| Show LATEST NEWS FROM THE EAST I 1 11 t by the eastern mail which arrived on sunday dates from washington to the and from newyork to march were received con congress 0 ress was still harping on the favorite topics with no prospect of settling Y those questions which distract the nation an and d threaten its dissolution A and will no doubt sever it in twain ere long unless a more amicable adjustment ia is made in the premises than the fierce denunciations of some of the most ultra partisans parti sons song portend in the house lately mr noell made a few remarks on the bill heretofore introduced by him proposing to withdraw from the people of utah the power to make their local laws through an elective assembly if the house should attempt by direct legislation to suppress polygamy they would fail for they would not strike at the toot of this festering f esteria este rim 1 sore on the body politic he said aid that oroa orga organized territories gain their power to legislate legislate a from congress but utah s should be an exception and instead of a legislative asem assembly 1 y the power should be invested in some other it r tribunal which would protect not only the inhabitants of the rights of the nation on the of march the house resumed the consideration of the bill reported from the committee on the judiciary suppressing polygamy in the territories of 0 tb the sut sui united pressing I 1 cited states mr branch proposed to strike out all declaring polygamy criminal and retaining retaining only so much as annuls and declares void Z al the laws of utah sanctioning and permitting polygamy I 1 aga my he suggested to ta his democratic friends that if they could reneer render poly polygamy amy criminal they could render that twin relic relic or of barbarism slavery as it ia is called in the black republican platform of 1850 1856 criminal ile he repeated that he could not vote for the provision vs lon ion to make pe al at laws applicable to all the territories of the united states mr clarh of mo said the comm corona atee on territories are contemplating the propriety le i t y 0 of f pa parcelling re elling out that territory to the other territories ri so that the people of the latter may have power to suppress polygamy poly 0 amy and other enormities mr branch thought these territories would not have sufficient population thus to control th subject whenever the people of a territory show themselves unfit for self govern ment he would take from them all control 0 of f their affairs it was useless to dabble in dir dirty ty waters below the spring head they shou siou should I 1 repeal all laws shocking to the moral sense of I 1 the country mr nelson who reported the bill was desirous that a vote be taken mr barr moved to lay the bill on the table i which was 19 against mr logan proposed a substitute substitute tute to repeal the law lair establish established establishing iD the thee territorial government jentof of utah the house then passed to the consideration of other business without further action on the bill |
