Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-02-16
Sir, he was reared amidst the great American

vA1xatiOn, was taught In nsr scnoolsi
the maternal hand that rocked his infantile
cradle was daughter Of libe.ty, and his sire
was among those sons OF freedom whose stall
wart arms welded the swords of the Revolution.
The Constitution our Republican Institutions,
and the principles Of equal rights have ever been
his pride and themes of vindication. The
germs Of republicanism were sown il his breast
when boy, and they were lodged in good soil
for in the days of his maturity and manly
strength the fruits Of philanthropy and patriot
ism have marked bis CO rse He is an Amer
I fcs- pstfTor, one or her abiest, boldest, and
most successful propagater. Of freedom, and
still you charge him with intentions Of disloy-
atty and alude to the dangers that may result
| to him and his compatriots Of Utah from soon
tact with the outside civilization" the "conse-
quences" of which, you say ''they must abide"
Sir, your very prolific and imaginative mind
must have been wonderfully tortured in tn
contemplation of the caIamitous and annhila-
ting consequences attendant upon such co..
lision! IT, by the term ''outside ciyilizat;on,'
von mean that kind which was eyhi hibitei by the
State Of Missouri in the expulsion Of hundreds
of freemen from their homes in the dead of
winter to seek an asylum in sister State-in-
generating some within her prisons and m g.
sacreing many others or if you allude to that
scivilizaton" that MIR tered the Smiths while
in the Carthage jail-thas took the lives OF many
more, and finally disfranchised thousands and
! ,xiled them from the protection of their country
~. ~ IN ann yxt (
beasts and Indians if it was this, then the &C.
centric ghts of your br lliant imaginatior
! must have revelIed most g!oriously amidst the
triumphs Of mobocracy, violence, rapine and
| determination, administered by your boasted
.outside civilization" upon the poor "Mor
monites'l Most wonderful Mr.. Graham OF the
Saturday Evening shlail." How wofally do
YOU plunge down from the sublime and pleas
ant heights Of literature, where the fountains Of
human kindness ,iistill its kindly waters to sooth
and melt away the cold ice or insensibillty
Upon YOUR piles Of didactic Lore, that radiate
the powers of genius and intellectual thought,
Won turn vour back and, with sword and fagot
IN hand. take bold and daring step into barbar-
ism and intoler-nce. You pursue this perse-
cuted people to their new home IN far OH
ill, .,,rness and have the affrontary to call them
u.o-.,os d fanatics" and tell them to 'pack
ond no - i,,ok for another blessed wilder
.u,o,. f~o.. H.. 'tiss at men " If thA'' '''"i %
ssttili continue 10 worship God according 70 the
dictates of their conscience. 10, anG behold
"emigration will soon overflow tbs Salt Lake
Valley" and society there will be pu'Eed OF
4 practices, "as the muddy character or a
49,, = changed after stream has been made to
r. a. Ugh itn Glad to hear such a host of
a,,.a,n,.r nd virtuous people are SO soon to
ho,rL.n - III. invitations Of the poor Nor
Mons - como and ettle with them IN those fer
tile yal,ies. Hope those who have moooed'
robbed, plundered, mur deTed their oFe'hsfen
and driven them from ia. homes wont
think themselves called upon t. go there
Third. "If these wandering vagat 70 IDS shouln
pitch on some favo able bottom land, AZ" dy dp-
srcnty, from the be ien tracks of our P. o'eelS,
ten to one, Col. Benton's Railway would eotie
thun dering through it some hne morning, anu
scatte.~ their camp once more"
This cont .Ins still more of the peculiar aims OF
Ar Graham 5 outside civiization.' Iu the first
nlace ,hey are called wandering vagaboncs-
Varabonds, indeed Do you mean by Urls
that they are idIers, a shiftiess collection OF
i,;,arants. without any visible means of sup
no-t2 Ifso. let vonr Imagination soar 10
,hosa ruoped height, that rear their sammits OF
So, snoxv above the vallies OF Utah, team
inp with their thousands of iuhao1ants' fhere
Won will over ,'ook all the pursuits oil (h0l 0ai-
.id,,,l civilization moving bri'kly forward )
cities sprlnging up As if by magic farms open
ing on every hand agriculture fouFlshi"s'
the earth yields her treasures o. focN
polishing hand of skill plies tn N 'nto IA 80
and Temples which viii be among thi "0
ders of the world; the hum of Mo ac'u'
floats on the breeze, the mountain torrent leap'
the rugged precipice and turns the whee.' u
machinary at the base;-and amidst 1t all Is IT,
prayers OF thankfulness, the songs OF glad
ness. the voice of melody, and the rejoicings
that aow out from gladstone hearts towards
tho rivor of every good A rev years sihce aii
thare was de.olation. VINO has wrought the
mighty changer WAC penettated the via re-
gions thousand miles away from 'he eiIie'
of mel" and have brought al! this 70 pass
amidst the Rockey Mountains2 Alas, who,
hut MIR, Graham's Mormonite wandering rdyd-
bonds. They are forming there an 'assde CIV
il zetion that will become the very core and
soul of rational liberty, the nucless OF free
dom, that will endure the test of republican
ism. and survive the conflicts which ''outside"
propogandists Of civilization may seek to bring
to pass by the aid of christian gentleman and
aBenton's Railway" vagabonds9 have they
not fur1i she'd the thousands of weary emigranss
with aour, pork. grain, and vegetables have
they not given them shelter and rest 2 have they
NOT shown them k,sdnsss and sympathy and
helped them on their way through the ruess rugged
passes and barren wastes towards the regions OF
~ sfn in ho d.