Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-16
Utah.

We have received a flle OF The Oeserf
Ners to July 80. The Saints are suffering
from drought, insects, and the prospects Of
famine; but they have had one or two jol-
ly celebrations, of which we find an ac-
count as follows: a
PRosPEcTs-In addition to the drought
and destruction by insects last season, to
the severity of the Winter, and subsequent
heavy loss of stock, and to the destitution
we are still suffering, the long g-eontinued
dry weather, the scant supply Of walter at
command for irrigation, the entire destrue-
ton of crops by grasshoppers in Cache
County, and the like destruction in por-
tions of Box Elder and Utah Counties,
the general ravages of tobacco and other
worms upon potatoes and corn, and the
parching of whole fields Of grain before
the heads are filled, are far from promising
surplus of food for the Saints now here
and the thousands already on their way to
the mountains. s.5i.., 81.
Strong faith in the wisdom of the prov
licences of the Almighty, great skill, strict
obedience to the commandments of the
Lord and the counsels of his servants the
most rigid economy and untiring well-di-
rec.ed industry, may enable US to escape
starvation until harvest in 1857. But
those who have not the above-named es-
sential qualifications, and who do not in
tend to strive for them, will be apt to have
their feelings sorely chafed and their stom-
achs severely pinched, ere plenty again
gladdens our quiet homes.
And until the lapse of at least another
year, emigrants and others will fail in their
dependence upon Utah for sustenance, and
will run great risk of starving unless they
bring their supplies with them, and that,
too, not in gold, silver and merchandise,
with view to exchange advantageously,
but in such an amount of provisions as
they may need until August, 1857, and for
how much longer We are not informed.
FOURTH OF JULY.-The 4th of July
was enthusiastically celebrated in this city,
as may be readily inferred by reading the
reported proceedings printed in this num-
Der. So far as We can learn, such has
been the case throughout the numerous
cities and settlements in Utah. ........t
But the patriotism manifested was not
the only cheering feature, for amid the as
sembled thousands not blasphemous nor
foul expression, not single quarrel or slight
jar, nor even an intoxicated person, mared
the joyous harmony Of our commemoration
of the memorable day of '76. as
His Excellency Governor Young deliy-
cred an Grafton, from which we take one
or two paragraphs: ,a
"Let it ever be remembered that ours is
a government long cherished as an asylum
for the oppressed, 10 whose borders were
invited the poor and down-trodden races
from every nation, from under every cline.
Here they could bask in the sunshine of
liberty and be protected in their natural
rights. The broad prairies and uncultiva-
ted wilds beckoned them to come and in
habit and draw sustenance from her pro-
life bosom.
"Painful indeed is the reflection that,
while nature vet smiles and showers her
bounties upon domain SO favored and ex-
tensive, while vet it has the sun, the rain,
the dew, to gladden., warm, nourish and in
vigorate, while yet vast solitudes yearn for
the peaceful hand of civilized cultivation,
while the nations canvas whitens every
sea, and high Heaven smiles upon her rap
id progress still onward IN upward to o
destiny yet unfnlflled, to greatness and
power unknown, save to that Supreme Be-
ing who sits enthroned in yonder heavens
IA nation in the enjoyment of all these
and thousand other blessings, blest with
Liberty and full fruition of the benefits
arising therefrom, with Republican form
of government which has come down to
US an invaluable legacy, sealed with the
blood of our fathers, cemented by thou
sands of tender recollections and endeared
by the ties of kindred and the yet green
graves of an honored and patriotic ances-
try around us, whose counsels and exam
pies are still fresh in our memories should
so soon forget to be brethren of one grand
confederacy and seek to spill each others
blood. l.E
"How long, suppose ye, will the Great
Ruler of our destiny hold the nation in the
hollow of his hand, while the crimson gore
of unnatural and fratricidal butchery floods
the land and arises in smoking incense,
most damning testimony against it p
Where shall we look, in this our day, for
the great and ennobling deeds of deathless
fame which, in times past, have adorned the
pathway of our illustrious siresl Not in
the West, where the Spaniard, the Chilian,
the Chinaman and the Indian may be shot
down like the prowling wolves, and where
murder at high noon comes unbiddcn,
though not an unwelcome guest. Not in
Kansas, where should -be-brethren arc has
tening to cut each others throats; nor yet
in Missouri, where cloven-footed and hy-
dra-headed mobocmcy held her fearful or
gies. Let the diminished greatness of her
thirty years leader, expounder and expon-
ent be lesson to her would-be-great men
not to follow in footsteps that fall so low;
not to exc rcise an influence to destroy the
innocent, nor lend powerful aid to screen
the guilty who break, abrogate and set at
defiance all law and order, with a view to
carry out their wicked, selfish and disloyal
purposes. Not in Washington, where the
blud geon, the deadly missile and revolver
disgrace the hands of so-called honorable
members, not only of the more popular
branch, but also of that high, grave and
dignifed body, the Senate of the United
States. Not where sordid ambition, po-
litical knavery, swindling and government
al stockjobbing have grown gray in service,
and wbere the cesspooI of political pollu