Show JUNE FIERST it was a long time after washington died before there dawned upon hla his countrymen such an appreciation of hla hirs achievements and his greatness as impelled them to signalize in an appropriate manor maner the anniversary of hla his birth the work and goodness of lincoln and the magnitude of what he accomplished in behalf of human liberty were more mor quickly recognized because enlightenment was more advanced and general at the close of the rebellion that at the finish of the american revolution june lot Is the anniversary of the advent among the children of men of a leading presiding genius whose works viewed in the light of results that have already flown from them entitle him to be classed among the greatest and most remarkable men of his age and as an time rolls on and his works are compared with those of washington and lincoln and the motives that actuated him are compared with the motives that impelled them it will be deemed no injustice to them to rank him with them the man here referred to la in blip balcham harn young not a man ot of his generation wail waa hated more cordially nor for leu less reason than he be not one was or made the object of as aa much slander as aa was waa he not one was so BO universally by alt all mankind except his followers taken to be so completely the very opposite of what hat he actually was conversely no man on earth was wa more loved and revered by those who truly understood him than was brigham young by the whom he led away from desperate bondage and murderous mur deMUs persecution to the heart of the desert which under his wonderful leadership became a fertile flold in connection with him is exemplified an extraordinary inconsistency in human nature during his lifetime which was waft extended to 46 ipe old age the world had abundant to look upon hla his waka and judge hla his menfus but in the light of what the world saw to demand its praise admiration and reverence for him li it condemned him without stint such was the measure meted to him while he lived tut but as mp eoon as he be was t dead mend men began to thinks talk and wrig differently of of him and ever since his death hla his belr ima his has bean growling until now how but twenty years haave passed evenly ther i is world 6 reversal of the worlds former opinion of him when at the jubilee last year a monument in honor of him and his associates was unveiled in this city the standard bearer of the great democratic party who had received almost halt half of the votes cast by the american people for the highest political office in the world hon W J bryan spoke in terms of of lavish and eloquent yet reverent praise of him great men are quick to comprehend greatness and so is a great nation and for this reason the leading minds of our courtry coultry cour try closely followed by the great mass of the american people are growing more willing year by year to concede to brigham young the place to which he is justly entitled as one of the master minds of his country and his age it is more than proper it is morally obligatory that his birthday should be remembered and that it should be appropriately celebrated |