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Show THE MEETING. The Howlers' Pow Wow. The Same Old Suns, and the Ditto l une- CiHiiiMlMre Who llutl Too Tluch Hlio lor Otic Hvt M lit'SoIutiuiiN. Tlie niaos meeting of "lib 'rals" was convened at thu Lilirr.! n iuite oa Saturday morning at J 1 u'c'nck. About uue hundred pei ih were preewnt. Mr. Hirmel Pratt called lln m rating rat-ing to order, aud called for Humiliations Humilia-tions for chairtntiii, and Judge Koi borough waa nominated and w I acted. Tho judge on taking tlie chair eaid, in eubtilaiicc, tli-l iho objeet of the meeting was to secure appropriate legislation Iroin congies which will lead to tlie abolition ol the anomalous state of society existing in Utah the union of church ami statu, through which the ecclesiastical puwur of the territory, claiming to spunk the voice of God, controls the civil government. History dues tint yivu us tno name of tlie n&tion governed by a ctuiruh or celmiast eal organization whose people waro free, prosperous and happy. We bare no objection to the belief of any man, but this cuclcsiiiiti-cal cuclcsiiiiti-cal government iu civil afuura cannot be t)leratt-d, and we cannot havs peace until a divorce botwpem these powers is decreed. For this purpose wo as'c congressional congres-sional legislation to bruah away the obstacles to our freedom. John C. Young end A. S. 1'atttrson were appointed secretaries. Judge Hemingray nominated for vice presidents John Chislett, H. W. Lawrence, E. M. Wilson, Salt Lake; E. P. Johnson, Corinne; E. A. Street, Ogden, Hiram Luak, Dry Canm; G. R. Warrene, S'ockton; J. T. Bate-man Bate-man and John McDonald, Alia. On motion of Judge McBride, the chair appointed a committee on resolutions and memorials as follows: J. R. McBride, Lewis Burnes, Charles P. Hust, J. B. McKean, Albsrt Hga. General Kimball read a paptr whioh, on his motion was referred re-ferred to the committee on resolutions reso-lutions and memorials. It was in tbi) form of a congressional Amendment to the organic act, uimiiULiiniUfi nil puijmisi. huuj auflrage, ofBce-hoIding and jury duty. It also provides for a secret Fallot. Papers sympathizing with tho mass meeting and movement for Special legislation, adopted by meetings in Jacob city and Alta were rend, and the meeting adjourned till 7 30 o'clock p.m. THE EVENING MEETING. The evening meeting was called to order by Judge Ros borough at a quarter quar-ter to 8 o'clock. The lower part of the house was moderately filled, and a dozen or two persons occupied the galleries. Subsequently the audience increased to a considerable extent. Judge McBride presented the following fol-lowing resolutions, which he read, following fol-lowing the reading in a speech advocating advo-cating the principles set forth: Resolved, Thst, as loyal citizens of the United Stalta reiidinjj in Utah, we assert as-sert that the local authorities of this tgr-ritory tgr-ritory are now, as ttiey hve evor been in the patt, inimical to the laws of the federal government, and eeek to evade and defeat thoir execution wherever they come in con diet with tha teachings of tho iceleiiastieal despotism to which alone 1 the j ackoowledge allegiance. I iSecond That th fm.ure of tho Mor- mon authorities to make any ellort to I apprehead or bring to justica the well- known lenders of the foul massacre at Mountain Aleadewp, and others equally troeiou?, now more fully exposed by the recent conf-siion of on of thair n iimbor is due solely to the lystem, which under the control of one man, claiming to exercise ex-ercise Bulhority direct from God, and independent in-dependent of all government, and demonstrates demon-strates the necestily of further corgres-lional corgres-lional legislation to frea tho people of Utah frum the thralldom of the priesthood priest-hood which tramples all human law beneath be-neath the heel of a bloody despotism, Tnird lht the practice of polygamy, indeed of being on the decrease in this territory, is, bv reason of tho inKbility of the government t) enforce tho lawg gainst it, only increasing and spreading its baneful hill ue nee nioro widely; and we call upon the federal government to make effectual its legi-latioa on the subject sub-ject by excluding Irom all public positions po-sitions of oflice or trust, and from the jury box, thofo who practice Ibis eus torn, so that their crimes may be made a burthen, instead of an engine of power. Fourth Tnat as obisrvors of the po- litinul att'oot nflLi. unnmal.i. a rwl llnnn. tioui By item, we ntiirm our unqualified ; conviction of its debasing and degrading ; influence on society, and our belief ttut 1 its continuincj will ultimately bring I social ruin upon any community, and! l hat every effort should be madu to ex- I tirpate it by the hand of the law-making powf as a diigraco lo our nation and our age. ! Fifth That as the proiperity of a community and the welfare of society largely depend on the stabi! ity and purity ef marriage relation s, and as these ties have no sanction in the legislation of Utah, and parties to theut so lsgal protection whatever, we earnestly bg of congress aucr? legislation legis-lation as shall define tne obligations of the marriage relation wben lawfully contracted, with the right of the wife to legal protection and to dower in her husband's eta'e, of bith of which she is new practically deprived by Mormon legislation. Sixth That tbo Mormon priesthojd, who Brrogete to themselves all the power of temporal as well as eccieslical government govern-ment ovur thoir follewera, have a'.illud the Toico of tho ballot by subjacting the . cho'ce of the voter to puWKc scrutiny and viiiting the severest penecuUons up-n all who do not implicitly bow to tho orders of the priesthood, and that in the intereHof freo opinion and a full expression expres-sion of the people's will, we ask that congress con-gress shall provide thai the voters of Utah enjoy the privilege of a secret ballot by which their sentiments may be expressed, freo from all Eurvuillance or any element of fear or favor. Seventh That wo denounce ns a ba c-leas c-leas calumny the chtrge of the Mo-mon priesthood and thoir tools in Utah and elsewhere, thai the HboraU of Utah are composi-d of adventurers wtio Bcuk to driTO tho Mormons of Utah from their homos from mercenary or any improper motive. On tbo contrary, wo allirm our belief that if the people can bo freed from the dcspoticyoke of tho law-defying priesthood, ai d the laws frrly, justly and impartially enforced, an era of prosperity pros-perity and growth will beg n, which has only been postponed by tuu triarchy and misrule which have so long hue a the reproach re-proach of this unhippy tcrr.tory, and the regret of its best and most prominent cit'zns. liightb That soloist tho Mormoa pneslhoi d are sutlered to rule tint territory terri-tory under their anti-Amoricn system of local laws, and subject it to their bar-bir.c bar-bir.c prseuce of polygamy, dealing the purity of society, we must p' o'est againtt its admission as a slate of the Union. Now the fuderal government can, and d.e?, to a limited extent, preUct r.on-Mormons r.on-Mormons from Hie aggre sinns of the priesthood, but under sta ehor d wo wuuld be remitted to the nlnoluto control of those who claim the right as the "Ju-rd's ! people" tn appropriate tbo lives and i proer'y if th se whom they call their .encroios in neco'd-tneo with their own I despotic wilt a-id the pa-t enroor of Urn , bloody eriestl.ool i.drnonUbos us of the fatal results of placing tiny power in such hands. Agiinst it we do loojI empbati-j empbati-j cally protest. j Ninth That tha evils of which wo complain, and which are patent to all acquainted with Utah, have been repeatedly re-peatedly brought to the notice of its locul rulers, aud that all hope of suc ceeding in rofjrms bv appeals to those who oppress and mlo tho people has long pinco vanishod, and we are compelled com-pelled to rely for 4lliveranco up m the authority of the national government, whone right in Lho premisus none can quoslion and to whoso di crvti"ii we do earnestly unpen'. Tour committee wtild further report that, owing to tbo brief time at their command com-mand they would ak that they ee authorized au-thorized to mature end f.irwurd a memorial me-morial to tho presidont and congress of the United Stales, presenting the griev-ancoi griev-ancoi it forth in the resolu'.ions submitted submit-ted to the meeting, as well as tho matter of ascertaining nd determining upon who can be induced to proceed to Washington Wash-ington to urge upon congress the adoption adop-tion of such mea-uresHfl will have met the approval ef tho mealing. Mr. Bask in was loudly called for and addressed the meeting at length, advocating a change in the suffrage aud jury laws and the enactment of a marriage law, giving a hbural dower to married women. Gen. Bine followed in a rtaibling radical address, ol a sensational character, char-acter, iu which be veulilated the wildest theories and disclosed himself as an advanced disciple of the infidel Bob Ingoreoll. Judge McKean fnlln.ved in an ad dress of some longth. Ho was followed by Judge Strickland Strick-land in a brief talk. The resolutions were adopted and the meeting adjourned. |