| Show UTAH arvd arid A STATE clovra i r there THEBE are some borne things for which we the people of Uta hought to be especially thankful they were strongly set forth in ln governor brigham youngs message to the general assembly of the state of deseret published in yesterdays yesterday Is NEWS we should be thankful that god has given us the ability to sustain ourselves in this bleak barren and forbidding looking country to build homes erect settlements people cities organize and maintain good government and do all that a free people could be expected to do without having to depend upon others to aid us the perusal of that message is sufficient to convince every unprejudiced man that the people of utah are in every respect entitled to all the blessings and privileges ofa of a state government what territory s since the formation of our government has a record that can compare with that of utah there is not one of the old states the institutions and laws of which have the stability and strength of long years on their theirs side e where property and ilfe life are more safe or indeed it may bensaid be said with truth as safe as they are in utah our territory counties cities and settlements are as well governed aa as any others within the confines of the republic Ee public publio indeed we think they are better governed murder and robbery are almost unknown within our limits and from no other people does crime and vice receive less countenance and sympathy than from the people of utah we have had no foreign capital to aid us in developing the resources of our count erecting our public buildings or in building our cities those improvements which are seen on every hand band are the fruits of the peoples own industry and thrift they are owned here and not by men in the east or west and in addition to all these our territory count counties les ies and cities are free from debt with such evidences of our capacity for self government and for bearing all the burdens of a state organization pa patent tent to the country and the world it ma may y b be asked asked why is not utah admitted into the family of states Is she bhe i n any rny wise inferior to the territories which have been admitted many of them since she first desired admission every candid truthful man who has visited them in passing through to utah from the east and west must admit that she is not but on the contrary all the labors of her citizens their private and public improvements the arrangement of her cities settlements and farms and the good order and good government that prevail revall are all superior to that which they generally find there we are not split up into political parties we have no class of professional politicians to gamble away the liberties of the people and to scramble for the 8 spoils oils of office we have no paid clergy professing to teach the ways of salvation and doling out what they call the knowledge of those ways for filthy lucre we do not largely b patronize doctors nor fee lawyers to settle our difficulties cul ties nor foster gambling and liquor saloons nor permit the existence of houses of ill fame in these respects we d dimmer differ from many other communities but cali can it be said that these are not virtues that to differ in these respects fets pets is not creditable to us rather than ot otherwise her wise yet the fact asin is disputable indisputable that if the people of utah had prostituted prostitutes women instead of marrying them themi had encouraged drinking and gambling saloons instead of prohibiting them had fought at the polls instead of being united at them had drained the treasury ran into debt and exhausted their credit instead of administering government economically no and wisely and paying for what they got had listened to a hireling mercenary ignorant and divided clergy instead of following gods word had crowded courts of justice with lawyers litigants and litigation instead of leav leaving ng the ministers of those courts with but little or nothing to do they would have had a state government had they wanted it years yeara ago now we can live without all these evils even though we do not get a state government we have sustained ourselves thus far and under the blessings of god we can still do so in the future the qualities possessed by the people of utah must achieve greatness it ia is only a question of time aime our industry thrift energy good habits union and love must win and extort however unwillingly that admiration respect and honor which such qualities when they have had bad a fair feld feid field to operate in have ever evoked in every age all we need is to wait patiently tient ly it is now seed time but the harvest surely approaches aches the Montan montana aPost post baye saye we may not understand tho the mormons cormons or their movements but would like financially to be inside the church ring ning and take chances on getting a home stake from that stake of zion wo we can tell the post aa as it seems so anxious how to get inside the church ring and to get chances on getting a home stake let the editor believe in jesus christ and repent truly and sincerely of all his sins i 1 e forsake them and be baptized and confirmed by one having authority and if he should continue humble bumble and faithful after awhile he might be deemed worthy to receive an ordination and to go forth as a missionary like the apostles of ancient and modern days without purse and scrip to preach the gospel then he would be inside the church rin ring if and in fair way to increase both gln gin in i finances and morals that is his morals would be improved on the earth and his finances be increased in heaven the I 1 home stake can only be obtained by his steadfastly continuing in the above course until the end |
