Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-04
UIAH'S ADMISSION DAY
EaTks Tho Birth OF a State Whose
PROGRESS Is UHtqulllsd.
Lessons oi the Past Among the PsopI.
-imprsss Of the Great Pioneer.
brigham Young.

CoNNoSvlLLE, Utah. Dec. 20, 1895.
-"Admisslon Day" for UAh-the
very name rsvlves memories VIII on
tend TO make cur pulse beat faster and
our lilo blood seek Its vital reservoir
| with tumultuuui fapidity. In the
category Of holidays for Utah, "hd-
mission Day" will stand ITe.eminent.
Othsr ltstsi days we duly celebrate ~
some particular epDcl Indicating our
national advance, but this memorable
occasion marks tue biTInday VI State
whose progress has been uu,quallsd In
tho history Oi humpu rndeavoT.
CHANGING back through no.. venues "
time We arc unable 10 reach another day
NJ pregnant with matters 900 tuuup1rsi
Importance 10 the neoplc u u o.
hat lay Jriacipl sar emu cli tc=''o >
practical application after O. ..Is
And stubborn struggle Ia seen Va lrr,.
dom anu peace, anu In the existence
OF slAta ON whose broad b som there
~ TO be found honor Tor the oppressed
uf every race Rnd Of every Clims. lts
prosperity has been uncxsmll LOO, and
shows evidence VI more lasting durA.
blliiy than that OF other states whose
prosperity AMI gteatutss hiss been
Advancing years attest IN iucfeated
Significance tue heroism and genius OF
that great statesman and Pioneer
Brigham Young,in building this great
structure and honorable acquisition
(Utah) and impressing true principles
upon the hearts OF the people.
States anu comm On woAltha, like In
dividuals, cannot live for themse Ives
alone, neither can they Increase In
wealth, education aud power without
sxerting consciously or unconsoioualy
an Increased Influence upon tho sti.
tutiOus VI other parts Of our great re-
public. In this respect the history OF
Utah has been indeed most remarkable.
Sometimes the influence OF Utah
In the affairs Of the nation mas been
silent and obscure, and at other times
open and iorcible, but nevertheless
oeAseleiH and potent In all matters per.
tanning 10 the welfare OF the Union
slnce It's entry into the fostering care
OF Uncle Sam. Tho effect OF its exam
pie and marvellous success rs Terri
tory, always In favor Of peace under
the most trying circumsts noes, and It |
may be that the agitation VI the subject
OF liberty Of conscience and religious
freedom Of thought anu action denied
them by the people OF other TAris OF |
the Union, had much TO do, In fact ali,
with the stormy scenes enacted from
the settlement OF the Territory up to u
recent date.
In lS47, when the first Mormon
stepped on the soil OF Utah, the coun- |
try was an absolute deseTt, and indeed |
monarchy OF the most rude
and barDaTous kind, with blood. |
thirsty and untamsd aavago |
population not wholly free from |
cannibalism. The beautiful valleys,
plains anu mountain slopes were un. |
Tiled and Will, the Inhabitants naked, |
Tor nearly sol and the moral sense In |
regard to chastity, liberty, and murder
almost wholly In abeysnoe. There
was native auuienuss and natural
intellectual talent, aud an adRptabiiity
In their natures Of which the Pioneers
OF Utah could avail themselves iu
agreeably aud peaceably living with
these savage people. Carefully cult.
waiting those traits which tended to.
ward moral aud intellectual develop.
msnl, and ~ cautiously eradicating
those cusloms and inOlinations which
led toward the savage slate, the Nor
mons steadily and speedily led their
red brother into confidence and tho
light 0f peace.
The fret settlers OF Utah had all
those Vices 10 contend against, but In
time through a spirit of true kindness
on their part, thoroughly convinced
those abOTiginee that they 1.-THE
PioneeTs) were their true friends. Yet
how wonderful the record Ms we COM
pare the present with the pasl Before