The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-10-28
VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx AT
SALT LAKE.

VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx AT
SALT LAKE.
The Mormon Iniquity. - Plain
Words from an Honest Man. y
The following is the speech delivered
at Salt Lake, on the 5th inst, by Vice
President Colfax. 1t will commend
itself to the approval Of every good citi-
zen, and certainly adds new lustre to
the honored and honest statesman by
whom delivered. We copy from the
report of the Chicago Tribune: --r
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:-I am
Just on the eve Of my departure from
this beautiful city Of Salt Lake. where I
have a1joyed . Siais SO few day, -ana
appear before you. in response to the
serenade to which myself and party
have been treated, with voice hoarse
with cold, to thank those who have
been SO kind to us during our sojourn
here, and to thank the. thousands who
are present for coming from their homes
ITO speed the parting guest" I was
thinking this evening of the time when
1 was in your city, four years ago last
June, with my travelling companions,
Governor Bross and Mr.. .Bowles. We
had been travelling over the arid and
boundless plains, the deserts aud alkali
valleys, that lie between this city and
the Missouri River, and, after passing
/ through the wild mountain scenery
which lies east Of this valley, on emerg-
ing from the canon one morning, we
looked down for the first time in our
lives on the City of Salt Lake. And a.
il burst upon our view, I thought ita
beauteous place-filled, as its gardens
were, with fruit trees and shrubbery, its
Jordan shining like a silver thread
across the valley-seeming like another
Palmyra in the desert. And when,
after visiting Camp Douglas and the
faithful soldiers there, We reached the
city with its broad streets and ripping
streams in their pebbly beds, do not
wonder at the enthusiasm manifested
by those who had been here before us.
We were received at that time with
great courtesy by your city authorities,
and were the recipients Of great deal
of kindness from Mormons and Gentiles
alike during our stay with you. have
again found occasion to travel to the
Pacific slope. With two of my old com.
panions of the stage-coach and our fam
lilies, have made the tour of Oregon
and California, strictly in a private ca
pacity, and with the object of informing
myselfas to the resources and wants of
all parts of the country, rs think pub
lie men should do. We have been
treated with the utmost kindness every
where. Returning to your country
from the West. OH the railroad, l was
met by committee of your City Coun-
Gil, and kindly rendered the freedom of
the city. Having declined, as far as
possible, all formal receptions, and Wis.,
iting you in All unofficial capacity, 1
thought it best to decline your generous
offer with ain expression Of my thanks
Although fresh from the glorious seem
cry of California, her lovely valleys
and gigantic mountains, find your
country and city on my return, as beau
tiful as ever. l was glad, also, to be
here during your County Fair. will
not stopto tell you how gratified was
at sight of your cotton and WOODEN fab
RIGS, fine as are produced any where, nor
how much I was interested in your silk
productions and various manufactured
articles on exhibition in your Fair.
was pleased to see these products of an
dustry in your midst, and the evidences
of your progress in the establishment Of
domestic manufactures. The rich dis
play of fruits, and vegetables, and grain,
the products of your soil. excited my
admiration. have enjoyed meeting
and associating With many friends here,
but this gyeat pleasure has been not un-
mingled with pain. and I feel it imper-
ative upon me to give expression on
one point to the views aud sentiments
which I hslieve. are held by the MAORI
t. ,sf the American people. It is better
for those who are in public life to talk
face to face frankly with the citizens Of
this great tepublic,I -as an American
should talk, and. as such I stand before
you to-nial4. q SIhknow5 tljae pAaY %
you differ with me on the point at issue
between you aud the Government.
have beenz to your, Tabernacle, your
:.Bs&ery and ward assemblies, and have
there listened patiently to the expound-
ing of views with which I have no
sympathy. But l recognize your right
% express such views as you choose,
and claim the same right. It is in no
spirit ofunkiudnes, but rather from a
sense Of duty, that / refer to this un-
pleasant subject that ! speak freely as
al American citizen on the soil of the
Republic, undsGits fiaGsand within tie
ThoSpds # itSapthosity.~ Iabslievs You
will listeh 10 me as patiently as have
p Xau. 1t is dsfying aud violating the
Hwbfthe United States. obligatory on
all the Territories, which makes the
heart of the American people cold