Show THE UNITED STATES government AND UTAH powerful in numbers and wealth extensive in domain learne dand practical in mechanical arts and the exact sciences and cozies possessing king sing a land choice above all other lands the United states had it in their power to become the most free enlightened and I 1 hap bap happy I 1 py government ever instituted by man peopled by those who had experienced and fled from intolerance oppression and religious persecution inthe in the old world delivered from the yoke almed aimed to be fastened by a foreign power and blessed with a constitution guaranteeing freedom of conscience of speech and of the press it was scarcely presumable that occasion w would oilia ever be found for the prudent cautionary counsels and exhortations to be found in the inaugural addresses of washington adams and jefferson but alas for human wisdom when aman jhan man rejects the colin counsels seis sels and serva berva servants riis of jehovah so recently as march 4 1797 president adams rationally and forcibly urged the propagation ropa gation gatlon of knowledg knowledge b e virtue and reli rell religion 0 ian lan amon among 0 all classe classes of people agthe as the tha only means of preserving im t our constitution from its natural the spirit of soppi sophistry stry the spirit of party the spirit of intrigue the profligacy of corruption and within that brief period those very ENE une MIES mes so against as de destructive to elective governments lure lurg ii exercising sing almost undisputed sway over our nation and most r certainly bid fair to soon accomplish their fore warne warned nefarious designs I 1 I 1 place hunters and spoils men with a iii hireling 1 clergy and reckless editors to bolster bolste r corrupt gy systems stems and lash unbridled licentiousness into fury have the executive of our nation abt bound hand band and foot and turn him ilke like ilke a weathercock to sub serving their nefarious purposes to the utter overthrow of equal laws of justice and humanity principles so revered and respected jn the early administration I 1 of our government yes so much were those principles then respected that P president jefferson so late as march 4 1801 asserted fa wis mise 1 0 and frugal government which shall reb res restrain train men from injuring one another and shall shail leave them otherwise freeto free to regulate pursuits I 1 of industry and improvement ao to be necessary to make us a happy and prosperous POP people I 1 f but inasmuch as rotten political pigmies pygmies have attained attained to almost supreme sway in the government and are fast trampling under foot the last vesti vestle vestige vestie e of unalienable rights regardless of oi se efie correct deachin te teachings achin and examples of the wise and true p patriots patriots and statesmen of the revolution it may be asked whether we expect to wean them from the cesspool of their corruptions corrupt ions lons or to prevent the mad officers and crew of the ship of state from from pursuing their wild orgies as they are hopelessly whirled in the narrowing circles of the vortex i of destruction we have no such elpe expectation C tati OD for we are aware of the folly of atte attempting to cast evil spirits out of those who prefer their companion companionship shi and our voice is not riot loudeen loudden ough to penetrate the earb ears of those who 1 T are willingly deaf and drunken th through roligh the influence 0 of ti their their own unbridled passions what then do we propose to freely and truthfully comment upon men and plesy i no matter whether high or low powerful cc cr weak as opportunity por port t un unity ity and wisdom may dictate also to inform the powers that berthat be that wehr wear we are entime 1 somewhat acquainted with their inhuman n plans and designs and shall subvert them so lr hedri pos V sible and for the berie berle benefit fit of the I 1 ous and upright the wide world biars 2 shail I 1 strive ta noble and goodard goo dand dadd restrain the he vicious s the united states has millions of acres A of unoccupied landeor land forthe for the rapid which e AA the very genius of atour our government re requires the extension of every constitutional facility and encouragement utah embraces a margarea large area of mountains deserts and arid valleys villey k with ith three salt lakes several brackish and fresh W 4 water springs and streams streams six or seven small email t agle able r rivers I 1 i vers and limited an s ait alt I 1 red ered i spots and strips of soil rendered fer i 1 yaw faw i tile tiie a li by y experts expensive ive lve and vexatious irn gatior alor this frightfully ully poor region was unoccupied previous to 1847 save by thea 6 av a few roving indian idian ti aderi traders trappers and hu hungers ners being midway bet between the wester western states siau and alid the land oi of gold on the bl best est direct central line of overland over land communication did not the government offer large bounties hy inland land and almost stretch its delegated powers to pave the way for the settlement se of so s desolate a country and did they not even shake offa barbarous relic of af colonial an and d guarantee gua gna rantee to th the settlers in such a region even I 1 more moie more f fully I 1 and and ana I 1 cheerfully than is accorded to those dwelling in more desirable locations location locati or the the ahe constitutional right of electing their own of officers ficeri we will will answer in february 1846 thousands of oi men women and children could be seen leaving t their homes in nauvoo and crossing the ass mississippi 1 toes to escape the rell reil religious lons ions persecution so ruthless ruthlessly li poured upon them by the state of illinois while not a single b move was made by the general I 1 government to restrain res traia train men from injuring one another and 11 hen crossing the missouri 1 after a weary journey through the state of iowa lowa Io they thoy weremey we instead of with hind ness less commiseration and succor with a requisition from the united states for a battalion of efficient men to assist in the war with mexico this quota if even any could have been legally called for grider under the circumstances was so outrageously and lare iare as to plainly manifest what might be expected from th the then administration which should according to jefferson have extended requal equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion religious or political that battalion after being so 0 recently thrust from their homes solely because they them lived above corruptions corrupt ions and the commission of popular crimes at a moments warning turned their backs upon their wives children and an aged parents upon their brethren and aad sisters isteni and least of all upon their teams wa wagons ons and the little all left to them of this worlds goods and performed perform edthe the most arduous health des and praiseworthy but much poorest requited service in the acquisition of the very territory of which utah is a portion that unfair and inhuman requisition was the first open thrust at the latter day saints by the govern government enit but it was met in a manner so I 1 lerent different diee diff from what was expected abd so different fe from what an ady any y other class thus treated d would have met it that the then ihen design foroud extermination was foiled and the ready compliance with such an unheard of requisition for a long iong 0 period effectually sile slie silenced aced the most rabid persecutors of the saints and evere evele even caused its originator and instigators 0 to blush 1 at cruelty so akin to the characteristics of the fiends of darkness I 1 in 1847 ered and by human buman aldi aidi aid ald but strong t in the spirit of their god and joyous in the known eter eternal bal bai principles of heaven the saints wended bended their way to the mountain fastnesses fast nesses of what is now called utah and from that date until now have lave been busily engaged in the observance of the commandments mand ments of god and the counsels of his servants in framing and abiding good and whole vi holesome laws and in berte berie benefiting fiting and striving to save the human family BO so far as possible ible ibie within that short time cities have been built i containing aside from the comfortable dwellings i of the less affluent larger large tasteful arld arid and j commodious commod lus ius public and private edifices which would add grace to cities the most moat favored by x time wealth wearth and other facilities many araby locations cat ions previously nude and unsightly baat have by labo laborious ilous flous persevering perse and add often unrequited toil toll been caused to teem with their rich products for ahe the sustenance of man and beast of the citizen aed aad the st stranger 1 alid and trees planted and watered with a labor laboi and pa patell pate tient nl waiting that but few would endure are now bending with their burden of beautiful luscious and varied fruits wh where ere her heretofore et afore naught but bai barrenness met meb the eye arii arid and mills tiflis and machinery i add their huni hunt to the music of waters hitherto unrestrained these facts alone are of themselves a perfect refutation of all the lies and slanders uttered against us whether in regard to oui our social moral political or r religious character ter and habits habka for loi no people of the charac character ter tir and habits given us by our enemies would coul ifould dor or evet cret did moat most favo fato favorable circumstances operate lif lii a manner at all comparable for true worth with the cour i sand nd c conduct of the saints in utah I 1 I 1 well for all this toil I 1 expended in peopling with patriotic citizens regions where no na other people leople would v ouid or will wili dwell has not con congress gr ebs ess passed for utah an extra liberal preemption pre emption law it has passed preemption pre emption laws some more and some less liberal for ALL territories errit ories orles tf if we fe mistake mistaken mist akef not the territory oi of ua ai al alan from iro m the I 1 tery AT t i ff a t nature 3 of acou iry try nd th the e J just J uit claims of f its ltd settlers and the circumstances of 0 its settlement justice and mercy would rqn require lre ire its being f reely freely il given giyen lyen iven fo its ts occupants nag as some sone small remuneration there is iino no pre emption law extended by which proclaims its citizens tobe to be free and equal 1 at a d late daff date persons pon son were sent to fo make scattering ri surveys t with in our borders barde when it is or sh should opia opla b be e well wall known at washington that echi even those will never pay for the e expense for although they be made as we ive are informed has been the case at a very vary cheap rate toche bolh parties entrusted with their execution by plotting in the office lines never run and corners never seen in the field and by here t and there st sticking ichim long iong on b stakes so loosely th that at a animals upon the ra range will rub them down laid to mormons cormons Mor mons and thus obliterate I 1 era cra te guiding marks to blunders still the government erime teays pays according to the offic office e returns and the buyer may hunt his lines lined and corners as best he can call but perhaps we should find ilg no fault with large ta pay for nov not doing sin bin since i ce it is arefe preferable 1 rable with some to be unwilling to pay all ail anything at hing for service unless the service be of a corrupt pt and corrupting description or be b e not performed we are as willip willing to pay for land as are any other people and are as fond of valid titles to land which in fil unsold lands whether surveyed 0 or r to be surveyed we recognize and always have recognized to rest with the he government and who in utah ubah U tah bah has ever prohibited or in the least interfered with the custom customary ary surveying of public lands who refuses to pay for public lands wb when en they ar are thrown into market no one in utah buchow bui but how has it been in nebraska congress passed pas an act granting a a quarter section of land to each settler of a certain description in that territory and the territorial assembly transcended their theli bounds and legislated 11 a halt half section to each such settler has the assembly in utah ever venture dupon legislation of any thing like that character verily no and as jtb to land they have only h granted possession to certain ceita 1 in claims and improvements prove ments there thereon orr as has been customary in all new countries pending the survey and saie sale sale sala by government and we again defy the world to point plit opt a single infraction of law by the latter day saints either elther in a legislative judicial executive public or private capacity but the unlawful lawful unlawful I 1 land and legislation in nebraska is not all the beauty of land practice ip in that re region L lon ion for they have organized clubs to mutually warrant and defend HALF sections to settlers and have passed a resolution among el others all who will not hot join them are called sundry very hard names and threatened with all sorts of vI violence olerice if they io in the least de degree 0 roe interfere with the operations ope ppe rations of the clubs and we are informed inform i ed that they have already shoved several under the ice tied up and severely whipped others banished some bome and otherwise killed and maltreated Mal mai treated reatea those who cross their thor plans Is not all that law abiding and highly praiseworthy but they are not cormons mormons Mor mons 1 why not noi send troops to nebraska where congress V as is openly legislated 0 over by ili a territorial assembly and the laws set act at defiance why were not troops sent to california where downright 11 insurrection and ana rebellion have strode rampantly over all law oh P they were not mormons cormons Alor Mor mons why are not troops sent to newyork new york baltimore av washington ox and other clil cities s when the civil authorities aie ale are wantonly scouted and blood lawlessly shed by violence reddens their streets eti there ife are no mormons cormons Mor mons engaged ill lil n tho those e pastimes of civilization and last 1 why b y send any troops to utah where aher e all is peace industry law ilaw order virtue sobriety and the daily dally dail dall y observance of the principles pertaining iain tain boboth to both temporal and spiritual welfare and salvation oh soh solely fon for the ithe very reason that they are cormons mormons Mor mons and their upright and virtuous course is so unlike our deeds of bf darkness that we are arp determined to a make them as lawless bloodthirsty and rid rotten as weare bearey ve arey or exterminate them if iffe we have bave the power pov Ver T to pave cave the way or the accomplishment c P I 1 of sd soi la laudable Q 4 a design and if possible us to some overt act which can be bei seized upon u p oh for a pa plausible aa sibl depre ephe pretext text they persist in the barbarous barons barous s colonial usage of thrusting strange and ami outi outside ide officers upon us contrary to our lawful and oft expressed ex pr esad unanimous 1 u s choice and the majority of whom are most well known to be and unworthy president defier jelter a bohia n ip his address aldress S a already qu quoted doted from specifies d a JEALOUS realous care of the or OF ELECTION lly ill nv THE che r kopla to beene of bf the E essex ia TAL tan pr principles i i c i aples of our government it blit but gitil J a ja sew few aara daja a a dver 56 66 years jaari t date and i in the tha bam iam eurof e ss i d republic at ht least one of P president r buchanann Bucha nans hans cabinet li has as sayi t y e ed d our legislative assembly d disrespectful caf ul and |