. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . ths after his arrival in July 4th, 1871, when Mormons and non-Mormons, unwill-ing to coalesce, held separate celebrations, this was perhaps the firsttime that the Gentiles of Salt Lake City had attempted to publiclycelebrate
. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . ths after his arrival in July 4th, 1871, when Mormons and non-Mormons, unwill-ing to coalesce, held separate celebrations, this was perhaps the firsttime that the Gentiles of Salt Lake City had attempted to publiclycelebrate the Nations birthday. As for the Mormons, while toappropriately observe it had once been their custom, since 1871,when, by the edict of Acting-Governor Black, the troops of FortDouglas were ordered to fire upon the militia if they bore arms inhonor of the day, their ardor had somewhat cooled, so that of lateyears they had sulTered the anniversary to pass without burningmucli powder as incense to Liberty, or making many speeches in herpraise. It seemed to them that the fair goddess had forsaken theRocky Mountain region, and they did not see the propriety of wor-shiping an absent deity. This fact had been taken advantage of bytheir opponents, who used it as an argument to impugn the loyaltyof the Mormon people. It probably gave Governor Murray the cue. !■ ^^^ /■/l^- HISTORY OF UTAH. 121 for his Fourth of July speech, ah-eady cited. The Governors senti-ments, which were the views of the Anti-Mormons, with the quotedstrictures of the Mormon press thereon, afford a fair reflex of thepublic feeling in Utah in the latter part of 1880. the time of Pres-ident Hayes visit. That event we will now describe. The first intelligence of the Presidents coming was received byGeneral John E. Smith, the commander at Fort Douglas. On theevening of August 20th a meeting of Federal officials and other non-Mormons was held in the Walker House parlors to make arrange-ments for his reception. The e
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