Show 7 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 J G 0 TER OR I 1 I 1 I 1 MISS A GE I 1 I 1 I 1 0 5 7 Z f I 1 I 1 I 1 TO THE I 1 i I 1 11 1 1 I LEGI 8 11 4 1 ta V E ASS E 1 y JIL I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 1 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 1 0 I 1 OF THE ii I 1 I 1 I 1 1 TERRITORY 10 OF Y UTAH I 1 I 1 DELIVERED DECEMBER ELEVENTH A D EIGHTEEN HUNDRED alis A fl r t 1 I 1 I 1 AND FIFTY FOUR I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 ei 4 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t t I 1 I 1 I 1 T 1 l I 1 1 41 11 GENTLEMEN of THE COUNCIL I 1 I 1 I 1 t 61 4 1 11 AND HOCE 6 0 1 I 1 S 11 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 X the benign influence of high I 1 heavens protecting care we are aye ag again a in i fisseni assembled I 1 baw in the capacity of a legislative assembly to ordain and establish uch laws as 1 shall best beat I 1 sab serve the public gooce I 1 3 f I 1 the toil of the husbandman lida has bee been n regarded by a haT harvest vest and peace e prosperity pio and sacca success p have eminently attended all our efforts I 1 1 I 1 we have been delivered fr from am the overflowing scourge which desolates es the nations the wayward destroyer abir an the devour devouring ing alania with thanksgiving g and tn praise iW let our aspirations ascend from freh warm and willing cillino boarts lie arts unto our father and J who has extended unto I 1 us hi his s rich blessings I 1 adl and caused tho the aaa to bring forab in fin her r strength tor fr our oar sustenance I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 t although a large immigration n have found lio homes in these peaceful vales during the past season n yet it is believed thore there is ia an abundant dant supply of food for al ajl until until daid another 1 I 1 1 I I i 5 harvest arvest I 1 Z I 1 1 I 1 4 1 through the uTI tiring exertions of our delag delegate 94 to in con congress chott LH ott john M t bernhisel apar appropriations Q have boon been obtained for making a 4 11 boad 4 through our southern i settlements and ana extending to the baand boundary ary of california for holding trea treaties wit affie indians and to defray the expense incur incurred redin in suppressing indelio indian n hostilities in the years vears 1851 a andl nd 1852 11 theo are the first appropriations of the kind which illige hav been made f for or this territory thu action of Co congress though tardy is none one the less albept i able e evincing as it do boesa 1 a f favorable av liable dispost disposition iop to place utah upon an 6 equal q q al footing fontino t with other territories icv we gaii hail it as a good dl omen and trust that in future lii her interests s may no not t be neglected V e f 4 aby nor her claims here e seems to be i a difficulty in obtaining obtain obtaining in 0 app raf ja eions when made by congress month after month and even n a jear mue sometime t imes A apter eibi before bedfor e they ai are q received at the point of disbursement ment where the distance is so great and he means of communication are so limited limite 4 it is desirable that the action of the department a should be prompt in such matters 11 I 1 the present prospect is that none non e of the appropriations made at the I 1 las session will be received before another year such delays operate very onerously and nd u unjustly justl J upon I 1 th the 3 territory as well as upon the elti citizens zens wil who have dhave so long been a anxiously SIPI looking oo 00 al g f for 41 or 1 the laiq liquidation of their jast claims halh I 1 1 I 1 the a ib i f for the h sate t house and penitentiary I 1 aid arc eich each ex expended ended an and in ordet to complete either of those works an additional additions 4 appropriation will I 1 be required either by bv the legislature oi congress I 1 i the works corks at have chave rapidly rapidly progress F edthe past paiit sea season s n 1 and it is ia anticipated I 1 11 that tile the state tate house will be ready kor for the accommodation ot of I 1 iha ibo legislature achre at it its s next I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 annual dessl session oll pone peace e with tila tho indians hiis has b been ai preserved during the year although detached parties of the ha have e been found unfriendly which in ond one instance r resulted e s in their killing two of our citizens the perpetrators of this crime crime were brought I 1 in by I 1 other indians and d delivered jap to the they United states authorities bea before whom 0 they had bad a fair trial thial were found beaud guilty of murder and executed according to law w ill the o In indians diani 7 I 1 es giving them I 1 tt it vai has required t dd I 1 tha ta 4 gret greatest iks lt far forbearance fearancy an and patience I 1 as wm well as large amounts of i presents on the part of ou our eiriz citizens efi sto to maintain i n amicable relations wa with them in some f few ev ins instances tannes they have presumed upon the f forbearance bearance or shown them and conducted themselves ved very improperly and abusively tot to the he people th the pacific policy which has from the begin beginning nini 0 been exercised toward them has no doubt avoided ilia many ay collisions 14 j I 1 I 1 which in might in open war I 1 I 1 large 1061 quantities of beef flour clot clothing guns ammunition 8 ao c have beeri been given theato I 1 to con conciliate and make them frion fric yot yet tile tho propensities of their ant natures ures their t improve impi evident e and v vile e gambling habits babits of life are such alich that no present su p ply no matter matte how generous remains long with them and their indolence precludes tiny ally ae idea C 0 of f broft the their irown own resources sources le i 1 1 I il the chos liones are are rather superior to the prid and p provide better for their 1 6 own vy 11 living alt although hugh a lr lar 4 1 6 p party ay iy t y of bf ahlem fem have quartered upon settlements thes 6 north durino during 11 the past summer much alach has been done donely by the inhabitants since since their residence among the indians of f tf the mountains to ameliorate their condition they were f to exist in the lowest state of f dearald de degradation grald an I 1 poor ignorant indolent and savage in their anger anger 1 lothing resti rost raineA them but bati b ati tear from the greatest exec excess 6 s of cr crime iffie they thel would sell a and gamble away their own children and steal from a and n d rob other oher indi indians of theirs either to sell gamble away oi kill as their humor burnor seemed to suit them A horse hoise or gun was deemed an equivalent for killing a 6 man and every shade of difficulty be became came a matter of barter for pecuniary consideration the sett settlers leri have invariably given them I 1 provisions and clothing finished them with guns gafis band and ammunition to kill game and in various ways ys administered to their relief in many man y places grain has been raised I 1 bor or I 1 them and houses built tor for their c chiefs and principal men I 1 th this a poli y has bag had a tend tendency ency to tb correct their vile habits anil propensities and same some times in dubie them to labor f for or their own support support I 1 this bograd course of liberality towards them in in addition to constant loss of property 01 caused by dicair depredations is a sev severe pre tax and burden upon the people especially in the I 1 were isol isolated sted and thinly settled locations where their visits are wore more frequent an anddore dwore and more nume numerously r ou sl y attended atten dedo it is 13 therefore with I 1 a sense of relief that w wa look forward to the disbursement of the present appropriation made for holding hol treaties treatie with tho the indians in the expectation that the people will be secured ed against their 1 depredations ions 1 and partially relieved from cheit support 1 I 1 tito the territory will aladie also bo partially re for advances which she has bas made from time to time for the suppression of it is ia undeniable that those expenses have been much less ess in this than other territories similarly situ situated abed and should be lejb ant with a spirit of liberality on ob the part of the general government but whatever the government rogy may li be cable able tp to accomplish in Z her intercourse wit with h the indians indian it is scarcely expected that teat I 1 Utah will be yeti peeved eved of their presence presen cei consequently not freed frono from their depredations ahe the inhabitants should therefore secure thein themselves selves and property aa much ag as possible sud and be prepared to deft defend ed themselves at any moment from 1 their incurious each bach settlement should complete its de fences and preserve ari active and ei energetic military organization in various q ways the people have sought to ith eit awn dr and andi protect ro their pr property C from rom I 1 constant depredations short of maintaining an open war far fari against them aha I 1 have e uniformly pursued saed a friendly course burse of policy towards them feeling convinced that independent of the question of exercising towards so degraded and igno ignorant raut aai a people it was in manifestly more economical handleis and less leis expensive to feed arid and clothe 4 than to fight them the p policy adopted toi towards vardi a sin small till band usually weber county by the inhabitants wilt bof of that diar district act in distributing them the citizens making maleia g forthe I 1 indians In diang judicious selections where they and their families s may ay feel 4 that hat they have a hom and know that fajean they can depend upon having fod shelter aidi ednd kind treatment in exchange for their labor seems feasible and if int nt heend it should prove successful will haab a tendency at least to secure peace to tha iia anal civilization civilisation to the indians doubtless s a Y deal of patience patiences cei and for forbearance forbears beara nc would be required to carry out thio thia policy ee evjen if should consent consent to try it if they 1 were suitably I 1 y ern employed pl oyed disbelieved believed is bell eved they mould become profit profitable oble laborers I 1 affef after a little experience they should be paid honorably and fairly in such things as the they 7 aeed bleed day by day according cord b their necess necessities necessity iti as until they learn to be more provid provident eriv of their means like all father other works of great this probably would be gradual in its operation but if it chuld be jae deemed worthy jy of adoption it is beli believed bred it 1 can be carrie ct into P general effect in the territory 37 I 1 in in in many airy of the southern settlements already the indians have become useful in labor and business and avite a number of indian children are found living in f amiller fio hive taken them to bring up and educate so far as my kal knowledge extends in relation to the subject such children hanei bavei had bad the benefit of I 1 common schools this bl blessing essink is secured e G to them by the of law I 1 the subject of education has probably received as much attention in in this asi as va in I 1 any I 1 other as newly settled state or ar terri territory altory In almost all the wards wardi a and n ia districts I 1 good school houses have been erected and schools maintained a part I 1 of the I 1 year but I 1 f fear ear I 1 that sufficient attention att is not paid to the selection and examination 0 of f teachers or the manner of deduc conducting ing schools although Alti ough the board of regents have doubtless by their influence indu ence and sare are still till extending their in influence ind and exertions in a general way to fco advance the cause of education yit af tf this moment nt there is not wi Parent school bov f the instruction of teachers a mathematical or high school where the higher branches are ahre tiina taugh in all abe territory neither have a object of public improvement Imuro under their auspices in for far deduc tonal purposes this is partly owing to the want of means to operate with inith and partly to the fact that the board 0 of inen in kaeha such A multiplicity I 1 of business have but bat little time to devote to botho these P 0 datie hitherto the cause of education has been entrusted with the board by the TAgi legislature slature who probably conceived they had sufficiently discharged their duties by having invested the regents I 1 with full power and allt authority bor 0 ad act in in relation to that subject but bat it is FA a subject I 1 I 1 of vast importance and in bolves trusts of A too weighty consideration to bo be t P egweet ed fo for r av any reasons at present edif existing ting its p a sub subject j ad t fraught wK momentous interest to us at and id our youth who a nee ra soon to become our upon upa n the earth an and 4 V ifft neglected brtek reau with bitterness oven heads aben when too lat late 6 io 6 raam remedy ed y I 1 1 I 1 J I 1 g I 1 IJ As a territory Terri tofy e e A ff 0 ea eacek A c ceA el i ud ap extensive pp iva alil ability iky exists he people to lish aud and aust sustain aj gooce 4 common schools 4 m I 1 every W ward ard and ik 0 t only th enree ie or dr six in A abear J arb as appears bommon but bub top ton or eleven wherein every cad no matter fiat tor how poor may find admittance schools sw for teachers lath ema ola and schools wherein wh ereio the nig herr brane branches hes are taught should also bo be kept in successful srul flon dinall in all of the principal towns it is moreover an ari opportune time to introduce thia the nw New alphabet in f the regency 1 have ave performed a difficult And and labori oi I 1 recommend that it be thoroughly and extensively ar taught in all the school combining aix wa as a it emine eminently does a basis of instruction for the 3 attainment C laneA language aj fr sur surpassing j assing in sim lieh arid ease any known to exist akiho Alth althous the mor boore a duties pertaining to the oe subject of education on nay inay devolve upon ahw ane re regency en i e v still it does not 1 free ree the legislature afro m rp responsibility and I 1 doubt pot that whatever aid og OB inal influence you may find in your power to extend will be elleen cheerfully ally given I 1 T I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 cannot refrain from again calling your attention to the subject of home manu f actues fac ac lures tums la large qu n tati titles es of wool dol frai flax hides etire aurs ind and almost ev every ery variety of the best material fot for the rn manufacture of woolen 00 bloh linen le leather 9 4 e r hats hais soap candles glue pil sugar pottery and hd castro are found un a in in a abundance bi U dance and easily drori cured an and abt 71 we find large of such ti all 1 ti am imported i and purchased li by the people which causes a ra large ig ad drain of oh our r circulating medium if a few hundred thousand dollars which are now annually expended and carried I 1 I 1 away for imported goods were e instead the thereof teof invested in machinery wo hindry and articles for I 1 I 1 e manufactures iff it would w 0 tild far more advantageous and add rapidly i a eidly ad advance varice the pio prosperity of MII thriving ar territory I 1 i atwould it would appear that the i and trouble of tran transporting t in 0 goods gob ds i dier over a thousand milea mi lesof of land would be sufficiently p protective protective to ve tho capi capitalist capitulik te to I 1 embark in domestic manufacturing it is manifestly our interest as a poo people tomora to more generally general ly from our own resources articles for our own use it Is th theorize esTin oj of bealtho we wealth altho ito any community of independence to an any y state much has veen ben accomplished but efte very prices wove drove that the manufacture of all of the above mentioned articles as aswell vell as many others behers is a lucrative business bp opening ening 0 to 0 the I 1 enterprise enter prize of many more or ot our citizens 1 f I 1 if our market marker could be aboueid abundantly itly supplied with |