Show SALT larr LAKE CITY july 1870 editor deseret desent ne jaws dear bro I 1 was somewhat surprised to see by an article in the NEWS of the 20 2nd and dinst that since the deseret telegraph co have made arrangements for transferring business to U P and 0 P E R B R lines at ogden the citizens of the territory can telegraph to any part af the united states and europe if they desire to do so and if I 1 did not know otherwise I 1 would infer from it that etwas it was wab only since this arrangement was made that this could be done which is not the case as I 1 will show in 1861 the overland line was built through from omaha to california via salt lake city which established telegraphic communication with all the principle ciple cities of the east and west irin grin principle sometime after the united states co built lines through to california but the company was short lived as it was bought out or turned over to the overland cos lines about that time nearly all the telegraph companies in the united states consolidated under the name of the western union telegraph co by which now nearly every little town in the united states and territories can be reached by telegraph without transferring to any other companies lines this is not the case with the atlantic and pacific co they cannot reach montana idaho oregon kansas and but few places in california and the wires in new york city connecting with the cables are in the western union cos gos building add to this the new company do not come with a lower tariff rate and again the western union are paying higher wages walles and therefore have a better class of 0 operators orators and are doing a strictly commercial business with no railroad business to interfere with them and have everything thoroughly organized and in good working order and generally ve give satisfaction ta their patrons I 1 do 0 not see that the public have any additional advantage by the deseret co connecting with railroad companies at ogden respectfully M manager W U telegraph office FRANCE AND PRUSSIA IP IF there is anything more remarkable than the suddenness with which war broke out between france and prussia it is the celerity with which the armies of the two nations were pushed to the rhine the probable scene of the beginning of hostilities both nations are renowned for their quickness of movement for superb military organization and for great military resources france was determined that prussia should not get the start and it is said that three days after the declaration 0 of f war was made france had soldiers on her frontiers opinions vary as to which power will be successful the general sympathy in this country thus far leans towards prussia but there are not wanting those who think that france will be victor vietor victorious lous ious they assert her population and navy are larger than those of prussia her military resources and wealth ar are e greater and what is very important her people have greater homogeneity of feelen feeling a and nd they have been in the habit y of w whipping h dipping the prussians shins shuns if lord aberdee Aber deens ens opinion of france uttered in the british parliament on the eve of the Seba sebastopol sevastopol campaign I 1 be true of france today to day then the frien friends ds of that power and those who predict that she will be successful in the pending struggle have good grounds on 0 n which to base their hopes in h his ls opinion he said I 1 france was a power greater than bot hot both h russia and austria combined modem history be he said has twice proved that it has required in the times of louis the XIV and of napoleon a coalition of all the powers in europe to stog stop stop the career of french ambition and even that was as necessarily united to the army and naval resources of this island great britain if this war is is pushed events will boon soon prove whether lord Aber deens estimate of the power of france in 1854 will hold good for 1870 the worst feature of this war so far as france is concerned is a the undue eagerness with which she has sought to enter into it all feel that the cause causo of war is too trivial and this will array against her the moral sentiment of europe and the world her course throughout this whole affair has been dictatorial and over oven overbearing learing and her language and demands have been of such ali ant arrogant character that it would be strange ifa if a power such buch as prussia estimates herself to be did not resent them the victor in this contest will without doubt obtain an addition of territory the desire of france to obtain possession of the provinces has baa not been disguised this Is the leai leal object of the war but sut there is a possibility of xia hta eoleon being defeated in which case he e who goes forth to shear may get shorn and france may possibly lose some portion of her fair domain there are provinces which she holds the people of which for the generations thab that they have been a part of france have never forgotten their german origin they speak the german tongue and their literature is german as well as french Wb whenever eneVer a collision occurs the fighting will be bloody everything that engineering skill could accomplish has been done by france and prussia to fortify every available point on their respective frontiers and their garrisons will defend them to the last extremity the soldiers of both armies are trained to the highest point of skill and they go into the contest like machines and will do the largest amount of killing in the shortest space of time according to the law of 1868 the french army is composed of the active army and the reserve the aggregate number of her land forces both active and reserve is asserted by some authorities to be about but others estimate her total available forces at only of which about iro tro iko form her active force the grand total of men in active service in the german army in 1868 was this number is taken from an official report published that year at berlin but these are the numbers of the army when on a peace footing in time of war the battalions are increased until according to the report a grand total of men is reached in carefully studying this subject we find it difficult to arrive at a correct estimate as to exact and comparative strength of the two armies authorities differ but enough is known to show that the two powers are not unequally mated and it is difficult to say upon which banner victory will perch we pity the poor wretches who will have to suffer and die in this contest of ambition of what benefit will it be to them whether france and prussia gain or lose territory the royal scoundrels who provoke wars should F be the ones to suffer sunner er by them but they are most careful of their precious persons there will bo be none of them killed unless it is by accident yet if the people had sense enough to govern themselves and to live at peace with one another it would be a great gain to mankind at large to hang bang up or otherwise remove out of the way these tyrants who to gratify their unholy ambition hurl armies upon one another to be mangled and butchered though hecatombs of men should be sacrificed and at the same time placidly and eloquently expatiate upon their valor and patriotism in dying for their coun country tryl TIKE THE AND their TER utah is the next prosperous and populous of our territories the number of inhabitants is estimated by the mor mons to be and salt lake city is credited with gentiles who have visited salt lake think the estimates not far wrong A state would have been organized ten years ago if congress had not feared that the result would be the legalization of polygamy and the introduction with it of troubles that might not be cured for many cecen several states are now depre sent bent edbin edrin the united states senate with a smaller smallen population than that of utah A church with devoted adherents was needed to tie people down to the basin of bait salt lake the landscape was bare timber remote water scanty the climate severely cold in winter and all access to navigable tide water and to the main centres bentres of population and trade very costly brigham young selected this un promising place for the seat beat of his new zion audbor and for fon a quarter of a century he and his people have been faithful to each other and to the desert valley which they have filled with thrift and prosperity some travelers have said that the mormon capital is the prettiest town in the united states and all admit that it does great credit to the people who have built it the mormon community is filled with the spirit of confidence and coop co op aeration era tion if a neighbor needs beli beil b elp he has haa no difficulty in la getting it if the public interest requires that anything should be done and there is A delay about beginning the wor won work k the church authorities select men to begin it and they obey orders settlements are established and abandoned roads are opened factories are built and trading exp eap expeditions editions sent out by the direction of bis big bishops ops aps elders and other ecclesiastical functionaries function aries there is a mutual helpfulness that is not found in any other community of equal size it has been part of brighams Brig hams policy from the first to make his community as independent industrially of the gentiles as possible and for that purpose he las has has encourage encouraged ed home manufactures and discouraged the importation of costly and useless luxuries the women have been accustomed to dress in plain cottons cotton sand and woollens plainly made and though they have evidently not heard from paris for years their gowns are quite as comfortable as those worn by the most obsequious imitators of eugenie eugenic one of theli then productions of salt lake valley was leather and its title of valley tan given to everything else of home production was sufficient to command the favor of every mormon we say every mormon for although there were malcontents among them yet taking them as a class they were harmonious in their government and business beyond all example frequently quent ly they moved as though their temporal welfare and eternal salvation depended upon implicit obedience to their ecclesiastical authorities and those again acted with a similar unanimity churches families social clubs old and lifelong life long friends separated on account of slavery secession and minor points of politics and questions of personal gain or advancement but the mormon leaders were of one mind ind if they have any wire pulling and they keep them secret the mormons cormons include a great number of skillful mechanics they have cotton and woollen factories andraw and grist mills and they can now produce nearly every everything thing that can be made in any part of the united states the construction of the railroad has reduced the price of many of the articles with which they supplied the miners of idaho and montana two years ago and they are compelled to seek for oon new industries one of these is blik silk and they have so far succeeded very well in cultivating tiva ting the mulberry and rearing the silkworm they will have about 11 cocoons this year and the main object of john W youngs late trip to our state was to visit our cocoon eries erles and see what information he could get that would be of value to the silk grow ers era of salt L lake ake with such all an industrial spirit as the mormons cormons have they must prosper the future of utah depends to some extent upon polygamy the mormons cormons should pass a bill through their territorial legislature forbidding polygamous marriages for the future and they should get a new revelation or adopt a rule of the church that the time has come when all marriages must be monogamous og amous it is far better that they should do this than that somebody should do it for them if they do it they can use the form that suits them best if they refuse the form may be the one that will suit them least by prohibiting polygamy for the future they will disarm their most dangerous enemies and probably put an end to an agitation that would otherwise continue for a long time and often cause alarm As for past polygamous marriages it is probable that more harm than good would come from disturbing them so long as the social evil prevails extensively in washington it would be unbecoming ing in government to make war on the mormons cormons for polygamous marriages contracted in the past many of them at a time when there was no law to prohibit them the entire pacific slope is interested in the peace and prosperity of the mor mons in the removal of all causes of quarrel between them and the christians of the nation and in the admission of their territory as a state of the union upon n terms that will secure the preservation of good feeling protect the principles of our most enlightened society and foster fosten the development of the resources of the western slope of our continent alta california |