Show lr I 1 ADDRESS TO OP OF UTAH having been bait placed the of this territory its IB a cantli date for delegate iu in congress on oil the alt by a 1 convention held in this thid city and which avowed itself in ill favor of free speech and flee political and religious toleration in utah and the support of ortho the constitution of the T united states the organic act of the tc territory ni fory and the laws lawa of Con congress Congi giess I 1 shall cheerfully make the ill c canvass and pin my my poli political H e a I 1 faith to the sound principles principle i and views news put forth in that contention I 1 now that I 1 am in the field it can bo be considered no breach of modesty to say that I 1 expect cery c cry qu qualified alifier voter in ill ho territory N who ampro approves Cs and indorse indor ses the vie views s of that Co mention will cast his ballot for tile me on monday next nest to ic le present utah in the next congress Con Coll giess gless as its delegate those who ale aie op posed to the republican sentiments there set forth I 1 shall most certainly expect to vote ote against me as I 1 do not desire to be the exponent of their views in the council of the nation or else eke while boli soliciting citing the suffrage of the freo and independent elector I 1 expect no man to cast liis his vote for me through any misapprehension of my iny N vis k n 5 and in order that I 1 may be clearly fully openly and intelligibly understood stood too d by all alli 1 propose to define my position aa is well as s my humble ability will permit I 1 am opposed to tho the political system which b has is berc obtained in utah as being wrong in principle and injurious in practice that system sooner or later kimt wano wane before the genious of our free republican form of government and a beginning may as well bo be made now as at any future time we all have haTe been taught that the american government i a t government of majorities that its people ile quals equals before the law and that minorities have hav rights which majorities ore are bound to respect 1 L t it is made m ado the duty of tho the general govern government in ent in the great charter of american liberty to guarantee to each state a ie publican form of government in nil all rational national state and territorial elections utah exe excepted apted tho the citizens attach themselves to political parties N widely idely differing in policy and through tho the medium of the press and tho the rostrum ro interchange views lows on all questions of political value an and d after c comparing 0 m p ring their neighbors views and contra contrasting ti ng them ille with their own they submit rt nt stated t ted times by bt law enacted tho the questions at issue to the of the majority arity and d abide its decision in the matter TJ T and J it is upon this theory and with this principle underlying that our political structure tur 0 was reared by the revolutionary sires of 76 and perpetuated by their sons to tho the present hour here in utah one or moro more church leaders s dictate to tho the people who shall fill this thia office and who that NIO ito opposing candidates have heretofore been tolerated against the favorites of the church leaders and if a growl of dissatisfaction escaped a citizen at thelin the unfitness fitness of the person or persons so thrust forth for public support it was soon lost in the ru rumbling nibling thunders ofa of a threatened anathema the majority do not govern govera here it is the dign dignitaries itan es oath of the church who rule and nominate and OK ia I 1 ll 11 fact elect all officer off and 4 tho election law of utah and it its attendant voting is a delusion a mockery and a snare to mole moie effectually spy upon the exorcise erciso eix of liberty of voting here there is a law lair upon tho the statute books of this Toni territory tory unknown requiring that tho the ballot of each voter is to be numbered before being deposited in the ballot box to correspond with the number appos opposite ite tho the voters name on the poll list by this means the leaders are able to detect any ally exe exercise reise of a voters rights in opposition to their will and and harrass if not actually persecute the unlucky innovator to the verge erge N of tho the grave ith assurances that ho he will find no consolation on it tho other sido side of it because of imagining himself an all american citizen in utah and aftem attempting ati u to enjoy its privileges of course the timid and weak will never expose themselves to the terrible vengeance ven cance of the leaders leader s by botin voting 9 in accordance a 11 c e with their own sense of right and duty i tw ay citizens so ion long as they can be frightened by bv threats of perdition from mortals no like themselves who arrogate such admirable supernatural power as to be able to cons consign fim their fellows to pandemonium at entry turn tum of ft a whim frivolity or caprice we well I 1 I 1 m may aty t the it e leaders exclaim xo no nice distinction a true believer know ilia bid lum him gp go to hell bell to bell lie goes another feature in ill political affairs in utah is a kind of pretended theocratic government both in tho the making of laws and in tho makin making 9 of lawmakers law makers everything touching these things tha g is is done by order and the majority maj p arity minorities here being unk unknown aro are sure to ratify i 4 or have their salvation terribly impaired the kho of I 1 render to casar the things that hat are cakars Ca sars is viewed as a good joke and my kingdom is not of this c ruth earth i is s exquisite brolly this attempt to unite church and state must bo renewed with alarm they must be kept aloof and iu independent dependent of each other the church can attend to the spiritual wants want 9 of its members gulding guiding their footsteps in wisdoms ways which are arc said to be pleasantness ant ness and all her paths peace r the fhe state will be engaged on temporal affairs teaching citizens how to govern and be governed gover ged and fitt fitting ilig liento men to become free honored a nd intelligent tell to members of tho the great republic e which has demonstrated to the world that man is capable of self government I 1 feel it my duty at this time in connection with what I 1 have already advanced dyan Ced to do dc clare aliro that I 1 am OPP opposed OSOf to polygamy root and branch theoretically an and practically I 1 sec either go 0 d morals oad taste or good bonse ill m that system it i is needless t to Q argue e after eighteen hundred years r 6 in tile religion and with a continuous back 0 to o tito the days s of tho the apostles that this bantling of tile the flesh in utah lq is condemned by virtue by 1 by religion both natural and revealed by the into intelligence ilin ence and enlightenment of the ago we live line in every state of europe and america L condemns it as ar a crime and punish with severe penalties those who practice tir it it if allowed to continue in a few generations would sap the foundation of society create a confusion that lio remedy could quiet in the lassof laws of des descent 0 ent and distribution af pf property besides entailing in the sensual lethargy g fluid tic I 1 pu ahr T offspring that has haq been the baue oi of t the f id pa ottoman tto empire for cent centuries urics in no other oilier part jart of the world bshero tt hero the doctrines of mormon aspi arc taught is the frightful system of polygamy 04 on society at is not ta taught allf as a divine institution in ii england wales W N es Deu denmark mark norway sweden anif and the oth other er european countries that supply the church with recruits nor is it held to be good by the cormons mormons in the states east cast or west aye 1 t thousands thop sands ftp P in fit your chuich here exemplary men ft and K N omen alil n nathe loathe and detest jt it tho american america ji people loathe antl je to S t if and a n t long filing dito recognized it as drelic ft relic of balbar asin ism and branded it is A 4 crime great god is it to be iliac in ili tho noon of the nineteenth Cen centen tUN t with all ali the mellow 1 aug ug M influences bences of science civilization civili alion and christianity softening the rough heart of man alj and elevating woman to her proper sphere that wo ita are G VJ ILle into bar barbarism croper I 1 and i li norance olance hud and wo manbo r reduced duce it ta pander to Ls it en tur alibe dreadful die adful alternatives polygamy or tion must bo be alto 10 lo inevitable lohof those who nho I bd lottici s in ill this thia happy idila sli ale e i tile tho young luell to understand that polygamy hns mi endearing ella chaim illi for them a influence find and that it w is practiced by the pi uto bucks bucki but more extensively by the degraded find dejected natives of the tale sandwich band islands away with such much tra trai 21 such nonsense sickens bickens sic kens I 1 am equally opposed to the grind grand grasping monopolies granted to the church and to church leaders by the territorial legislatures is as they impair often deshof competition winch which is the I 1 soul of trade cripple crip plo and curtail C afta ifta il the he t rights ri 9 his of tho the people and the practice of holding large tracts tract 4 of tho the public domain by ima imaginary irjary corp orators or owners without auy any title or evid evidence enco of possession by actual improve improvement men is to tho the elci exclusion its io n of settler finds no favor with me thus for far I 1 hope my al views may bo be neither misunderstood or maliciously misconstrued As ft a citizen of utah I 1 am in fn an f or of the speedy completion of the pacific railroad Kail road a cross across tho the continent to and through utah I 1 desire to see its valley from its temperate to its tropical clime to teeming oming with an industrious people caressed by plenty and smiled upon by fortune conscious of their rights and duties as citizens and know ing daro dare maintain them I 1 desire to see sec our hills and the sides aides pf af our mountain moun taing covered with pastoral heris herds and flocks lowing granulations on the husbandmen in tho valleys beneath I 1 want its ita rich mines milies of iron lead copper coal silver and gold developed and the accruing advantages to revert advantageously genously and profitably 6 to tho the people I 1 particularly would favor ld and foster tho the mercantile interests of this s territory representing an actual capital of over three millions of dollars fall of life iffe 1 enterprise integrity intern ity and libera liberality lity ablo to C command credit a diaho in tho eastern market guark et of treble that surn sum and a most powerful aux mary in ill all tho the industrial ic sources of our valued territory anan and a genuine advocate of odthe the peoples p ca prosperity to close I 1 am before yon soliciting your yot ir suffrage with no hobby but my expressed viea s no fears except when conscious of a wrong asking no spiritual favors from any but god goa acknowledging no temporal authority but my government if elected I 1 shall endeavor to truly represent the people of utah in the congress of the united states WILLIAM I 1 |