Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-18

the box ia which IL had been cateiully
t%tAnspOrted owe q thOutand miles OF
trnokless wilderness and RAISED IN VI,
entmy's country. The uatlouh'
holidays aui events inspiring enihusl'
astn In American breasts have been
celebrated In Utah M elsewhere
throughout the lnul, the commem9t-
alive bonhfcs burning as brightly the
cannon roaring a. merrily, the h''
drcaaes breathing ~ deep patTiltlihl
aud the ms.sr4 Confusing" u mp
pinuiiug a. heartily ami sincerely as
In Massachusetts ~ Virginia. -.
All this talk which has been dinnod
into the ears II tho American people
for the thifd VI a century to the erect
that the Mormous are aliens ana want
log In patriotism II malicious rlhnuer,
which has teen d%isprOven every Jay,
though the evidence has been rejected
by many protesting patriots.
THEIR nELiEF IN the ooNsrirurioN'
The Consultation ofthc United states
has been the boast OF Mornious always,
aud you viii hear from the pulpi's u
In the lOwiies, cottage the c0nndeui eN.
preston Of belief that the greatest OF
hAllAAlA NNl''AtAANilNF ~ hh
Inspired uy-hc Almighty. indeed ~
is the patriotic belief rullgiously h.ld
that II isa part Of the mission o. the
Saints To preserve inviolaic thAi sacred
instrument and protect II, by force OF
arms, II need be, against desccfh'ion'
Brigham Young was an n mrflcau
through and through. His ambition
was 10 luill a commonwealth. which
would excite the Admiration aud COM
maud the respect OF the nation. lie
laid the foundation Ia A~mericanlsm,
and built thereon to the time Of hia
death. The structure, - clcverly uo'
signed and with which lie made such
remarkable progress, has bcen
carried forward upon the original
| plan largely under the inspiration
Of the founder. The Utah common
wealth, which "a No longer a Mo rmon
commonw cslth, ~ some still insist IL
the ease, Is destined to become the
foremost, the grundc,t and altogether
The best In the great Interior West,
Aud this wilt be 40 bee ausc Of the
honesty, the devotion, the religious
sincerity aud tho broad Ameticanisu
Ia which the foundation was laid aud
on which the ediilce 10 being erected.
Recent events viii accelerate TIA,
growth aud development, and In my
opinion strengthen aud improve tn,
structure.
PoLyoAnY HAS GONE.
The Mormyns, having withstood FOL
halt n century an almost universally
nntsronistic sentiment, have Keen IA,
unwisdom Of longer continuing th,
contest and have gracefully yielded
rhoy have forbidden plural marriages
and given obedience to laws which
they thought were unconstitutional
hut which they nov respect, since III,
authority TO interpret anu decide hal
upheld thom.
Polygamy could no more he resus.
ciiatei In Utah than could slavery IL
tho south. The MormOns have no
ceptei the decree OF the great arbitoti
10 which all must bow, the law auo
popular sentiment, AMI, having
placed themselves la their civil GA
pacity In hatmo y with their fellows
tho commonwealth which thcy
founded and In which all the GOO
people of Utah, " ithOut regard to cree
or party, are proud Of membership, will
go forward with mighty strides.
The antagonistic elements, which
FLASHED ~ furiOusly during the lonl
contest and which had u more or les.
injurious effect upon tho state, are las
disappearing, the former opponent
coming together and working harmon
iously in the building OF the grea
State upon which all our hearts are set