Show who shaula the honor A great dem deal of credit is always c laim claim cil 61 by bv those who speak k on behalf of the mornion mormon leaders for the settlement and reclamation of utah by their enterprise and influence under circumstances that it is said would have deterred men of ordinary forti while we are wil lieg to admit all that is due to whom boever it is due wo we contend that the claims claim of Bi mileham labarn young you ng as a public benefactor in this respect are not well rounded founded ore are indeed en entirely fallaci the truth is that when the polien policy 9 which has been followed here bere by the church authorities wilh unswerving persistency sis tency i is in its true bearing upon tile the di development of the country it will be round found beyond doubt that so fur far from deserving dese sving public gratitude gratitud for the part they have taken they are justly answerable for retarding the legi ermate growth of the territory and withholding 0 from the people that prosperity which an industrious and ami abundant population must necessarily bring it is a fact wh ell ch no mormon can dt deny ny and too notorious lor for successful refutation that immigration except of such as wera era followers and bel believers levers of tilt the peculiar ar finith they taught has never been encouraged by them to come bilto their valleys on the contrary every discouragement coura gement that could be dev devised Qed has been persistently thrown in the way ol of mich ench a consummation until men traversing the continent in search of homes hav hail e learned lon long since to shun utah as a I 1 place where 0 the unfriendly d deposition of its prejudiced inhabitants plainly indicate that their society was not wanted who does not know that everything false representations and the power of the mormon church leaders could do has h been lone done to lo prevent the development of the mineral ini resources of utah 9 threats and curses have been heaped in adva advance ncr upon the heads beads of hardy ad seeking among the inhospitable mountains alter after the earth s hidden treasures until the military representatives oi of the government guaranteed protection to prospectors alter after the krecl precious metals we know that they were hounded bounded and driven off in the most highhanded manner some not even evea escaping with their lives if i common report is ia to be believed while the liberal policy pursued by i placed her at one bound in of gf a SL ate and tile the develop ment of those resources here kept so sedulously out of sight has haa madu made her wealth and progress incomparable utah with similar privileges of nature has been isolated snail paced and in every respect the reverse of enlightened stubs stub bo bodilly rilly opposing the progressive influx surround edher on oil all sides since tho the advent ot of the california Cali lornia troops and the discovery of rich mines in various localities in and adjoining the territory a new element has been min man aled with the sluggish currents of enters antt r prise and utah has haa been in a manner compelled to tg receive a share sha lot the be benefits me resulting without having deserved by her energy ell agy and assistance in advancing the enterprises that lead thereto any such f return turn every effort ia made b sinco nee wl have been herp here to de beyel wel I 1 41 ppe ope the t mineral roine rul resources of the country ha haa s met the opposition 8 of th H mor diio it aders arid and been discouraged and retarded by every in means ans in tile their ir power whatever bui ever has been gained bad to be forced from thi them in and was only yielded I 1 after st stubborn reBis resistance Lance and what iasu results ta C er L utah hereafter bere after 1 rr from this source soura cannot be e credited to those who 1 bavo always wield exl they the jower ower they soo demei Y to her hest heat jute interests rests theire is ia tile the policy of ef isolation and not of extended intercourse ter course coarse identical with and no more worthy or of consideration consider atio n than that which has kept china and Japan scaled to the civilized for centuries and finally had bad to be dispelled with the assistance of gunpowder gun glin powder it is chiq blind policy that has bas placed full five years behind her natural growth and therefore we s sly y that those who have subjected her to tile the evils of such it policy cannot be considered in any proper sense us as public benefactors |