Show A LEGAL OPINION alio ahle effort of george cunis in behalf of arc to alic people herr vc publish the following from a legal opinion given liy leini on of by Coin iviah alic tim time ii near t band when alio llio question of to abc union will be prominently before congress alic nilion the anro ably by llie learned jurail ore no doltl ones winch will arise in the discussion of the question in tho balls of congress A study of then is timely after referring to precedents bearing on the question the honorable man diya ast 1st that congress can prescribe conditions on which a new lie admitted into alic union and conditions do not necessarily to mailers on which any slate lias baun to make provision in its lull that iri each case they may gauw out of tha particular predicament or bilu alion of the alato asking admission ad thai congress may prescribe the conditions in advance ao tant ihen the sinto b arc 1 for the approval of oo Kress it inay be found lo 10 clinnin alic con dili uns or the people of alic pro koscil may willouie previous present lucli conditions as they are willing to make in either caddo of llie been by fluid allu stale is admitted imo llie urion wiil those conditions condi tiona embodied ur hi its a bais been made berneen the stale and llie griea ad clial abe so may be one aliat limits or hes billier alic of alic of llie stale or alii power of its legislature in sloiua domestic matter or il muy be concern some property in lerel or some right of anc united stales or of other state alli that such compacts limit 1113 or curtailing the of a stale may bu absolute or shey inay be made in a form that ft ill require abc assent of congress to aay change it follows thai the proposal of the for whereby alie people of that if admitted auder this bind themselves never to change their in respect to polygamy and bigamy without the of Ci ingress bould not he a anil compact com but aliat it would be in lh form aud tho fumu lanna in s liac diac been madu kiili ollius slates the objection therefore which hai been lo 10 the proposed con for utah thai the cl bibus nl aling to polygamy and bigamy would be of no value aud of no ing force or alii sov strolled trolled ii entirely arti nor is ihu argument at of any greater force alif aa a ol 01 public policy ii the polygamy that lia espied in utah for 0 o long a period ann cnn inoel cagily cai ily aud kiili alic least irritation be ended by keeping up the territorial form of government and by fedrial or by ad utah as a yiu u thu propos td wi li its pru polygamy gamy and big abuy anade operative fererer the previous ossiel of Congi to any change the balance u convenience veni ence and advantage is by a great height on the sidi of admitting limalu under llie proposed lion it can never be otherwise than inconvenient and embarrassing for congress to continue to on the subject of polygamy in such a community as utah or to deil anilu the social relation thai have grown out of it ic ii supposed thil iam practice of polygamy lias arisen of a peculiar faith and lucli is undoubtedly luu face il id true abal abu legislative power il i can anil punish any or conduct thai u guju rious tl of to ciely al elliut or muy in hy a lu ia of on ibe of eliy ious belief alien iriri iduas bivs arc resorted to in to iny uc or abai lias its origin in or malia faith ilu it of congress polygamy in alic liaa not ahia lunger fur in one til least clial legisla liou giai liviu so aud by tho religious belief bacun disregarded huun have bacun in etc for conduct abut wasi in aud could lave been dictated only by ense of religious and moral daiy congress never une a result of its t lua batti bouc of tuu bicus of the form of aud of alic form af is apt to in ilie l iw i aimed ul a par in a siaiku of As abu i to longer continuance of aiau the territorial abero ia anuw i plan for aliis aholo to abc pro pic of kinli laca the guaranty of a public compact wih tin be for cvar an ainah ilic anil that in laii ilia of alic elal beall never bu hannd han pd without alic ascent of courbis Cou ruis no ana doubt abat abo ol 01 auh will tauy thus it is plain ibal ibay roust live up to it after alny have made wilh luc slates the compact which alicy propose in regard to pro poses to require ilic of alif of iba stales to a pardon of the offense offence of poleg imy or tucru vw bu w of to it as a of the sinio sovereignty if abc s agliori cited arc to be regarded in principle it i upon I 1 he same foe tin M lie w hid have required hie assent of lo 10 annj ID chilli a sluice lim rin only poi lilt i giai can lip ID il would lio alint it lit to ilic ikno bill this o would practical lv lio very alig lil ri on akl would binlon lie aft llie of alic abid ilni alic of atie of tlc alc united slavca tlc alc never be likely to send up n casc for 1 lio of abc careful investigation he pa pcr would come in n to enable libin to bonu liis judgment very cosily and hero would not be imposed upon him an amount of labor lo 10 bo to lias to perform whenever lie ii asked to ii irdon a person who lus licen convicted in a federal court of an offend aliu un bcd stales As hie canlon of allm state insist farsi lie olita ined thu responsibility on allu would be tar in the case of against alio llio stales |