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Show ANTl I'OLYiiAMY. Mooting of Lmllos Oppoaud lo I'olyguuiy ut tliti Uoiisrt'Ktt-tiuuul Uoiisrt'Ktt-tiuuul Uluiroh. Tho Proposed Action lo tile Walter Shortly alter the appointed hour yttttarday, the proposed meotuig of IttditM opposed to polyguuiy CKHiTeniHi at tlio Cotigrt'gulioiml church. Tuo object of the gathering w-ia to gito t'i predion lo tlo itmlimenta of tho Geutilo Udu- of tins city reg'itdnig t:ie praeticti ot polygamy, and to Inko some action in the matter with a view to iuvokmg special leiiiitation lroiu the next oongresa to compi'l a cessation cessa-tion of the vysteiu Ot piurill marriages among the Mormon people. 1 lio bull was prvtly well ti led ul tho tiuio of coumieuccmeut, tluro being initio neighbvirhol ol 'AM ladies present, With the exception of tliroo reporters there wero uolo of the opposite sex presiml. Till" asmlilv U, .'.ll.-.i !., nr,)..r I,. Mrs. M, M. B-uio, on wluse motion Mm. S. A. C.k)k wus olocteil chairman of itio meeting, w hi otl-'rtd the ciiitO!u-ary ciiitO!u-ary ttianks lor t!.o lutner conferred, etc. Mr. B.uie was then el o?eu secretary. sec-retary. She itatrti the. uljeel ol the meeting, retuarking at the s.uue tinio that a preliminary nieelii g hid been held a lew dsy previeus when committees com-mittees lud btea lippoiuleJ to dratt measures for sdopon al this mass assemblage. An addtesa waa then read by Miss UetsJ, which had been prepared and which w-.j r.doptixl as the sense of the meeting. The following fol-lowing ii the address: AX AlDltLf. FmiluroiiY ok I'rait. Salt I.akk City, November 7th, 1S78. H is more than SO years sinrr polygamy was pianud on tho !u.m ol iirv-al Stit Ltke. l'nrmg tiitv-r years, cousres has utterly la. led to cuajt elhcicntor enf reo existing; lawa for the abolition of this grcxt crime, And it' be.mvo tnat uioiii i t tiuso uolawi'al and untiailowid alhanerv navo bicn .vQsum mated tiio paat year than st.t txiioro r.i l:-.t history ul the Mormon church. Tr.u End.iw-lueut End.iw-lueut hoa, under tuo name of teruples, are being ereou-d in Ji tl-re:il pArta ol tne territory, doling millions. U is tmtvtssible U atcertau ttio exact numbrr oi rx'iyRam'.iui mams:'-, ijrl mey are coiu. crated in li.'.wo EuJuw-men! EuJuw-men! bou, an iniiluti o rvj f ueutiie is permitted Lt cjiUt, aad t'.,, troUjeincod a:id suterujod are K'aled and bound by oaUh so rrvng thit I even a touted w..l not reveai tiicoi, and to maintain whico, :(rtfvf cn ;uo witness ttand uub.u.Uialy per ,u:e tueau-iTis ud on the jury vio-u'.e vio-u'.e ad con:Jerat'.?s ol oath and dmy. Considering ait oar orround-int;, orround-int;, rxlyAmy has never taken sueh a degra.iiD and debasing form, in I any nation or amoi:i' aur pcvp.e. tbtive the condition vl bAiitrians, as id Lun. It is degrading to lhad and wt-oiao, a curse lo caihJresi and ilealructive to toe acrod rr.att n ol lamily, upon tuica t-ie ciil:2tioa ol oai.uL.s depends, and taere are tnu:g that cannot be repeated cr printed that reduces the ;:?ni lo the lowest lorm of mdeceucy. Thai it abojid be practiced in the name ar.d under tilt c:cafc of rtligin, (hat an a;v.j9t!e, a poiygamist with four at. knuwiedtxl :es, is permitted lo fit in conj;rr, only addd to te ecomnty ol the crime and makes it more revoking to oar comnicn Christian princ-'plet. Our iegulatuie is cum post d almost entirely of polyg-imisH and members of the Mormon priesthood, and they have to row n around poiygamy every possible legislative sate-guard in their power, and the right of dover baa oeen aboiih-J to break down ttie distinction between the lawi'ul wife and concubiue. The Mormons are rapidly extending ex-tending their settlements into Ari-?ua, Ari-?ua, Idaho, New Mexico and Wyoming. Wy-oming. They have tue balance of power in two territories and are, withnat doubt, plotting for it in others. Wecail upon the C'jris'.ian women ol the United States to join ua in urging urg-ing congress to empower its courts to arrest toe lurlher progreas of tins evil and to delay the admittance, of Utah into slate bead until thwj is ccomp lished; and we ask you to circulate and publish our appeal in order to arouse public aeutiment, which should be against an abomination that pc-culiary pc-culiary oppresses and stigmatize woman. It is our purpose to a-t names to a petition designed for con rea, and we hope, iviso, th;tt every minister of the gwpel will commend it to the wemen of bis coogretuon, and that ail Christian associations will do what they can to obtain signatures. sig-natures. vVith the cordial cooperation and concentrated action of the Curitimn women of our land, we may con-lidently con-lidently hope that tho great sin of polygamy may be abolished. t was explained as the intention to circulate copies of the above address throughout all the United States. The following petition; was then road, which is alto to be scattered broadcast throughout tbo land and signatures thereto solicited, tho object of the petition being embraced withia itself. It is brief aad to the point: A MOtOKIAJ,. To th Sknale and House of llr pre- lentatua at' the t. '. A,: We, the undersigned, women ot' Utah, pray your honorablo body to enact such legislation as will make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1802. After the adoption of this, a cii-cular cii-cular letter was read by Mrs. Col. Froiaeth, which it is the intention to send ti every minister in tho Uuited State, the letter to ba accompanied by copies of the addreia and put. lion. Here is tho letter: CIRCULAR LETTER TO TI! K CLERGY. Sir At a mtiBS meeting of tho Indies of Salt Luke city opposed to polygamy, held November 7th, 1S78, lo take Borne action for ita suppression, suppres-sion, the enclosed address to Mrs. Huyes and the women of the United Hinted and form of petition were adopted. A committed w.s thcu Appointed Ap-pointed lo dirttnbmo tho address mid petition, and instructed lo lorwnrd it to every clergyman, or other person likely to leel an intere-t in the movement, move-ment, la tho Uuitod States, with wn urgent request that he read the od-dree, od-dree, or cause it to bn ro.id lo his people mid have the p.rliU in presented among tie Indies i.ir signature?, tlio nunie, upon b.-u g bigued to he given u. the member oi your congrcs-si'inn! congrcs-si'inn! district tor pre enlhlion to con-rvti. con-rvti. In nceordmice with its instructions instruc-tions tho committee enclose- a copy ut ti.e nddresa and petition lo you and earnestly rtqueat you to present them asaboyo euggcetcu, and with as lUtlo delay ns posnihln, tho commit ten ile-htruiK ile-htruiK the pelitiiina to be. prenn-ited to the e.nuinn net-itioii ol congteas. This, aLo, was ndoptei! ui thh sense of those present. A dinlrihutivu com-, millee of thirteen Udittt, wna liiea appointed (with the power ol uppuiul-ing uppuiul-ing Bub coinmitteea it luiiud necessary) neces-sary) whom duty it is to sue that the adilre, petition iiud circular are sent throughout the land ni b. I..rn slated. This eommittee eousi-tn ot Mis. 1), A. M. Frosolh, Mrs. II. C. Godspeetl, M ra. O-MiUaa, M rs. MeMidownuy, Mrs. A. K. S-nilh, Mia. O. J. Mollis-ter, Mollis-ter, Mrs. M U. Athleison. Mrs lVm-'koMiy. lVm-'koMiy. .Mis. J. Ii. MeK.Mii, Mis, Tuttie, Mrs. l.auiian, Mrs. T. K Jones ami Mrs. U, Walker. A committee- on linaneo was nlio appoiutetl upon whom devulves the work ol Mjnirii'g means with which to einy uiit the. phtn ol tho ititiiiug. M ra t I'reen, Mrs. I leiiry Lawrence, Mrj li. M. Pierce, Mrs. VanZito and Mrs. Hugh Audetsm couslitutn this iMnitnitleo. Anuluii to appiint a exiinmittto to eirci1 tti the petition tor signatures throtihotit Sdt Liko and the terri lory w:is thcu carrnd. The following ladies volunteered to servo on this committee: Miss Ahnira L.nee, Mid. Urem, Mrs. A Men, Mrs. DoiiUas, Mrs. J Antes, Mm AlWi, Mrs Ali land, Mrs. 1.1 d, Mrs. John Kimball, Mrs. N. U. Kiiiiohi fl and Mrs. Me EidoA'iuy. The hkei.u are ixt powered to appmut sub-c uitnitteis. At tins point Ihy petition wai cir- , cutateil amjng the ladies f.ir signatures, signa-tures, and with but a lew n. e.tiuns, all pretent appended lluir tiuitusti. the dmnituent. Mia LiMct? then artu and .l.itid that she was vice prc-ident t,f lha National Woman's Christ an TenineMiHO u.sso Ciatiuii, aud that in coiuptny with 1 Mrs. L-iubn she hml started for j S.tlt Like iil;ut a year a i. In organ- I :n to.et.ui hero a:i I do wh.tt g eO he eoiild. S i w shid to give words of chevr, a:il ifitmr.i lhoo prtnt that their t tl l.-n in tun nn'.ier woa!J receive the oout.lriiinee ai?d on in-? inured in-ured supjxrt ol the men aid witd.ii ol the ojntry If n M line i, Cl hr-uia. hr-uia. Sue w.k-d and drlivcrtd her-"fll her-"fll l.ke .ne luci-toni' I to public etw.kiug. Mr y. I.Miid.m, her avx ;l , a' nr.' I in V a I-w remsrki jpprnriin :j Hie o .-a. n, syiti thry ere '.d to tie M at the time ILe tirst, or u ; -1, in' tin! blow a.-a-Lut pi;,:ii,v a iving ttru k, at whten remark Mim Ljsee gv Ten, n - very f rvent anJ ai;.!l'N' "'::e;i." Ti 0 niciliug then v1 v.:;i;. !. ' I'ti : ui to ti.o .urnxe.it vf t:.c j nicit::g Mr1. Sitie '.ni.ouiicid tl.al a numtx-r ol U-t hd expressed a j defire to organ an an.:-p 1 . g.imy ; t.utr. the h,ect t ! h cn nould bo j to ctnliiHi l!ic pr; spalion n( He ' oppuell'uu to t lit: I pr;i,r:,l ol tlie I Mirmon e: iTeh, w:.:cli had hi en inaL:g.:.-:ui al lh:s u'ticg, ai.J to uo i Li utnv. t euJevi it iu rceure the IrgulaLin wl.d lor. Sou thin ir.-Tilcd ir.-Tilcd ail thcie who du r.d lo join the BijC.t'.y to remain sftci tli-j adjournment adjourn-ment ol the metting. Accordingly a few remained and the ni:t' r was diteii4cd. It w:i deTrniiim d that tho iicuiy iL.cu d te k i-.i-wn .it the "Anti l'o ygaiiiy Svn t ol the Women of Utah." Alter appoint. eg a committee to draft a coLstilutitT and bylaws, tbry dj.sjrncd till next Iueaday at 3 p.m., when lh commit tee will report and iho orgjni-i)ion orgjni-i)ion doubtless be efT.cud. |