| Show M our TR prosperity WHO WITO HAVE WE TO THANK FOB for IT the great bulk of the people who have settled and inhabit this territory did not come here to hunt gold and silver nor for the purpose of amassing wealth this we wish clearly understood an and d borne in mind they came here to serve god because the prejudices prejudice and evil passions of wicked men sought to rob them of that inalienable right eis eib elsewhere that god has blessed them with an abend abundance ance anee and is blessing them with a continued increase what they did not come here ex expressly pressly to seek they have obtained what they q came ame here to obtain they now also aiso enjoy T here there are a 0 fe few however horev r who came here with a different motive they came to worship a god of oi another kind a yellow deity that occasionally appears under another guise and is worshipped wor shipped in the form of a 1 I balek baLck 1 l ernest devotees green greenback they are not confining their devotions to any fra frament fragment 0 ment of the week but duly paying them during six ix days and planning on the seventh how they may be more devout in the future from these mountain valleys with unparalleled energy and industry all the wealth that is in this territory has been wrested it was not brought here the people obtained it neither as a gift nor as a loan all the money that has been circulated through the territory has been bought and paid for by the produce of the earth the fruits of th the e peoples industry under the blessing of god all the merchandise that has been brought here and become the property of the people has been paid for at a high rate in the same manner these are ibets facts that cannot be controvert ed we have had no aid nor assistance extended to us what we have we have hav e dug from the earth hewn from the mountains and gained b by the most unwearied industry and toil toll yet in the face of all this there are some who have the unblushing assurance to tell fell us that ahat our prosperity dates from their advent and that these same worshippers wor shippers of gold brought all the blessings we enjoy to our homes because such statements are rarely noticed the impudent assertions become stron stronger and it would not surprise us if some day we were to be told that these philanthropic souls had at t the risk of life liberty and happiness come out here and in a frightful wilderness had built up this city and surrounding settlements and gild when the houses were all put up the orchards planted and bearing the rooms car petted and the comforts which abound were ready to be enjoyed jo they had llad brought us here I 1 in a stage coaches luxuriously lined with heavy buffalo robes to protect us from cold eola and bruises to say all this would only I 1 be e a fitting appendix to what has been said figuratively speaking many of them seem like helping themselves with one hand in our pockets and stroking ing our faces with the other while they say bay ay silly people dont you see how we are filling your pockets and making you rich I 1 I 1 how kind good and philanthropic they are to come here in the midst of the horrible mormons cormons Mor mons with no other desire than to make us rich their own financial success is always an after consideration true they would not buy our gm grain I 1 n when it was high priced but the then n they only had an eye to our welfare they would purchase it now that IV is cheap but that Is only to relieve us of the trouble troubie of taking card care of our superabundance super abundance they are naturally anxious to supply us with mer chandeze chan dize not becaas e they care anything for our g grain rain or money oh no but bua simply pimply to serve servo and oblige us should we not be grateful yet somehow in this matter matten ingratitude si sits lightly upon us these remarks do not apply to all who are here seeking wealth but only to that portion who would fain mabeus make us believe that we owe our prosperity to them some of whom too are unea uneasy sy because they cannot obtain another kind of gratification still more transient but none the less sought after let the worshippers wor shippers of gain keep to their vocation if they so desire to do and let those who seek to serve god continue in righteousness we have no fears that the saints will not become come rich xich they who love truth practice virtue and work righteousness will become wealthy as fast as the lord sees ta they e are able to wisely use such blessings while they who seek w wealth eal eai th simply that they may possess it and lia ilae liae have e the power te to gratify their evil den del de sires shall perish with the god they 1 have hate bowed down before and adored |
