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Show lb the last number of the Union a glaring- error appeared in the obituary of elder. Iferael Ivins which .' reads a; follows: "during the Buchanan crusade, .when flour; of the American Army was Bent out to feed those who were. sent to destroy a handful of defenselet people," &c After the words "Buchanan crusade" it should have !road-"wlien the flower of the American Amer-ican arm) were sent to destroy aa handfuliofrdefenseloes people," &c. son and were marching to meet the enenaiea-of their- country on the Pacific slope! Was a greater; sacrifice made by any people? 'History fails to record its equal jthey placed their all upon the alter wives, chihlrenv iged: parents brothers, sisters,. in fact allHliat is War and dearto tlio heart of man. in thi4ife were left on the banks-of:' banks-of:' the Mlssuorr River,, living' in; '; tents, wagons, , and 'such1 temporary cabins as they happened to ha;oi andiwitb a faith' that aa never Ibeen surpassed, they committed their loved ones to the care of that God who never forsakes those who put their trust in Him;, and1 respond re-spond editfc the call of duty. Oh pr-lOWi day of July, 184G, they began their wearisome march; of over 2000 miles across a trackUss? desert Col. Cooke's QrdenNo. 1; issued Jaunarr,' 2Cty i847jf. contains the following words: 1 "History may be searched in vain for an equal march of infantry" infan-try" and General Kearney aU another an-other time, said, "Bonaparte -crossed the Aps, but tliese men have crossed 'a continent.'.' But now. a change - comes over JthojBcee;1- lb- i807,, we fiircli the Great' Ataeri can Desert' haa been made "to blossom as the rose," and a happy and prosperous people are preparing to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Pioueers in the Valley, of. tb Great SaltLake we alio 'find the suruvivors of ' tliat noble -500 tesk?--ing what recognition they are to receive in the great jubilee, but .there ' seems- to be no place for tliem. We would say to' thosa Veterans, .Noble Sires that: people for wlionryoiu made the sacrifice in 1 816, realized that you were their saviours, they know that, to use the words of Prest. Brigham iYoung, "you were as the ram tht was caught in the thicket and; offered . up. ass a. sacrifice to save your people.' audi your people of to-day know that diadlypu not responded re-sponded to the call! tliat x was made upon you in July, 1846, there would have been no Pioneers enter'-Salt Lake Valley in ffli, and whether you are honored in the coming Jubilee or not, we all know that youoTOnthe Pioneers of the Pioneers and-lhyright you are entitled to equal honorsswith your, brethren of 87. If, as in days of old, a king-Has - arisen that knew not Joseph, audi ! ypvu are not given your proper place, .know that while time shall last, your nstmea.. will be held in remembrance by a gratoful people, and when. time shall bo - no more, your ears will.be gieetedfliyy those gracious words, "well: d6ne tliou. good and faithful eerrnntj enter into my joy and sit dojm on. my throne." On reading the Salt Cake papers in relation to the Pioneer Jubilee, our- mind reverts back fifty-one yearalo the. time whenn band of ragoms v -were wending-- their weary way. across - the" trackless: prairie3 toward the seting" sim, having been driven from their beautiful homes on the banks of the Mississippi, by a ruthless mob many, crossing the river in the early pair'ioSf Eebruary, on the ice, poorly clad, ..pporly f Mj. asri ! xnih teams scarcely-abie t6 drag, themselves them-selves through the snow; in fact their enemies rejoiced, saying, "th'atds the last pf the Mormons, for theyrwill surely perish on the prairies and deserts of 'the'west" . and when we realize that the thermometer ther-mometer registered at 20 below zero afidlhe ground was covered with enow, can we wontJ&rr thatv it. was expected they would perish' P4' We will pass over their journey across the then frontier territory of Iowa and inext look at them in the month- of "July, on the banks of th'e Missouri river. . Maaiyy of the young men, in foot all- thV men that it was thought could be spared spar-ed had gone back into Missouri and other places in quest of work, that they might-getifood and other iteeessary supplies to heli$themon their "journoyto the Rocky Mountains Moun-tains of ithe great west. While -they, were in this defenseless defense-less condition. with a heartless mob on one side ofltftera-and 'the unetw ilized Indians on -tire 1 other, a call oame for fie hundred 1 ablebodied , men .to enlist in the army and take partrirrtlM-war with (Mexico !' Was the loyalty of any,eople ever.- put to a greater test? ' WVa thihkxisofcJ! In a few days fire hundred) men ;7.5 had given up the hope of goicg to the .Kockj; Mountains in that sea- ' i |