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Show PEACE IS UTAH, An eastern correspondent writes : "When will the Utah problem be solved? or, at least, when will peace and quiet bo restored to your territory terri-tory ?" Thia querut asks too mucb, though the last part of his question ia easily answered. There is to-day aa Absolute peace and quiet in Utah, in allcircl3 where excitement caused by whisky docs not prevail, as in any other community of the United State. The people of Utah in general gen-eral mind their own business, having enough lo do iu their home industries and in their Eocial and religious relations to occupy their time profitably, according accord-ing to their own ideas. They are industrious, economical and generally thrifty. Tbey usually live within their means, and meat of them take a laudable pride in clothing their children chil-dren decently and giving them something some-thing of an education. There ia none of the squalor and filth observable even among the poorer cUss of Utah's cities and villages which ora to be found in most eastern cities. Gcod order prevails throughout the territory terri-tory as a rule, and we venture to say that tbe criminal record is Bmaller here than in any other territory terri-tory of the United States of equal population. There are as few, perhaps per-haps fewer, murder, robberies and Other infamous crimes committed in Utah as in any other territory eituated similarly. There is less drunkenness, les3 gambling and less prostitution than in moat of tbe old communities of the etslorn stales. A larger proportion of the people here attend public worship than in any other torritory or stale of the Union. The above are facts, which will be verified by every unprejudiced person who has remained in Utah Ions enough to become conversant with tbe etate of society here, and is able from his own knowledge acd experience to compare it with that erf other parts of tbe country. As a general gen-eral thing, the longer such people reside re-side here the more familiir they become be-come with these facts and tin? better they appreciate Utah as a place cl residence. Of csune there are some persons who far one reason or another will always make themselves as disagreeable dis-agreeable as poaeible, wherever tbfty may be lacaled. It id a p:irt of their nature to be dUacrceible, and they have lo act it out, whether at homo or abroad. If the wives and daughters of many of them could epeak out, what a tali of their home life some of them could tell ! A mun who mounts a public aUo, before a promiscuous audi trice, to talk blood and thun.lcr atd introduce threats of extermination ac&imt a peaceful community which down not agrco with him in religion or politics, only advertises his own demoralization, Such a man would bulldozt his own wife, abuse hU children and make everybody about his home miserable. You can measure- these public, common scolds every time, and rcd them thrcugh and through. They leva to inflict upon an audience the spare abuse which they have not been able to hoap upon the headsof tboir families. Yet very often, when tho live and character charac-ter of these men arc examined, noma foul blot or stain will ba found which would bar or lias barred tbern from association in decent society in other places boiidsa Utah. - Willi such men as these Lfmh will never bo at peace, nor will they ever maintain peace with themselves. them-selves. It is not in their nature to bo peaceful or charitable-, and they are always ready to work upon popular prcjudicer-i, nxayqeratft peculiarities and keep up a continual excitement. With all other people Utah is at peace and will remain m. 1 |