| Show THE IM OVER THE PLAINS f T TO 0 tue TUB EDI 1 OF mr THE DriE EITT NEWS N H t ibi ibl est ap pp tria CICERO L av here lil ili is there thero Is my y country sib FIB beir diled that an account of em ern juts journey over the plains plaids aou i ic c acceptable accept aole to many of your lit readers I 1 respectfully siu riu submit bint blot to fl t ir perusal pt rual ruai the fol foi following lowin k narration ear Car ration 0 a companas comp anys procedure dundr r the supervision sudi sude r lion llon of captain wil iia ila lia ham IN wai wal 1 ai i 1 n and as I 1 am ant a member of church nt of england the state ament by a may oil on that thatah ac deerin deenin d impartial respecting f ile lle ha judicious arrangements made for the immigrants welfare weata re I 1 the agent ot ut the emigration at wyoming joseph W youn toun young esq fu fur rif the emigrants wit with 1 excellent hyo pyo provisions visions tho the flour hams bacon rice sugar apples beans etc were the very best that loney money could procure and the emigrants generally concur bixb me in feeling grateful to that gentlemen lle tle raen for supplying them so well I 1 n passant it seems not irrelevant to add for tur tilo the benefit of future emigrants that those who roasted the beans then ground them into powder and used it as I 1 cc wre wore preserved from diarrhoea wh which si attacked others and proved fatal to s inte as might naturally ue be expected atmo na several al hundred persons ina lna in a journey 06 04 1100 1300 miles and occupy occupying 1 i upwards of tem teu weeks teil teli tell me I 1 said sald the irishman the place where people dont did die and J X will go and end my lays days there the tito commissary carefully superintended super intended the distribution of the provisions every alter alternate nato week and saw aw that I 1 every levery one had his portion of meat heat etc in due season 11 with sueh soch good provision for the body the wants of the tho soul were not ne neglected lecter the chabla Chapla chaplain liel called us 6 gether together mornings alid and evenings t for public worship the prayers a appropriate for the occasion nullified the latter part of the following statement which recently appeared in tho the chicago li tribune viz the mormons cormons believe in in joseph smith but do nol believe in jesus christ whether this thia latter clause proceeded from a lineal fa gross ignorance ignorance of their they ro ligion which a peri perusal isal of any of their books or an attendance upon any one of their services would promptly remove or from his base pondering pandering pin pan dering to the morbid antipathy again against aga insi insl the mor mons and awid w was waa overlooked by the in intelligent fellig tell teil igent ent edt Edit editors orsi it was very reprehensible in a public journal and Q ble bile to its respectable conductor ki man many of the hymns sun sung being t compiled from oom Wesley Watts watte etc were amill a tome joine and I 1 enjoyed ifie file the sin bin sing bing t ing e es I 1 of that fire old doxology praise god from whom W ail all I 1 blessing ps flow ilow praire praise him all creatures here belda liasse liaise him above ye hea bea heavenly verily vertly host hoist itse father son and holy ghost aghos 11 which reverberated on the extensive piani of Daco dacotah tali tall and why not divine should not be confined to humair buildings the universe is gods temple temp ld the dome of heaven its lofty toof roof the plane of earth its wide balisi aun sun moon and stars its glittering ornaments na ments every devout heart an altar attar every upright man mail a gneist and prayer and praise the incense which arises to heaven with acceptance and draws down doyn a gracious benediction guards wre regularly set morning anderen and evening ing for the protection of caie cale came wagons etc and thus like the ancient israeli tea under nehemiah we made oui out prayer unto god and lada aada had a watch ieti iett bot bet night and day J in describing the vatious officials the teamsters should no be overlooked coming as many inary of them did old from various caun countries tries of europ europe the teamsters ku knowledge cledge Wl edge of the english language was X T remarkable to ali ail an experienced tutor lon ion long iong accustomed to edit educate cate scholars and train triin teachers in english inter lua alia I 1 remember at B bourbo t college in france when Y I 1 was professor t here there a parisian shudyin stud studying yin q english exclaiming one morning I 1 eoma stole mr durand last night they robbed his watch and other articles instead of some bome some thieves robbed mr air durand last night might they stole wole W ole oie his ew ete 11 ab wa nb such error was made by the teamsters I 1 as was aade made n by that collegian their I 1 correct pronunciation too was gratia gratifying I 1 in adjacent wagons wt rk ivo wo young men each eighteen eloh elgh teen years old oid one was a native of norway I 1 who had aa d been in utah six years the other was a north briton who emigrated from froni scotland this year the norwegians Norwegia ns pronunciation of english was correct and antell intelligible ba I 1 e the north briton s was in the tr broad oad scotch dialect which like the irish brogue is difficult to be understood by the english or americans the superiority of the foreigners forel ners p pronunciation ro un clation elation of en english lish is to t be e ascribed it to his long resl resi residence renee Rence in utah for we the americans is is remarkably good of course well educated englishmen and americans speak alike but taking the vast majority of the people of great britain and america the superiority of americans pronunciation is obvious obvious and forcibly impressed my iny 1 mind dubinar the tiie last three years that I tau taught ht private families and public schools in illinois and held helda a first gr grade certificate of qualification 11 the americans have no pato patois 18 11 o as the french term it they never neven 0 r say 1 I wull wal and shull 11 th they thoy L never speak of begs and apples auses and or ses 11 girtue tue and ivine vinegar negar ar 1 this vicke bricked d ear var 11 etc which willel dialects and provincialisms provincialism s disfigure ure the pronunciation nuncia tion of many erl Eri britons eritone tons the captain ably superintended super intended the whole and at times seemed almost ubiquitous and lie was here hero there and everywhere wh when C n his presence was requested rec roc and by wisely tempering authority with benignity secured for himself general respect with such physical and spiritual po provision under such able guardian guardianship snip ship and with the benefi clent protect protection oil of our heavenly father we at length arrived at this far famed city and here my expectations were completely surpassed much as I 1 had read about utah andeits and its inhabitants from the elaborate and masterly work of captain stansbury one of the tho earlier carlie r and best books on the subject to the recent publication of captain burton I 1 was impelled to exclaim with one of old the half hadnot been told me and was reminded of the inscription on the tomb of sir christopher wren kren in st pauls cathedral london Loii doi and its celebrated architect that inscription 1 eption is si manu kuceris qu ceris 1 c if you seek his monument look around see the cathedral he has erected ac so to any one desirous of knowing knowin aha the calumniated mormons cormons Mor mons really are I 1 would say come como hither and look around 11 see sec the beautiful city they have built see sec the extensive fields they the y have cultivated see the rich productions th they have raised see how they have inze inge made the wilderness and tho solitary place to bo be glad for them and the d dobert desert es cr t to become DESERET T 11 and to rejoice and blossom as the rose surely such a people so industrious as surrounding objects object i indicate so religious lops as their crowded bowery evinces eminently deserve to have their tory formed into a STATE stati 11 for maintaining this truth in Illi illinois nola noia I 1 was assailed defamed maligned and as the climax of my opponents opponent vituperation pe ration I 1 was called a fA mormon lormon but ut the only answer I 1 received was perhaps it would be made into a state but for its peculiar pecullar institutions irrespective 0 of tho tha declaration congress shall clial pass no law respecting religion or thereof I 1 1 which the exercise concerns americans exell exclusively ively and might be deemed presumptuous for a foreigner to intermeddle with I 1 contended for the broad grand doctrine that with institutions 11 whether pecullar peculiar or general which emanate from christian 1 principles no government has hw any right to i interfere t erfort while as an englishman I 1 readily concur with ith dr waits let cowls dues duea be ever paid to clowar and ids throne As a christian I 1 cordially add with th at poet but consciences and souls wore were made W to 10 the lords alone said judge is I 1 oot not lot amenable to human lawa nor ct et to human tribunals ali alf all ail that governments govern menth menta havo have a right to require is tiit the inhabitants inh abitanta should properly perform 1 rfobin their duties and then thun they tiley ao ae justly entitled to possess assess their rights f as denizens deni zens zeng of a gree tree free state the intaj maligned I 1 ignec mormons cormons Mor mons have nobly disc discharged discharge hargA d their duties and therefore pre emine fitly itly atly merit to enjoy their privileges vile vi leges caaso as TIM THE fren FREE STATE stamm OF op 1 desree I 1 cordially rejoice in the prosperity of the latter day saints sainte although like the tho former day saints they are afe ever eve where spoken against thus th us proving hat dr paley terms an un that mer monism and christianity are identical by each meeting with the samo same reception and I 1 heIr heartily tily viah vish that their future I 1 no doress regress I 1 ress may lilay resemble the shining uger chineth sh ill iii h more moro and et more unto the perfect d day I 1 am sir yours respectfully J W P STANNARD professor pf af languages and mathematics G y S L city oct 1864 |
