Show TELLS OF MOTIVES OF 1847 PIONEERS This is the place Brigham Youngs Young's historic words were the text of the address by Nephi Jenson Jensen at Liberty park yesterday Mr Jenson said in p part rt History contains no roll ron of names more deserving of honor than the Utah pioneers It Is most fitting that we should on this day turn our attention from business cares and for a season think about sing sine about and talk about the deeds of ot self sacrifice and heroism Incident to the tho founding of this splendid Inland empire Utah Is Ie the child of ot a religion Its colonl colonization Uon was undertaken Inthe in tho the name namo of a a. religion Her plo plo- claim that God led them hero When we think of our present present present pres pres- ent prosperous surroundings the tho fertility of our soil our crystal mountain streams and our air all as clear as S light we are arc inclined to believe bellove that this is s tho the place to which God would have le led 1 a chosen choson people Historic Spike pike There is at the Deseret museum of ot this city olty a steel railroad spike that has a hl history tor It l is the last laet spike that was as driven n in the old Utah Central Contral railroad which con con- on- on Salt Lake City with the Union Pacific at Ogden Tho drivIng driving driving ing of this spike marked the tho completion com com- of ot tho the road rond On the tho head of ot this spike are engravers the words Holiness to the Lord These words are ore the key to Utah history They declare the motive motivo mo mo- mo- mo tive tivo that led to her founding and development Tho The pioneers of Utah did not come corne hero In search of ot a soil Boll richer than that or Illinois There is none nono to be found any- any whore whon They Thoy did not come here hen hereto hento to get away from Crom tho the restraint of ot their country's constitution They brought with them the highest possible estimate of ot the tho constitutions constitution's constitutions constitution's tion's infallibility Others had said tho the Constitution Is tho the greatest Political In Instrument over ever struck off oU at one time The Utah pioneers plo pio went further They said eald The Tho constitution was Inspired of ot God The Tho founders of Utah did not come hero to get away from the Stars and Stripes They brought Old Glory with them Why The They Clime Came Here Bere They came carne h here to get a away ay from intolerance Their religion clash clashed cd with the tho opinions of ot their their neigh neigh- bors The crisis came I In Nauvoo A defiant mob issued an ultimatum ultimatum ultima ultima- ultimatum tum to the Saints tersely expressed In these words Renunciation of religion or expatriation lon Tho The demand demand de de demand mand was as 18 cruel as ae It was waR un un- un- un just But those upon whom tho the de do demand domand domand do- do mand was vas mado made were great souls Bouls The They had Iron in their blood and fire Ire in their hearts They did not falter They did not stop to count tho the cost With faith In tho the right and courage to back back I it t they answered answered an an- the mobs mob's ultimatum in these words Our religion is of ot God It is Ie true truo And we Voe will willbo bo ho true to It It oven even if It our houses house lands and lives lIvee is 18 s the price of be be- be bein being in ing true This This Thill is not an occasion for tor passing pass ing Judgment It is IA not for tor ru us us s shero here hero to sn say whether er tho the Mormons In that struggle were right or wrong Suffice it to sa say all true truehearted truehearted hearted people will agree with the sentiment that tho the place where men and women have suffered and andI I sacrificed for principle Is Ie bol holy ground This Thin Generation Benefits Benefit We of this day aro are the beneficiaries aries arles of ot the tho Mormon 1 pioneers All of us may not agree with the tho motives and sentiments that led to the colonization of oC this state but we wo all fl agree ree that the founder rounder of ot Utah was prompted by superior wisdom when he looked out of ot the window of his carriage at tho mouth of Emigration canyon July 24 24 1847 and said bald This is the tho place Yes this n is the place Here Hare tho the soil is unrivaled and tho the mountains mountains moun moun- a are aro e of ot wealth untold Here the moonlight is the clearest and the tho autumn days tho the Here the sunlight lin lin- lingers lingers gers longest and mens men's souls are tho strongest Here cloudy days are the tho fewest and maidens maiden's hearts are the truest |