Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-26
fFron the files Of 1859,

Ara the Latter-day Saints loyal Il
,h, r. s. recommendation time e
lime the hue and cry Is raised against
ns abe Latter-day Saints Of UtoM Of
alienation and secession from those
prnclples and from that Constitution
which are as dear to the great mojorl.
~ Of this community as lie itself,
THAT such an idea should have gained
prevalence and ever and anon been re-
ue,pted from state to state, and be-
,ome the theme Of defamation almost
throughout the whole nation Is singular
indeed. and is one Of those delusions
into which public opinion often leads
the multitude,
cursory glance at a few items Of
church history presents q food Of evil
dence that the Latter-day Saints have
In ISL Elder Orson Hyde "a proml-
mont member OF the church, was sent
am n mission to jerusalem In the
,ourse Of his travels through Europe
he wrote to his friends In America
thus:
II never knew that ! was in reality
an American, until | walked out one
dne morning In Rotterdam along the
wharf where many ships lay In the
waters OF the Rhine. Suddenly my eye
caught broad pennant floating In a
gentle breeze over the stern Of a fine
ship. at half mizzen-mast, and when
/ saw the wide spread eagle perched
on her banner, with the stripes and
stars under which our fathers were led
10 conquest and victory, my heart
leaped into my mouth flood OF tears
burst from my eyes, and before re-
lection could mature sentence, my
mouth involuntarily gave utterance to
these words. / AN AN AMERICAN,
NO see the flag Of ones country IN a
strange land, and floating upon strange
waters, produces feelings which none
can know except those who experience
them. / can now say that / am an
American. While at home the warmth
and FIRE Of the American spirit Ia In
silent slumber In my bosom, but the
winds Of foreign cllmes have famed Il
into q fame
In January, 1886, when the whole
Church was about to be expelled from
the sovereign state of llllnols-when
Governor Ford declared that popular
preiudlce was so universal against us
that ito use his own words public
opinion was not inclined to do us COM
mon Justice, and that he could not pro-
tect us with any militia the state might
furnish, and when about to pass
through one of the seyerest trials Of
their fidelity 10 their native country,
hear the language Of the Church as
published In "a Circular Of the High
Council
we also further declare for the sat.
lsiacton Of some who have concluded
that our grievances have alienated us
from our country that our patriotism
has not been overcome by flre--by
sword-by daylight nor by midnight
assasslnations, which we have endured
neither have they alienated US from
the Institutions Of our country Should
hostllltles arise between the govern
ment Of the United States and any 9th.
or power. In relation TO the right OF
possessing the territory OF Oregon, we
are on hand TO sustain the claim Of the
United States government 20 that coun-
Try. We feel the injuries we have
sustained, and are not insensible OF the
wrongs we have suffered still we are
Americans and should our country be
invaded we should hope to do at least
as much as did the conscientious Quak-
or who took his passage on board a
merchant ship, and was attacked by
pirates. The pirates boarded the mer-
chairman, and one Of the encmy's men
ieIl into the water between the two
yesse7, but seized rope that hung