| Show PIP GO In III an all article on tho conditions In Utah In appeared In tho lh News 0 on Saturday April I tho writ writT 11 T Inadvertently stated that hilt events that spring It to hold nn April conference It lL Will was about that that was with witha a as us a I result of a tho falsa fill representation that thero was WI a II rebellion In n th Territory Jt nut the tho Hal lit not too busy to hold holl a II On tho of or April they mot In tho th t ch In this city Only two i cessions IIII were hold held however Accord III ng ti tl tho report published In tho Des Urs erot ot April 14 H 1858 to which Elder Jonson Jenson of o tho Historians office has kindly called our atten attention tion the speakers were Young You III and Riders l Orson Hyde H 11 Wells lorenzo Snow C 1 and Erastus Snow Tho Authorities of ot tho Church and sermons appropriate to tobo bo tho stirring stilTing times oro delivered The history of ut Utah at III that thuL Is III not nol without Its lessons to those now lOW Governor Cumming camo to tel Utah under the Impression that thaL H II wai WM necessary for tor him to nil army reach by the tho aid aliI of or which alone ho 10 could enforce tho sovereignty of ot the government He had not been In this elt a week before ho saw his mistake On the tho of April IS S he wrote 1010 to General Johnston ton I have been overy where recognized r as governor of ot Utah and ind HO 0 far having encountered Insults or Indignities um III n being able to state to you that In passing through tho settlements I have een universally greeted with such re respectful reo attentions as nil are dues dU to the tho representative authority ot or tho United States In the Territory On the tho of or April tho Governor attended services In tho Tabernacle and addressed tho congregation Ho says sayo tho 1110 people listened respectfully to o all he hud had to say In and approved of or the statements ho made concerning tho ho character ot his administration tion In fact ho Bald the tho whole character of ot tho people was calm bo be no consciousness of or having done dono wrong hut but rather as IS It wore Indicating a 1 conviction that they had dono their duty II uty to theIr religion r amI their country I 1 havo observed that tho Mormons profess to view the Con Constitution an the work ot o Inspired men and respond re with readiness to appeals for tor Its support Governor Gumming CUmmIng must list havo re ro regarded tho expedition against Utah aw nH a 1 farce as us soon a IU ho became of or tho truo 1111 character of ot the Lh people That lesson should not bo 00 lost upon tho of ot our own time Tho 1110 Mormons need only to bo be known to bo set lot right In public opinion on Their character their dally Ives their good are best bosL of u tat ion of nil 1111 and aUlI false representations |
