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Show "a live city in ZION. This city has human' wrecks like every other civilized place on the face of the earth, hut today it includes iu its 50,000 population as intelligent and ac-tivo ac-tivo a contingent as ever "paddled their own canoes" in any city of twice its size. Even in tho comparatively stagnant times, when church and state bore absolute rule here, it was always an attractive city. Tho energetic carpet-baggers, who came years ago, found ample scopo for their mental and liuau-cial liuau-cial activities iu the rocky ramparts surrounding sur-rounding this city. Returning from their inspiring labors in the mountains they found w ork for their brains, their hearts and hands, In laying foundations for religious, educational audi political institutions here in tlie city and they can point to the result of their labors on these liues, with pride. Then they locked horns with their ever-active antagonists an-tagonists "the seers, prophets and rev-elators" rev-elators" in connection with the ever-present ever-present x"Mjrmon problem," Time never, hung heavily ou their hands, ulthough ul-though their -pockets sometimes cried, with Oliver Twist, for "more." The old Hug was Hying over them, and uncle Sain slow old fellow that he is had after all, a faithful eye on this portion of his domain. When wearied, and almost discouraged, they hud only to bathe iu the salt sea at their doors, so that no Hies rested on them, aud the tonic of the mountains aud the sunshine of tho valleys infused new life and vigor. Somo of tho old veterans like MiKeuu, Emerson, Sprague, Maxwell aud many others, fell by the way and their sacred ashes, mingling with the soil of Utah, nerved tho hearts of the "Old Guard" to continue in tho work so bravely commenced and carried on. They have builded even better than they knew, aud now that "young America" Amer-ica" has taken hold of tho work, let them raise a superstructure worthy of the foundation and its loyal builders. -' Within these fertile valleys und on these rich and magnificent . mountains, a noble commonwealth, with an imperial im-perial city as its capital, will build its lasting monuments and over all will float forever, tho red, while arid bluo of "old glory," until time shall be no more. , ' . |