Show memorial to congress congre s to the honorable tile tho senate and if house ouse of representatives 0 of the united states of america in congress assembled we your your the legislative isla tives tive asse assembly bibly wi of the terr territory atory i of utah respectfully represent VIA in consequence of baseless rumors an and d monstrous exaggerations the people whom we have been placed in jeo jeopardy pirdy ind and are arc now threatened with the deprivation of the right 0 of local self gov crement ern ment the memorial then recites various wrongs to which the people of utah had bad been subjected under republican rule and continue i 4 and while claiming life liberty I 1 and tho the pursuit of ii happiness ap as d rights the they do mott mot solemnly 01 declare that governors in utah have liast repeatedly on oil trivial pretexts pie texts refused their assent to laws moat mo fc wholesome and feces necessary ary to the public good thuy they have abused the pardoning power by turning r loose on tile the community convicts convict dan dangerous 0 erous to the dub public ie they have sought to obstruct the functions of the territorial government by b refusing their approval of legislative 0 appropriations and their signatures 0 to needed enactments unless handicapped by unusual and unreasonable measures they have attempted to render the die military hostile and superior to the civil power by calling 0 on troops to enforce orders depriving citizens of the right to bear arms even when celebrating the anniversary of our national independence wh when e n soldiers near us have been arrested for grossly violating t municipal laws they have been forcibly released by military authority others have quietly enjoyed their quarters even when the general was appealed to for military aid while the militia of the territory were compelled to defend the homes of the people from tho the hostile en croach ments of indians who villo had plundered and hilled defenseless citizens citizen the district and supreme judiciary of the territory depending alone upon the will wi 11 of the general M eneyat government for the alie tenure of their offices and for the amount and payment of their salaries have frequently obstructed justice by ruling in in the interest of debauchery prostitution and kindred crimes and have rendered vexatious un art cemented and contradictory decisions against n municipal regulations 0 and in favor of lawless liquor vendors they have bay hindered the naturalization of foreigners by requiring 41 religious tests and thereby h have ave d discouraged iscol raced immigration ration by Sipe specious cious rulings invading 0 even the boundless 1 domain of belief they have sought 0 to deprive citizens I 1 when accused of crime of the right of trial by an impartial imi artial J jury of th their air peers in other c cases a es th they ey have packed juries jurie in iii order to convictions other government officials have bave endeavor endeavored red to cripple and break up our operative cooperative co mercantile and industrial institution by illegal imposition of revenue taxes to the amount of ganv many thousands of dollars re requiring quiring eapen expensive sive suits suit at law for the recovery of the large r sums bums thus extorted some of our most honored citizens have lieen beell imprisoned upon trivial pretexts and without buppert tup port ot law or precedent other than that c liv hy the malice of bigotry and hatred rec 1 and when iben their incarceration has been b by y hi hiher higher c her powers pronounced nolin bounced ced unlawful unjust and cruel the sufferers have remained without redress athe the memorial continues continue the catalogue of wrongs heaped upon the people through fc everal pages and concludes as follo follows wg and as in duty bound your will ever pray etc FRANCIS M LYMAN of the house A of depre s JOSE 1111 F SMITH president of the lie council I 1 hereby certify that tho foregoing C memorial was adopted by the hoube of depre representatives enta tives feb 27 ARTHUR arly ma chief clerk 11 II K R attest L JOHN NUTTALL chief clerk of the Con council neil |