Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12
THE GRAND PARADE.

LIT was a glorious parade Of Veterans.
For years there has been talk of dis
continuing this feature OF Grand Army
encampncnts. 1t has been said that
+ the survivors of the great struggle NON
are too feeble to bear he fatigue Of a
\ march in tho heat Of the sun. And so
Z 1t has been suggested that the paradox
he discontinued.
We are glad that Salt Lake and the
thousands who came here from other
cities we're permitted TO see the soldiers
4 spectacle. never, to he forgotten. And the
Veterans themselves looked as If they
might be good for many more years
They marched to the strains Of the
music with as much vigar apparently
as sif they had been young boys, aud
at they certainly made q deep Impression
upon all who we're privileged to Wit
ness the grand scene. Il
1T has been a niatter5of qualification
to hear the Veterans express theii; sat
isfaction with the reception given them
4 in Utahs capital. One Grand Army
3 man said he had attended the last
twelve encanlpinents, and that he con-
sidered this the best ofSall. We moKc
allowance for the courtesy that may
I have prompted ii compliment. but the
j fact remains that the distinguished
visitors really like the City of tho.
Saints. They feel that they have been
made welcome here. They like the
canyon breezes and the air from the
Lake. They. admire the broad streets
and the commodious public halls. and
they appreciate the hospitality of the;
4 people 1t Is pleasantto know that the
visi tors, generally, feel this way.
There is no place whore they are
more vel come than here. and there Is
a no community that better apprecia-.
q ates their services to the Nation, and
The world, than this, which was found
z Ell by President Young and his fol-
lowers. They. too, fought for liberty
under the American constitution. and
many of them gave their lives for the
maintenance of the institutions found.
ed on that great Instrument Of human
liberty. They came to this valley, as
true Pilgrim fathers, because they.
wanted a. place where they could
worship God in accordance with
the dictates OF their consclences, nm,
rlolested by nlobs led by bigots, and
exemplify In a free commonwealth un-
der the American flag the principles
enumerated by the fathers OF the Re-
PUBLIC. For this reason they revere the
men who fought for the Union. and
q pray that the choicest blessings Of
heaven may rest upon them forever.
We have our difficulties to contend
j. with here In the form OF politicians who
4 see In the American form of govern
ment only an instrument by which 10
further their own selfish ambitions, and
who would not hesitate to use it for
purposes of persecution. This crentas
strife and contention. and consequent
retatdatlon of material progress, aa /
always the case where communities arc
ditided, But we hope for a time when
the n-Anercan, antI-"A Tornlonn drag
on shall be suhdued and sent to She
bottomless pit and peace and har-
mony on the broad American basis of
citizenship prevail. When that time
comes. our progress will be rapid Utah
will become one Of the greatest states
in the West, And the encampment OF
the q. A. R, will always be on record
\ as one Of the great events in its his
tory,