Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-07-07

Conspiracies have been entered in
to and rewards offered in endeavors to
entrap them into dens of prostitution
established by them, in order to de-
stroy their domestic peace and blight
unsullied regulations.
The homes of officers Of the law,
bearing commissions from the Gov
eminent of the United States, have
been assaulted in the night time and
befouled with the vilest excrement.
Officers charged with the execution
of the laws have been assaulted on
the public highways, and the Stars and
Stripes lowered and dishonorsd on
American soil.
Nor have the Americans of Utah
been wanting in attention to their
Mormon brethren. We have warned
them from time to time of attempts
made by their Legislature to extend an
unwarranted jurisdiction over us. We
have reminded them of the circum-
stances of our emigration, of our right
and Of our blood that bought this land
We have appealed to their native JUS
tice and magnanimity, and we have
conjured them by ties of common
kindred to disavow these usurpations
which would inevitably destroy our
peace and disrupt our form of local
government. They, too, have been
deaf to the voice of justice and con-
sanguinity. We must therefore &C
quiesce in the necessity which de-
nounces their domination and with
forgiveness always extended to them
will hold their leaders, as all tyrants
are, enemies to the Government Of
the United States.
I therefore for myself and for all
those for whom may speak appeal
ingly to the Supreme Judge OF the
world for the rectitude of Our inten,
tons, in their name, and by their aa-
thority do to-day solemnly demand of
the people Of the United States and
of their representatives in Congress
assembled, that justice due to Ameri-
can citizens, and such legislation as
will forever divorce Utah from alien
theocratic control, and for the supp TT
of this declaration, and the further
ance of this demand, with a firm re-
lance in the protection of Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to
each other our lives, our fortunes and
our sacred honor.
This is our cause! The cause OF
the Colon;sts appealed to mankind,
and was acknowledged by the world to
be just. For that cause the War OF
the Revolution was fought. For that
cause thew ar of the Union was fought.
With our ancestral history in view,
with the added light and our added
decade OF a century falling FULL upon
us, how hung in shame should be the
heads of G0,O00,00O of American cit.
liens and different Senates and ad-
ministrations when this story Of wrong
is told, and when it is known that
patriotic men and women have been
questioned by the Government itself,
because they loved and were loyal to
the country, while their oppressors,
through notification of national law,
those who have insulted the flag, and
wronged womanhood and chi dren
have been honored and emboldened
by men clothed with national author
ity at Washington. When the wrongs
of the Colonists are told, remember
the wrongs of brave men and women
Of Utah who, for thrice seven years,
have suffered more. Their names are
craven upon my memory. During
the long struggle, men of all parties,
creeds and tongues; men from the
South and North, in the presence of
organized treason against their coun-
try's laws, have manfully stood for
for freedom and her cause.
The orator here paid a glowing
tribute to Messrs. Mcbride, Wall,
Powers, and other prominent anti
Mormons, and to the American press
of Utah.-REP
From the State of Kentucky-his
mother and mine Governor West
has come to join in the great work.
In his every endeavor to see that the
laws are faithfully executed, and his
every effort to place Utah in harmony
with you, and prepare her in
beauty for the bridal nuptials Of
Statehood, beg that you will send
to him the same words of sympathy
which IN the past you sent to me, and
which, | am sure, will be appreciated
by him as they strengthened and were
valued by me. These are the ele.
ments there, and Idaho, with her voice
and wholesome laws, is leading in our
march to Freedoms nights.
Time admonishes me to close. In
the mutations of life there are none
of us wise enough to know of the fu-
ture.
We only know the past. 1t may
never again be my privilege to speak
to the people of Idaho or Utah or the
West hut with tba,, n pr,,bo. or H.