The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-07-07

flbesty. II graceful triumPh eros net
e 49, n.ss isnd, shnil haliow taFih's polluted
Fl ~ bIsss die little spot a Utah known, !.
,vssts Dwell the dear ones u,at We ioNs e'''t
.l Osa md virtue rsign triamphant here,
4 49, ~ i,,lgstyy with its rewards appear y.
% 1880 lsvys and generous Ineasufes bless
MAl q, ~ N neoule in this wilderness;
f. ~ IL, V. ~ y, issY so forever be untrod
~ l1,s sIf II, their country and their God
I'M BEES tic nans who labering fer our.
NJ. IA ssfcfy 10 this solitude;
lea " foY, its rich. exhaustlcss store
hllays.t st blessings IMPLY on him pour,
E Y. nm long bis connsel 20 itnpaFt h
4 ~ ,,bat dwelis within bis Heart
y n,a bIess tie friends 81 Utah- long sliall
...,,b and deeds of our Fxerutvlf
~ ~ ,,,;n ant memories. his noble soul
,,..a;sinr sect 81 paft j mean control, If
4. XIV. sctsd Al a man, a patriot, wiz
whit and lis country honor has III view
1iod bless us AZ and may .se SILL elifaie,
,.sIr aetir our short part on life great stage
~. hsagts. united en- the truth 70 fix.
g..l snow t,ie noble spirit ii Seventy
Ts TON s,ie attyIne its grateful praise
], j. M 4snensIense gained those trying days;
49, -, tieir names who endured that day;
i,sa bless their noble work God bless Anne
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Firing of cannon and music by the
tUadrille Band. II I5is..
PROT! Orson Pratt then delivered the
t,lInwipr uxtcnporaTy address
81 rise, not for the purpose Of delivering
lengthy address before this assembly.
I AZ not claim to be an orator, d
1 ,tatesnian. or d politician, but / nm an
American citizen, IN common with youn IT.,
md j IN, proud Of the name. 9
#sI look back npon my ancestors rs
American citizens also, not only from the
foundation of this Republic. but from the
I frst settlement Of this country They
werc. among the Pilgrims that landed np-
o. our eastern shore seven generations
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I. We have listened 10 d very eloquent
address oil the rise Of the American nation,
on lie achievement 81 our national indie
pelidence, i, relation TO establishing the
great platform 81 American liberty viz:
the American Constituti ton. I. ..5
Much might be said upon euch Of these
topics. Much might be said III relation
to tie salTcrings endured 81 the colonies,
!. before they achieved their Independence;
much might lie said In relation 10 the bstt-
ties fought by oaT fathers To obtain that
liberty which they aud we their children
sajcy II is not my intention 10 dwell
upOa these subjects but | viii call your
attention, npon this occasion to some 81
the rights guaranteed TO us BY the Con-
stitntion Of onr country.
"A few years snficcd 10 demonstrate
the inadeqnacy Of the aAfticles Of Con.
4 federation 70 obEiate which the Consti.
tuition was established, comforting In
creased power npon the General Govern
uient That its power might be clearly
understood, Article x, of The ainend.
merits, was ratiGeE as fellows. Tie
powers not delegated 10 the United States
blythe consultation, nor prohibited by III
tottie states, are reserved ~ tire states
respectively or TO the people ii will
bepefceiyed that there areno prohibition
apou citizens outside the boundaries 81
States s.3 .s:.s5
Inthe Constitution we find certain rights
mud privileges guaranteed to- All, Ameri
can citizens, We there Hld certain
. powers delegated 10 theG General Govern,
Ineft, and certuin powers reserved TO the
respective State governments, or to Anne
fiean citizens. ssss5
Weread, in tho 4th section Of the It'll
article Of tho Gonst ifation, words 10 thi,
tfect. The United States shall guaratl
I ~ to every state In this Union q Fepubti
can form Of government. ? This one iteii
s. 10 The Constitution is o power granted Il
The American Congress, To- the American
aatiou, They were limited by. the Con
stitation, in regard 10 the form of govern
Melt that should be established upol
American soil They have not the right
hbythat Constitution, to organize d govern
tnelt upon any other than republielti
=: PRINCIPLES. They have not the right Il
establish a monarchy upon this soil; th
Constitution forbids or prohibits their dc
ing 50; In Q national capacity, nntlert Til
Constitution, they have not the right i
guarantee any but a republican form 0
government, which government Of RICH
smaaates from the people be governed
1aisis the FeIy nature Of a Republican
form OF government, as we, America
citizens, understand 1t. 1t differs fror
various other governments whose histor
we have read II differs from the refu1
bhcan governments Of past. nites Nv
Rad that republican governments existe
IN some Of the apeient nations Thay !,
isted for q short period, and tben eesx :,
But their forms aud the forms 81 tho :,
Yernments now III the Enroneon nafiaI
hre Of q kind more or less digysrant fro,
the one with which we,as American s.,
tshs' are blesL Il is not necessary, bov
ever for me. in the few remarks 1 sbo
make. 70 dwell upon tho various kingdom
wv sal elplges Of the old world. Doub
=: : s - taes citizens Of Utah arc sufficient
a s' with the history Of those nj
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