Show L S MESSAGE deuz dewe IT dac ti to rus M illta AS of or the rhe WATZ gatz att di loi acl iee jcl rl T aun aan 11 fc vo ir r d 1 u us t in the M I 1 isla ture tuie or the V ng so and md prescribing laws and regula I 1 lions tiong which shall shill prove tit ili a rute rite to th the wants and 0 tl 0 p le n it is usual upon occasions like this to lay before the lawmaking law making department a full and concise report of the situation of affairs pertaining to the government as well as to make such sach suggestions and recommend such measures as in the opinion of the executive will prove ve the most advantageous to the bod body pomp politic iro I 1 purpose so to do so far as I 1 sai shall shail have the ability and the means within my reach reserving unto myself the privilege of completing any report as circumstances shall dictate or require it is probably known to you that con congress arri ress has passed an act to establish the territory of utah and provided for taking the census of deseret but as yet no official announcements noun cements have been made consequently the government ef of deseret will continue in in all its departments until such time as it shall be superseded superceded super ceded by an organization contemplated under the act of congress whatever may be effected under the new ne w organization we have the tiie proud satisfaction of having sustained a quiet et yet energetic government under all the e vicissitudes incident to new and untried localities and when the general government vern ment shall have assumed to pay the e expenditures tures consequent upon upa the indian expeditions ions lons of being comparatively free from debt unlike the golden neighbors of our sister state no agent of oars is hawking a bout boot our state bonds to obtain the necessary means minus to defray the sixteen dollars per diem them allowance of the members of the legislature in this state no expense has been incurred by any of the departments of government for demoes rendered the auditors report will show the amounts pud id out oat being almost exclusively for pub lie ile lct let improvements or articles purchased sied for public use and here permit me to remark that in order to make the settlement of the pecuniary matters of the state more direct and feasible I 1 wish to direct your attention to the suggestions contained in that report and recommend their adoption in defining the duties of all officers in any wise handling the public funds in all time to come iti it is to be hoped that that enlightened and wise policy will ill lii perva perve detour not requiring laws to restrain will yet keep their appropriations and allowances within proper limits limits the success of all governments depends de upon ta gieir leir heir i h having av inz ing i power and ability to euret furet perform their various functions ions lons and there is no surer way of crippling their energies and binding their exert ons ona than plunging them heedlessly and lep lap hopel ol 01 siy aly sly ly into debt gitig it is far better to assess a tax it at once deonte tn to all eie vie tle nece i ary iry r epen pen i han litun f veri vert ant c lit eim vim tl n arrn it in i i I 1 t f it I 1 in li it d I 1 i n i to harrass every department and the me consequent necessity of forced and temporary loans under th ff f f r irr irp c clr cir fir ir of the tile govern covern overn ni rn nt tit the til ill t i r s ft f it ni P n i i i I 1 i 1 I ii ril hai 1 p t t ll 11 ur IT il I 1 i i r an and end d regents of the university have alread already y established in varius various parts ot of the state mostly beevor bw h wever woven evor with ut it inci irrin any expense to ti lili lill i i j I 1 ui ta ii i i n tsie tue eai eal j nd course pursued by that board will unquestionably tion ably redound to the benefit of the institution a ai i well as to a general system of education throughout the state and must certainly meet with your cordial approval and warmest encouragement the situation selected for educational purposes upon the eastern side of the city will avill probably be enclosed the ensuing winter and suitable sui bui table tabie buildings erected as soon as the necessary funds can be obtained for that purpose in extending and maki malt i ig ag new settlements one uniform coarse has been recommended that of b building ui I 1 ding and betth settling g in forts in the first instance ms tance tince aad a ad farming in one enclosure this course his hus proven bigay hig big ly successful nevertheless we ave have ben bea bee n compelled in order to sustain gustain ours elv s ond and our settlements to make maki two i ns ms against the native tribes one agtina ag aga agi again tint in at thi gos last february of which y a overe informed the other as ag I 1 llna lina 1111 lill t a port portion ion lon ofie ofee t ie shoshones Sho shoner in september septemo r last this thih I 1 t wati watt conducted stil singly lly liy upon tl defensive defens TO and every effort in lle lue ie ile to attain atti att i n t a peaceful 1 adjustment kist hist men t 0 of f all difficult iv a existing p tiie the 1 idiana ln in r T ted ed name i re not encountered red b 1 bur burdet dettori det 1011 lorl it at b bu ut recent reports seem seim Ivo 1 rable rabie to a ter termination all thi indians id ans with AN it 1 we hive h hi ive lve e bad difficulties n me i e deta clied ri rr r h b ken oft off bands from the main maln main maln ibe vi A ni li in our oun peace meace bace ful relation religion u ii lye ITC w near i r I 1 antem ed we have haic spa c I 1 no C anif i i i opens in n endeavoring deavo ring rinar t c ciliate f I 1 ans ani an learn leann them to leave T P the r rio rip I 1 0 i eilf i y r and n 1 work lw 1 r but bot habits of ca libation sec soc or i t to li it n ac c cordani cor dance dane N fl ill lil i their phy i matin matl mati n i nany that have t i I 1 it t p ne a N ind un I 1 is returning to tn gi ir former ii f livi li i i 1 died in a very sh it time C ey be it need laced to live peace p rt ly and ke ads of ittle tittle r their condi i a would i iteria eteria lly liy y be ameliorated meli mell ont 1 bradu gra duill II ce a r ato the habit ol 01 it bacor i to be I 1 ir to r n sodden ilvah i a as i they thes th agn s y c coi i it an unexpected J j i ment ament 1 I i end I 1 recommend gerom a i ore ciric agan rana g lin n of the militia cwi iwi i strict acl regi i ants of oera ecra reports wil bli 11 i uniform d 1 ion ion of r f I 1 nylic ablia service al a ls that sufian ans be b apro printed to adlay d f ay iy the exi exl c so bof f r n 1 aang and hous gig rig r dle cia e public arl roii inc unc ac and aurelia j T sup of dp eq baza ba att ayt i i ong ons na and an 1 te tei tn i I 1 it din d in the tl c 11 s of the tle tl 0 times nta n 11 i ise ae ft T rr rc p I 1 for tra tr d beer fre fr I 1 i r session it nt the tho til county or arts durin dun IT C t bostc astylar ast year ir and no beyond the c t if of a ju u uee bee of the peace seems t li ii in i committed co nin eted this thia ar a rues favo ll il 11 L alf jf ot of i coer corr cot coi rs havin bavin ba nj ext exi PT ji n ead aad y ably il h is ai i lly illy cent f r i I 1 I 1 n JK se duty af a all nil I 1 I 1 officers t t om promise diett i r reccea instead of promoting liti litigation gation gatlon it is is highly nce i that a rr sit art df of probate bite bate 1 tigi rigi TIMI r na d 1 orele orel or ele eie e the A datie daues of pr bate and public administrator le devolved upon some office now organized the pound enclosures and herding are each of them subjects requiring your most direful careful attention being fruitful sources of complaint and liable to terminate in litigation general laws specific in their nature should bo be passed upon the subject at as early a day as practicable the bath house near the warm springs is now completed and will it is confidently believed ere long become a source of revenue to the state tate it is highly desirable that the capitalists of this state should introduce machinery for the manufacturing of all kinds of machinery that will hereafter be wanted for factories c also stoves and other oilier articles of heavy exportation por pr tation should be manufactured by our own enter enterprise prize and industry incalculable benefits would result to this community if they would engage in almost every kind of manufacture not only iron but paper books woollen cloth leather crockery stoneware stone ware and sugar upon this last named article I 1 will submit a single estimate for your consideration not riot more than twenty thousand persons would use pounds allowing only one ounce a day to each person the expense of the transportation alone at the low rate of ten cents a pound would amount to a sum eum adequate to construct the most extensive sugar manufactory and when considered in with the superior quality of the beet and facility with which it can be raised in these valleys renders it most suicidal policy for us to be dependent upon other than our own resources for that article in the neighborhood of what has usually been termed little salt lake like now iron county our exploring party of last winter discovered inexhaustible beds of odthe the very best of ofir iron onore anore ore A settlement is now being beine made maola at that point poi pol nt there is no doubt but that the demand and price consequent upon the distance of any successful access ful gul competition will prove sufficient inducement for the capitalists V to invest their means in whatever will necessarily prove a safe investment and ensure an abundant return int ant any iny and all kinds by throwing Y around them an energetic and efficient government should unquestionably lc be given it is wisdom to let capital be associated in infant settlements because there is a necessity for it for a time but to lay the tiie coundit foun dit nn in sor fur capitalists to monn mono I 1 against labor is no part of my policy pI icy lcy politics or religion to encourage enterprise enter prize in constructing works of magnitude it nia may mat r ba bacall well wali to grant privileges but they should be he so guar guarded led as to be iliade made amenable to the erin grin granting grantin tin them at all times for the abuse will pow powers ers granted or diverting them hem to any other object thin th m the one designed from froin tills this city a railroad will most probably be constructed to iron county as cisa also continuously to southern california dog adaz at sin diego whatever encourage m ant nt you may find it in your power to extend to ta an object so fuli full fi 1 of interest to our citizens I 1 shall ahill most readily acquiesce therein being within w A athin 1 the range of my constitutional duties fril Fill fillds di I 1 cei cel C f el it a privilege which I 1 believe I 1 appreciate in having hiving h the opportunity I 1 now enjoy of addressing you upon governmental rne antal aj af sairy fairi there are miny very many miny causes conci ying together which make it a subject of av tcp tep gep p fra fracht fraught interest to beh schod 0 d as I 1 do this day in this mountainous and desert land where three years since were only found the beast and roving savaged savage senators and representatives congregated in a comfortable for table public building chich which would do credit to any state stale of a free enlightened and happy people it is a subject of congratulation to me to you my friends and to the world that the all wise disposer of human events has lias so decreed in his providence that the desert and the 60 solitary place shall be made glad that the area 0 of human freedom shall be extended and civilization shall shail rear her habitations amid the silence of the eternal hills the mighty forests and lonely islands of the sea it is this that has peopled the atlantic slope of our mountains furnishing the world with this vast republic of nations and is now gathering in her fist a few more to throw over to the pacific slope as a counterpoise ter poise to trim her otherwise unequally balanced ship of state DES E RET rey is not yet three years aldand yet such has been the rapidity of oilier her growth the extent of her improvements and the development of her resources as to command the admiration and the respect of all whose lot has lias been cast within her bound sand those afar gme off hearing the glad tidings are stretching forth their itching palms towards another of those free states where the oppressed go free and end the poor through ordinary industry find ample provision forgive a single allusion to the past the oppressed became the oppressor and the oppressed again go forth to form new communities new settlements and new governments hence are we here amid these vast mountains and solitary plains hence are we here assembled in solemn council to frame laws for the organization and rule of communities and what gives zest to the picture devise such each laws and regulations as shall perpetuate guarantee and sustain in time to come our dee free and glorious institutions to the latest generation friends in all your deliberations I 1 shall be happy to participate so far as it shall be my privilege and hoping that unanimity and zeal wisdom and intelligence may characterize your exertions for the public good the enquin ensuing m session that when you return you may be enabled to carry with you the proud conviction of having faithfully discharged your duty to your country and yourselves is the prayer of your co laborer BRIGHAM YOUNG |