The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-07-29
Senator HoWe's Speech of the Latter
Day Saints.

A correspondent OF the Chicago I11;-
bune gives the following sketch of Senator
Howe's speech at Salt Lake, in response
to serenade given him by the Gentiles.
1t could not be considered supplementary
to his Mormon hearers:
''These are some of the considerations
which made speech of Senator Howe
spoken last evening in response to calls
from Gentle serenaders, peculiarly CRATE
full t. the feelings of the Gentiles in the
city. No one expected anything SO sig
nificant, and only give sketch Of his
speech from memory. | shall be satisfied
if | convey as good an idea of the life and
honor Of the speech, as a skeleton does Of
the grace and beauty Of the human form.
He said that his unexpected call found
him in something of the condition of the
boy who, upon being asked to spell dog,
began,
Il
"Eh ?" says the teacher. D"
eyes, that 5 it. D-A-''
Tut, tut, broke in the teacher again
=" Vel, says the boy, [ can t spell it
here, | haven got the hang of the house
He couldn speak here, he hadn't got
the hang of the place. Neither was he in
quite the same position as his friend (Se
ward who had proceeded him. He was
more ike the New Hampshire Judge
caught drunk in Boston, who didn want
his friends to hear of it, because he had a
character to lose. From all he heard and
saw, this was as likely place for him to
lose it as he could find by travelling twice
as far. Another difficulty that confronted
him was that he heard of the faith OF the
Latter Day Saints lie had been brought
up in the faith of the early Saints. But
as he knew nothing OF the former. and
none too much Of the latter, he couldn't
venture to discourse on the subject of
faith. Again it was said some gentleman
IN the town had more than one wife 20
no : it S somewhere else - They're ONLY
ac0men. &C., from the crowd He had
lived with one wife thirty years, and had
sometimes thought that. if he should
meet others just like her he would go for
them. But there weren't any like her:
not ore. lie believed IN one faith, one
wife, one baptism-didn' know as he
quoted correctly, but it would answer his
purpose. Thee was one thing, however,
said the Senator, growing serious-ana
he pointed over the crowd to the Seventh
infantry band dressed in full uniform,
their instruments gIistening in the light
of the lanterns-there was one thing he
knew all about That was the color
worn by the gentleman who had given
them SO delightful musical treat
" henever he saw them he knew he was
under the protection of American law
Not that it was their duty to make, to in
terpret, or to execute that law, it was
theirs simply to remove opposition, to
make plain, broad and straight path
way through or over all that rose up
against the authority and sovereignty OF
his country. This they would do in the
future as they had in the past. In his
younger days he had heard and read and
thought much about the beauty and
charm of blue skies, but within the last
eight years he had come to see more
beauty in blue uniform than in all the
blue skies that ever hung oNcr Italy
Then he thanked the band and the crowd,
and babe them good night amid ,oud APP
plause, which, by the way, had been kept
up throughout the speech.
This kind of speech was as pleasing
as it was unexpected to the Gentle listen
ers. | believe the Senator is the first
public man not stationed here since Col
fax S visit, who has done aught but smile
on the Saints. Heaven send us more
such men of individuality, dignity and
brains, with some knowledge Of current
events. some love and pride Of country,
some sense of right and wrong, with
some, or good deal OF manhood.