| Show MEETING AT SPANISH fonk fork the tle citizens of panh spanish F fork or 1 k uth utah county asse assembled in bled bied at the city hall on the of december 1861 to take action in n relation to the proposed pio pro posed convention for the adoption of a constitution and form of state government i ane meeting was called to order by john IV nerry kerry esq when on motion the hon geor george geore e D snell was called caled to the chair and IV IV W R was appointed secretary A committee of six consisting a of william draper james jamea woodward james robertson william robertson john A lewis and chab chas H hales was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sentiments senti meLts menta and wishes of the people assembled in their sovereign capacity The committee retired and soon after re turned and presented the fol foi follows following lown 0 preamble and resolutions which on being 0 read by the secretary were on motion unanimously adopted whereas our isolated position renders it desirable that we have a state government and whereas the people of this territory did elect delegates to a convention in tile tiie year 1856 which said convention was held in great I 1 salt lake city and whereas the aforesaid convention dl did dla 1 at that time adopt a constitution which was republican in torm and unexceptionable in all of its provisions and whereas the aforesaid cons titu lon ion was wab by our delegates elected for that purpose presented to congress with all the site memorials and documents praying for our admission into the union on an an equal footing with the original states and whereas our constitution has been treated with neglect and our petitions and prayers unheeded and whereas the formation torina Uon ot of other tt teri terl rl tories tores fince since inc e that time have changed the boundaries of our territory territory and it still being our desi reto be ad admitted mittel into the union upon equal footing with sith other states therefore resolved that this meeting elect delegates to a convention to be held in great salt lake city on the third monday the of janu ary 1861 to I 1 le ep present resent utah county at said 1 convention conventi om resolved Resol vel that we authorize ani ani empower said delegates in convention with those that shall be elected from other counties in this territory to adopt a constitution preparatory to our cur admission into the union resolved that the delegates that we elect to said convention are hereby instructed to adopt such mea measures Eures as they may consider necessary to accomplish so desirable an object in the quickest and best possible manner resolved that we we are ready to sustain them 1 in in all of their acts in the accomplishment of so desirable an object and that we desire them to knock at the door of congress loud enough to be heard if it knocks the door from its fastenings the meeta mee meeting tn 0 then adjourned without day GEO D SNELL chairman W W secretary |
