Show 1 friends AND FELLOW CITIZENS 41 4 i I 1 arise for the purpose of expressing og some of the tile political lews bews views feelings and sentiments of my iny fellow officers olli cers and soldiers of the legion who have honored me as their representative upon this happy occasion but in itt at temetia temp to set forth our feelings I 1 find myself at a los loss to find flud language aage expressive oppressive of the warm sensations of r iti tude and joy which vilich illch ilich fill our out lorns viewing tile the present aci py condition of this people contrast edwith that which winch it lias has beon heon for thu tha it tinty years year tat at least we are arc lei loe lex lel ic x my rny filon frion friends ds to celebrate the tl day when columbus ced cici a ti v world neither tu to commemorate in me tad day when our fa fu L til tn rs I 1 upon ily liy lly mouth rocki sze s ic from fruin the tile storms of the hec dec ia p free from froin tile the tyrants rod or of the grasp nor yet the exer eer inexorable ine lne morable fourth fourtly of july chuh followed luli lull owed iii ili m llie tile of liun human lait tait when wilen our venerated eol gol f seventy 61 sli sll gez dez de thenis ves free yit yil tite asmont assent of the english par liar ilar 1 lament nent neat no my lily we have hare been made eliat those hose days hilve long wrice since lla ila passed pasi cd ed uway lid ild apt v 0 o c celebrate colebr ue with a 1 0 music and joy a nem nen new 1 ibay y V inc luc aich this tins present p lesel lt era has produced us when those pioneers cers of ail an equally afflicted and oppressed people led by god out of bo bondage merged 0 from yonder cloud capped moun mountains kaitis and solitary plains into alis then lonely vale vaie safo from the tiie 4 dangers angers of tile the the hands of t heir their and for once quee fiut flut fItt found iid rid ret reat in this tilis beautiful fill valley spread out in a C carpet arpe t of for green men nen rethe cooling I 1 b streams from tit the thu mountain mountains the pure dir air over choir hekia hekla heads and the free soil at their geet feet all bade them 1 l wel wei comoto repose under the tiie genial influence of freedoms own native eleni element clement ent and here letus let iet us pause before spending one anc more thought oil on the tile future or past and acknowledge that divine hand that has ever led and saved us lis as did our fathers tati tatt lers who first discovered a and nd set settled t ed this choice land and established the constitution thereof i and redeemed i ehlt edit it at th the c pr price icy lcy of so much blood and jud tro treasure asure asuro the causes which impelled our ancient tile the important step which held heid their mother country I 1 like ike the rest of mankind kindi culo eulo Cule ill lit in war in peace friends frienda are truths so sacred and so self seif evident in themselves ari ati and yo so dearcy sot set forth fordi in ii their declaration of af independence that the justice of their cause and tile the of their conduct is now dickno 1 I honored aud and respected by all free mon men the tile worlo over and by no oil on cardi cardu more inore cordially than thau we who call can sympathise with them under a long ralli radii tram of similar injuries received ff crom from oni phoso who wiio should have hean boon our friend atil aini protectors without which we Q never could have been heen planted in the midst of thess tiles j mout moul mountains gains so remote from the laud land of our nativity and tile tiie antes of our fathers L I 1 shall not il enlow fellow citizens undertake today to day to got ret before sou you all he file causes which haxe have combined to pro produce duce duco our nur settlement iii in this r basin 7 though 3 some toive cf cc them bear bea r such a striking 1 1 contrast lo 10 the long of evils ls endured uy our that J I 1 can qu not in injustice justice to my feelings let iet et this thi i s opportunity pass without without noticing ticie I 1 g sampat P lea least t which ji haye have avre anre gee bee been n acted 0 ou it the stage staga of the world nv rid I 1 in iii lit presence V I 1 of 4 hll all airman lind tind hey away awas without sur pur our consent our CHARTERS grana granted ill lit perpetual 1 S succession and thereby tae by b vlis vils i ed our ohr our most valuable cavil and v they nave combined liti wita others otiler to subject us t 19 9 a jurisdiction foreign J 1 f jr J 1 6 gli eign ig 11 jo to gilr our calist IE U unacknowledged knowledg id by our laws lid and iid 9 given V assent to such acts arts of pre pre pie tended le legislation they hava have declared us its out of their their protection by waging q a war of or 0 extermination ate efti upon us its and anpelt annihilated or driven drio en us out of the tiie states vhey 1 hes hey leave llave plundered our property ravaged our lands burner burneo our dwellings desolated temples destroyed tit the lives lires q our people veople and nio most st treacherously murdered crea cred our nearest and dearest fripp frien friends ds wi with tit a cruel cruelty t j and ad perfidy k tillar unparalleled iti in tile the annals angs orlias of history and totally unworthy HO great washington his lim temporaries or any republican publican le state tate at every stage of thes these injuries s and oppressions oppress ions lons we e have continued in in vain to import mij I 1 for tor 19 1 9 dress at tile tiie feet of oun our judges Govern pcs tules odthe of the Nati nation oll oil our J is have nave boen been neglected Z 0 our r slighted bigi cited our remonstrance ocea acea dipre gadded gaar giar ded alid and we vye have llave been spurned from their fedt feet and add told that thal our cause wats wass just nothing could W Q done for ils we have luve repeat oft off ef oil oll our petitions and supplications ions and iii ill in t the e most must lit humble albie aible terms implored heir then t protection protect ion iou and interposition ill ter position to save sive us its froin from further violence and insult il sult and aud arrest the tyran tynan tyrannical nigal hand halid of oppression that ion lon konstant constantly stant ay wasted our live lives s eind threatened our finai final n lal lai ial and aud my friends they have been boon deaf to gur our our mid and what was tile gr koll loll with wll wit which ich our last ilc tic and atia solemn sole llin irin appal appeal tp ip the arneri 11 i i eople cople li was v adit anit rf cowed in thi khi I 1 0 lat US of tile the as a nd d I 1 eon ton congress gress of the united just fust previous to our final expulsion from illinois after the accursed cartilage carthage murder which sow soi so deeply stained that state in inin in blood and laid all this people P le in mourning and lamentation why the sound scarce died away on t their hei ears rears ere the roar of the tile enemies cannon thundered on the de fenceless and devoted city of NAU VO anile your fathers m mothers oth and daughters without protection tec tion were scattered through tile the wilderness in the indian territory amon iio lio homie hodle ule uie savage savages from tha mississippi p to the tile missouri and platte rivers rivens nee net ing from fire firo fir ard sword beking a place of aff s ty and re 0 o ie e god only knows here whore and yu you soldiers rs of the B ati dl on tb th dower dover do ver of the tie legion i ll il ii 11 i the A t your country GEN gendral 1 1 fendral nRAL dral beyond tl plains v 11 1 1 santa fe on your march over this now e conquered terr tuc tuu crory ory t t ile fie shores ie pa c nic ric urean ocean eliere hilere here yoi yoi yol planted tle tie sane standard stanJa Td that coved roved vo ved over tile the great keig irig ton at trenton at 1 rt t brandywine brandwine at moni Monr noath and yorktown where our countrymen so nobly fought ought and won ou freedom for themselves their posterity to the tha latest latee generations such has been the sufferings rings of this people and such the causes which have induced us to seek a new now new home amono among among these mountains As to our enen enon enemies ies les their position posit ibn is not an enviable one we ive are are wil wll willing linc they should wear all lie the laurels they have won by the iu injuries they have done us its we shall leave them thern under the load lom where they are arc and let lot posterity do them jus justice tice rice e we now return of peace and prosperity iv with deli dell delight 1 it and look 1001 forward to the faita fullre re with hopes tat that are easi easl easier easler er LIL fill than described ad avd here it may be proper to enu enumerate merte spine some rf conr reasons which have us Ls tj tu organize ourselves into inlo a sit grile LC woi goi ao ermint ernil rint er lat wat a at t so so warly early ada aay a ay da y mthr lit tit ilig the asselto of P some omd five of them mill are arc clearly set forth in ohr our preamble and cons titu tion as ag follows by treaty of peace with the republic of Bl mexico exico all civil orga organization ori orl originating gina ting from that republic became abrogated 2nd and the united states have failed to provide any form of civil government for the territory so acquired 3rd ard civil government and laws laws are aro necessary for the sebu setu security rity peace and prosperity of society ath all political po power is inherent in the people and tand governments instituted cited for their thein benefit should ematt emanate ate from the same ath all nion nien ulon should be born equally free independent and possess cert certain aln ain natural i M essential and inherent rights among which are those of enjoying in th and defending 9 their ilves lives anti antl ana liberty ab quiring posses possessing sin gin and protecting property and of seeking and obtaining safety and happiness thos our becuti located is as wu we ar arf among savage tribes tribe sPare are some same of fe gibli I 1 have induced us to adopt thedo ution of ot the state of Dese De deseret seret soret edt mgt and petition the congress odthe of the united states for admission dm into the uhlon buhion as a fred free sovereign eign dign and inde independent pendent on an equal footing with the original states if indeed our petit ionis lonis responded t to p and gur ghr young state state permitted to tto join the avo ave vs abfall str all ail not falt fait to say sav fellow citizens 81 of the tho union boyet honor and nd love you america with bk al thy fa tilts I 1 love lott thee mac MAP oh oli the tile oiher h hand mid our gur is opposed finally rooted looted ve we shall bo be eual oual ly free bot dewent df ment went god arid and air own slender resources for safety tv happiness happ mess and future preservation as we have ever been ur u tc to i h b t day y in fact 1 is of little consequence to lis us whet whether lier iler wo we are are ire ad bitted or jt j t abd it Is in ov te uli U ili att uit at t ful asni it i i ija i left to ace is us tie tae T F s v t ar arrayed raved against th south and the south against the north lil deadly 1 c may continue to vex the nation till divided they dail fall I 1 men bien talk of dissolving tile the confederacy and tind forming two constitutions tut ions one for the north the other forthe for the south what dissolve the union nand and destroy the constitution of our fathers never no I 1 t never uever fellow citizens united we stand divided we fall was the tife motto our fathers left us we aie afe are united in adopting the constitution of our young and risia state in celebrating the tile birth birtil day dakof of our I 1 freedo freedonia fre wre ih from bon bondage aage dage port of our officers civil and military and especially his excellency the governor vernor and genial ai assembly of our newborn new born bom state gentlemen yai yon our heart otly hand our vote and sword if necessary only us live while you live all freeman freemon till we ra are aro gathered thour fathers Frion ds I 1 inave in ithe uhe the thoi aon goti granulations which cele eele brah broh this day which I 1 dolbt doubt not am children will honor lionor with eions of joy as we do md till long tong af ter chave slept with our fathers was answered by 9 rounds of carin earin cannon and cheers by the people music by the he band hand when a few closi closing ilg tig the fo forenoons corenon fore renon Is s services offered by the governor i a i 1 benediction at quarter past 12 by E eldor elder ider idor H B ti behson NA adv tilo the escort was vas ascii asun asan as an the returned with the escorted party harts to the governors house boil to the bowery ule the lip rip anies of the escort repaired tos thel different while tile the cong di paned pared to meet again 11 J t s P M IV dujat at 2 91 1 0 ca v t hie escort afis t td as in ift did the of if the day and aud meeting callied lo 10 cidor older by prest D Sp bilcer bricer price pr an i ce tr by elder eider melzer eleazer millor f sj b by Y W W M phelps as then by the welch nii nil W veld ve ld ij yu pu mth theatt titto to 3 e joseph and 1 tiie tile the follo following kwing toasts were then ire read ad by mr james lewis tour boar oun onn bur president brigham young the lion of the lord A friend to the wise vise and virtuous but a terror to the wicked long may he walk forth in the tiie power of his might and majesty i tile the day we celebrate A day hallowed in tile the hearts of freedoms fair sons and dau daughters 0 h ders inhabitants of the vallies of the mountains free from opples rod and the persecution of their enemies c state of deseret A land selected by revelation for gathering the saints may her laws be administered by wise men med and justice equally meted out put to friend and foe to the tiie ladies beautiful ill in form beautifully full in features but more beautiful still when m maili others ersin s in israel 10 s to 10 the the veterans of A remnant of mighty men whose memory will spring eternal in tile the breast of the patriot Pa trint freedoms hrdy sons may their last days be bright and happy and arid tile the light of eternity illumine their pathway abrev forever r united states stales once happy land landi free and equal her glory lias has departed her sun of liberty has set her liar eagle lias has fled to the mountains the days of the union ard are numbered her fair fain domain will divided and anarchy reign supreme 1 the first i presidency denev the iferd thee thoe seat of knowledge the tho mighty counsellors Coun in righteousness to the church murch of god chosen bogod anahis and his saints the holy of the lomi i i rhe filhe the nancoo legion the afa ait arm aud and bulwark of our defence i gromm fromM ilo lio inroads of our eu emles enemies may they be faithful and fearless irn iri mes of danger i the aleys Ar oatlie mountains alay hlay s thay teem with in abl abr f alfs aias the tha chos choe chosen enof of tile tiie lord lordy till liko ilke the gardon garden of E ilke like the tho ras ros rma the poor may mayl they enjoy the blessings of the god of heaven for they receive few from the hands of tile the rich the governor god bless the rich the poor can beg the twelve apostles A quorum of the mighty of the earth to open the gospel to tile the nations I 1 may they honor god honor themselves and be a blessing to all the families of the earth the patriarch A man e esteemed of god revered by the tile saints rich in knowledge and faith may lie long enjoy the rich blessings belonging to him the fathers in in israel may their wise vise counsels be revered by tile tiie rising and their names hames perpetuated in honorable remembrance to tile tiie latest posterity the tile republic of the mountains rich in resources ill in minerals rich in the productions of the earth rich ip ill a union of hearts to defend iler tier rights the fathers of education may they seek diligently to establish a system of education whereby the |