| Show mill mall creek ward meeting I 1 at a meeting of the brethren of mill creek ward held in the school house in district no 31 on saturday evening the bh day of january a nuary 1853 the house was called to order and on motion A L gardner was vas unanimously chosen president of said meeting 0 and I 1 reuben secretary I 1 I 1 the object of tho the meeting was then stated by the president and the fil following lowing pre ambie and resolutions were unanimously adopted by y said meeting i whereas wo we as a people have left distant lands friends friend and relatives and by mhd pio arp I 1 hadid iab 0 of the god of abraham through t N 6 0 instrumentality of his hig ser servant y a t whom whom he I 1 jas hasp called appointed an and dorda ordained ined to lead and aad gume auw his people in these fiese fisi fast days have been permitted to set our feet upon this consecrated land to bahriy carry out ui the th principles of righteousness and build up his kingdom and and establish the t principles of bf truth life and salvi salvation tion ebli the I 1 I 1 1 11 earth I 1 I 1 and AIA whereas inthea peaceful vallies 1 according to the predictions of the servants s of df the most high the lord has blessed us is as a people with the richest blessings f heaven and of the earth for which our hearts swell dwell with gratitude and thanksgiving to our Heave heavenly riv I 1 father ather for all his loving kindness and tender mercies mercias and whereas the arm of jehovah has been mercifully fully stretched out for our deliverance from gentile cruelty and oppression and his almighty arm has thus fari far been sufficient I 1 fai our day and for all the work and res responsible pons il 10 duty that he has made obligatory upon us and hohas bohas mercifully and us in every righteous and holy undertaking therefore it becomes the more necessary if possible that we sho should tild remember the counsel of his servants and mercifully sustain each other and whereas wheat wheatie atis is the staple production of these valleys val levs md and upon it if de depends penda the happiness and welfare of this community ton to a great degree s therefore ait it together with other productions dictions duct ions ps 0 of f the earth should compete in value with with home manufacture e of every ki kind nd and all kinds mechanical labor and thereby remedy present existing evils and put the agriculturist M isfort on equal footing with his breth reni the ane me chan ic and and obviate the necessity of his paying on one e half of his bis crop which it took hima him a summers labor to bring to maturity for a plow ocko or 0 o get pata a span of horses shod abod or oj a pork borr bar barrein reir or rt t f ge ga a pair of boo boots to keep eop his dard mud 4 and ice and whereas Iier ois r wo know tuat i it 1 4 not nat ou our prerogative to die dictate tate 14 theia mp ampt t e r i a f but we do know that if is eyer egr has h as been aur our privilege vilen to send up 4 our aur petitions to our oar father in hel heaven much more then to his servants who hold I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the reigns of government the keys of this last kingdom and of the despe dispensation bation of the f ful af ness of of times and where whereas as it requires a uniformity of action to bring about and accomplish so de desirable sir an object therefore we as a community propose that a convention be held in G S L city on the third monday in february next ensuing 10 A M at the council house said convention to consist of two delegates from each ward in G S L valley galley or county and from each ward 1 in all the adjoining adlai nine counties and from as many wards in ther other counties as consistently can and feel disposed dispose to unite in this laudable enterprise enter prize whose duty it shall be to take into consideration the present existing evils and form enact such I 1 laws aws re regulations gulati ions as s shall hall best the public grood good in establishing lis hing if possible council house hous prices ur or a uniformity of f prices on all the various productions of ag agriculture ri culture mechanical labor and domestic manufactory oi of evera every kind so as to place the agriculturist upon an equal footing with his brethren I 1 I 1 therefore fore be it resolved by this mere meeting ting that two delegates be appointed whose duty it shall be to lay the foregoing before president young and sl solicit icat his s sanction auction and aid be it further re solved resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be signed by t the e president and secretary and should it receive receive the sa sanction nation and approbation of president young that it be published in the next number of the deseret news aws I 1 ARCHIBALD GARDNER president REUBEN MILLER secretary I 1 |
