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

VI tneh AaDOrs. uucklng the nun
from the tree d their planting, crossing
with satetyfndin ease the ehasmsthey
bridged, and rejoicing even,in the midst
OF sorrow,in the blessings Nbequeathed
by heaven as the reward Of their cour-
age ana INDUSTRY, We can only conceive
10 very limited extent the greatness OF
/ theit tolls and sacrifices made
willingly, and labors that were patiently
performed from wear to wear. that we,
their children, and posteritv in neral
might enjoy the srieh- blessings which
their valCr, their self-denial and indus
try lave handed down tous. u Ah to-day
Is the garden of the interior west. Thir-
LYNNE years ago il. was wilderness.
desolation, SEQ cted BY the sun, and
trOdden by the rowing red man, whose
food consisted n part of wild roots dug
JON tie ground. reptiles that
-crSEledC Adj Kissed end ratified
among the hot rocks of the
plain, and the crickets and grass
hoppers, tnat noisily ehfrped upon the
mountain sides. Their music was the
scream e. I eagles, the melancholy howl
of theiwolf aud the coyote. the voice of
the distant torrent mingiing with the
twitter Of the mountain bid. Then il
was the heart Of the Great American
desert: now 1t blooms with orchards.
farms and vineyards. is dotted
with cities and hamlets. the
- es OF a peacesole, prosperous, and
(were it not that the cruel hand of per,
secution has fastened upon their
Threats. happy people. We can not
realize. say, the greatnes Of the lab
ors and crimes that were me eeaary 10
cause this wilderness 10 bloom. }as it
now does, Ike the garden OF tie Lord I;
We can not conserve OF the tolls and
trials throus b which our fathers and
mothers passed in order 20 establish
in this chosen land their children. 5 feet,
and peTpeiuate those glorious princi-
pies which ar destined TO redeem and
happily the world. When the pionee 5
approached this desolate valley they
were met by an old mOuntaineer.
Colonel BridgeT, who, on learning OF
their intent n 10 setIle in the valley Of
the Great salt Lake. exclaimed in
tones OF MINGLED ply and derisiOn, Il
will give a thousand dollars for the first
hnshel Of wleat you raise in that
Wiley. Tbs will serve 10 show, IN
spite OF The envious detrac;ions of
sma.l-s-uled bigots who fain would
lessen the glory OF the pioneers. and the
honor due 10 that God who so signaily
preserved and miraculously delivered
them. the amount Of labor, courage ard
perseverance necessary 10 redeem this
deseItland and make Il blossom in its
present fagrance and beauty.
And wh0 we're those pioneers.
those founders @of : Utsb. whose
children and associates / have the
honor Of addres sing2 They were, ezllss
tor Conscience sake, banished from the
confines of civilization, dfiyen forth
from a land of Christian chlrches by
mobs led on and inspired by Christian
priests, for daring 10 have opinions of
their own and worship in their own
way the God of their fathers in land
Of religious liberty; thrust forth from
the homes their industry had won.
compelled 10 cross the frozen Mississippi
on the ice in the month Of February,
leaving their bloody footprints on the
ice of the river and upon itsfrO1en
shores. Starving and naked, stripped
Of all their possessions, they refused
either to die. to become discouraged,
relinquish their sacred rights. or to
lose. for -ogefi moment, their faith in
their sublime and glorious destiny.
Leaving their burning city and Tayaged
fields in the hands OF their merciless
with their wives and little
Ones clustered around them. dying BY
scores as the result ofStbe.Aahuman
treatment TO which theyt kat h2en sub
.ected, they drew their shattsSS& rem
lauis ont upon the bleak ana g ckless
prairie. \ journey Of I,5Q0 mtlS over
frozen rivers ard barren plains jour
ney marked mile after milek by the
graves of their agei parents. i1tir deli
ate wives and tender li1le ones,
them 10 the Roc Y Noun ains, !
md on the fweRty fourth OF 5dly, lSl7,
.hirty-nine years ago, sthis day,
heir wagons rolled down, yoHder slope
and encamped upon this silent plain.
1 would have these fhslfren Temenl-
Der the works OF their,isdb,e fathers and |
heroic mothers ] wnnld Nave them /
the lineage thToagh which |
hey have come, and strive Before God /
and the world 10 be worthy OF that line |
sge. Descended from Israel OF old, who I
iEOOk off the bondage OF EgyptssPIeier-
ing the wilderness with ITS frsedom, (
% civilization with its chains: the chill |
iren, I o, many OF them, OF the pill |
,riIhS Efio came across the mig BIZ deep |
rom the Tyranny OF the old World and |
aid the sfOandatlOn upon this chosen l
and OF the great government under /
III ich We I've: o. would have, them re-
n. Eibef, also 4hat they are the sons
md daughters oiipatriets, whose hearts 1
,uTn aud whose blood tingleS With, the 1
pirit and genius Of liberty; that their /
atheTs and mothers, even when
lriYen. nputcast and exiied fer The,
axe Of Their religion, the free exercise
f whioh is guaranteed under
he constitution Of our country. fleeing
rom the civilization which bad r fused
0 protect them that they still remained
rue and LOYAL 10 the PRINCIPLES of lib
rty. Thirty ITine years ago, day after
D morrow, they assembled yoncer peak
nd iifed the ensign. Of freedom upon
iexican soil, thereby signifying not
My their loyalty 10 the country which
ad thrust them from its borders, but
heir discrimination to stand by the
of truth and liberty, t9 MANI
ain the paIladlum OF equal rights. the
egis Of protsctjontp The ont7east OF all
atoms. a. Il
This, My yoang'brethren and Sisters,
your destiny, the destiny
( the children of the pioneers; tos The
lnie great prophet Who predicted that
he I.atter-dsy Saints would be driven
eastward, and become q mighty people
4 the midst OF the Rocky Mountains,