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Show A STATE GOVERNMENT. A ivo)') ition to irrml ('tali :t Slate ' Covt;ni!ii'Mjt, upon ro:i!itim (!i;it polygamy poly-gamy Lc prohibited in the future- and fxihlii)' pluial iijarri.iLfo.H be Realized, h rei:i;ivinir conidertible attention by i ho prutn. 'I Ikjmj w!io dViire a fuict iitnl peaceable sotllomont of pending .liUiniliy f'uvor it a.-t tli-' mo.it c:y way t hulvc the ";Munuou prubl:tii;" wliilo oilers who wi-li to a lariata! cru-mi.Iu cru-mi.Iu CxJiuiimud or who are .swayed by Imped uf'pluniler I'alli'i;; into llie handd i .1' i he I'tali otiircotiiti-iL's, ar( opposed io if. Oar position on tbi.s .-.nbjet-t i:i easily slated. We hold tl.ut 1'tah U j untied to a Stale government, unrc- tiietcd by any conditions except those ilcinandcd by tho eoiHtituliun of the I ;nited Stales, nnd that it would not bd an act ol'raoi but of'.siuipie justice to the pioneer Territory of the great western interior, for Congress to pass an enabling net and admit I tali as a Stale on cipial term' with the other tuaiswhieli cniblnzon llie national jor-onet. jor-onet. Hut if Oon.n; will not do this, it it for the people of the Territory to say, by vote, whether a majority of them desiro to accept self-government self-government on the terms proposed, .should Congress give them the opportunity. oppor-tunity. l'oly.inmy is an integral por tion of the faith of tlio Latter-day Saints, which they have no power to discard, coming aa it dues to them in the form of a Divine command; but whether a majority professing that faith would be willing to waive its practice, should Congress imperatively M) exact, io view of the prejudices of tho nation until public opinion changen on the subject, has yet to be sec ii."")" That they would honestly hon-estly abide by any pledge thus made, no ono who knows them, their history his-tory and their faith can for a moment doubt; and stranger things have happened hap-pened in tills world of ours than that polygamy would before another generation gener-ation bo as popular ns it is now unpopular. unpop-ular. It is called a reluming to the barbarism of a barbarous ago, when in reality it is ouly n step in advance of tho present age, and will yet be found tho only remedy for evils that at present pres-ent aro generally deemed irremediable. As might bo expected, the "ring" here, its satellites and humble admirers are bitterly opposed to Utih having a Slato government. They know that with the right to elect their o ,vn officers exercised by the people of Utah, their oflicial existence would instantly cease. Heing a wretched and insignificant minority, they desiro to rule the majority ma-jority supported by federal bayonets, and play such tricks of petty power before hih heaven as would make angels of the nether region grin with sardonic glee. Utterly incompetent, they would like to manipulate the finances, fi-nances, shape the destinies and control tho very thoughts of men who have built up a prosperous community where they would have been starvo-lings starvo-lings , whining and begging for foreign aid, or utterly extinguished through their powcrlessncss to control circumstances circum-stances or wrest subsistence from forbidding for-bidding elements. Men of no strength of character for good, of no ability and with Httlo experience, claim to control tho futuro of a people that havo manifested mani-fested a power of organization, of existing ex-isting in and subduing the desert, and of building up a prosperous commonwealth common-wealth under the most adverse circumstances, circum-stances, without a parallel in history. Wo are satisGcd with the "ring" opposing the admission of Utah as a State, for it plainly shows their motive in the present crusade. It would deprive de-prive them of tho power temporarily placed in their hands, and their plan of plunder would be overthrown. Were they really lighting polygamy they would urge tho proposition referred re-ferred to; but as their aim is the possession, pos-session, of mines, money, farms and other kinds of wealth, they dread any step that would deprive them of their power for evil and prevent the consummation consum-mation of their nefarious purposes. j Uy W.U. TL-k-grai.Li. THE ltU KLUX IS NORTH CAROTIN CARO-TIN A. REPUDIATION OF THE STATE DEBT, Raleigh, 22. Nearly two hundred Ku Klus will be tried at the term of the court in the 27th district. All confess, many making conflicting and ridiculous statements. A more motley set of men could scarcely be found. One of them swears that he was sworn into the order by a j Methodist preacher, who informed him that Plato Dunkam, a defeated candidate for congress, was chief of the order; Josiah Turner, editor of the Raleigh Sentinel, grand chief in I North Carolina; Wade Hampton was grand chief cf South Carolina; N. B. Forest was grand cyclops for tho Southern States and Frank Blair grand cyclops for the United States. It will be claimed at court that the order is purely pothetical. The governor's message to the legislature legis-lature of North Carolina, which was sent in yesterday, shows a State debt of about $.4,SuO,UOO, ad that the people are unable to pay the interest on this sum. The governor recotn-j recotn-j mends that the railroad interests of the State prevent repudiation, but at the I ame time says that no financial deci-; deci-; ;ion should be determined upon till the act.s connected with the debt arc iseertaincd, in order that some con-j con-j :iusion may be reached us to the i labilities of the State officers. The I :nc?sage was read and a resolution i jfTercd in the house and referred, re-i re-i jit ins that as the dsbt was created ! l;y strangers elected under bayonets, j who voted moneys to railroads, and 1 others embezzled the funds of the : State, a provision should therefore Le i made for repudiating the entire State I debt. |