The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-05
THE MORMON CELEBRATION.


On Saturday, July siih, the aormons
OF U'ah cele ra;ed tbe thirty bird an
uiversary Of The fisst colouy's arrival al
salt Lake. \ private letter, from
gentleman well known 10 Portland, In
cidentalIy mentions that the eOmmem-
oraiive procession was "the grandest
aud most imposing ever witnessed by
him. Much time was used and much
money isvi.hed % mske IL success.
IL displayed at a glance the Industries
of the Murmons. it apparently iudi-
Gated that Utah hsd prospered Dobly
under Mormon rule; but the census
shows that adjacent States not afflicted
with Utah's "pecBliar institution" have
outstripped the land Of the Latter Day
Saints in population, in wealth and in
productions. the procession was iu-
tended 10 convey the idea that Utah
owes everything TO tie AIormous, rather
than that the Mormons owe every thing
to the natural resources Of Utah. Ne
brseka, in less time aud with hardly
equal natural advantages, shows eu in-
crease in y ealth and la inhabitants sew
eral times as great as Utah's. Tie Salt
Lake Tribune Of July 9th, commenting
on the celebration, makes the following
remarks on the Utah ulcer aud predic-
tiOus a. TO its termination:
L is a custom which has grown haIloYed on
and celebrations. II is most proper that the
pioneers OF Utah should wI;h appropriate cer--
monies hail the dawn OF the anniversary of
the arrival 81 the first foot-spre comer-, and 90
note the advance which Ia "a thirl OF % century
has been made. There is but one unpleasant
feature 10 the das: Because Of she uu-A Auieri-
canism OF the Mormon Church, tie celeurai ION
will be chiefly confined 20 those OF that creed
This is necessarily 70 for more reasons tnan
one. ln the heart OF this Republic 90 kingdom
has been established which only tenders such
allegiance TO the ruling power as Tie weak.
through fes,r, give 20 the strong. Besides. the
soci5l customs Of ihis kingdom are iu some re-
spects utterly repul-ise 20 the masse, OF free
Americans. Indeed, this is what caused the
coming OF the nfsi colony. They came as the
banished come, because in their doIu-iou tb.-
had become insuppDrtable 20 the men OF Other
States Tue thought that was OF most cheer ro
them ON their way was that they were passing
out from under Ihe flag Of the United state.
and from out Of the glare OF the iishr of the
z eat Republic That feeling has never ulSssd
from their souls, and the greatest effort OF their
leaders is yearly to strengthen their exclusive
ness and uu-Americanism, by adding To their
numbers some hundreds or thousand, OF tine
least cultivated classes of foreign countries.
where monarchy is the hereditary govern
mcnt, and where the people have never
breathed the air OF liberty. At q hint from
taeir leaders. these people, twenty days sim.
refused, on the anniversary which marks d
da.e the most sacred on earth since the CLri,
tIan era, 10 lay one nower on the altar OF then
country. AT "a nod from those same leader,
these people will 10 day throug the streets by
thousands. all the air with music, and rejoice
/ Not one in five can tell why, except that he i.
so ordered. So we are not wrons when we say
a kingdom, foreign in all IFS attributes aud un
republican in all its ways, is planted here 10
the heart OF this Republic Here is colony
which seeks 10 reverse alike the wisdom aat
progress Of the years, and 20 place man b1cl
10 the degradation and woman back 20 th,
slavery Of the eleventh century. What viii o..
the resulte Will the scho4l-houSe aud "a,
power press triumph, OF viii the system ex
pand until az last an appeal will be made 0,
the sword One result or the other mus
come. This thing, so abjsc, in form bur so m
perial in rule, must perish at last eithc1
through a light from within or through On,
power Of ana outraged Republic from Without
for the spirit Of this age will not permit long
public holiday at which Americans will Do,
held as strangers. The hsg OF She Unite,
states vas not intended for "a divided SOW
/ ereignty, and il viii, before long, exact IRON
every man who baSks ia its shade AN uudi
Z vidcd allegiance.