetalic or Free Silver party.
It is well known what the senti
ments of this paper are on the
silver question, and it may be a
matter of some interest to know
what the Broad Ax thinks of the
new party. We will briefly say,
we favor the free and unlimited
coinage of American silver, at the
ratio of lfi to 1, without delay. We
are also Democratic to the back
bone and we believe that our party
will this year takesome firm and de
cided stand in favor of bimetallism.
If such be the result, then there is
no need of any party at least for
us.
But if the grand old Democratic
party of Jefferson and Jackson is
to be manipulated by the gold na
bobs of the East, and the single
gold standard forced upon the peo
ple, then we believe there would be
a necessity for a new party such as
is being put on foot at Washington
now.
We do not wish to be under
stood as meaning, that in any event
we should desert the time-honored
principles of our party. But for
the purpose of necessity, self
protection and discipline, we be-,
lieve that the money powtT should
be rebuked, and silver reinstated as
the money of the country; after
which, the grand old party of
Democracy would come to the front,
purified and strengthened.
We trust there will be no neces
sity for the new party to put up
candidates. There will be none, if
the Democrats act wiely, and
nominate avowed free silver men,
on an unequivocal free silver plat--form.
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