| Show our country bontemp contemporaries odaries or aries arles utah co county anty times mar 6 notwithstanding the inclemency i of the weather the court house was well filled on thursday evening by our bur citizens to see and hear the governor his excellency ente entered red the room accompanied hy by mayor A 0 smout and the com eom committee cittee of reception who escor escorted escortel teI tel him to a seat oh the stand after music by the provo brass band J B milner esq iu in a few appropriate remarks introduced his excellency arose and said I 1 am gratified that I 1 have the opportunity of behig introduced to se so manyo many of the citizens citizen of this territory to ry for when persons meet together ge ther then and see each other and take each the hand and look into each others faces it might ought to make us more careful and unite us closer together in the bonds of brotherhood the I 1 always alway a feel a renewed desire in my heart when I 1 look into the thel faces dan of kan an intelligent people to be very careful not to door do or hayany say anything that would deprive them of any rights as american amerlean citizens I 1 am here only for the he purpose of being your governor that js is if you the people will let me govern you yoa and the only delre desire I 1 hav have e Is is to do the people good and simply perform the duties titles of my position and all I 1 can hope to do in that capacity is to do the best beat I 1 can in my career my ancestors before llenore me for a good many generations wre citizens hs of the united states long before the revolutionary war aiudi and I 1 llave bave the ImI impression on my mind that the citizens of this territory will not tarnish the fair name of our country and knowing the fact that there are forty millions of people jn these united states we ought to have a common bommon i interest anabe and be as brethren for we are bound and connected together by upwards of or seventy thousand miles of railroad and tele emph graph communication all the states slates tates lates have the common law and are governed by law and we have the same law for our protection and it is of the utmost importance stat the laws of bf the united states statis s should hould be respected and obeyed the united stated eg government go verns all the states and territories yet each stati and territory are fre free to govern covern themselves the whale people therefore ought to be bound and alid cemented byone by one common thought for invy in lion ilon there is gart great power powei alid and strength I 1 th that t t heg is a power that is greater more powerful and far superior 6 1 ion lon 1 to that of congress Con kress iress or of supreme 9 u p court of the united states an and that is founded in the peopled people it Is to with the people alone I 1 that we have to deal the necessity of education is also alpo very important and it makes make very e little difference whether we w receive re C v e it in our ro strums froni from the pulpit pulp tora bora ordress or press it was said by jefferson of old that there was no ijo actual danger as long as truth could combat with eidor error and in the language of the poet truth crushed to earth would rise again immigrants in moving and traveling from one country countr y to another do not lose their intelligence and und you who have traveled and located in these moun mountains thins came here to be independent and to choose your own ways and to worship the lord i according to the dictates of your ybur own consciences tile the people who are raised in id a mountainous coun doun i tr try are not a 6 people that will ever submit quietly to injustice and tyr tj rany how much of health you sou as a people enjoy and have an nhun chun ahun dance of everything good houses and they all ail seem to be full ald abd hd how little pauperism you have in your midst you are a people of necessity you tou delre desire peace and seek for pence peace and live in id peato peate with all people and in the language of him who as never man spoke when he ife was i reviled hei he reviled revl letl not again so have you in like manner all I 1 can bay eay is that it is the surest way to happiness and success the iron coal and the precious minerals with which which you are surrounded will in time bea be a source sourm of wealth to the territory ambition and the highest ambition every man ought to have is to establish a beautiful home and adorn it aad make for himself a home of comfort and happiness full of kindness and refinement As citizens of the united states and of the great greab ite public you have this all offered to you xou duet duct OU free simply for your good conduct I 1 thank you for this opportunity of meeting with you and aud I 1 will endeavor as your you r governor to the best of my abili administer the law in justice and equity applause at the conclusion of the governors remarks the provo brass band dl discoursed scour sed some excellent musie music his honor judge emerson and mayor A 0 smoot were called for and made a few pertinent remarks and after music by the band the governor was introduced to two hundred ladies and gentlemen of the thie audience |
