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Show Ricfeuuikq to i)iq. ctiBO of Hon. U. II, Roberts, Congressmnn-oloct from Utnh, tho Chattanooga (Tcnn.) Times says: Wo aro curious, naturally, us to whnt tho Natlonnl llouso of Representatives will do In Mr, Roberts' caso. Under the Constitution It Is Iho solo Judgo of tho oleotlon mid qualification uf meni-bors; meni-bors; nnd wo uo not think the country would go to ruin If tho new pienibor from Utah wero nllowed to nervo his term through. A polygnmlat deleguto from Utah territory sat in tho House for oi(jh,t yours, and tho country survived, sur-vived, And during Mr. Cunnon's in-oumboucy in-oumboucy na delegate, the sontlment against MormonUm In gonernl,aiul thu outcry ubout polygamy particular, r v,rre far m-iro violent than now, wion an men who onre lo understand tlio situation, show them Is nothing left of plural msrHiigu in Utuh, except a rro c:ip, here and tllorc, whore the mar-rlsges mar-rlsges occurred whon they mire sanctioned sanc-tioned by Iho local law, und by thu church. The Mormons, as a body huye abandoned paiygtnny, lu good faith. Such Is the uniform tellniony of those wlin are ohjectlvuly fninlllar with thu subject." |