Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-24

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line between civilization and desolatlon.
Neither with tongue nor pen can man
depict the sufferings the sorrows ana
hardshlps OF this noble band ~ pio-
neers. The scene continually before
them was of such dcsolati0n as would
have been despair to any other people
Could such a brave people be menace
10 any nation?
Only the sunlight was bright above
them: only trust aud hope kept their
hearts from breaking. and yet such
people are called by tow Wiley ana
disgruntled politicians menace 20 the
nation. resent the insult with all my
strength and with all my soul
The Pioneers started from Winter
Quarters now Florence, Nebraska, ear
~ In April 1887. The main body "
people were left upon The Missouri
with instructions TO follow later The
line OF the emigrating hosts soon
stretched from the Missouri river 10
the valley of the Great Salt Lake
headed by that fearless pioneer and
faithful friend and courageous leader
. Brigham Young
There are few more touching pictures
lu all the world annals than that jour
ney Of those devoted men and women
I 20 Utah They were determined
| band. they had been crushed out ~
/ civilization and hurled naked and desc
late upon the breasts Of the wilderness.
/ Behind them a flaming sword was up
raised There was no return for them,
so. destitute as they were, they faced
the unknown.
, PIONEERS WE'RE AMERICANS
Most Americans forget that the Plo-
neers were also Americans, fleeing from
I prejudice into the wilderness, even as
/ their ancestors before them had fed
/ from England In the Mayiower Think
/ Of these grand old souls who turned
| their faces toward the setting sun. They
| crossed the trackless plains; they
/ climbed the mighty mountains. De
scended on tha other side with tired
feet and half starved were compelled
/ 10 feed on roots and barks. working a
/ trail as they advanced They finally
/ arrived al the place known as Utah.
! The trail can be traced now from the
! Missouri River 20 Utah. by lonely
| mounds Here on the barren soil In
| Salt Lake valley IN July lS41. Brig
| ham Young lifted up his hand and
/ said, This IL the spot Here we shan
/ make our home" And this little band
/ Of l43 men and three women. half
starved thinly clad. formed a circle
/ and knelt and offered q praise service
/ 10 Almighty God for the watch he
/ had kept over them, and from the
/ and dedicated their lives 90 ceaseless
/ toll without a dream OF luxury, and
/ on that day the Stars and Stripes
| were flung % the breeze, which
was then ON Mexican soil From that
day TO the present the Mormons have
/ been emphaically what they style
themselves 10 be. THE busy bees of
Z Deseret.'
COPIED FROM MORMONS
when one stops to think that for
eiEn emigration was drawn largely
/ from the uneducated districts Of Eu-
rope the civilizng influences can be
readily estimated The colonization
schemes 81 the Salvation Army and
numerous other organizations have
copied their systems from the Nor
mons. The people OF the east IN
sense. are not 10 blame FOR the silly
things they have been made % believe
about Utah and IT'S pople They have
heard only one side Of the story, and
while the crowd Is shouting. Cruelty
crucify!' u Is a difficult task 20 get
a hearing When clamor gets going,
Justice and charity are RELOCATED 10 the
rear. IT takes great many truths
20 wipe sat the trail Of one lie.
can best give You an idea Of the
irdomitable pluck ana energy Of
Brigham Young by making a COM
parison between MIN and Christopher
Columbus. Both were pioneers, boih
dauntless In their courage. both were
successful Brigham Young was abus-
ed and yilifed, not understood.
TRIBUTE TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Brigham Young tracked the barren
desert knowing very little about the
unciNlized west Behind him was his
old home and a few loved ones. Be
hind him were the sneers and curses "
his fen men, but withal, he gush-
ed on into the desert and the wilder
ness. In his devotion 90 his people
he was as gentle as the flowers In
lllS AfAtllrf vi AIlfIlf Nv v a. - N'AN
and as fearless as the lion. The little
army Of eXiled outcasts looked 20 him
AS their Moses and he was
When IN deepest sorrow and trihu-
lation when hope had almost fed,
when skies were dark. and the only
music 70 their ears was the war-whoop
n the painted savage and the dismal
howl Of the wolf when thuuders rolled
az Lob HauhEA al FhFH
despair Brigham Young would sing
and shout;
Come, come ye saints no toll nor
labor fear.
But with Joy wend your way:
Though hard 20 you this Journey may
appear
Grace shall be a. your day.
Grid mp your loins. fresh courage take,
our God viii never us forsake,
And soon well have this tale 20 tell,
An is well, an Is Well"
Brigham Young was a great man. a
gifted man, a big-hearted man. broad
minded and phi3nthropic He and his
people trayersed trackless plain and
suoWcappcd mountains They pene-
trated 90 the very heart ~ the great
American desert where they founded
Salt Lake City, the parent OF hundreds
81 cities. towns and villages. that have
since sprung into existence, as Brig
ham Youngs and Mormonism's gift 10
civilization
Let me say also that future his
torians will give the Normons credit
for opening up the whole western
country as ID was through them that
provisions were obtained Tor the use
" the early gold seekers as they jour-
reyed Go California
THE COMPARISON.
Note my comparison ~ the two men,
Brigham Young and Christophrr Co-
lumhus Think Of the lie Of Colum-
tus. how be- suffered. how he was re-
,ilcd. yet he gave 20 the generations OF
today and those 90 follow. lies grand
est lesson. sail on sail on'' No man
suffered mere iudigniiies. uol sur-
mounted more gigantic obstacles than