Show republican NATIONAL PLATFORM iRes olred that the constitution confers upon congress so sovereign sov v reign power over the territories of the united states s for tasir govern government mont and that in the of this power it is both the right and the imperative duty of congro to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of ha rt a rim polygamy and slavery see sec j 0 platform IS 56 it is the right and duty auty of congress to prohibit and extirpate in the territories that rc l ir n f barbar ion polygamy and ire ice demand uch such leg legislation clation as shall hall secure this and cc 1 13 1 platform slavery having perished in the states the ticia afi i barbarity polygamy must dio in inthe the sec 5 platform asso it the political power of the mormon church in tho the territories a as e exercised in the past is a menace to free institutions institution 6 a danger no longer to bo be suffered th therefore rocc 0 o 70 pledge the republican party to appropriate legislation assorting asserting the sovereignty of the nation in all territories where tho same is questioned and in furtherance of that end to place upon the statute 6 books legi legislation clation stringent enough to divorce tho the political from the io ecclesiastical power and a thus stamp cut tho attena attendant ant wickedness oi of 1 polygamy |