Show llant ani and present 1 Ws as of oe almost every nat natio obit bit of 0 selecting some portion aanal coal annals as a period of avy y and prosperity than any yielded yi it eded or which ib has follon followed ed apted I 1 led arid and to use it as a stan 1 fulch 11 0 1 c 1 I 1 th the e pr progress ess or deblen rii alion I 1 is pr properly perly measured I 1 tt ishmen tell u us s of the happy t cess frenchmen Fren climen of djs is of the empire under louis adf its glory under the firstin a il il ja inwards ini ards lards of 0 their dominions 1 J under the i wn of their name awn j aal I 1 es V and of his andson IS rhilip 11 so on with liv y nation see selecting I 1 eting that por i history bistor in abich the great the ruler was found t ahe prosperity anil and happiness jf t or in the extension of the dimion linion an and d e empire jn in our it is not unusual or rom the corruptions corrupt ions chich brag brought ht to ligat in tying jing exalted stations of trust I 1 f t to the early period in the jr country such things 1 awn aida aid nhen those ho bied 0 e to stations of trust and ared intent upon using them weal of 01 those who created ila ting this ge eral if not nat aion of every othero other race to at bat period of oe their history med bri adest and most glo day sa saints 1 uta have at al ak 1 air chosen rulers and mouth red e d a period in their his history tozy t in their opinion oi cion with i ia a and pleasant memories than 1 vf 4 that period was Nias two tio years ri tare t are told that art an escaping f be choked kihen hen the happy ItA i times limes sep sepulchral then are the present condition of y hah ab 11 and what we ask tion of things in in utah two ll 11 oletus let us take a retrospect of all 61 see what those peaceful lines were at which a sigh aked A 1 aso ago utah ut was 3 in i open pa re I 1 st the laws and government i i ed states she had ciare jitt a affia fr f ra p i liflie t ii government to adminis administer tei bahe laws in this territory ci il I 1 law abiding citizens nho anad 4 been some of them mur abera driven out of alle terri 1 I il rde of miscreants and trai sh usurped the reins of govi 8 on the plains the strains tt JI rains trains loaded with govern i attested the foulness of 0 the ibi 1 rankled dhere here in echo kan 00 alto land and battlements had been I 1 pose the passage of troops 1 ad states on every hand 1 I 1 and ia toul foul reared his 1111 bid hideous front J i the external condition of atis ds a government the mildest iberal tb era eral of any an on earth and iia V demanded demand edof of utah the same nd dd submission to law villi cla of every other state and teru thich 11 it is is composed compo Eed what ke se raal condition during the same fb ill irge majority of the people i f acre re then ben as now were fory ja were nere ignorant ign almost almast of the rib t of govern government me nt under which JA arid knew not nothing liing of its de alicy beyond ll 11 cihat hat the their irleand lead hilli ivan m and on these ibey anfor oace a blind reliance reli arce as they led an implicit obedience n ce rod conceivable means were I 1 pise PI I 1 se leaders to impress impresa on the iott icse deluded beings the belief b lief ym ivern ment odthe of the united states y g to oppress them and pur f ay iy v with ith persecutions on account rIl ligion they were told that if k i acne here bere their wives would be id fi i a blural hi so soldierly that their ia 1 i ild disappear beneath benea the torch cj or abat was worse we ot e abodes of their oppressors fet property peo perty would le be given over at and con confiscation 18 cation therewith these with t cj 3 other lies were told to I 1 a bem opposition of the deluded mas 1 its t oa a gov emment which then their as a libil far more considerate of their i iry ryan I 1 an those who erected teem tb em j abeto lee 0 the professed and special faey e of them farn ah wonder that by such means 0 ill orl were deceived we ive find t ge neglect bi the pur par teci tec let ift arid and ordinary ord industry for airn tinita are really camet anil and bilime in fit the erection ot of forti fortify fi eaid e pi I 1 d in the exercise of military f C vi S to oppose the ingress of their fad a emles into the aal ayl 1 these labors oi of course brought no re wards wants their families were left without the usual means ir cans of support and of course were deprived of many of the comforts and necessaries of life so that by the time they were ordered by their imperious dictators to go south many of them were ere in a state ca actual destitution and want such was the of I 1 in tall t 0 o years 3 ears ago treason and rebellion without privation and ana want within yet these are the times that awaken sighs that cannot be choked 11 when compiled comp ared ired with kith what Nihat they are now and what are they nova now by no means i 8 as a brig bright bt arid and ealm calm as they might inight ie be but la R vast improvement certaine certain tainy lyp on what they were two years ears ago ire The lowering and threatening clovida which then overspread the sky and seemed charged wi with I 1 1 lightning and tempest have retired to 10 the horizon and their wrath in fit distant and muttered thunders treason so which then ced openly and publicly abroad now seeks some little di dia IS guise the snake has been scotched scorched scot ched but not killed citizens thanks thank to the presence of an ar army near here can dw dwell ell with some little security snoie than they could two years ago true their rights are still violated in in some respects but their treatment is merciful at present pre seit compared with it once was fliey are sometimes some tines now assassinated in the darks dark and of course no one knows or can find outa aut whence the blow came that destroyed them but they are not openly told in a court professing to be a courton court of law aed justice that their necks will be wrung like that of e chicken if they venture to assert their rights against a mormon federal courts can now be held and federal judges discharge their duty without danger of intimidation from armed bands of rowdies and bullies but bit tt it is a well ivell understood fact that thit mormon juries are not going to convict one of their fraternity for crimes c committed m ag against a gentile they will w 11 seldom indeed try one of their members for any of fences of ting this kind in some cases I 1 10 0 effort ii whatever is made to find out the perpetrators of crimea crime as was mt ili ca with uie of oe drown arnold and vincent lr in others ahers where the crime performed in open day and in the sight of hundreds of citizens the murderer was quietly permitted to make inake his escape but it if any of tb them ell are arrested even they are not bright to trial for a grand hnry interposes and ignores any bill against them as was as the apse aith the roan man who ho killed the libat band aind boya bo boy y a year yeah ago L but U chy hy enumerate when it is believed on good evidence that over two hundred handled haye have been committed in in this territory within i the past three years that were vere incited n cited and participated participate 1 in in by mormons cormons Mor mons and yet et not hot I 1 a single of offender flender has been brought to trial I 1 I 1 and punishment pun ishmen T tills this his fac alone proves how flow much respect is is had for life liture tn re and on what a basis the good goo 1 order quietude winch which prevails it in utah Uta hress rests but we did not set out to record flaat which have haie been time again again crepea ted gedbut but which appear to be entirely over looked or dle regarded and we vie renew our cn contrast frost berneen utah U tab as it now is lap and as etwas it was two v years clears ago instead of the wart want and destitution bich prevailed the dwellers in in this valley probably never before enjoyed as much prosperity as I 1 they have kith ith the year v which aich is is now c closing losing they have realized j I 1 1 gant prices for all the surplus products which they have raised arid and have haie been thereby enabled to surround a the themselves with comforts and luxuries before unknown n or riot not enjoyed A common rek 1 kiark and one that is apparent to the most casual observer er is the great change and improvement that has taken place in in the dress and style of the people here a since ince the army rame came into the va valley iley we ave mention this only as illustrative of their general improvement and advancement in the art of living what has taken place ard and which establishes beyond doubt tile the it creased increased prosperity exists at present over what was poses sed duding the peaceful happy times which existed two years ago our remarks might be extended to many other oabe matters those to which lie le have referred in proof that the condition of the people of utah Is immeasurably superior now to was two years ago but we deem it useless to write farther r about bollea a fact which is is so palpable we V have bay introduced I 1 the subject only to show upon what events and m bat period in the history of the saints they to loik k back to with roost most satisfaction and and pride |