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Show 1-een jo? tied by speculator?, there would. I apprehend, nave baan a d.reat or-dcr or-dcr of social Win in l-lprtin?. Tlie Mormon doctrine maybettie tru tii- olopy, and tho writing of Jo-ieph jlh Lho ino.-t direct of revIittiun.-. '1 lie pracli'.-o of polygamy may bo a M-i-puard aRaiii't the vice of UTiljccri?c-d m-duiffeiice. m-duiffeiice. and trie -ocinl life ot W::ili the most mitarv of social rx-iornia. All the ttdvai.u cUitiK'd for this system may be actual, b it nevertheless the fact i.-U that pylvframy is an aiiomaly in 'thi, republic eii-tinff hitherto by the . utterance of a people who now declare that it shall exist no longer. Fort-T-Ar. DETEI'.MI-VATIO". )o you doubt this doci-ion on their purl The evidence. are all about you. Hero -i. a people who expended thou-.-ands of millions of treasure and myriad myr-iad of life to e;tab!i-h the freedom of the black race from oppre.-?ion,anfi wh-i ytt regard with indil!'ren e if not with complacency the iL-.-auit which ha- been made upon the rights and liberties of American cili.cns in L'tah. because the objecti of thosu aiSaiiiL ujihold a batud doctrine. Hero is a people ordinariid jealous of the are?-ioni of rulers an-otiicials, an-otiicials, who yet endorse acts of de-put L-m and applaud a.-aulU upon law and con-titutiun because uch assault are iiiadtj for the destruction of polygamy. What if judges should be changed, or policies be altered? it would bring but temporary relief, for behind all, impelling impell-ing all, contriving all, demanding all, enforcing nil, there dwells the unconquerable uncon-querable atl-prevuding idea of the American Amer-ican 'oplo that polygamy nubl be extinguished. ex-tinguished. On this one thing all parties, all creeds, and all philosophies are combined. The press calls fur it, the pulpit thunders for it, the politicians argue for it, tho people insiit upon it. You may delay the issue but you cannot evade it. Y'our antagonist ia hydra headed and hundred armed. Whether by bigoted judges, by packed jurie?, by parti.an ottiecrs, by puritan missionaries, missiona-ries, by iron linibedlaws,by armies from abroad or by foes and defections a', home the assault is continuous and un-relentintr. un-relentintr. Y'our enemies are ubiquitous. ubiqui-tous. Your friends ah! it is your friends who advise you constantly to bailie your enemies and resign the practice of this ono feature of your faith. The history of all similar movements warns you, the violated laws of latitude confront you, your children unconsciously plot against you, for while polygamy is with you the result of religious conviction, with them it is but ft result of religious education, educa-tion, and an inoculated faith, liko an inoculated disease is never very violent or very enduring. DIVINE ASSISTANCE CONSIDERED. Can this people hope to retain polygamy poly-gamy agui'ast such intluencea and such antagonism? Some tell mo that they trust in God to uphold them in a struggle strug-gle t keep polygamy. Others would doubtless ay that they trust in God to uphold them in tho struggle to banish polygamy; and others yet that there can in tho nature of things bo no assurance assur-ance that tho Almighty will interest himself in tho matter, or espouse either i-ide. Tho early Christians trusted in (iod when tho Knman emporors guve them to tho wild beasts. Tho Huguenots Hugue-nots trusted in God when tho assassins of St. Itartiioloruew's eve made tho gutters gut-ters of Paris reek with their blood. So tru.-ted the AValdcnses when their peaceful valleyswero given to rapine; so l rii: ted tho victims whoso despairing despair-ing faces wero lit by tho glaro of Spanish Wo la jrs so trusted the martyrs whoso fagot lires gleam down (lie aisles of history; so trusted tho Puritans Pur-itans when driven out upon the stormy Atlantic; so trusted tho Presbyterians when the Puritans persecuted U.etn; so trusted the 'Junkers when tho Presbyterians Presby-terians expelled them; so trusted tho A cud inns when driven from thoir homes; o trusted tho myriads who in all ago have been sacnllced to tho Moloch of religious intolerance. AVho shall say when or in what cases or in what way the Kuler of tho Universo will interfere? "Ueiider unto Co'sar tho things that arc IV-nr's and to God tho things that are -G oil's.1' A belief in polygamy is a matter mat-ter between tho citi.on and his (iod; tiio practico of poly gamy is a matter between l lie citizen and his country, it you think that (helaws of. God call upon you to huliovo in it then obey them unmolested unmo-lested but tfie laws ot your country cull upon you not to practico it so obey; Ilium and be unmolested. If for His; own purposes tho Almighty did not see lit to intorfero by special and miraculous providences to protect those who refused to reeaul their professions, is it probable that ho will so intorfero to sustain those who refuse to surrender tho practico of mi ordinanco and that not a saving, although al-though a sacred ordinance? 1 say not a paviiiit ordinance. I do not claim to know, 1 do not know what tho Mormon dcctriiio may bewith respect to tho practico prac-tico of polygamy. 1 obsorvo, however, Unit not one tenth of your adult males actually practice it, andl naturally conclude con-clude Unit you do not consider its practice prac-tice essential to your salvation; that it is bomothing to bo practiced or omitted as opportunity or ability may warrant. If thw bo so, then may not that lack of ability or opportunity arise from tho antagonism an-tagonism of others, from tho ciicum-btauccs ciicum-btauccs of tho country, from overpowering overpow-ering laws, as well as from tho circumstances circum-stances of tho individual'.' If ono Mormon Mor-mon is permitted by Jiis creed to my, I believe in polygamy as a doctrine, but 1 do not practico it becauso my condition makes it inconvenient or impossiblo, ,vhy may not another say why may not all Miy wo boliovo in it ns a doetrino, but wo agroo not to practico it becauso the general conditions mako it inconvenient incon-venient or impossible? Why may net the earnest, conscientious Mormon say, 1 believe in polygamy as a doetrino, but in order to relievo my friends and associates asso-ciates from persecution; in order to prevent pre-vent tho establishment of intolerable oppression; in order to prcservo the thrift, tho industry, the wealth, tho progress, pro-gress, lho temperate life, tho virtues of l'tah from spoliation and'' dova-tation and ruin; in order to savo a hundred noble pioneer citizens from outlawry or tin' gibbet or incarceration; in order to achieve self-government, and poaco, and liberty, 1 coosont to surrender its practico prac-tico for the future. And so consenting 1 am content to embody my consent in the form of an organic law. So consenting con-senting I mean in good faith to do as I iiuri'i! u and so agreeing make my ngrement public and of record. ANOTHER XAUVOO ANP MOHE M ARTY AR-TY BS. , To siiy on tho other hand that you will rt'iike no compromise, that you will ,lie miner than surrendrrlhe practice ol Hi is one feature Of your faith, is the re-, re-, oU o of neither philosophers nor philanthropists. phil-anthropists. Such a resolve means another ano-ther Nnuvoo; it means itiut you cou-e:it lo o'unt n)ori of your religious leader; ii,iioiijC your list of martyrs; it means death to .-..une, cilo to other, ruin U many. If such be the well-considered, deliberate determination of the .Mormon penile, there is no weapon iu tho armory of lojrie Uiat will prevail against it, for von cannot reason with him who is bent on Miieide. I hope that no such conclusion conclu-sion ha., been or will le j uj.ed. 1 hope in A it. i! vn.King of tlii j convention md u-ut ps a di itercnt and a wl-er rr-olve. 1 fpe:il, to nni HV,,, ,u 1V iVicml. I -peak to them without thought of personal gain or advantage tomy-elf-to re.-ult li pnrMimg the course I 'gt. lie-1 lie-1 eforo'thii . on vet ion I ,e UU...I solemnly ncri that did I in- i. in. to leae I tab k-rever on tho mop row. I won id irive tho tmu ml lee. lie-I lie-I ore tied and before tin- convention do tl,o-t solemnly declare thai did 1 know my little life would go out froll. earth with to-day's sun I would givi the same advice, .1R..AN1. K OR TIE 0 Hi. AS I. 'EP. i'o thU i on volition I av, h" wi-o ii if.uv Ifyou do not by tin".- eono:.-s.-ioi M:cce.--fuily organize a State govern nienl for yourselves now. the day is no far di-tatiL when v.ur wi! T-;ani .0 ono over vour head.-, .Tani .o it upon such tonus a.- wil . o.ti-itcu.o your moaN honored citizen; ironi public place, il u do not di.-fnm . hi-e lho body of your voters. Tlv polmnil hiftorj of MMiid of rh'i recon -imcied Simo lieo legible; to your peru-.)! peru-.)! and lor your Wiinimir. 'in politic ii in Iinance the tendency of tho cc i to ceiurali. ation. Tim trr-iopha-r.. . cr . t ft :ieai poii'iea; pa..y deui- n , i, ite, to yoa that thert i- no jvern s - fi'T-i -o f'roug ,u- a ovc-rr.tii'iii otVpi'i ill silicic is no law s. power f'tl a :;ie im.I ot a people. It is ,i t.irb.Je-u a r,,i:;' s !o;re:.t. coulit.sticnai bar ii. r ai.. si,t down before it, laws nv changed to accomodate it, courts ar overwheiuied or earned away upon i; crest, jiiul institutions which lift v. tln-r voices acainst it are hushed by u muih'.y thunder. Uo iiot tritlti witU your opporluuitj Do nt wall t'ue tar.Iy li.'.; oi conzre-s. Do nut -ni.; up. :. i.''.1ie.v y-Vtri ot 1 oppressi-m- D- ii---t piy ki'-o the har.d-uf har.d-uf vour l-'t.:. p-j r."'. cl'e tho moutin and lie tioj hand-of vour friend-, lie-li.-ve nr.:..-r tb:.'. this is the hour of triumph i::a: lii is lho "lido in your affairs af-fairs which i.urr. a: th'"" :Iood ieuds on to 1 fortune.'' lj--lieve ruthor that out ol the'wi-e cmpr-mise, the wise concession, conces-sion, which iii.vv have a beginning here, ahap;-.-.- future "shall grow. That from this. iioi;;e liie lov..-iy Slate of Deseret ?hai! go fjr tii, with her errors forgotten, with her virtue- -iilning like rubies upon i her breast, to chv.-p hands with Irt si-ter 'StiiM's ar.d i.iur.-Ii with them along the highway of empire which streLches j fruiu sun to .-tin. ! Mr. l-"r:mk Fuller t'uliowed, anil discussed dis-cussed the reasons sustaining Judge (iaydon's resolution, stating that to , bi.s mind they wero not smii factory; argtiimj: First Tlint the peorlc of the Territory Terri-tory have b-jen eou-ulted in this niat-i niat-i tcr in being called upon to vote on i the quo-tion of a c?nveiiiion as well as j lor dclepat'.'s thcrio, and that they ' will be caiici upoa to approve or disapprove dis-approve the iihm.su ro when tho consti-jtution consti-jtution sh:i!l Le iinaliy submitted to j them for their action. Second Thai tho population of ' Utah is Considerably greater than is j to-day necessary under the law to elect lone representative to congress, and j that the now apportionment act is by ! ltd teruii inoicrative uutil March 4, i liTo- I Third That the burden of taxation j need not, njccs-irily be augmented as j a State, and that the economical ad-ministration ad-ministration of affairs in Utah in the i past wouid see in to he a iruuruntec- lor i economy and low taxes in the future, j Fourth- Thru no authority of law is I necessary or required to thus meet i and frame an instrument to be pre-.scnlcd pre-.scnlcd to coupes ;u the hais of a State povorntiicnt. Mr. Fuller went on to say that he had long considered the Territorial system, the exitint; system of guardianship guar-dianship and ward-ship, i3 an imposition imposi-tion and an injustice, a relic of colonial oppression. The history of one Territory Terri-tory is the history of all; it is tho history his-tory of wroiii.', injustice and oppression oppres-sion on tho one hand, and of suffering and complaint, spa-suiouieally relieved by the removal of bad men and the appointment ofwor.se ones, it may be, on the other. The system is so vicious vic-ious in itself that it cannot be long continued; con-tinued; and the prediction was hazarded haz-arded that five years hence the only Territorial appendage of the nation would be ice-bound A!a?ka. The sulicrh) of the citizens of ilJtah under tho Territorial system do not diller essentially in kind, though : more severe in degree hero than elsewhere. else-where. Each Territory has in turn uttered its plaintive wail to the parent government against the continuance con-tinuance of this system of vassalage. In the debate of the constitutional convention of Nevada, in 1S01, a motion mo-tion MUiiiar to this was introduced, coupled with a resolution that congress con-gress be me moralized by that conven- tion to give to the Territory of Nevada i a change in its judiciary, upon which j the distinguished U. S. minister to Ja-1 Ja-1 pan whoe presence in the convention at that moment he was happy to recognize re-cognize remarked that he would be content to see that resolution prevail, I if he cou'il feel assured that such a I chane wotild result in the appoint-, appoint-, ment of pure and honest men; but as 'such a result seemed impracticable j under a system which provides for the ' selection of oiliecrs from remote sec-itionsof sec-itionsof the country, and who look to a distant source fur compensation, j he felt that no cour.-o remained for ithrni luir. to endeavor to secure admis- Jsion as a State. The subject of adtiiic.-ion for Utah had been di.-eus.-ed in his picaenoe by prominent ltcpubiieana from time toj i time ibr several jeavs. Members of j both houses of cotiiirc.-s, as well as. members of past cabinets, had sought' his views upon the subject, and he bad been compelled to reply t that admission admis-sion as a State was, to his mind, tho true solution ot the so-called "Mormon problem." His views were unchanged, and neith. r the argument of his colleague col-league (Judge Jiaydon), nor any other so far adduced, has sufficed to hinge his views-. So fur as the reli-eious reli-eious question is involved, he had no wih to discuss it. He had heard much of theocracy in Utah, but ho had failed to discover its practical prac-tical workings, if. such an institution institu-tion really exists. Ho had long ago learned from the pages of history that all religions are theocratic in some degree, and that each denies in practice prac-tice to other systems, the rights, privileges and immunities which it .strcnuou ly claims for itsdf. The religious reli-gious phaze of this question it was not lor him to diseu-s; the religion of tho citizen was purely a matter between himself and his Liod. He stood in. the convention as a member ofthe Republican "party, with which he had been identitied sinco its organization. The historv of that parly was the history of a nation saved, a nation redeemed, regenerate and disenthralled. dis-enthralled. He had not found it written writ-ten down in his duty to ask a few envenomed partizans within tho narrow nar-row confines of this valley, as to the feeling ol' the itreat Republican parly in regard to this proposition, but ha had taken pains to consult the supporters sup-porters ol' the government nt Washington, Wash-ington, aye, the government itself, and had met with the unanimous response, re-sponse, "l'tah can be admitted if she will prcMaiia satisfactory constitution." He trusted that his friend and colleague, who had been prominently identiliod with tho judiciary of Navcda, would not vacate his seat in the convention ;. should his resolution to adjourn sine (lf fail; but vmild allow the convention to avail tliein-elvcs of his largo learning and espciicne'i, until their laborsshould terminate, for himself, he felt that it 'i was one of tho highest duiied which 'could be imposed upon the ciiizensofa ' I Territory, to be a.-ked to engraft his best thoughts upon an instrument des-i des-i lined to become tho basis of all law land all legislation in the new Slate, i Mr. Jennings opposed the motion, 'giving bikhy his- utcons against it, ' among others (hat under the Territo-1 Territo-1 rial guvcriir.ii. nt a single voice, that ol ; tho executive, is more potent than a (Combined legislature representing the .'people. .hiuiro :io-,,-r. vrv a'1 1 il.e vanou; Isystums under which States' had been ! ' admitted, aud the ciicuuiMa.iees under . which the convention was called. He l knew, he said, the p.'ople of Utah Mfrom north to s.nttii; he knew the poo-1 poo-1 pie dc.-irid a Stale government; and - he considered i: the duty of tiie j delegates io liaiue such a constitution as the l'i-nnln wanted. 1 Col. Huclderiied the ruling of the chair on the mik-c of debate on the "t question be lore the hm-e. 1 The chair iukd the question fully 1 ! debatable, and the vanite of debate 1 , might i"' very wid. ; Mr. Miuci' read from the con-titu-"J tion of the I nited Slate-, and contend- cd thai by the o.t-nie- iaw of the land . j it was tho right ol the people to claim ' a State government. ' The question leiii- e :ied. judec : I llaydon mmi-J tu.it ino luriber " ; sidciaii'1" 1 1 the qi:c.-ti.. n be adjomn-'cd adjomn-'cd till t'i-iv,rrr -v v.i.m n jrg; win. li wa.-, wa.-, . .-. q'i in IV w linn ai u. I Mr. li.'.w iv.'i )" '"!-.''' l. 1 liui motion. - aiVUiiloa the adv images tt.41 vromd c iis.uU to L!u:.iti.m ti-tu a Stat'1 gov- II crnimni. . 1 Mr. Or.-oti L'ratt ccntcndcJ that the , fern ton a 1 lo. m of govern meat was not j sanctioned by tho constitution of the Uoitcd States, lho pcore of Utah ! for nearly a quarter of a unry have : been iroverneu by a system which is an j anomaly in republicanism, and they i as.ked now that the right of self-go v- j eminent Ehould be extended to them. The president, General Barnum, I being called away, lion. Lorenzo 'iSnow occupied the chair during the j remainder of the sitting: j Mr. J. N. Smith ottered the follow-1 follow-1 inc resolution : j ltes olved That the members of j this convention in behalf of the peo-I peo-I pic of Utah do aSirm and assert their ; loyalty and allegiance to the constitution constitu-tion and government of the United States. But in the name of justice and fairness they do most solemnly protest aeainst the judicial rulings and course of chief justico James B. Mc-Kcan. Mc-Kcan. The chair ruled the resolution improper im-proper and out of order. Mr. F. D. Richards moved to adjourn. Mr. Miner moved that the further consideration of the motion to adjourn sine die be continued until to-morrow morning at 1 1 o'clock, when the mover be allowed to reply to the arguments adduced; and that then the vote be taken on it. Tho previous question was called. Mr. Thurbcr moved that the names of the standing committees be cgain read before adjournment. The names were read and various appointments made by the chairmen of committees. Mr. Richards' motion to adjourn was adopted, and the convention adjourned ad-journed till 10 o'clock a.m. of Wednesday, Wednes-day, tho 21 st. |
