, 1869-07-08

HU kSDA1 July {
with light 1t may not be policy to squeeze the
loli,tal poison out Of lem. ~ ous docs water ont
Of sponge, now, but be auro As the1o IL = DIS
dnction between right and wrong, and the morh
sense tn MN necessary detect that distinction,
II must be done some TING. Mormoulsn
md personal freedom, In any sense,
are tust as incompatible ~ dte and water. What
folly, then, for representative men 10 eneour
age and Wtah the mlse1oble delnsion and the
aoollpable conspirscy against human freedom
well. aoE humDtat1nE Il Il to II can be imagined
but not told. Why, the Aos1nons were driven Euc-
cestively from Kutiand, Ohio, then from Jsckson
County, No., then from Clay County, then from
Crawford, and finally from Nauvoo, Illinois, s,-dlty-
en-, compelled to 1eaTc, aa they would be from
Ctah, were they II closely surrounded By cur peo
pie a In n!lnoA They had increased a Snuyoo
to 20 900 soula had erected nne building for tho
practice Of lelr secret rites, had made the coan
IAtrJetde blossom lIke tho rose, htd exhibited tho
same Industry and fYugallty for which hey are
noted here; but The men Of Illinois could not en-
duse their presence And so they said
unto them, You must 90 hence.
And they vent This WAS before thA era Of nrig-
ham with hts hareus, his endowment mysteries,
his human sacrifices, his Danttes mAssacres ana
a&saesinatiuno; us mountain reign Of terror. 1tAa
4N4aESL @AA -IS0p4G+G AE3RNAlH11
universal temporal dominion, and fanatlcaiIy be-
leTsng that to be It's destiny, with which Ameti-
cans IN principle can no more mingle than they
can with the nendisn natives OF this country, al
actualed and bounded on over crushed and wasted
human hearts by the stesnest religious fanatc!sm;
and 1t Us likely TO gise ii trouble enough without
anJ ot our support, physical or moral II We can
ace no way at present to g1rdle O, cut II down. We
can, at least, dlscolnte1ance II.
TheER a
made 3 little speech Of Senator uoNes, spoken
Last ereung In response to calls from Gentle aere-
DadeIs, peculiarly grateful TO tie feelings Of the
Gentles Of the city. No one expected anything
so significant, and l ouy give u sketch Of hia
remarks from memory. I shall be satisfied u
convey as good an idea OF the LIE and humor Of
the speech as 0 skeleton oes Of the beauty and
grace Of the human form. He said
that this unexpected. call found HIN In sone-
thing the condition OF the new boy who, upon be-
Ing asked to spell dog, began
&C"
"Eh - soys the teacher. "D-"
"fes, that's It D-A-"
"Tut tut," broke In the teacher again.
"Weu.'' says the boy, II can't spell here, 1
havnr got the hang Of the house"
lie couldn't speak here, he hadn't Got the hang
Of tue place. Neither was he IN quite the
esne position a. his friend lSewart) who had
preceded HIM He felt moro Ike the New
Haapshlre Judge caught drunk In Bos-
tor, who didn't want bis friends to hear
Of II because he had character TO lose. From
al ne heard and saw this was ~ likely place for
him to lose II Is he could ind By travelling twice
rs far Another d1t1cuIty that confronted hun
was what he beaEd Of the faith Of the Lsuer-Day
Saints lie had been brought up In the faith Of
the early Saints But as ne knew nothing Of tho
lo.mef, and none too much OF the latter he
couldnf We'll venture to dlscourse on the subject
Of faith. Agatn, 1t satd some gentlemen In the
town had more shAn one wife 1t'O, no; itA eone-
where else;" "Theyrc only ron1n,' &c, from
the crowd] He didn't know but he WIS little
weak on that point. He had Lived with one wife
thirty years. and had sometimes thought that II be
should meet others Just Ike her he would 70 for
them. But there weren't any like her; nof one
He believed IN one faith, one wife, and one bsp-
tlEtn--dIdn know he quoted correctly, but 1t
would answer bis purpose. There was one thing
however, said the Senator, growing se1ioas-and
he pointed over the crowd to the Seventh Infant
r. band dressed IN fru Uniform, their lnstsuments
gilstenlng IN the light OF the lanterns
there was one th.ag he knew ali
about That Has the colors WON by the
gentlemen who had given them so delightful
mEslcal treat Wherever he saw them he under
stood that he Was under the protection Of American
law Not that II Vas their duty to make to inter-
pfct, or to execute 1hst law; 1t was thelrs smpy
to remove opposition, to make 4 plain, broRd,
Straight pathway through OF oyer ali that rose up
asainst the authority and sovereignty Of his coun-
try. This they would do In the future ss they had
In the past In bis younger days he had heard nn1
read md thought much about the beauty ahl |
charm Of blue Skies but within The LAST eight Jea.a
he had come to see more beauty In blue Uniform |
than In NIL the blue skies Tint hung over Italy,
Then he thanked tho band and the crowd, and bade
them goodnight amid loud applause, which, BY |
the hAd bfpQ Kent nil thFrHrh -
THIS Kind OF speech Was IS pleasing as 1t was /
unexpected to the Gentle natenerA 1 beIere the |
Senator is the nfst public man, not stationed here,
since Colfax'a visit, who has publicly do1e aught
bat smile on the Saints. Heaven send ns more
such men Of individuality, dignity and brains, |
with Eomc knowledge OF current ereuts some
love mud pride Of country ZONE sense OF right and
wrung, some or good deal Of manhood. The
sesenadc was excellent, and the Bcenc very sug-
gestt'c. The porch OF the hotel Was covered with |
lsdies and gentlemen, sitting at their
leisure, caught In the net. The water guggled and
Etppled along singing lts Joyful song regardless
OF man Is Of other things The street WAS full OF
people, surginE from tho porch whence the
speaking was done to the band, one or the other
had The noor. The moon could be seen through
the trces grown here TO average size In the desert
by strange industry. The strains Of the band, 4
the few words OF the "o1d man weary With the \
cases Of gtatc whose utterance wns painfully i'm
paired By the Assasstnts Knife left behind by the
he may be said to have nade, poti-
cally; the presence OF VIM B. Ogden, the nrst
President Of the Pacific Railroad corporation; OF
John Blaif, whose assistance In the infant dayB
Of that enterprise could scarcely have been dis
rensed with; OF Judge Cation, late CHIEF Justice
Of the great StAte Of Illinois, MI OF whom spoke
few words In answer 10 calls; Of Horace White, |
editor-tn-chlel Of TIE TAIBusE these nse years.
for whom that paper speaks: Of other
gentleman, distinguished In various walka
Of life; and last, though not least,
Of bevy Of fair Indies, mAtrons and malds,
graceful, stylish, stately women, worthy Of
theE husbands sires, and sons-a sight and scene
as new to this city the locomotive to the Great
l'aslp. It's the beetantng, trust Of some sort Of
freedom Of the tongue, and Of SONG other little
thtrgs In Ctah. For United States oflcerB nua
public men to conc here and Did tha Aormous
God speed tn their Infatuated opposition to cur in-
atstutons and laws ought to be about pIayed oGt- |
Those who MAY do IT hereafter will be !ncfy to get
Dd without such dreAstnc, for 1t Ia the old-stJe
Il dough-taces" used to get before the war.
DOUGLAS.