The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-25

AueiI seu-deniai IN leaving the luXurieS
oI clvliizetion for the tolls and hard
snlps Oh pioneer life hould knit them TO
S So,l aesrts ~ bands OF steel. If the
4 49, me that Socrates enhnciated Is
n rue, ttat he who causes two spears
Sass ass % grow where only one grew
oeioret IS benefsctor OF man
Kind, how much more are toese
pioneers benefeetOrs OF mankind Who
lad the foundation of States and en-
pires, and made it possible for the
crowded communities 81 the "a M firfl
homCsin Gods sunshine, where beaItb
aHd ilenty and peace crown the Iabors
OF their hands,
Humble their lot; yet theirs the race
/ When Liberty seHt forth her cry. -'t'
Who thrOneed In coniiet 5, deasIliest Mace
I . To fight-tO bleed-tO die ,rI =
4 Who numbered Bakers heights Of red.
| BY hope through years were led,
and witnessed Yorktown sun
\ Blaze on a nations banner spread
| A Nations freedom wOnE- .a
Ny friends. they were pioneers as
well as patriots. inr i,i .....
Utah in the past has not been found
wanting in, paying honor to her pio-
neers. As the great wheel Of time has
| brought 10 US the anniversary OF the
entrance of our Pioneers into this va
lev, we have welcomed it with praise
ana Thanksgiving to the Giver OF all
good; with the roar Of cannon, wi b
songs OF jov, and every demonstration
/ o. gladness, The exercises, OF TO-DAY,
however, are OF a different character
from those that have been customary
in the past. The music is solemn. The
drum is muffied, and in the deco
ratiOns OF this ball are the en-
blems OF mourning. Why IS that2
/ Because, forsOOth, in this land
whose prosperity " s founded By the
toll and laborS OF the Pioneers. We find
the silver hsired men that used to
crown these platforms are not with US
They are driven from the homes that
they builded by their own toll. they are
absent from the families that they love.
| What fOr2 The crimes tnat they have
committed" No; but you read why It
/ is in the motto that is printed upon
that arch (pointine 20 an arcn over the
stand): "Exiled for conscience sake
IL is written elsewhere too Indicating
another motto on the standl. Those
not here are in jeopardy, in prison and
N foreign lands. because they prefSr 70
obey God rather than man" (Indicat-
ing anotheT) ~ Those who are absent
choose. 10 DE wanderers in Their own
land, in preference TO being the victims
OF those who have selected them for
their ruin" These notices all tell Us
the reason why the Pioneers are absent
from us; and under these ciroum-
stances, would il be fitting for us to
celebrate Pioneersl Day as We usually
10. with the Pioneers absent-in exile2
Nay. We would rather have around Us
the emblems OF mourning. because Of the
injustice that has been hesped upon
their devoted beads. We prefer to place
ourselves in harmony with the divine
INJUNCTION, Weep with those who have
cause to weep, and rejoice with those
who have cause 10 rejoice" and, when
the clouds have been swept away. as
they will be. when our Silvery-haired
pioneers shah be able TO take their
place in our midst. for one feel like
Saying then, and not till then, shall the
yo'ce Of rejoicing be heard on Pioneersl
Day.
Let US pause foE few moments Just
to-enquire' what our enemies are irving
TO accomplish. These pioneers IN years
past married our mothers and, under
God > law, in the holy bonds of matri-
mony, they begot the children that
now throng this vast hall. Our enc
mics demand that the wives that they
then took shall be banished from the
households OF these men. They demand
that they shall be degraded rom the
honOred station of wifehoOd; that
brand Of iufsmy shall be placed upon
their offspring. and they nObly refuse
10 accept such terms OF accommodation
as these. They say to those who desire
them to yield, that this is a part OF
their religion. The answer CONES frdm
our enemies that il is not religien-it'is
a crime. We ask. who gives them
authority TO step between this people
and their God, and dictate 10 them
what shal be their religiOn2 III il Is
not theirs, it IS ours; nevertheless we
propose 70 betrue 20 our fetEefs and
our mothers. i
, Let our enemies look over the history
OF the past. Surely they have read his
tory 20 httle profit II BY fcrce they'hope
10 crush out the religious sentiments
and convictions Of the human heart
Why, during the reign OF Mary, Queen
Of England the daughter of Henry the
Eighth by his wife Catherine. YOU re-
member a persecution was rwaged
against the Protestants in her kingdom,
and during thecfve' years of her reign
90 were tied 70 the stake and burned
TO death. Fifty FIVE Of these weie
women; four OF hem were children.
But did this awful persecution crush
ont, the CONVICTIONS of religion in the
hesrts of-those peeple7 Ne. Tin spite
of the faggot and the fame, their faith
rose triumphant over all the persecu-
tons aud they e. tablished their religious !
SYSTEM OF woIship which led TO The |
II feligieus f6erty to all Enk
lish subjects, and We in America have I
the fruits OF their Reinforcement. !
With this lesson OF history before them, |
can our enemies hope 10 crush the con-
viction Of our hearts? With a united |
xGiff SG gfS a dpAas Y 'heSloAntI pTOF ri
Here will We hold: We love the in /
situations Of this great Republic. and /
hold them dear; We believe 1t 10 be our |
destiny Yet to rescue that sacred in-
strument, the Constitution, from the /
heads of those who wound. destroy it.
We Vii remain true to those pritciptes I
that have been bequeatted TO rs blythe I
fathers Of the Republic. But We will 4
not surrender the, convictions of our 4
hearts, or. be Untrue to bur parents, or
antrue TO our God-ve fefose TO make !