Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-09

Lee us see. ~ the celebration O
Pioneefs' day in 1850 President Brig
ham Young, after the national iias
was uniurled ON the liberty pole Ia
front OF the Bowcry, msde an address,
IN which he sAll:
"1n our exercises this day we shall
take tho lihorty to exhibit Ia word or
patriotism. independence. and good feol.
Ing To hat government which a. said to
be free, and extend the arm u protection
TO ovory man, woman and child within
IT, corporate powers"
DIR. Willard Richards. on tho same
occasion malntalutd the devotion NJ
the "NIormons" to their country ani
gave this ,olemn note Of warning;
"ifth authoritative powers Of States
aud the nation will speedily turn away
from their slohfnl neglect Of the peoples
business, aud 81 spending the peoples
money by millions without returning .
just equivalent. and consider the nation
one aud MOI Northern and Southern
two, lhoy may yet preserve our sncrod
Union; but ifthoy shall con tinuc their
present course Of operation no power Of
earth can save tho Union, although toc.
'Nomgns, irN contend for 10 as tong ds
n shoe iitchei IS iyt r'h fhieh 10 hcu io-
gsihcr"
At the celebration July 2ith, 1857,
The Stars ani Stripes were carried Ia
the procession by both ladies and gen.
tlcmen aud a huge national nag was
uufurled on the Temple Block north.
east Of the boweTy on a lofty liberty.
pole, In an Grafton by President
Daniel II. Wells he said, after refer
ring to the prosecutions endured by
the Saints, aud the service rendered
to the country by tho Mormon Bat.
talon;
"Tha, country, tina, constitution, Whose
Institutions were all ours, they arc still
our"
"lioousc dcmag1gues Sad arisen aud
soizcd The relns Of power. should We re.
linqulsh our interest In that country
made doar to Us by every ITO OF associa-
ton and cousangulnity3"
'should we for reasons such ~ these, |
array ourselves In tho mantle Of iusultcd |
rights, dignity aud pride. oven though |
enclosing m our arm. tho Innocent VIC
tins Of trcaohory and blood.tainod honor,
and seek the overthrow u that govern |
mont. Of that country. Of those institu-
tlons whose only fault isltho want o. good |
and faithful administrators, who dare In
tho hour Of their country's peril, stop
forth and sicm the torrent that threatens
to ongulf all the widespread vortex u |
anarchy aud ruin. Those who have In.
dulged such sentiments have not read
Mormonism Alright, for nrrcy, no asrrr
rW pf dcs'H our rombV's cause, never
will We bee found arraycd by tho ado OF
hor cnomles, although che herself may
cherish them Ia h8r own Doium."
IL was sentiments such M these
which Inspired the people and their
leaders ut that early date, though
driven from their homes unlawiully
and denied that protection TO which
they were entitlcd, 10 organize, under
the American nag and Constitution, a
provisional goyernm ent md seek adj
into the Union. In their
to Congress they said:
"rhe inhabitants of tho state Of De-.
Fret. In Wow OF their security and for tho
preservation OF the Constitutional r'gh NJ
NJ tHiifd States 70 hoii Jurisdiction there,
have organized provisional State gov.
irnmont under which the civil policy OF
he nation Il duly maintained"
We have not space Tor further
quotations. We have made these TO
'how what were the feelings OF the
'MoFmons" toward the country, when
hey were Isolated ami when It was
thought that because OF what they lad
uttered they Intended 10 cast oil al.
ogiance to the government. What.
'yer has been said at any time In re.
eroncc to officials who have misusel
he power conferred upon them rs
cryants ofthe people, the Constitution,
he government, the nation have been
lphold Ia the affections and by the
ots of the "Aiormon" people, aud the
tara and stripes have always been to
hem an emblem OF authority As well
: Of liberty, to which they We're us
eady to do honor when they first
penod this desert to civilization, ~
n the day OF laying the capstone Of !
he Temple when the national nag
Dated above President Woodruff as
% pressed the button that laid the
lone, and when the stars aud Stripes
'ere run up to the top Of the tower