The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

OIL lIlc country ana Slllkc OUT liOln inc pain
to the silent mountains, whose bold and
ghastly heights have in them the look Of an
We cross deserts whose
silence is so deep it seems to cry out at our
with the fcathercd song
sters of the air. So journeying southwark
we pass the mining towns andin three days
enter the Cathedral Canyon, whose lime
stone walls tower two thousand feet above
us and amid some Of whose cliffs the sun
never shines We soon strike the Death
Valley whose Furnished surface shines
under the heat of a tropical sun. lis soil
is one vast quaiing morass which ten min
utcs of rain will change into 4 bed of NOR
tar over which rabbit could not run with
out being drawn to death. Ten minutes
after the rain and an army might travel on
its sun-baked surface.
This Coming Empire has been until
within few years visited only by "a few
Jesuit missionaries and explored only by
those hardy pioneers, the Mormons These
were the first of pioneers, for Lcfore Col
orado or Utah was settled they met on the
shores Of this Red sea to raise up the bra
zen serpent in the wildcrnc-s. Since then
deluded converts from all parts of the
world have left all the comforts Of home
10 reach land which, but for them would
still be one of dcsolaion. BY their patient
and untiring industry these peculiar people
have made the desert blossom, pcoplcd it
with cities and towns and harncsscd its
natural resources 10 their service. History
makes no mention of people more wealthy
and powerful under such circumstances ::
with Il financial system that defcs the
world for its equal a system Of co-opcra-
ton wonderful to behold Like the Kill
kenny cats these Momous haze lived on
each other until they have all grown fat in
the operation. In religious faith the Nor
mons believe all that everybody else does
and a good deal more Their religion com
mences where the others leave off. Their
belief is the Old Testament with the book
OF Mormons added. They have Mingled
Socrates and Moses with Matthew and Ma
homct--a theologsiic ola--podrida Of big
oiry and indlclity This belief j. obnoX-
iouStp 49, onlYin its great fungus OF po-
lygamv Struggling with an error OF
which they must soon unbuulcn themselves
they seem to he honest in their convictions
%. ITS teachings, and the speaker said lie
Wa, almost ready 10 believe the statement
male 10 him that the taking of a second
wiin was done only as a painful religious
duty. They must he looked upon with
little hatred and with much compassion as
self immolatcd victims of n cruel barbar-
ISM The altar Of coniugal love never
barns in their homes The fires have for
ever gone out. The wife hears no music
/ in the husbands fOotstep. nc sweet sOlacC
in the lcngthiny chain Of polygamy. while
on the cold hearth of buried hopes the ow
forever sits and jabhcrs of the joyless pas
sion. rs social life is in brazcn antag
onism to republican civilization. Much 81
missionary work is yet to i've done in
Utah. Bungling politicians make moi
| the best of husbandmen, while the
| last influx Of Gentics tail to increase
/ the stocl; Of pieyin Salt Lake City. They
d. not prove ''the cvangclsts OF unal
loycd blessing and 'ring-ocracy' badly
supplies the place OF "theocracy." Al
/ ready the gambling hell yeXcs the quiet o
/ those towns that formerly listened only t.
/ the music of their mountain streams. Bu
/ polyCamV has run its course. The railroad
has struc.. it q mortal blow. and isolation
no LONGER guards il rs Of old The loco
motive he'll has sounded its death l;nell
and the railroad has undermined this SO
cia iceberg from its faslcnings and it vii
ere long fall TO decay and death. Some
time. not far hence. death will claim tint
hand Of him ~ ho has guided it's course, an,
there is no modern Elisha in Utah upol
whose shoulders the mantle Of the might
Elijah can fall. Fashion, too. claims ii
followers in Mormondom, and Brigham
Young is reported to have said he wa
more afraid of miliners bills than of an
bills that Congress might pass. Femal
suffrage exists also in Utah. and this is op
posed to an excess of connubial felicit
dau,oherc.
But what, said the speaker, shall we sa,
of the pioneers: Those gallant men VIII
have explored the tracklcss wilderness 0
the west? They have gone forth iron
your farms, your factories and your shops
strong and energetic of purpose, the hes
of your boys and girls, to plant the seed
of the coming empire. In their behalf tn
speaker would ask a recognition of thei
enterprise. Most of the men are bache
lors and yagah0nGs many as bachelors usu
ally are reckless of gold, and reader witt
rifle than scripture quotations not unac
customel perhaps, to good society, bu
seeking il not always ready to relate won
derful experiences TO tourists which mr.
prepared for their especial OBLIGATION
They climb, like huge fly, the uneXplore
mountains, and the primeval hills wclcom
their daring footsteps. At the demand o
the pcrscyerng pick of the mncrthc eartl
reveals its treasures, while the axe of tn
intrepid guide marks out the sites of cite
yet to be- Not for them the sweet solac
of home and kindred undaunted he reso
lutely presses northward to the mountain
of crystal, until the north star CLEANS be
fore him. Westward-there is no longe
west. 7 he explorations of the pioneer hay
reached to where the golden gate swing
back on ITS hinges. But Columbia, Alask