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Show AMNESTY. ( President Harrison Issues a Proclamation. PAST OKKKSSrs l'AKDONr.I). Conditions np&n wilch EifCutiTJ Cteaency is Gianted. I VKJtiituLn 1'iiiiHi i iirmv I Aunlntl lh. ll... Ill Hip lllllje I all to llierrr.llij In ll.elnw. Washinito-i, I). C, Jin. 4 'real, dent Ilnnlton today lisuid llio folljw. Ing iroclamtllou: WabhimituS, !).(!., Jan. 1, 1803, Whensp, Congrets by ns'atutuap. provtxl Match -', 1652, uid by slatulta In furtherance aud nmcnlment thciu-lo, thciu-lo, defliud I liu trlim-i of bigamy, Polygam) and unlawfUicoliabltatlon ill tha territories nnd otljrplicia within with-in thu ucluslvo luilolctloii of tho United Btatos and pruclbed a pui.ally for such crimts; nnd jrntnaa on or nbout tha Glh diy ofUcbler, lb'W, tho Church ol Latter-day JBaluta, ujm-luonly ujm-luonly known a. tjj '.Mormon Church," through llu tn-sldentlaeiied n timnlli ato proolilmlngthu p-irioio ol tho said churcli no lonpar lu atuctlou thu practice of polyguilous marriages itnd ealllug upon all meitbera nud adherents ad-herents or aald cliurcl to obty the laws of tlio United Btatila reieronce to said tutject matlei; Md whereas It ii represented that slice thu date of said tieolnrntlon tho menUTa and nil-licnnta nil-licnnta of said churth generally obsyed said lawa aud tbstalned from llural marrlagca iint iol)gamoua cohaUlntlbu; nud whotn, by a fell-tit fell-tit u dated Dec. i tiller lu, Iblll, the olllclals of said chuicl, pledging llio membership thoieof tc the fallhlul obeyaneoof Ihu lawa t,j:nlt plutal marriages nnd unlawln cr.'iabltntlon, applied tu mo to giant amnesty for past olknna agalut said lnwr, which ritpwil u vorj large number num-ber nf lulluenthl nou-Mormona, real-dints real-dints ol terrltorlei., alto slromtly urged; and whereas the Utah Com-iiilisloutrs Com-iiilisloutrs In tin Ir report beurlng dale of rirptrmlur lUlli, ISO.', reconiiuend thattald petition lu granted, aud ald amnesty proclaimed under the proper conditions as to thu future obiervanco of the law with a view to tho encouragement en-couragement of those now tllspoiel to become law-abiding clllnn.Ji nnd wheieHB.durlng th paittwo year) such amnesty lm been graitod Individual HppllcautBln a very largo nunitir of oases, conditional upon tie faithful observance of tho laws ol tha United Htaltaagalnit unlawful cohabtlttlon, und thero are now ( en ling man such ai plications, now, tbireforr, Illcn-Jainln Illcn-Jainln Harrison, l'rnldent cf Ihu Unit-edBtateB, Unit-edBtateB, by virtue of the powers lu me vistt-d, do hereby decltro and grant lull amnealy mid pardon t) nil persons llablo to thu pcrnltl.a of sail act, by reason of unlawful coballlatlon under thu color of polygamous or plural marriage, who slucu Kuvcmber 1st, 1SP0, have Abstained from such unlaw lul cohabitation, but upon tho rxprcts oondltlon that thoy shall In lututn faithfully obey the laws ol tho UnltoJ Htutca, hcrelntefore named, ami not otlierwlte. Thue who shall fall to avail thinxolvm of thu clemency hereby oOerud will be vigorously prcscculol, illJAMlN llAIIltlbON. Ily the l'rrildem: John W. l'oalt r, recretary of state. |