| Show unpopularity utah has been and continues to be with some people rather unpopular some seem to dislike utah without knoT knoy knowing ring ving why like the individual who disliked mr fell yet could not tell the reason why he did so thoy simply know they do not like utah without having any clear understanding wherefore A As she is unpopular however she must have some distinctive features which mark a difference between her and other places we have no particular wish to show up the evils iniquities and abominations which exist elsewhere the task is not a very pleasant one neither is it a profitable one and it may be that in finding the reasons of unpopularity we may have to expatiate on the virtues that are said to exist so abundantly throughout christendom still we hardly think this likely unless the world has become much more righteous than it was a few years ago and the entire press of the civilized world is given to traduce themselves and their neighbors in the most calumnious and slanderous spirit to find out the cause of unpopularity we must try and find out wherein we differ in our manners habits customs belief and practices from the inhabitants of other places for some of these are the cause of that larity our people look very much like other people so much so that when any of them mingle with the great world no one entertains any suspicion that they belong to utah they eat sleep dress walk talk transact business and attend to all of those matters which occupy the attention of mankind just as other men and women do As they are not distinguishable in these respects from other people it must be something which shows itself in some sume other way or develops itself in them in a collective capacity that causes their thel unpopularity travel away from this territory and in some of the leading characteristics of society a very material change is seen in every city you enter from that which is found here in business matters there are the same same bame peculiarities to be noticed here as elsewhere but there are some things which strike the attention of travelers from this place when they go 90 abroad while their opposites are exceedingly cee noticeable here to those travelers who pas pass through our cities the great number of saloons grog shops and similar places that are found to exist elsewhere with their scarcity here is a noticeable feature this has been found to be one cause of our unpopularity among many who have made this territory their halting place for fora a time and numerous were the devices resorted to that the law might be evaded or made void which restricted within close bounds the vending of liquors another thing in which utah does not meet the wishes of those accustomed to and desirous of having ah al the in in institutions which characterise charac terise society elsewhere is the absence of houses of ill repute and abd their abandoned inmates which have come to be looked upon in the world as a necessity because those who assume to be conservators conservatory conserva tors of public virtue find themselves unable to stem the current of depravity they are not here and their absence has been made the subject of private comment by individuals with whom utah grew very unpopular because of the lack of these and kindred means of enjoyment the people of utah too are so far behind the spirit of the age that they wish and seek to live at peace with each other and with all the rest of mankind if they will be permitted to do so because of their peaceful d disposition position Is they are berated by individuals who would much prefer to see them divided into parties and abusing each other according to the method most approved and in fashion in the world the people here also believe in men whose nobleness virtue integrity truthfulness ful fui ness nes honor and wisdom they have proved through many trying years and they object to elevate to pinnacles of eminence in their midst and do ex extreme reverence to poor miserable beings who may be sent here and who wish to be exalted to positions nature never qualified them for and their vices forbid them from filling this is very galling to them they do not like to be placed oil ori their proper level and the people who do it are very unpopular with them hence they speak and write as they feel with all the wounded dignity of neglected swell heads not according to facts and reason theaon the consequence is that they seek to extend unpopularity and as far for as their influence goes or their word is received they are successful in doing so but ent this articie article seems like stretching out much beyond the limits designed so we will have to postpone the remainder of it till a more convenient time |
