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Show It declares, in section 21, Marriage to 2nd. 1818. This compact or agreement being a new State, to add lustre to the Tenth. Resolved, That religions and reclaimed it. Spoke pt the 500 national galaxy of our glorious Union. be a civil contract, and names the ofli we have inviolate on our part; civil liberty are both essential to the, qulroa of the '"Mormons" i t? preserved And we, the people who have done this, cers who alone shall solemnize the rite, ond we Published every Wednesday and Saturday. respectfully submit that it is not perpetuity of Rcpublieangoveniiavht, ernmcnt to fight with Mexico wuJ'' are believers in the principle of plural when our fuith expressly holds it as a in the power of any legislature or Con- and that hi destroying one you destroy proper quota would been only tZ not or P.1"'! polygamy, marriage simply as on most sacred rdinancc, which can only gress, legally and Constitutionally, to the other. half men. and said tl.u , elevating social relationship Mid a pre be administered by those holding the .abrogate and annul such an agreement FRANKLIN I). RICHARDS, Eleventh. Resolved, That we tender held this Territr, W ventive of many terrible evils which authority from Heaven, thus compelling as the "a'ot mm,. Law, which thin bill pro- to God, our Fatherin heaven, our most XDITOB A.1D PLBl.lSnER. afllict our race; but as a principle re us io uiocnminaie in iavor or officers poses toOrganic do, without tho consent of both Bincere and hearty thanks for Ilia great pic uv war wiui our nation. , jf. T'l veuiea ty uoa, unueiiying our every appointed by the Government and parties. Our property, lands and build blessings and kindness to our fathers in that the Government. wr. i eternal and salvation of officers Alauthorized hope happiness against ings, private and public, are to be eon inspiring them to establish the Consti- to fulfil their compact with n. by the oGi)F.y, UTAir. M to , in heaven. V e believe m the pre-exi- st r fiscated, our rights of citizeushipdestroy miguiy. tution of the United States on the basis present oucstion wan ence tho of of God that men; thus 0Dt contakes It the of men our spirits 18701 away and women subjected to ex of civil and religious liberty, and that ed, right Sturdy Homing April 2", right . to the author ot our being; that marriage science, and deprives us of an ordinance cessive and penalties, because we He put it into their hearts to make this .1uunu it ir i: ir0 : I iiv. ,i. bihak.. ilia pains unuru. Th... is ordained as the legitimate source by upon the correct administration of which believe in and CJ Hi i .... annul , practice a principle taugh instrument of the Supremo law, which nn .,6U lo DCI une which mankind obtain an existence in our happiness and eternal salvation de- by the Bible, commanded d in be divine rev should not sword: that it wns imn.;u. .r J 'M by any emergency nXSH this probation on tho earth; that the pend. aud by which all should be civil without religious liberty. elation, and sustained by tho Christian It not only subverts religious liberty, monarchies of Great Britain and France bound. marriage relation exists, and extends . if Congress could put down PoIvmb, y ' AGAINST THE throughout eternity, and that, without it but in sections 10 and 19 violates every among millions of their subjects in their REMONSTRANCE Twelfth. Resolved, That forty mill- logic and argument they would no man can attain to an exaltation in the principle of civil liberty and truo Re- territories of India and Algeria. sort f Ainoriean to ions force citizens, enlightened CULLOM BILL. celestial Kingdom of God. The revehv publicanism in that it bestows upon tho Wo we rolemnly oppeal to with half a million of priests philanThe Chairman remarked that iCT tion commanding tho principle of plural Governor the solo authority to govern you uotearnestly, to permit this iniquitous, unjust thropists and editors, ought to be able "l On Thursday, at one o'clock p.m., a . i i i , God and and to ivuum nave spoken if remove their by fcsiiucweu through Joseph jails marriage, given prisons, to control, without the aid of legislative man meeting wan held, according to Smith to the Church of Jesus Christ of wardens and keepers, to appoint and measure to become aud law.and that. too. in enactment, an institution, which they naa permitted, but it was now deai Latter-da- y Saints, in its first paragraph remove probate judges, justices of tho violation of the Constitution, bv which call objectionable and immoral, previous appointment, in the Tabernacle, itiA mAnlinM through ftln Ia tlnan U9 BOOIl ..jv pjj peace, judges of all elections, notaries Salt Lake City. Quite a number e the nag the toilowwg language: and or the influence of religion, the power of industrious, peaceable men put tne motion to H no siuie. I reveal unto you a new and public and all sheriff's clothing one man derly persons will be driven to the the "Behold,. and moral suasion, as but press, against citizens of Otrden were present, everlasting covenant, and if ye abide not with despotic, and, in this Republic, unh- desperate necessity of disubev'm Al- - one hundred and fifty thousand people meeting that the Remonstrance notice of the meeting was not generally that covenant, then are ye damned; for eard-of powers. ot Resolutions be sustained; which the uni who consider it a divine institution. mignty uoa, the Uovernor It thus deprives the people of all voice verse or of subjecting themselves to the circulated in our city unXil we published no ono can rejeet this covenant and be Revote Before for a on the calling rcsponueu to by an unanimous to in into enter the government of the Territory, re- pains and penalties of this act, which my glory." it in the Junction on Wodnesday, Ogdcn permitted With this language before us, we can duces them to abject vassalage, creates ould be worse than death. We be monstrance and Resolutions the Chair- with the lull lorco of several thorn was not so well represented a it would not view plural marriage in any other a dangerous, irresponsible and central- seech of you, gentlemen, do not, by the man said some speeches would be de- voices in concert. The sound hid J therwiae have been. light than as a vital principle of our re- ized despotism from which there is no passage or harsh and despotic measures livered. thrilling effect and we wish it C0lld g and An accommodation train was ran on ligion. Let the revelation appear in the appeal, and leaves their lives, liberties drive an inoffensive, Hon. Tratt Orson have penetrated to the Senate Chancer said he to proposed and every human right subject to the loyal people to desperation. We have eyes or others as it may, to us it is discuss the the Utah Central for the benefit of the divine command, of of as subject plural marriage at ashington. force with equal any caprice of one man, and that man selec suffered, God knows how muoh! in years a divino institution, and if it could be so t ttie metropolis, but as ever given by the Creator of the world to ted and sent here from afar. people north No one could look Ttnrni flm n,ii'i. , for our We lied to these past, religion. It proposes in sections eleven, twelve mountain wilds to escape the ruthless proved, how could it under any circum- of earnest countenances In no public announcement of it was made His children in the flesh. The Bible the vast tj. stances be designated a crime? He then confessedly stands in our nation ns the and seventeen, to punish American cit- hand of persecution; and sh ill it be said showed 'Bible that God gave to senibly nor listen to tho from the here, even the clerks at the depot know- foundation on which all law is based. izens, not for applause with wrongs, but for acts sanc- now, that our government, which ourln ing nothing of it until Wednesday even- It is the fountain from which our ideas tioned by God and practiced by His most to foster and protect us, designs to re ancient Israel commandments which which the speeches were received will. them to practice polygamy. ing, very few availed themselves of its of right and wrong are drawn, and it luvorert servants, requiring them to call peat, in the most aggravated form, the compelled One was the law requirinir a man whe out feeling the sincerity and to and men our force Dad gives whom those miseries we shape chose have for His (iod been morality and called to At U$ other Kaysville upon advantages. manifested. ther married or single to wed his de i ei u sustains piurai marriage, ana in oracles and delighted to honor, and even pass mrougn Dctorel ceased brother's widow if the brother settlements on the way, the train was A note was read from the sgent of does it condemn that insti to cast reflections on the ancestry of the What evidence can we give you that had died without issue, so that the in- the well patronized. tution. Not only having, therefore, American Bible Society to the effect savior nimseti. a ot is piurai marriage part ourreligicn, It strikes at the foundation of all Re- - other than what we have done by our heritance, which was to fall to the first that a The weather was delightful. The air revelation from God making the belief number of Bibles had just born large might be kept in the family. He and practice of this principle obligatory buWican government in that it dictates public was pure and clear, and the nun shone teachings and publishing for argued that if seven brothers were mar- arrived and could be obtained at Calder upon us, we navo tho warrant of th opinions and belief, prescribes what years past! If your honorable bo lies and six of them should die child- Bros. A gentleman ut Brightly, making the whole landenquired if ii,- holy Scriptures and the example of hall and whAt shall not be believed by are not satisfied with what we now pre- ried, the seventh was less, As required under life and with the and whom men and God citizens, assumes to decide on the sent and what we have previously pub- - this beauty. scape glow prophets righteous passages sustaining polygamy had been law to the six widows; thus train moved steadily on its way for the loved, honored and blessed; and it validity of revelations from Alniiirhtv nsnea lo the world, we beseeoh you in the Almighty marry . was expunged? with crime chargeable should be borne in mind that when this God, the Author of existence. the name of our common country and if road is in good condition the rich lands, could be proved that polygamy was it After a brief Hon. George was prayer by and the It principle proinulged, disorganizes ond reduces to a cha those sacred principles bequeathed unto criminal. And God had people immense herds of stock, fine houses and or tins pronounced a Q. Cannon the assembly dispersed chaterritory entered upon its prac otic condition every precinot, city and us by our revolutionary fathers, in the fearful curse upon those who would not extensive improvements which mt the tice, it was not a chime. God revealed county in the Territory of Utah, and name of humanity, and in the name of do all things written in the law, to which tting pleasantly upon tho absurdity of to us. it His divino no substitutes as contained word, adequate organization. Almighty God, before making this act a curse all Israel had to eye, spoke louder than any verbal eulogy in say Amen. An- sending Bibles to the people of Utah the Bible which we had been taught Jt subverts, by summary process, near law, to aend to this Territory a Coin other was the law which required a man, and at the same time of the industry, enterprise and success to venerate and as law on our enacting laws to ly books. statute clothed with the necessary au whether married or It mission, every regard holy, upheld single, who forced punish them for of the "Mormons," and invoked any- it, and there was no law applicable to us violates the faith of the United States. mui-ujr- , the preeepti 10 iane evidence ana make a practicing an unbetrothed virgin, to endow her as in that it breaks the original contract thorough and exhaustive of making our belief or practice of it crim thing but a benediction on the investigation his wife, and forbad him to put her contained therein. those who covet and would deprive them inal, it is no crime in. this Territory made with the people of this Territory into the subject and obtain evidence away all his days. He then referred to only as the law of 18G2, passed in the Organio Act, who were at the time concerning the belief and workings of the commandment of God which f their secured possession?. long years after our adoption of this that compact was made, received as citi our reugioua system from its friends inthe right of inheritance to the firstborn The city was lively, but orderly. Con principle as a part of our religious faith, zens from Mexican Territory and known stead of its enemies. of a man having two wives, whether the ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR. '' All of which, with the accompanvine was held in th makes it such. The law of 1802 is now to be believers in the doctrines of the , siderable conversation of the first second or or wife, offspring streets by visitors upon the subject of a fact; one proscription gives strength Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday resolutions, is respectfully submitted for whether sho was loved or hated. He Office opposite Ogdcn Hotel, to another. What yesterday was opinion, Saints. your favorable consideration. OOPKX C1TT. showed that was an ordinance the meeting, but there was no excite. is liablo y We also wish your Honorable Bodies to bo law. It is for this The Remonstrance was received with administered marriage divine and All kinds of by authority, legal biuinu promptly atteiM meat. Ma ay of the stores were closed reason that we earnestly and respect- to understand that the Legislature of loud applause and many of its points quoted from tho Book of Kincs how to. lit this remonstrate and has never the law and business generally was suspended fully protest against Territory passed any tho Priest selected two wives Jehoida with enthusiasm. Bill Honof the now before the passage affecting the primary disposal of the soil; during the time of ther meeting. Th orable Senate, feeling assured that while but only The committee also presented the fol for tho young King Joash, of whom it adopted regulations for the conwas said, "he did right in the sight of waa Tabernacle densely crowded; even it cannot accomplish any possible good trolling of our claims and possession! lowing Resolutions which wero read God all his days." He then referred to by sill and which it window the doorways may result in improvements to the amount Hon. George Q. Cannon: being great amount of upon tho saying of Jesus concerning several of millions of dollars have been made. ancient polygamists that many should occupied, and many persons were una' misery. It gives no alternative but the cruel This bill in section 20 repeals the law KESOIXTIOXS. come the East and the West, the ble to gain admittance. one of rejecting God's command and ab- of (he Territory containing said regula cnKDiTons of tuk estate or First. Resolved, That the Supreme North from and the W. South, and sit down with Tub dweaaed, nn btroty On the stand were Mayor D. II. Wells, juring our religion, or disobeying the tions, thereby leaving us destitute of Ruler of tho Universe has the rieht to them in the Kingdom of God; and asked notifimt that all claimsWwt, npuinst mill Kitnts miw command man in the d be concerns on Chief Justice Wilson, Associate Justice authority of the Government we desire legal protection to our lefuro nr oix month from dak of prcrentf-life, if Congress had become more righteous pos tu the undcrniicued Administrator of ui to honor and respect. and that it is man's duty to obey. lrcif accumulated the labor of over sessions, O. Hons. J. God than Strickland, Tratt, Taylor, Almighty. The speaker con Ktnt, hi) all accuniiU aniiiat said Estata not Second. Whereas, According to the It is in direct violation of the first twenty years, and exposing us to the cluded by saying, "it is not alone be- i.rwentod will be twrred and dhreeanled in W. Woodruff, G. Q, Cannon, Joseph F amendment to the ettlcineut of said Estate. Constitution, which mercy of land speculators and vampires. positive knowledge of a large number cause we find the principle of plural Smith, Elias Smith, Jos. A. Young, and declares that "Congress thall make no uentletnen ot the Senate and lloiue of of persons now assembled, the doctrine f MARY WEST. we Biblo sustained in the that J. M. Bernhisel, Gen. If, S. Eldredge, law respecting an establishment of re- Representatives, this bill, which would of celestial marriaze. or plurality of marriage have it in our and Administrator, faith, incorporated or prohibiting the free exercise deprive us of religious liberty and every wives, was revealed to the prophet Jo SmTiimOCK, Col. J. C. Little, Thos. Marshall, Esq., ligion hold it but because it has beu , iOUS, SHARP. thereof." worth having, is not di seph Smith, and by him established in revealed sacred, political right and as command a . given by t . rt Judges Stout, Snew and Miner, J. M, It robs our priesthood ef their func- rected sgamst the people of Utah, as mo vuuitu ute otnus 01 Latter-da- y God Ji.B. Tlie claim aaiii Estate may apaiast jurist to the Church of Jesus Christ of d Saints as a revealed law of God; Latter-da- y with Walter Thompaon, at Og'ltn City. Carter, Esq., 0. J. Holliatcr, Esq., and tions and powers, and men and women, but against their holy and becomes when it Saints, a ereat number of leading men from gives them to justices of the supreme religion. Eighteen years aco. and ten therefore be it question of obeying a commandment of Odcn Citv. court, justices of the peace, and priests years before the parage of the anti-po- l Iteeolved, That we, the members of God March 28th, 1870. ' or complying 'with a law made bv different places. 2- whose authority we cannot recognize. ygamy act of 1802, one of our said Church, in Mass Meeting assemleading as an individual, will obey God, . .. r At the reporters table were represent by empowering such as the only ones to men, liiuer vrsoa now most earnestly and sol- men, I, death or no death." rraii, was expressly bled, do declare celebrate As before well the 10 ana tatives of the Ogdrs Jusitios, Dtrtt seni the uty or Washtnr emnly marriage. might Almeghty God uepuiea Judge Hosea Stout said ho came here law prescribe who shall baptize for the ton to publish and lecture on the princi- that we hold that said order of marriage in 1848 and it was then a fearful looking JV'riM, Salt Lakt TeltgrajtK and Sew York remission of sins, or lay on hands for ple of patriarchal or plural marriage as as a cardinal principle of our religious It took a great deol of faith llnald. the reception of tho Holy Ghost. faith, affecting us not only for time, but country. pracucoa Dy us, to come here, and a great deal more to called was order by It encourages fornificotion and adulThe meeting lie lectured frequently in that and for all eternity, and as sacred and bin- faith not to get scared to death after the Mityor of the city, Hon. D. II. Wells, tery, for all such marriages would be other cities, and published a paper for ding as any other principle of the Holy men cot here. The country swarmed deemod invalid and without any sacred some length of time, in which he estab- Gospel of the son of Goal. th Indians who lived on crickets, and who, on motion of Hon. Je4in Taylor, or binding force by our Third. Resolved, That marriage is tho SALT LAKE CITY, ' community, and lished, by elaborate and convincing ar crickets lived on our crops. After to was chosen preside. those thus united together would, ac guments, the Uivinity or the revelation enjoined upon man both by revealed all that the Mormons had done Will send Seeds of every kind, for the Farmer, thr in openand natural laws. Gardener, or the Florist, by mail, on receipt of The following gentlemen were elected cording to their own belief and religious commanding plural marriage, western this given and country aiding in published price and ten cents a pound for postage. Fourth. Resolved, That celestial mar- ing convictions, be living in a condition of through the Prophet Joseph Smith, and tho settling of surrounding Territories, as officers: For prices see Deseret Sews. habitual or which that would the doctrine of was is that wives, riage, sanctioned and adultery, plurality bring Yica Presidents: ..Hon. J. M. Hern- Congress gave California a State GovAddroaa. STAINES A Co, Seedsman, Box 385, the holy relation or marriage into dis endorsed by the highest Biblical author- - principle of our holy religion which ernment ' and Utah a Territorial Govern Salt Lake Citv. , hisri, Bon. John Taylor, Hon. Orson repute, and destroy the safeguards of ty. For ten years before the passage of confers on man tho power of eternal ment, when Utah had two inhabitants to ' or endless me is W. ot and act, therevirtue. Hon. lives, and A. was increase; Jos. the Hon. chastity principle widely Young, itsu, Pratt, California's one. When the land laws It is unconstitutional in that it is in preached throughout the Union and the fore beyond the purvieu of legisla wero extended to other Woodruff, Hon. Q. Q. Cannon, Hon. Jos. places, Utah was direct opposition to soction nine, article world, and it was universally known and tive enactment, the women being marexcluded. would not grant Congress . Smith. one of the Constitution which prevides recognized as a principle of our holy ried to the man for all eternity, by the benefits of or the homeof the Holy Priesthood, delega- stead Secretaries: R. L. Campbell, Theodore "no bill or attainder or ex post facto law faith. We are thus explicit in mentionlaw to men with more than one David shall he passed. ing this fact to show that patriarchal ted from God to hira, . MeKean. Paul A. Schettler, Hon. J. M. Bernhisel, our mriK foluvwin-- q wife, though numbers of TUB in-Fifth. P.esolved, That the practice then It destroys the right of trial by jury, marriage has longbeen understood to be that the more wives ret Weekly Htm: McKeniie. e, Delegat urged of in the of cardinal this a for was of our We providing plural marriage impanneling principle juries Territory religion. a man bad the more land ho needed. Vol. XVIII. No. 9, for April T. Reperters: 1). W. Evans, E. L. Sloan composed of individuals the recognized would respectfully mention, also, in this not a crime, nor in violation of any However, in 1807 a land office was es " 14. in, Do what is right" was sung, after enemies of the accused, and of foreign connection, that while hundreds of lead- Constitutional or Divine law. In 1802 it tablished " 11, " 21. here, by which a bargain was first was declared to to be ore the Elders undor where been case district have a otherwise bv in it the Eastern ing 18, for June 9. which Judge Jesse Haven, of Morgan mada with the people, who had paid the is to be tried; while the sixth amend States and in the City of Washington, Congressional enactment, and never by "19, " 16. Government a deal of for in great money 23, Singing engaged prayer. county, "20, ment t3 tho Constitution provides that not one of them has been cited to appear any act of ours. f land, jnow they are to be prevonted Sixth. "We thank thee, 0 Lord, for a Prophet. in all criminal prosecutions, the accused as a witness before the Committee on That wo concur from Resolved, enjoying that land. Was this a The eomroiitcee of thirteen who had shall enjoy the richt to a speedy and Territories to prove that this principle is with the Roman Catholic Church, the piece of sharp practice to get money or Greek Church, the Church of England, was it done in good faith? He had conbeen previously appointed reported the publio trial by an impartial jury of the a part of our religion, gentlemen and other in Slate and district wherein the crime denominations, that religious if were that, established, siderable faith in Congress yet, though following Rcmonstrtnce, which was read shall have been committed." the proposed law would be null and void believing marriage to be a sacrament that body had bothered him badly when and religious ordinance, and we believe it It is contrary to tho eighth amendment because of its unconstitutionality. by Hon. Geo. Q. Cannon: passed that bill. He had previously to the Constitution, which provides that What we have done to enhance the it to.be unconstitutional to proscribe looked West of Prert. Jt. Young's Residence, over it He did not Suit Lake City. excessive fines shall not be imposod greatness and glory of our country, by our consciences by legislative enactment, believe now it would REMOXNTR AXCE. pass. to declare or civil it a contract oulv. Incruel and unusual TO in and "nor SALT LAKK CITY PHOtLP VTISITOKS punishments pioneering, opening up making It was the most wonderfully gotten up V not forRot to call TO THB HONOBABLR TUB 8SNATB AND and soe the fine collection habitable tho vast western region, is be- "What God hath joined together, let no flicted." ho had ever seen in the a of thing of NATIVE ANIMALS and KIRDS; also MINEshape HOl'SI OF BKI'RESEN TATIVES Of THE It violates section 8, article 1, of the fore the nation and should receive a na man put asunder." If not allowed to be law, and every time he looked HOMIi RALS, in it he MANUFACTURE'S, and natnrel UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMConstitution, which provides that Cen- - tion's thanks, not a proscriptive edict to Saints, at least permit us to be Christians saw new wonders. He then referred to firoductians of the Territory, at the above beventn. Resolved, That the passaee the gress shall establish a uniform rule or rob us of every right worth possessing BLED : predictions made that Brigharo would Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. naturalization throughout the United end of the very soil we have reclaimed of a law which compels husbands to tho coming of the railroad, prevent their wives, parents their chil whereas he has Gentlemen: It is with no ordinary Stales, iu that it provides, in section 17, and then purchased from Government. gone out with his Before this soil was United States dren, and absolves those solemn cove- a long distance and helped it in;people new, unheard of aud special rule, concern that we have learned of the and which nants are by they eternally bound challenged the world to come on with passage, by the House of Representa- applicable only to tho Territory of Territory we sottled it, and five hundred to each other in their associations. their of our best men responded to the call of tives, of the House bill No. 1087, en Utah. light and civilization, and show ns in that, in soction Government in the war with Mexico and would be not only a reproach upon civ if they had It is titled " bill in aid of the execution of anything better thon we ilized in violabut direct government, the laws in Uth, and for other pur- 10, it places men on unequal ground, by assisted in adding it to tho national dohave. Referred to the judges who fled nETTTRN TICKETS ARB GOOD ONLY 0! tion the law of of God; and when made from poses," commonly known as the "Cullom giving ono portion of the citizens super- main. Utah, and in thoir report declared It- Accomuiadatica Train. Five and Six. JOS A. YOUNG, When we were received into the Un- - applicable to ouly one Territory, is that all the handsome women were marbill;" against which we desiro to enter ior privileges over others, because of 8LTT. ., i our most .earnest and unqualified protest, their belief. ion, our religion was known, our early partial legislation and a flagrant act of ried to polygamists, which mado it "par, It strips ns, in sections seventeen and officers, including our first Governor, persecution. and appeal against its passngo by the U. S. officials. ticularly hard" upon the Resolved, That, while we Said the Republican of the land wo have re- wero nearly all Latter-da- y Saints or Senate of the United States, or beg its twenty-six- , party had killed a thank the American Bible for claimed from barrenness, and which we Mormons," for there were few others Society reconsideration by the House of "twin," which had died hard, and W are sure you will bear have paid Government for, also all pos to elect from; we were treated as citi- sending us the Word of God, we think pledged themselves to kill both "twins;" with ui while we present for your sessory rights to which we are entitled zens possessing equal rights, and the or- it a strange inconsistency for a Chris- this law w as only passed to redeem their UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO some of the reason why this as settlers. It authorizes, by soction iginal bond of agreement between the tian nation, which has received its pledge. He showed that Congress toler- THE the citizens of Opden and its vicinity Bible from men who wero po- ated the inspired fourteen, the sending of criminals into United States Government and the pea- of the Chinese, which with CHF.Ar LUMBER at short notice and of, the bill should not become law. polygamy to send that Bible to us. and was far more bast quality. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of distant military camps and prisons. pie inhabiting this Territory conferred lygomists, objectionable than that of in then proscribe and disfranchise us for Utah, and asked, if polygamy were the n is mom unjust, uucouniiiuiionai ana upon us the right of Representatives: Of tho 150,000 estiSlilla Sawed to Order. mated population of the Territory of prescriptive in that it disfranchises and he same degree as is enjoyed by other following the precepts thereof and the objection, why Congress did not confine its of Will practices Union. declarno inspired citizens tho for act Prophets. Territories in all American It known shortly owe a Yard at Oed. Until that well mo Din, to mat ieaiurc, out must overexcept proscribes Utah, it is Ninth. Resolved, That while Ena- - turn every court in tho Territory below further notice, address inquiries and orders to from five to ten thousand are members of but simply believing in plurality of ed that the power of the Legislature of JOSHUA WILLIAMS, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y wives, which the bill styles polygamy, this Territory shall extend to all right land and France, both civilized aud the District Court, Ho did not believe Welwr Statiou, V. i. R. Saints, usually called "Mormons." bigamy or concubinage, even if they ful pubjects of legislation consistent with Christian nations, protect and tolerate the Senaie would pass the bill, and this Theseare essentially "the people" of this never practiced or design to practice it. the Constitution of the United States and over a hundrd million of polygamistti in meeting would show that the people felt It otters a premium for prostitution the provisions of the Organio Act, and their Territories of India and Algeria, it was a question of choosing between Territory; they have settled it, reclaimed BOOT & SHOE MAKER, the desert waste, .cultivated it, aubduod and corruption; in that it requires, in that the right of suffrage and holding tt is invidious, ungenerous ond proscrip- tho penalties of this law and being Four Blocks East and One Ulnck North from the the Indians, opened means of communi- sections 11 and 12, husbands and wives office shall be exercised by citizens of tive for; enlightened and republican damned. Tithing Otlice, Ogden. Judge Z. Snow said if any people ha ! cation, made roads, built cities, towns to violate the holiest vows they can make, tho United States, including thoee recog- America not to allow in her Territories NEATLY EXECUTKD ON and settlements, established government, and voluntarily bastardize their own nized ns citizens by the treaty with the tho same freedom enjoyed under the a right to this soil, it wns the Latter-da- y REPAIRS and on reasonable terms. Saints, who had fought for, settled anil BcpubUc of Mexico, concluded February government of those monarchies. OriSer received at Ibis office. encouraged education and brought into hildrcn. SEfa.Ofltfttt function. ?,. "ti '(S , . T '...' MEETING. traus-cende- .J". .J ,v God-fearin- determi-natio- n ': hds y, bard-earne- d . to-da- ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. hard-earne- U- ... d heaven-bestowe- . Seeds! Seeds! TAINES & Co., . . YANTED AT THIS OFFICE. 25-t- MUSEUM AND well-knowi- MENAGERIE. 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