Show alb press DRESS OF or ile ife meeting heeling e t i ng fr in the beeer bewer at jj P Q T june 16 1858 goy GOT y young introduced goy gor Po powell ivell one of the commissioners to t 0 utah tah tab who vrho addressed the audience in substance as follo follows vvs irs FELLOW CITIZENS or OF UTAH it is 13 with p pleasure I 1 ea s urn ure that I 1 appear before you this evening under the peculiar circumstances ouri suri round us only a few day days sago ago a dark cloud hung hung bung oven over the inh inhabitant abitanto of this territory which threaten threatened ed the most direful calani caiani calamity ity that can becal a free people intestine war it is pleasant to me and to you and will be to all liberty loving men throughout the union that that cloud cloua has bat been dispelled my gallant colleague maj mcculloch was deputed with myself by the President of the united states to make krip known to you the disposition of the national government towards this people we hare have come to this territory pry and after the fullest and freest conversation with your chi chiet chief 1 et men every matter likely to cause misunderstanding between the people of utah and the government of the united states seems tobe adjusted adjuster and now fellow citi ens there why any relation should exist between that government and this people other than the profoundest peace we are grateful that we have been agent agents in the hands of providence to accomplish so desirable a result the F federal government demands nothing of you fellow citizen citizens at today to day days which not require of the inhabitants of every st state ate and territory within tha the union that you shall be obedient to the laws of your country that you will respect the civil authority au thorit and that its officers shall be received by you yott and enter anthe discharge of their ted all this I 1 am hap to me you are willing to yield and you claim that you net er haye haxe been otherwise ise lse another matter the stationing a portion of the thi national army among youn your settlements i was a topic of debate the president claims an and adwill will exercise 0 the right to send thearty whenever be he pl pledges a 0 ea wherever hia his judgment directs indeed it is necessary fon for him to have that right in order to perform the functions of his hia office his intention in sending g troops to this valley was wag not to despoil 5 you ou of any rights civil political or reli rell gialis but to see that the authority of the nation was respected and the laws executed in this territory in a few days dars fellow fellor citizens the army of utah will be in your m but when it comes comei do not far fear it aoa n not et coms coia as to an a enemy ben iyoub thie roll otliss drums dorot tremble in b e be assured that thata jtb its tap purpose is is not to disturb you incomes it comes to protect loyal loval citizens in maw almear rights if lee lep iee spary by the force A of anosi ar ms it now that chak ith att a fear exists in some quarters qu ar that that a army taju but I 1 en entre entreat aj you your tto jod p itei fair na such hension bension there is i s no cause for it I 1 11 amythe that armyo alip flip 11 P ia is abrade a bravie and honorable officer he lie wll will not have h ave the stain rest rost res on bi character that tha tany an port portion pori orilien ion lon of the he i troops under udder chis commando kave have inac re 1 I th e person or property of arlt any layl citizen of the united states 1 I 1 assure irwill bp his bis stu att i diopa end guard ai against ainest any much such rel sult suit aa some bome have hav e anticipated allow allor me ine fitow fell feil ow say another ahing thing ln tenon tanon of the president ident to secure to you yok aqui ur co rights and na the army arr gy to protect yau in iru their possession just as readily as ir if yau any tion af pf the 6 unified state cheers all the ati donaj government claims of you is 19 obedience jo Q theu them be ana aad the laws th that thab t it ik lev bev ei ils dit dat y to ta require its brigt to tat tae vae you lede jede if war var haa had ensued I 1 cannot count the ills ilis which might have baie befallen not only the people of t this hii or y lut lul q the whole hole hoie pation dation W it have exulted in the thep extermination termination of part palt this people and arld chaa what A spectacle that bave been to theother the tha other nations of 0 the earth liberti liberty J v the tho world would haye hayi mourned at at the bight sight while despot would have rejoiced for we are hated bated abroad for the th principles of our forefathers by king kingo wh who fean fear that their people maybe mayba may be contaminate contaminated dl by our love of liberty they call it contarina contamina tion but there is a providence which has as disentangled thiel this country from many such auch daf it is god who rules our destin ij yf when the feelis feelings gs of elections of our country have bave become virulent against each ot herand berand civil war haa has seemed to threaten it his has needed but i a few levi friendly words to restore harmony and peace da like we rings ts 1 which thich ripple the surface ota stream around the spot where a pebbie pebble haa j been thrown such auch difficulties often look great greaf est the instant before they disappear in the ibe early earl eari days daya of the republic george washington found it necessary to sendan send a armanto army nto pennsylvania pennsyl vania vanla to enforce the th laws and commissioner to ex exhort ort i the people to submission men yet live wh who I 1 0 were implicated in that rebellion now the firmest supporters of the national Nat lanai iopal government and as for pennsylvania ivania they call cail her now thi key stane ot t the urion union union within the demor memory of mosi most of us south carolina ry assumed an attitude of ob resistance to the federal fed Ped fral pral government and before it submitted gen jackson vas wag obliged to assure the people that the laws lawa should be enforced thereof the there reit relt reif if necessary ces sary by the bayonet perhaps this utah difficulty apay result like those thos e in general eneyat good it will surely makei maker makes ils lis know each each other th er better and the better all loyal loial citizens of this confederacy know each other the more mode mutual regard they ought to acquire your p past east ast abt difficulties I 1 do not propose propose to discuss I 1 have havi only to say to you that the cause which led bouto leave heave your homes and anil induced your young men to take to tp a camp life alq among ng the mountains have aade ceased to exist I 1 exhort to return fo to your homes I 1 in n peace and enjoy the fellowship of your friends quietly and decorously you can return to td your city without tear bear ear of harm barm and enjoy enig y the thear ruit of your labor without I 1 have been bern struck by 0 ono one thing on coming into your midst which winch is it truy truy complimentary to you ishag athas been recorded by your worst enemies and nd you have hav edemira enemies ede mlis miia I 1 asu i r e you who speak annot innot very JI booked words about apu they concede that the th are an industrious leopla people nobody can travel abr i bugl the territory without seq see seeing iab alaun abundant 4 ant evidences evidence i of that fact tact act and nobody can reflect upon it and consider your remoteness eness from froia blithe conveniences on venlen cek eek of the world which are calculated to make a people legrow grow with rapidity the barrenness bir of your dour soil the difficult difficulties ie 0 of your position and anu and your poverty when you arrived here without acknowledging that the bee hive see on your public build builds ings is is an appropriate emblem of the people af pf this valley the elements of your prosperity are evidell evide nl industry arld and economy econ orny oiny but necessity ceisl ty has brought alb ais distress treis upon you yop the road has been bk blocked ek ed up SQ so that you yau could not rot procure anything from your neligh bors this prohibition has now be been eil eri removed and fttie you can ran enjoy the blessings and d the tb e benefits of og trade if you continue ponti nue loyal peaceful industrious and abild economical you yon must in time become a great and powerful people reflecting glory urao uran ii oa the tho thi great confederacy and ana and redundant with prosper ity to yourselves filow citizens reverting to a topic on which I 1 have already spoken it has been exceedingly I 1 gratifying to tp mee mer that in the various conversations coave raa chaye had bad with you both p lalic and arid private I 1 have pave not beaux heard a single expression 9 af pf f disloyalty to the constitution and the union ulion of the states not one word against the union I 1 have listened to harsh words against i but to none against the government I 1 have i been gratified because I 1 did not expect to hear the people of e ak in favor of the government ern ment I 1 speak plainly I 1 did rot pot ot expect it allow me to say that you display sound judg mett melt when you extol the system of government of the anitad states I 1 have been a careful observer of the systems of government which prevail amon the nations of the earth andt here bere is no one which extends to its sib alb je coq its such much liberties as you i and I 1 enoy it guarantees to every citizen every er ery ngac which can on 00 man to make him prosperous and happy the development of the confederation in wealth population industry and nd virtue is 4 tha the proof and tott at of c a I 1 bies blessings bles sins axi sinco i the day darth ahe abs ho U tuly uly 1776 when our feih fathera fathers iii ii ers ert i r all ali i i f A arons at once when rhen an oi existence by the stroke of a pen an antl anti dared armed ca asp p spie sefe a pit fit like minerya minerva from the th brain of joyei Joyel joyo JOTO leaped janio into the krena irena arena of battle it rights to existence through stu tu has hab ben our the Th n ati jil pt 1 had tour four our millions of inhabitants now ye haTe haje oyer orbr grer over thirty millions vee yee we vve thep them had h a d thir t b how have thirty onildo one no thih thir thirty y two G god od bless hiees Minne ninne minnesota aota I 1 had not forgotten to tomb baptize her ber the army of ut utah ah will trill haye hare to ut nother star upon its flan flag anda hope that thai that stancill stare stan a will trill follow star atar A nation badly governed oyer OTer ned would have laye been incapable afable of why then should thene there lle be any hereof eisa elsa where who should hesitate to acknowledge their loyalty to that tha 9 aiu hla isains it sins ains sid did ti iut tut ions lons there any comb come a little bl artell lt eoln egin syl byl vani a j esou t hg vr utah it will wiil ni I 1 digout die dle out J I 1 know therle enough an fn in the nation if any ady part obedience to the laws lairs to t enforce e n but I 1 believe that there ther 04 yer ver ato be occasion for the government to M forced om pel pei el its ita children child rehi refi to 6 subra ity ltv itis it is internment whose right to pie le and it if freyer i veyer deserve then phen then farewell to the union of pt the states I 1 have h ave told you yon what w h a t the t nr p eni requires T 4 q t f r e s bf the people ot of this a ed youle youil yb haTe haye told me thai that yoli will c wih its r requirements 1 e q u i re I 1 assure you low biow aw that thab th t 1111 illi sustain y you u in all your constitutional right b swill listen with patience and attention to ta the detail s of any grievances which you may complain and will protect you airall iball guaranteed u aran by t the ae national constitution using its I 1 i 1 I gitary powe power ir for that ji seif v if E should it fail in these prow i ses twill I 1 ill iii be the foremost od enounce it I 1 believe that thai I 1 express the feelings of the thed president defa deft bor tor ted states upon this sub bub subject jept jils jis desire is that you will submit quietly to the la a ws lie he asks nothing inore lnore iDore of jou you y qui H eh aced in this matter according to t ap 6 t on him by his hia official oath tik til 1 thai that all ail is settled I 1 hop that seeds 1 edsol of will not germinate among the ve olife of df chister atory war ia is a calamity which I 1 avert but if we do war dihope it will ivill be to vindicate the honor horlor our Q sur national pat ional lonal flag I 1 want to see our sold bold jers jerg a ang the enemies of the republic but bu t american Amen can fel fei low jow ow citizens never ith I 1 this oly aly aj fhe nation should be so unfortunate as to liscome become involved lt in war and the government should call on the people to ay fly armsto maint maintain n our republican unity ana lory glory 1 I hopa there would be more than one mormon battalion to rally to battle battie 4 p for fon pr our common country cheers cheera gov goy ov in canel euprea expressed his hin thanks for the courtesy with which the commission mi assion had been treated at provo prove andhor and for tor the attention which had been paid ta his iri yog maj mcculloch was then ihen called balled upon to address the audience but excused himself with a brief apology then gov again arose andi anai and ana poke spoke as follows oni one single ingle wora word word more moree when inoke ot of thear the ar my I 1 was waa pr prears ilaa liaa not 1101 so explicit in my remarks aa an I 1 dhave hase have been I 1 s aid said that the president of odthe united States would exerlia ex ercla ercia his right to s epe rhe the army y wherever iti its present pre see i in n his 1118 would ouid contribute to the general w elf ele are of the country bui bul when said baid th thib thit it al it would soo i 1 be in iii your mim ft it was wis hibi with leith fhe the he menti menzi i 0 2 f conveying the idea that it woul db e ed in this eown town 1 I arn ain advised ernt pent tit has baa ordered the establishment waddi of addi ithal I 1 al military posts in imah te gry turn ind fo t 0 elk governor youn he th number p aber Exi exl Gov young replied 11 p ne but n V mor than two t vo 05 he has h as ordered 1 the ca es onie 0 or posts in id tb this territory for tor various 0 bet ket ses hla bla chie chib fly to lera Iera from part vart in lations dat datlo ions lons ns while he claims I 1 I exercise the right lo 10 bend send the army iture breyer irhe ma please his object is a not 40 ref eit rafaee rif ake aEe ah eream encampment P in a any n of cities gen agn johnston John stor stoll told me that he did not tot kotwis wish h hrs hii army to r stationed near a city he said that it corrupt the morals morais bit bif the army aa know is always alwawi the case when wh erian ellan an army is in such A neighborhood I 1 iam lam am not advised where abere the army of utah will be stained stat ned hut cache valley is the P beat est place foran forlan encampment as you inform me I 1 believe relieve that he hi will take ahem them there I 1 believe belleve that cewill be very vely prudent in the disposition of oi the tr triona i aorl l if 1 were at the head of the arcay would ayish t ti station it where it would be convenient c 01 to ltd protect the creat great highways to the pacific aror ludian indian d an and where it hav grabs graas woo wood a and wate water r in to tha tho he large lare lar iare e force now n ow tinder ait lder ider oders to i fo this thia I 1 hare no idel idea tata 0 laree lares ian an army will be germime permanently i antly sti ott tinned in utah i tue the a at peace it reeled tf sydn 94 dpn the fr furt af along ong our out sea texas e V ve bioc ani and to guard our alir armr au iloe line I 1 baye bare sa ald aid tins naif raif cofo to corre corree cornecl cl ar h ady j aun d a 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