Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
summon and collect again the recol
lectionsIof by-gone days.
'.IF II WE'RE "A SoLpIER,m

CADMIUM anu COlleCIa aSdlnt lfle X recOl-
lections of by-gone days
'.IF II WE'RE IA SOLDIER,
| If were a soldier, and had fought
! shoulder to shoulder with you If / had
1 felt with you the depression of defeat
| the eXaltation of yictory--iflI had tast-
ed with you the cup Of bitterness which
4 you have been called upon to drink
| II had done all this. doubtless L would
/ feel competent 10 address you But, II
| fancy, even then, the most joyous COM!
! munion would be the sweet converse
| OF "reminiscences, the quiet narration or
| remembered experience
1t has been my privilege and great
| pleasure during the past few months
! to attend and participate in many
gatherings both within and without
1 this state--gatherings representative Of
| the many and diversified interests Of
| our citizens.
i have been Impressed by the spec
tacle of men and women. eager ana
1 active in the exercise of the great her.
| itage of American citizenship-the fran
! chise. / have followed with interest
the proceedings of the conventions of
! the financial interests of our people
| and l have experienced growing con-
| viction that our financial stability as
a nation is permanently established; I
have attend &. and followed. with a,feel-s
| Ing of ever increasing pride. the COM
| nlcncement exercises of our institutions
of learning-and am satisfied that the
sons and daughters of our republic are;
exceptionally favored in their educa-
tional opportunities; I have had occa-
sion to observe the religious devotion Of
the people of our country-and I be-
lteve the citizens of the United States
are a. God Fearing upright people. The
picture of peace and plenty which has
greeted me on every hand, has caused
me to rejoice in the,manifold evidences
of a kind and generous Providence.
Each of these gatherings has carried
with it its distinctive atmosphere. and
each of the observations has left its
individual Impress.
-'NroVFD BY I1MoTIoNs..
But. tonight, as stand in your pres
ence, am moved by emotions which
i find it difficult to describe The dis
tinguished assemblage of this occasion
stirs in me such a variety of thoughts
and reflections that / am at a loss to
particularize.
There is but one other gathering that
arouses in me feelings akin to those@I
experience tonight, and that is the as
senblage which I believe can be Wit
messed only In Utah.55I speak of that
beautiful custom which is followed in
this state the celebration known as
'SOld Folks day--an occasion upon
which youth and middle age join in do
ing honor to old a ge-whenf every per-
son in our midst who has reached his.
three score and ten years is the honored
guest$at a gathering. the inpressiveness
and beauty of which cannot be de-
scribed. n
Language is not subtle enough, not
tender enough to express all that we
4. 49,. 1t
language falling. YOU must look into
our hearts and there read the breadth
OF orr esteem for you.
sL1Ess THE VETERANS.
ssaHCsod bless the veterans of the Grand
Army Of the Republic! To you and
your loyalty we are under an eNerlast-3
ing debt of gratitude. &
What a source of satisfaction-with
what joy the cups of your declining
years must be filled when YOU recount
the glorious history of the intervening
years-the growth of your countryside
Union which, YOU preserved raised to
the proud .elninence5of the greatest ma
ton on earth. honored and respected
the principles for which You fought
indicated. and "the8 mystic chords Of
Lincoln. now STRETCHING from every
battlefield and patriot grave to8every
living heart and hearthstone all over
this broad land. swelling the chorus of
the Union, as they are gain touched
by the bettergangels of nature"
What a splendid courage yours has
been--the courage that knew not fear
the determination that would not be
defeated The thought is borne in upon
me-. that it is. indeed, a glorious hertz
age you are leaving to the sons and
daughters of this countrywide example
of lives of patriotism and loyalty.
"a SHIELD BETWEEN."
When your country placed YOU as a
shield between it's Constitution and
hostile foes, you did not ignobly de-
cline the danger, although the prin-s
ciples for which you fought We're ques-s
toned by those of your own blood and
must be maintained at nothing short of
the fearful cost of a brothers life Into
the deepest CULTS of a bloody conflict
you plunged yourselves without conf
spurred by the same spirit that found
ed our country, directed by the same
oyerruling Providence that guided the
trainers of the Constitution.
| We are glad that you have come. As
representative of the old centers Of
our country, you Will carry back with
YOU to Your homes and friends inl-.
L
ssonal observations
i feel that would not be doing Jus
tice to my state or the people whom
7 represent If I did not take advantage
Of this opportunity to ask your careful
consideration of those things which are
|. of vital concern to US as n people, loyal
as we are to our country and her in
stitutions, proud of our state and her
honor. and solictous for the mainten-
ance of that consideration and respect
which is the just due of loyal and true
citizenship.
"WEsTWATD MOVEMENT
Tie past fey years have witnessed
a decided westward movement of the
point designating the center of popula-
ton in the United States. And still
that point is far east of Utah, The.
van of restless humanity sweeps west
ward persistently; and the Pacific
states vie with eac, other in spirited
efforts to attract the hone-seeker.
Perhaps of all the far western states
and territories, none has been so fire.
auently foisted, an unwilling object, In
to the public attention than Utah. Tn
auestionabiy, than Utah, no state in the
Union has been so often the victim of
public censure and bad repute, because
| of gross misrepresentation and preju-s
dice, matched and scattered broadcast.
by am bilious, selfish individuals whose
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