Show TIM TAB approaching FOURTH IT will be observed by a statement published elsewhere to in this issue that a number ol of citizens are making an aa effort to work up a fourth of pauly celebration eb ration to in this city it we view the position correctly it i they anticipate that their labors will be crowned with large success they will be considerably disappointed for reasons that are apparent on the surface of things it IS is unnecessary to dig deep in order tv to discover them 1 speaking of the great majority ol of th people of this city and territory amro is no n community in this republic who entertain greater reverence lor tile mighty and patriotic accomplished complis hed by the bathen oi of the nation they were mantei spirl spirit 40 divinely inspired in a large degree tor the purpose of 0 founding a ment under which it is possible lor for as all men to possess and endaz their inalienable rights the of thai eise enemies rubs tty ow the contrary notwithstanding a more mor loyal people to the genuine leewu bione tione of the country than the majority of utah is not to be b found and when they were in possession of their natural rights under the truly american system of rule none were more ready to enter into thor the celebration of the anniversary of the nations birthday with spirit thorough ness and enthusiasm in bygone day such seasons of rejoicing were as corn com plemely and heartily recognized as te any part of the union anz of f late years a change has come over ever the face of affairs those same peo people ale have to a large extent been deprived of their rights liberties and privileges vileM and have been to their immense disadvantage treated unequally under theo law these wrongs have been pro deuced by the machinations of a knot of political conspirators who are the enemies of those institutions for fortar ther I 1 establishment of which the lathers fathers struggled fought bled and died the wrongs under which the colonists groaned and which caused them theft to revolt were largely similar to those which of late years have been I 1 imposed I 1 0 posea upon the latter day saints W we 8 aw assured that many of the people feel a deep degree of regret that the principles of human liberty established by the founders of the nation have been disregarded in tike the treatment they have received and thu this sorrowful sentiment is a bar to their entering wholeheartedly whole heartedly into the eel cat eb ration of the birth of that tree freedom doMs the full enjoyment of whick which is to una denied cheatta um rou OU bye d ow of freedom sheds its genial influence over aver the vales of utah and when the power ol of the gulf seeker who arounes tic the sacred name of liberty by wh bo outing it witti his mouth while there Is not a spark of it its s light la in his heart has departed then shen shall the old time celebration enthusiasm return the mountains and valleys will an ring as in bygone years with the shout 0 of rejoicing over tae tie memory of the noble boil work performed by the meo men who were instruments in in the hands of providence in establishing the best aest human govern ment that ever existed in the whole history of man |