Show ile the disturbance in utah after he had sent an army to quell it and it had been found there was none except what had been made by themselves let bygones bys lones ronea be b bygones tie 11 and come back to utah to the place lace sought out 11 a city not forsaken to those who feign felin to think that we have been planted fed or nourished either by the bounty of the government or otherwise this people can say in the language langua gd of the celebrated colonel barre thay they fled from your persecution and they grew grow by your neglect these pioneers somei some of whom are here boday loday today to day while others are scattered tard through ubil the tho different settlements still represent the people called latter day saints who whatever hat ever evec mae may ma take place plate in the near or extended future be it distinctly under stood have been and still are the people of utah territory salt sait lake city I 1 is not the only city and settlement which haa baa been built that is not the only settlement which has been formed here laere is bogde ogden n and over yonder ia Is and brigham brne Brie ham and then the great settle ments mente 61 cache arid and bear lake raue and extending south of miles away are stgeorge and Xana kans and all the intermediate towns cities and settlements numbering a hundred ad and more organized and built up by these people called mor mons and in all these places they have law a s government good order sobriety schoos for the education of their children for be it known that this people have children hosts hosta of them and they try to take care of and educate them and in all of this labor in extending these settlements in these distant vales Tales which until antil so penetrated by thebe people were marked on all the maps and school geographies as unexplored regions up to the present time not one acre of landaas land has been made available Q or one dollar been kiven given for school purposes no robbed plundered and driven into a sc barren remote region where no one had ever raised an ah ear of corn a potato potatoe pot atoe atoo 6 or peck of grain in orbell or believed eved that it could be done we ravo bave have lad had had to 0 struggle unaided by all but our creator for an existence until we have reclaimed the desert made it as fruitful as a garden built dwellings laid out cities which are jhb admiration of every Ti visitor and peopled the wild wilderness einesS ai and id made it glad giad the pre presence sence senco of df civilized man 9 the labored labor laboz we wd have herfor performed in ed ia Is bb before the world and cannot be gainsayer gain sayed in n settling this Terr territory lory lony and organizing realized the poets ideal of a grea great tand and prosperous community I 1 where spades grow bright and idle words erow grow dan daU where J jali jall scare stare empty and where barns A are fall 11 where church paths are with frequent feet out ont warn 1 law law LAV courtyards court yards yarda weedy silent and forlorn where cherer doctors doctor foot it and where farmers re ride where age icae and youth la is multi piled plied I 1 i where these signa are tuey they clearly indicate A happy people and anda a wen weil governed state in ole oue er locati tiei I 1 os N far a r more favored by natural laci facilities litie I 1 for settlement than this there used to be given a per consales on sales ot of public lands fora school fund other ter less jeas than half the population of thi shave viva been bel bea ed into ag states with subsidies of land aud and money appropriations alp in addition to the school sections wh velch icil coard ouid not be made avalia ble uniti 10 admitted ol 01 itta in oregon a country far superior in many respects to this batt haTT ha vin vib ngan g n abueda of timber seasonable rains and water communication and other advantages settlers were granted acres of land as an inducement to go there and settle but no such stith favor navor can be extended to utah not a voice sufficiently potent can be raised to looden the unconstitutional and unmanly exercise of authority by those who wh at present hold the tho grip gri le of or power yet we can say to them an we do your youn r bounty norbet nor your youe sampat sympathy PY it when the bounty might h have a ve bre bon bantan atar atan ian tan I 1 ass and t a sympathy grateful and chee ebee cheering rin t to us we received vw eteen neither but though these have ha been withheld there are hights rights which we desire and claim we live hl iff hla a government which T rn itra kli oil ifa etso etsa ablo able rights of ilfe life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and the fhe rights of conscience the tight fight to worship god according to the dictates tf their own consciences these rights we claim and have no fears feairs of any ring party or power bein belt being 9 able long to withhold them thein from us tig neither of much longer being able to withhold from us the of arate government the ight right to choose our own rulers governors judges Secret atles axles marshals Sheriff boners justices of the peace constables we claim these aa as rights whua which underlie the vely tel very 7 base of republican institutions under which officers hold bold their office and govern by the consent of the governed and where power emanates from the people what constitutes a state m 0 0 5 IL meli mell high mindell men jr ff t h j with pow e eraas rs nunu nunn ati e d in I 1 forest t brake or den aa As beats bea ts acel excel cold and brambles rude men mon who their duties know linow bug bat know their rights anu ana knowing dare maintain prevent tile tiie lonz loing alma atma blow and crus crua crush a the tyrant while they r end rend the chain these coniti constitute tute a state we say further farther to them we are not riot your voluntary hewers of wood and drawers ol 01 water olater we did not bring with mith us your earrings and ornaments of gold and of of silver we left our property in the bands of our enemies and do not propose to bow down to any golden goiden calf that you may bring i forth nor make obeisance to any gesters gos lers cap pap that you vou may see fit to hang on a pole but bat brought with us our holy religion our liberty the glorious constitution of our pou country our intelligence embe embodying dying a superior civilization and we propose to keep them nestling nest yest ling in the bosom of the wasatch Ya satch range la Is a high peak nearly over the sum mait tait of which the pioneers trail passed A few w steps to the right of the road brings bridgi he traveler to the top fop of the mountain where here hene by looking in a southwesterly direction toc tec tion down through a kanyan or gorge in the mountains can he be seen a portion of the valley of salt lake a a point about six miles south of the city exten extending din diu g nearly boross across the valley and taking in a view of the aquirre mountains on the opposite ride side in jd i he neighborhood of Bing bangham liam llam Kany kanyon I 1 bep vea I 1 rome reme remember being wing invited tol tor take a i ra e of the valley by president brigham h a n avab young ung ili iii whose organized organised hed sed company in n the year ear 1848 1 first travelled to this country I 1 shall shall not undertake to la depict the many emotions which pervaded opt full heart while thus viewing the near noar termination mi of thelong the long iong and wearisome jour ney the anticipated loys joys of M meeting doting with long iong separated friends the hopes hores ture the fears of the future which arose hrose and agitated 0 the human breast in after years many a weary pilgrim halted baited there a brief moment to rest his tired limbs after walking up the steep ascent inor ifor in id those days we all walked up and down the tho steep declivities through and aad over the rough places and aud deep sandy roads in order to lighte lighten uthe the burd bura burden burdon onor enof 0 our suil suit more weary teams you can belfer beuer imagine a ine lne ino than I 1 can describe how the dirst first gleam of that long looked for premised rest would stir ther them the inmost soul awaken rapid thought and evoke overflowing sensations and beelin feelings pardon the digre digression ston slon I 1 must no longer linger here the traveler does nat pass pas this lower lowen passes and easier grades have been found labor long patient and enduring labor that talisman which works such mighty wonders has wrought its changes dere here aud and i roads oafs ha have ye been cap strutted ted over those easier grades and down those choso rugged kenyons which at were deemed wholly impracticable we propose to still travel these roads which we have made over those lower passe passes sand and down those easier grades and the they y are for all to travel thereon Who vrho choose to do so upon tipon the same and equal terms but no one must be allowed to break up the bridges or jostle josile tia tta off over the banks As mith the roads so with the laws organizations and imd regulations of our territory if they n need eed changing to suit greater developments or different circumstances or issues or a bet better way be found there is a legitimate way of establishing it through the channel of the legislative assembly of bf the territory which will meet at the appointed d time and patiently bear and act upon all the grievances that may be present presented dd before it let liet us not be too hasiy hasty to condemn thelridge the bridge that has carried us safely over the roaring stream would it not be better wiser and far more proper not to set aside the lawa laws or break up ahe the he organizations and aud regulations of the territory until others are legitimately adopted to take their placed let not the executive adjudicate nor the judi judiciary clar ciar y legislate it is Is I 1 not their proper function and is subversive of the fundamental principles upon which our government ia Is based say not to toi the land pirates locate your pre emp tion rights homesteads aud and chippeway chip ocrie crip on the public grounds of our oun town sites and cities nor within our enclosed pastures and meadows or upon lands made valuable by our labor nor defend them therein extend not your unwarrantable ran nan talle table protection over law defying whisky sk y sellers neither traduce OT or the eople people over whom you have been appo appointed anted to preside do not instigate dexa vexatious ti ous I 1 law aw suits make no arrests for buncombe neither illegally imprison loyal loyat citizens in military prisons require ball bail deny the writ of habeas corpus noc nor or expect men maliciously charged wit with crime to run into your jour legal clutches eager to be tried by your packed jurl juri junies juries es and do not endeavor to stir up strife by malignant and false representations between the people of this territory an and a the general government the science bf law is claimed to have attained to the height of human perfection excuse us gentlemen if we do not run shouting through the streets swinging our hats bats in a wild delirium of joy and do not bow down and worship at the shrine of such human perfection aa as this it is a fact which I 1 do not wish to ignore that not a single man who professes be a latter day saint holds dlf ali an office of profit and trust rust which is in id the tho gift of the federal government in ire this territory not eten eyen land office and revenue clercia cle cie riia risa riss for as soon aa as a post office becomes remunerative tho we postmaster if he be bd at removed rat mat what a volume there is in this brief statements the people p le who have bave made maae the territory all that it is i whose presence makes the offices that are to ao be filled necess necessary arry arly arel are not one of ithem teem mole gele selected eted to fill toe least position to which profit Is attached and not satisfied witt with lils this there are aie greedy co oo who are clamorous tol to fill every office cwi within t h 1 the kift gift anh of the aie oie people 0 ogas ajas as wel wei thee are t those who arrogate to themselves al the intelligence loyalty liberty and political power in the territory who keep leep a debased and unscrupulous organ for lying who prate about morality a bolier holier than hou thou sort of people and drink a great bhare share har bar of t the a whisky endeavor to give tone tono lion ilon IQ public sentiment abroad and anfor information thoa thos a to visitors at home borne one of or thoan thoon w legal luminaries who hasso has so astonished our benighted land by his stupid rulings who why h has never contributed by thought word br be deed aeed or bi the expenditure of adney money or bt labor asino asing a single to iota to the building gli dip up or oe the benefit af the country hw had the i in pu dencell dence ln my presence to ask a company of gentlemen kelt gelt lemen lomen strangers how how bow do you yon like our pity our city indeed I 1 it re in minded indek me of a report made by some fudges judges who went back bacr from utah to washington some sonie twenty yeara ago and announced to the government that upon their arrival ri valin in ettah utah they found that the jhb people there were mostly mormons cormons Mor mons 11 the Tho country 1 undoubtedly felt under infinite obligations aly n s to yo thern for the information b but hut ut as I 1 lu a cid clel land and correct as was that statement there are those who do not appear to have learned it they ibey do dp not know or if they do they choose to ignore ignore tfx the fact ili ill that thai at the toiling masses of ot the people and real alze ns who have labored and are selu 1 labor lag exploring improving and ind up tip the territory are mostly mormons Mormon Mor mons sr and e take the privilege of telling them of it again spain wise wid politician ambitious to serve their thein should bya bys fir fin impartial honorable and just administration of pub jia ji affair seek win 4 the votes of the the people instead of pt trying to disfranchise th them pm ilen ilea genf f large expectations who accept I 1 a p 9 as wj stepping stopping stones tomps who abo mure mire visions of t n an perhaps aspirations floating bough hough their bracik brains should seik seiw seek to gain the confidence of we the people of the communities in which they live uve and pro prove veto to them that they are their friends and not nol their thein enemies the pioneers the old citizens of 0 this territory though mostly mormons cormons Mor mons 1 1 1 are notwithstanding loyal citizens of the I 1 united states and claim the right to live beneath the broad folds of its upon an equality with its other citizens we asic asil no more we ina lna may max imph eluh and say of the consideration i to w which ich we are and should boe be bee entitled in consequence of our enterprise energy perseverance and untiring industry in reclaiming this desert land we ask no more than tha the common rights rightfully belonging to the common people of our common country and these we expect to get and to forever hold and enjoy after music and singing col david mckenzie Mc Kenzle kenzie igia read the following address prepared for the occasion by miss misa eliza B R snow LATTER DAY SAINT LADIES OF utaji the day we celebrate is a very important one important not only to the latter day saints as a people but also highly important to all the nations of the earth the arrival of the pioneers in these valleys Is an event which history will repeat wt with emphasis to all succeeding genera lions eions it formed the starting point th the commencement of a delightful oasis in the desert wilds of north america of establishing a midway settlement between eastern and western civilization a connecting overland link betwee between ri the rich agricultural products ot of the atlantic and the undeveloped mineral treasures treasurer res of the pacific |