| Show MASS meering MEETING AT heben HEBER CITY HEBER heben CITY wasatch Ya satch county may ad 1885 1883 edlor E edior deseret mems wems at 2 pw of the 21 lust the people of meeting anis region convened in mass meeting la in the heher hehen hall which was densely crowded oil on motion TS T S watson was called to the chair ap andt dt P potts was elected secretary with A wooten wootan as vice chairman and samuel wing wip assistant secretary s ecret ary after alter prayer by the ilon hon john henry smith the chairman in a brief speech stated the object of the meeting and ana read the greeting from the committee the vice chairman then read the petition to the president and people of the united states after which chich d a motion was made and seconded to adopt the same tile the hon john H smith being called upon for a speech said there ther ewas was a time in history when men had nod not the right of a petition i tion in the watce way vc now have Y he id icat fell felt t proud of bein being an american citizen the blood that tilt coursed through his veins was as old and loy loyal alas aias as any blodys in this country his bis f forefathers oie ore fathers having been among thie the first settler 4 of massachusetts lie he believed in universal liberty under the tile glorious constitution ution of the united states add arld while he was wit willing 1111 illi 1 4 to accord to to others the utmost freedom consistent with ith good order he claimed the right to worship god dod according tu to the dictates of his own conscience lie he believed in a govern beut ment of the people eople bythe by the people eo le and for the people fe alid arad looked for lor the t b time to come conic when wilen we as well as other religious de denominations Dominations would be a accorded ld ohr our rights dr glanville was called on for a speech and responded in a short but splendid effort ile het said the mor mons as well as the methodists had the right of petition ln in order to gain a redress of grievances lie he was a yankee to tile the backbone back bome had fought to preserve our glorious government and constitution and wished to see e every eveny e man have his rights the mor mormons cormons mons ons I 1 had chad treated him well and so r 0 f far a r he e had found them a peaceable people PC le he le wished to live at peace w with I 1 th a ail all OF I 1 men en hon A hatch responded to the call for a speech in his most happy style ile he said being a native born citizen was a mere accident but those who came here voluntarily to make this their home ought to get a double portion of honor he felt feit proud to belong belon to a people peo pi L only 0 ll 11 1 y 2 oo 00 strong who wh could conict ma make k e s so 0 i much n uc h stir in the world ile lie lle lie loved this glorious country and its constitution and felt to honor the same saine he spoke of the petition n especially the section on plural marriage and in alluding to the arrests being made said if this thing goes ou on much further it will not be safe safo to keep a hired girl but we ave shall have to nil fill their places with the chairman said lie he had adopted this country as his hi own and felt like sustaining sustains inu inh and upholding its constitution and if flag t ag universal liberty is what wha t vc we jre are liming aiming timing for the question was then called and ahe petition peti ion lon was adopted unanimously the meeting was also enlivened with 0 occasional music by the band and patriotic songs by the choir and others the meeting was dismissed by liy vice chairman wooten T P POTTS SM |
