The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-07

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full; where the soil is so fruitful that
it needs but to be caressed with irple-
ment TO blossom with the richness OF
the bounteous harvest"
To the capitalist she says: Come to
me. Come to the rugged ranges, out
of whose hills thou mayst dig brass; to
the land where the stones are of iron,
where The veins which run from the
north to the south are of the precious
metals where all thou needst are to be
found in plenty
To the shepherd she says: Come to
me. On the thousand hills and bound
less highlands thy tlocks shall prosper
and wax fat. The grass is ever green
on the hillside and the foliage in winter
is ever fit for food for the herds.
To the artist she says: Come to me.
Where the sunlight penetrates the dark
recesses III the mountains are nature S
pictures waiting for the copyist. The
CLINT which dances on the waters is
the inspiration which bids man work,
that his Creators results may be seen
by those whose lot is cast in lands
less favored. Here you VIII find the
light and shadow, the symbols of life
and death: here you can paint the
colors, which born of heaven, have no
equal in creations bounds. The rug
ged crags, which rear their hoary tops
brush which shall portray their grand
eur; the peaceful vale with its happy
homes stand ready to be transferred
to canvass by skilful hands"
To the invalid she says: "Come to
me- Within my confines you shall
once more breathe the pure air of
health. The ripened fruits of the vine
yards shall restore the bloom to thy
faded cheek; the saline waters the
20 tod lT11al
Here is the elixir which shall prolong
thy days and make thy life long and
gladstone one. Underneath the spread
ing branches thou shalt lie, protected
from the heat of the midday of sum-
mer and within my confines the win
ters frosts shall not chill thee"
To the religionist she says: Come
to me. The spires of thousand
churches point heaveuward, Ike the
finger of the Infinite, bidding thee look
upward. Here shalt thou be free to
worship as thy conscience shall die
tate. Those who founded this great
state came here to seek a heaven of
refuge and to all who desire to join
will they extend the hand of fellowship
and peace"
Utah is a land of history. The pion-
GERS who blazed the way for civiliza-
ton came here seeking a place of re-
their creed, they found a way across
the trackless prairies to these valleys.
Under the most difficult circums tances
they founded, here in the desert, a
home. The waters from the noun
tains were turned into the small canals
and crops raised. 1t was hard and
earnest struggling for many years:
their efforts to procure the means of
keeping body and soul together. But
FafN h.
mighty prevailed, after a time. They
were a peace-loving people too. Sur
rounded by merciless Indian sayages.
whose delight only is to destroy. an
other people might have been annihi-
lated. But under the leadership of a
man whose brain and heart were equal
10 the emergency, they conquered this
relentless people; not with arms. but
by kindness.
They were a patriotic people too.
Among the first acts was the planting
of the starry banner on what is now
known as Ensign Peak. 1t must be
remembered that all this was then
Mexican soil But true to the republic,
the land of their birth and adoption.
they took possession.
Their loyalty needs no comment.
further than to say that two years
after the eyes of the weary pilgrims
saw the Sneen on the DOSOln
Great Salt lake, they formed a consti-
tuition and applied for admission as
state. The boon was denied. Dis
heartened. but not discouraged they
toiled on. Others came and the once
barren desert now blosSomed with the
harvest of industry. In 1850 they again
pleaded for admission to the Union,
only to find the door closed against
them, In 1860 another attempt was
made, which was also fruitless. In
1870 a fourth appeal was made, but
the ears of the government were
closed. In the SOS two more trials
were had which were also abortive.
In the meantime the trail which they
had made ON the plains was being fol-
lowed by others. Along the dim
marks left by the handcarts; past the
graves of those who fell, faint and
weary. by the wayside, came men and
women of all creeds, seeking a home
where this rugged band had estab-
lished the foundations of great state.
They were made welcome, and those
who survive the years which have
elapsed are here STILL while the child
rem of those who sleep beneath the
sod live in the shadows OF the mighty
hills.
Today, while remembering that we
are now free and sovereign people;
the citizens of a state which forms a
part of one of the greatest govern
ments on the face of the globe. the
song of triumph which we sing should
have one strain devoted to the mem
CRY OF those whose hands and hearts
have made this condition possible
After the paaen of triumph let there
be chant to those whose faces are
hidden in the tomb.
oh, UtahI Utahi Utahl Beneath the
green of thy bosom sleep nearly all of
those hardy men and women who
planted the laurel which today forms
for thee crown of triumph. But a
few raora wears shall roll ere the last