Show celebration CELEB BATION of the fourth of july in great salt lake city 1854 t iff M 11 ia rf toJ A at sunrise a national salute aute by the A artillery arti 11 ery I 1 with their heir brass field pieces at the same moment the nauvoo bell rang out its mer merry and wakening peals small arms begun I 1 rattling the trumpet and bugle joined in the ger general teral salutation wilst whilst the various city bands under their gallant colonel in their happiest mood mold in the I 1 midst of waving banners seemed to vie with themselves which should do best or loudest upon this patriotic and exciting occasion half past 8 the escort was organized to wait upon the governor govenor and suite by col J C little marshal of the day and L W har dy assistant under the direction of the committee of arrangements 0 ORDER OF ESCORT I 1 the martial manial band under their banner preceded by four guards with shouldered muskets 2 officers of the city police I 1 3 herds he ids of the various departments part ments of the public works under their splendid and decorated banner zions ziona workmen P 4 city council preceded by color bearer carrying a magnificent banner inscribed with i the motto order Justi justice ceP 5 officers of the silver greys 6 lieutenant general D H wells in full dress under a large and elegant fregant flag of stripes and stars suli supported ported by four color hearers and followed by the officers of the mormon battalion and nauvoo legion in military cos co 7 capt ballos band under its beautiful banner 8 edward hunter president of the bishopric carrying a large bible tastefully de decorated orated book bonk of mormon doctrine and covenants the declaration de cl of independence and constitution co of the united states preceded by his four color bearers supporting a magnificent and sumptuous 1 banner inscribed upon both sides in large golden letters chr christopher i a t her columbus the discover of america P geo G cp 0 washington the defender D of american america n joseph smith i the restorer of god s priesthood 9 thirteen banners with the B names am e 8 of th the 13 original states state S in large letters borne by 18 13 bishops in their attire at tire 10 orators of the day 11 committee of arrangements under a flag flag tastefully i arranged bearing a picture of the lion lion 4 and nd the lamb 12 officers of the Batt alfon of life guards guardi 13 the nauvoo brass band under a fine db lay of colors r I 1 14 four guards with shouldered muskets 1 quarter to 9 the starting of the escort being summoned by firing of cannon it pro proceeded deeded to the governors governo r a re residence std ence where after the accustomed s salutation his excellency together with his hia suite were received under the flag of the committee of A arrangements upon leaving with his excellency the united states mammoth flag was unfurled tri to the breeze and the escort pro proceeded deeded to the tabernacle under the direction of the marshal ellder ed by soul stirring music from the bands ringing of bells and governors Governor ls salute by the artillery having 1 arrived at the tabernacle and the governor being conducted by the committee of arrangements to the stand which I 1 was tastefully decorated by tr dr sprague forthe for the occasion the escort were seated and the house called to by the marshal pra prayer y er by the chaplain E snow national song by bv H maiben I 1 declaration of independence readdy readdy the governors private secretary seven stunning by th ohp risen re assembly in honor to the memory of the signers of the declaration of independence followed by loud firing of cannon cannon I 1 music hail flail columbia by ballos band col geo A smith spoke as follows GENTLEMEN AND LADIES FELLOW CI TUrns I 1 arise here to address you a few moments upon a subject which has perhaps been worn threadbare thread bare by orators ora tArs statesmen and divin dovinos di vinos 9 for the last seventy years in the minds of a preat portion of those who have been in the habit of listen listening ipg to speeches t upon the battles bf the revolution and the causes cause s which put it in motion the subject has become trite every school hoy boy who reads A american ja history astory is perhaps better versed in it than he could be with anything that I 1 can advance by pursuing the old trade or continuing in the channel which has been so long worn yet I 1 may safely s say ay with oil all that has been said its real merits have scar scarcely c ely been approached the causes which produced the american revolution were so far behind the veil that the writers of am american t rican history and the orators who expatiate on the subject on occasions like this and on other occasions have not ledged that it was the almighty the he invisible and omnipotent hand of him who made the heavens and the earth and the fountains of wn wa tera w secret wires ocene up the revolutionary scene to lo lay a foundation and prepare a people with a system oi of government 1 among whom his work of the last days could be com commenced fenced u upon this earth persons present today to day may consider that no other country in in the world would have allowed the i persecutions and oppressions oppress ions that have fallen upon the work of f god in this land of which many of y you ou have been partakers par takers hat nt in this you are mistaken for there is no nation un der heaven among whom the kingdom of god could have been estall established shed and rolled forth with a as 9 little opposition as it has received in the united states every species of oppression and opposition ign which has aimed at the destruction of the lives and liberties of the members of this chuch has been in open violation of the laws 1 of 0 f the country while among coffier na ions lions the J links of the chain of government are so formed farmed that the very constitution and laws of the country would oppose the government of god I 1 this is the case almost without an exception I 1 I 1 will say then the american revolution had its beginning behind the veil the invisible I 1 providence of the almighty by his spirit in the hearts of ake revolutionary fathers to resist the government of england and the oppressions oppress ions they had submit submitted tea to for agel age ages L when ground to dust as it were in their mother country the first settlers in this larla looked to the west they fled from oppression and planted their standard upon american Americ tin soil which was then a wilderness in the possession I 1 of savages the climate productions product sons extent and nature batore of the country was the then n unknown to distant nat nations ioni it appeared red however to offer I 1 an asylum for the thie oppressed even at that early day I 1 A party escaped from oppression and landed in massachusetts another party for a similar 1 cause left the mother country and landed in 1 connecticut and so a number of the early estates tates were formed by settlers who fled from their native country religious oppression the i young colonies lonies eo grew u until atil they became somewhat formidable and began to realize that they were entitled to s sime me common national 1 that they had a right to the protection of certain laws by which their ancestors were protected and also that they had a right to an equal voice in the making of those laws ift ats Ts rny my to notice a multiplicity of minor circumstances to portray the tyrannical spirit that prevailed led in the english parl parliament cament and which were ere only so many sparks to feed the same flame of revolution what was the greatest greate st trouble the right of making their own laws was denied them by the king find and parliament and if they made laws the king claimed the right ol of abrogating those laws at pleasure and also ap appointed officers who could dissolve the national assembly and levy taxes without the con consent gent of the inhabitant of the colonies these were the main causes of the revolution god caused these causes to operate upon the minds of the colonists until they nobly resisted the he power of the mother country at that time great britain stood preeminent pre eminent among the notions ions of europe and had just finished the wars ag against several of them com combined bind god inspired our fathoms jl lt hrs to make the declaration of independence and sustained them in their struggles for liberty until they conquered thus they separated themselves from tho parent stock and as an historian of that age quaintly said when they signed that declaration if they did dia not all hang ban together they would be sure to all hang separately union is strength but how does this revolution progress that is the ques question lion has the great principle that colonies territories states and nations have the right to make their own laws yet become established in the world I 1 think if some of our lawyers would peruse the m musty aty statutes at large they would find that ther are se several veral col onies of the united states who have seen proper under the ii limited M cited provisions then given them to enact laws for their own convenience but they suffered the mortification of having them vetoed by the general congress co n c r e se look L for f in n stance kt atthe the statutes in r relation I 1 a t io n to t the he oler territory tor y of florida and see aee the number of laiq enacted by that people and repealed by act of it is curious to me that the progress of the revolution has been so s small referring to that which is produced in id the minds of the whole american people every organized territory wherever they exist has the same right that the early revolutionary fathers claimed of great britain and bled 0 jo o obtain that is of making their own laws and being represented represent ea in the general assembly as a confederate this revolution may possibly increase in the future and is no doubt progressing at the present time one individual i in p n particular during the present session of Con gressa has become so enlightened as to sav in the home 11 you vou have no business s with the domestic relations of utah and consequently I 1 think the principle A i making headway hedw av I 1 the united states have increased greatly i in n power majesty dominion and extent having a at once already organized and others callin calling 9 for an organization says the general government to these organized bodies at a distance you may send a delegate here but he shall have no voice in the general assembly and if you yon make any laws that do not suit us we will repeal them and we will send you a governor who mho will veto everything 6 you do thit does not exactly suit us I 1 w want ant the reio revolution lution progress so that the great head of the american nation can say to every separate colony make your own laws and cleave to the principles of the constitution which gives that right for me to rehearse rebea arse the bittles b of washington and incidents in the struggle freedom which every school boy knows would only be to consume time to little advantage what has been the result our forefathers by their blood have purchased for us liberty but as far as the rights of the weak are concerned the revolution lias has progressed slowly for instance the territory of of oregon forms a provisional government for its elfand and then petitions congress to receive receive her under their fostering care the result is they send them a convoy of governmental officers which by the by never have tir time e to get there and if they should happen to arrive arrive there the they t are unwilling to stay and thus the he people have been left a whole year at a time without a regular set of officers chev are deprived of the privilege of voting in favor or against the officers who are appointed to rule them and of beai ng beaida their representative in the halls or of congress who wants to go there and not have a voice with the rest of them altho aitho we ve have sent a most eloquent gentleman to represent this portion of the american nation and one lhotan cry poor pussy among them to a charm yet at the same time he cannot have the privilege of voting on any question however detrimental to liberty and the constitution I 1 but the revolution is progressing and the time is not far distant when territories will enjoy privileges privilege leg e s that have been held back for the purpose of pandering to a relict of that monarchy which oppressed the american people Is it reasonable that people dwelling thousands of miles from the he patent parent government should not have the same game privilege of regulating their own affairs as those who live in its ita vicinity 4 itis it is the same kind of oppression a and nd restraint that was placed wyon uon our revolutionary revolution iry fathers by the king and his is parliament the american government has fallen into the same errors touching this point as the B british british government did at the commencement of the revolution ol ution this is is what I 1 linae to say on the rise and progress of the american revolution Revo ution it ft is is progressing slowly while the nation is is extending itself and increasing re aing i i in pow power er wisdom i and wealth it seems at the same lame time to remain I 1 in in some respects on the old ground oce occupied spied I 1 by the mother country in the early settlement I 1 of this land I 1 raise my voice against it for 1 1 I love american independence the princ principle iole is is dear to my heart when I 1 have been in in foreign countries I 1 have felt fell proud of the american sag and have desired that they could have the enjoyment of as much liberty as the amer amer ican people 1 v at the same time we ive have hava a right to more liberty we have a right to elect our own officers aud and have a voice in in congress in in the man of the affairs of the nation the I 1 time is is coming when we shall have it the I 1 revolution will by and by spread far and wide I 1 r i i 4 0 11 t A L 11 fw I 1 and extend the hand of liberty and the prin f caples of protection to all nations who are willing to place themselves under the broad folds of its banner these are about the remarks I 1 wished to make and the ideas that were in toy ray mind may god bless us all and save us in his king dom AMEN I 1 musie music by the brass band 1 late interesting resting speech by hon L shaver judge of the supreme court of the united states which was not fully reported I 1 live forever our glorious constitution shouted three times by the assembly music by ballos band I 1 hon 0 hyde gyde arose and spoke as follo follows ww I 1 ay CIT I 1 am called upon by the wishes and boice of many persons to be one of your speakers on this ever memorable day while I 1 congratulate I 1 myself upon ahe honor which you have done I 1 I 1 i me by this selection I 1 sincerely regret that lam I 1 not more amply qualified to answer your expect I 1 I 1 I 1 lations tat ions but humble as my efforts maybe may be on I 1 this occasion they are the more freely offered knowing that the ears and hearts of a generous veople people will make every allowance for any deficiency that may appear in the stylo and subject matter of my discourse the bursts pf af eloquence that have thundered from this stand this morning cannot fail to have awakened in the minds of the audience notions and views so ao enlarged th atit becomes a very I 1 difficult task 4 for your present presenta speaker to sustain I 1 and carry forward the interest and excitement y with which your minds have alre already ady veea b een fired az by the s speakers that have preceded me we are met fellow citizens to celebrate one of the most important events that ever embellished the pages of political history irn an event of which avei every american heart is proud to boast in whatever land or co country antry he pe perchance reliance may roam I 1 mean the 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