Show lul jul OR pim VIM d 4 TO THE 41 IZ legislative n ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH z I 1 red in great salt lake city december 15 A AD D 1857 v GENTLEMEN or OF TIIE THE COUNCIL A AND 6 HOUSE OS OF representatives the people for foi the promotion of whose advancement adva ne ement incorrect in correct dor gor government g rovern ment you are arenow now row assembled asseln bled bied in a legislative t apa capacity cit y ere are aie ale so lemote remote from the high iii 0 gh wrought croli at excitement and consequent entangling questions common to lo the populous marts maits of national and international commerce 1 1 7 arga area are so little litile prone to deem mere property r lank nh titles and office the highe highest 0 st 1 prized prizes prize gW for human effort and through enlightened bened choice are arc so invariably peaceful and law abiding that your duties partake iut but but in a small degree of that v varied r d perplexing and intricate description so characteristic of the legislation 0 of 1 most if not all other communities B but ut however orderly and upright 0 are a people the tho changes chantes and experience incident inci dentt denti to transpiring circumstances and consequent new views and events afford ample pl scope for ille the exercise of that candid deliberation and prudent forethought t vit without vii hout which iea leg lea legislation gi is liable to be far tar more detrimental than beneficial those unparalleled habits of industry sobriety order and respect to the just rights of all which so preeminently eminently pre pree e M ineptly distinguish the occupants of a region uninviting V i ipg to dwellers in more favored climes dimes have continued in a rapidly increasing inc reasin ratio to advance utah to a position in social and political progress worthy the tiie llly Iiii highest liest commendation during the past year for reasons well understood our progression has not been so particularly marked by improvements under appropriations privations ns from the territorial rial treasury as it has by unostentatious persevering and I 1 skillful individual efforts most success fully applied to extending the area of our tillable aiila 4 ble bie land to the gradual introduction of a more economical systematic and judicious cultivation of the various various products adapted to our soil and climate to the r requisite equi etui site care and improve improvement of stock to the erection of more commodious I 1 private dwellings and to a large and highly encouraging increase in domestic manufactures these these pursuits and their results in the comparatively humble limited and tardy mode as yet compelled R by Y the time thought and means that can be devoted to their conduct and attainment are tame and uninteresting 0 to those who dw dwell ell eil amid the whirl of mental and physical energies constantly taxed to their utmost tension in the selfish unsatisfying and frenzied quest of gordly emolument fame power and maddening mad denim aar adr draughts augy r its from the syren cup of pleasure plea piea suie sule b ut they y ar aie ale P laying 0 for us and our children I 1 a foundation broad deep stron strong and durable upon which through the biess bless blessings anys of our god to rear a superstructure for fr the temporal well being bein 9 of ourselves oui selve seive s and the thousands upon up on thousands who will seek unto us for sustenance and the enjoyment oi of the inalienable rights of ci civil ail and religious liberty whether our agricultural interests though so broadly underlying a and essentially upholding all other avocations require at present the further aid of special legislation may well be questioned since private enterprise has accumulated individual vidual m means eans cans until our agriculturists and braziers gra are abundantly akie able able abie either elther sing ly or by the combination of a friy few of the more energetic to procure those approved pro iro gea vea labor sa ing 0 machines and import those kinds linds and numbers of domestic animals ni mal mai s that their ripen ripening ing experience may dictate and aside from that constantly s 4 increasing experience and ability iund lund and aud a higher tone of energy in their p the deseret desere fc agricultural a and nd j manufacturing society have through the tile appointment from time dime to time of lectures upon these and other practicable branches of industrial pursuits and the ibe andua annual 1 distribution of p prizes for the best specimens of home brodu products ts diffused a laudable emulation for attaining superior excellence in every department pertaining to our temporal advancement insomuch that with the facilities as yet at our command it if would appear advisable to still leave those and kindred interests to the abie able ble management and fostering care of that society true their recurring annual fair held in this city in october last owing to circumstances beyond their control was by no means sa so fully attended nor the articles ai tides tihes in exhibition 0 n so nu cipu and varied as would 0 otherwise h have ave been the ca case se still the most casual basul observer could but note and be gratified with the abundant evidence of the industrial prosperity of our territory ft the mechanical skill of ou our r artisans so far as material would permit has also been assiduously applied to the home supply of those necessaries and comforts so essential to well ordered civilized society thus freeing us in in a goodly degree from the heavy tax tas of imported goods I 1 yet tb there ereis is an ample and ever increasing demand for the products of their labor at very liberal rates of compe compensation which will doubtless afford all necessary inducement for holh home e manufacture to the full extent of the raw ravy materi alsin our possession I 1 sessi oh except perhaps in the thle article of iron they also in common with all otner other classes of our producers share proportionally in the benefits arising from the annual exhibition of their handiwork in in our fairs I 1 I 1 in some instances esp especially so in relation I 1 to the thi sugar 0 cane co cotton aton wool and dye stuns stuffs the want of the raw materials serials lias has been a serious serious drawback it therefore affords me the greater gratification to be able I 1 to inform you that there is a fair prospect prospects at an early date that our wants in those particulars if will ill lii be amply supplied independent of the burdens of importation the sorghum or chinese sugar cane has been generally and successfully cultivated in small patches in a great variety of soil throughout many of our settlement sand has been proved to be well ada adapted p ted to a wide latitude of our climate this p plant I 1 nt is an alm aim almost ost invaluable acquisition being singularly ln prolific in seed seef as well as in in a large 0 amount of most excellent fo forage and affording a remarkably large proportion of bf juice hi highly bly charged wih s sac ac charine matter which can easily be manufactured into a syrup almost if not quite equal to the far famed golden syrup of the sugar sugar 0 refineries thereby relieving us from the necessity of submitting 0 to a burdensome drain of dur our circulating me daum or bf the deprivation of a healthful article of diet A small crop of f a very good sample of cotton was successfully cultivated in our southern settlements during the past season also a few stalks of indigo and preparations are being 1 0 made in that region for the production of cott cotton and indigo ft to sup supply p oun our dein doin demands a as s speedily ji j i as 1 V indigo 7 r se seed ed A cande cando canoe A ue y J zio 11 ay procured iii in sufficient quantity madder can be raised in all our settlements and it is i g a maller matter of astonishment that ab nb no seed ono omo of so useful ami and easily cultivated li plant has ever been braht bro brocht into this territory so fabas faias gar far as I 1 am ing informed orned and aud it i is to be hoped that our friends abroad will take the earliest steps t to 6 supply i this hi S n W want our quantity of wool J is stillie still far me i i 11 j v I 1 I 1 short shorb of an adequate supply chie ebie chiefly fly C aused caused by w a measurably culpable in 11 at to the carlof caie cale of so valuable a C class lass i of st stock as are ou our r slice sheep P and t to 0 depend ing too much upon foreign supplies I 1 which are at any ay time liable to be beyond belond our reach your influence counsels and example can do much towards aging in the production of wool and flax that our spin nin heels wheels ild and iid io looms be not compelled to stand idle and ands the tiie caused to su affer through il their own improvidence in affairs within their reach and nd comprehension the T 11 c ina lna n of iron ha hi s not been Veen n f f prosecuted with mat that success so sy fondly anticipated n and d so po much des acs desired J but an anine engine bacill having g been tarnished to the tl e company come itis it is cx expected e ted that eliat alt compa compatible old attention will be given giyen elv ely n to supplying an article which enters s so largely into dur bur our various daily operations in fine thele is no known limit to the sources resources le kindly l kindly lindly provided in the elements element surround surrounding d ino inc us no trammel upon u the thu and energies of the people to bibid hinder I 1 er a any ny from froni putting foith their talents to the fullest stretch for enriching beautify beautifying in and making 9 heavenly I 1 the thie mountain and desert regions in our lot is cast ast tr our schools to those unacquainted with the facts and circumstances ebli connected therewith may seem ottto li a ve received that attention which their im imi poi pol tance e demands at the same time each ward throughout the territory ilar liar has provided one or more co comfortable i 6 s chool houses commensurate with the number of pupils to be accommodated and portion ably more has been done in utah for the true enlightenment 0 of the ri rising sing generation than has ever fever been acio acco accomplished me under und i like condition sll sih sil sn any other portion of the union ind and aside from 1 the stated hours and exercises of schools Ch education is constantly attainable from books from colv conversation fro ato from n reflection 1 at home abroad in in hichwa highways y s and by vy way ways s and as its deve dete developing developments lopin i ants implant the I 1 desire for still hig higher her attainments academies i colleges ool col ieves leves and universities wiil anise arise ari ise lse at the summoning summoning g wand of lne ine increase re as j r ino inc ing 6 wealth and liesure for learned ac quire ments until ere long iong on we shall Ashall as jar far ar outstrip the world in every brandhof branc hof 1 true science as we now do in that X knowledge 1 iele lele which chic h sav oreth of e eternal lives in this great cause also aiso your influence I 1 I 1 and example can be made productive of much good even though your judgment ju dment 0 s should hould lead you during rin kin 0 r your present session session to waive direct legislation legis lati iati on upon this subject V I 1 it reports from the auditor an and aud T treasurer reas which I 1 have the honor to herewith transmit will furnish you the requisite information touching ille the condition of the financial affairs of the territory the parent government exercises a 0 general supervision over the aborigines i within its borders yet a b rief brief allu aliu allusion llon gion to toi 0 the red men within and around uth may not here be inappropriate the morey more especially since the e expense 1 X pense of th their air care card and support has from the beginning begin nin alien fallen almost exclusively upon fi U us and td n from rom n L ea rances todo h I 1 so altogether and still after weli well weil ave avo invariably fed and clothed them jad and tica treated them m wit with h the tho utmost f forbearance or b ea a 0 i r y in ill lii proper C consideration for their degraded cand condition if we do not turn ou out i t ad ancl anil safely and acl without charge escort tod toJ heir destination those passers through ai wiio wilo jiahe lave cheated cheat edana and then tile n poisoned po i sched antl anti a n V wantonly sl aird airi untutored I 1 sava savages g s lying lynnr and co corrupt throughout the union will send forth agai agal against hist fist us at a U united 0 4 1 l TV i and pr toncred howl of base slander er alad alid and niad f false faise tise lise accusations ant any charging upon uw vis all ali the murders mou rou iders ideis and massacres oc occurring currin d between the missouri riser river and the sierra N nevada da mountain mountains with the sole bole intent to excite to faizy kd 1 n f z a spirit for our extermination I 1 1 t I 1 mi nation however aver much demay we mabbe be dispa disposed sed 0 to o d deplore depiore e rk p lor e that sa savage re asaro asago which ea wreaks indiscriminate vengeance ngeang we stillmore still more deeply deprecate that 1116 double oyed dyad villainy of fiendish editors editor s and aud nd their lie kie loving 0 readers who willfully T sli sil suppress ap r e ss and falsely f color faas an and subvert for foi the sole purpose of raisin raising v an u un hallowed hue and cry against an innocent people for those editors and d readers have been ben better taught and suggest sugg that if ifal ail all such characters would vio organize brg anize Q themselves i into nto patrolling vigilance committees Committe 6 for the purba purpose pul pui pose beof of restraining the cruel and con t of a apportion portio n of the nn annual nual passing assin asbin 0 emigran emigration il illey they would soom sooy learn that iba t the tha indians are far oftener if not pal pai always ways when difference I 1 and habits if lis included include d I 1 n mpr L 1 e r sinned a against nthan ithan that the most for ar beail beall 1 dig rig will alvi not i forever brever patiently endure a d continued co I 1 tirade of unjust threats abuse and vituperation that kindness is is much more widding winning 7 than severity 1 a and 1 n d that the inhabitants inhabitants of utah as ever are at home no noiselessly 1 se lessly pursuing their palace peaceful avocations avocation s 1 an and d s struggling P to mete out evenhanded even handed justice to lil lii bli bil ill irrespective I 1 of I 1 creed credd or party but however government I 1 may neglect and hove lowe however vele enekes n am ie s may rage and falsely accuse addise the exper tience lence derived from a long observation tion of tle the yearly improvement in some of the most degraded indian tribes upon tile I 1 continent strongly prompts me to ag again 0 aln lin ain recommend the continuance of that tha t h humane policy uniformly so pursued b by y utah tikva ads he her feild denizens gradually J kli kii y leading them like eke children in tho rudiments of civilization which has so often resulted and will ever result in in saving caving lives that would otherwise ha have hate ve been and otherwise other w ise lse will be cestr destroyed 0 ed and which my py judgment dictates t tobo obo the wisest most humane hu M ane and even cheapest cli eap policy polac y that dan dpn can as yet be adopted youage you arje already aware that upon up 0 n esa exa amiling ini the bids forca forea for tor carrying I 1 ng the mail mall on th the broute between this city pen dence moin mo in the fall of 1856 the contract for that route was awarded to mr hiram kimball a citizen of this territory compliance iw witha rule ngi tile the acceptance of the tile dow lowest you are alt ali that the ret requisite lite bite service teg beg began j it to 0 be put upon tha route so early astek duary last upon the first unofficial intimation of the acceptance |