Show S SA G E BY THE or cc C 0 va V mi SS ML B ar BT T C 0 THE STATE OF del DEJ SE RE T zo to tle tic slate senate tate late and house of erp rep asen calives tati ta lives ier ies con conc convene enid ebid in general Is through ha the bl akings or of col eol goit cot our father and under the inesti gab rab e rig rights lits guaranteed by tle tl e constitution of our country we have the privilege of meeting mee meb tinel tiner in I 1 our present capacity and in accordance wit with a time 11 honored cu custom storn stoin ing that L it may aid somewhat as A bats bais for that unanimity unai I 1 which should characterize the official 1 acts or 0 persons assembled to promote the public good I 1 will briefly orter offer some of 0 my views upon ertain certain acts that will more or I 1 less occupy y byoir 0 ir atten attention tio u and require your deliberation and action whether our revolutionary fathers varied I 1 much or little from the spirit and letter of the i f in their initiative legislation j relative to citizens settling on the public domain or whether at tuat period it was wita in their power to have legislated egi egl slated more in ac corrance cor dance wi h he constitution are questions it is probably needless to dwell upon at present certain it is that at an early day it was deterred proper to institute territorial governments for se settlers mers on the public domain which usage is continued to the presen presena present and from these embryo government governments 4 states were to be formed and admitted into the union and as in the organization of territories EO in the admission of states there is no specific rule in the constitution farther than new deiv nsw states may be admitted by the congress Con gres grea into this union and the united states shall guarantee guaran tee to every sate S a te in this union ait aio R pub lican form of gov government wilment 1 l true since the celebrated ordinance of 1787 in relation to the he government govern men of the then northwestern north western ter bitoy there has been less of direct legislation by congress for citizens in territories terri tories less I 1 es s i direct congressional legislation and taxation without representation still the appointment of officers for american citizen citizens not only without regard to their heir choice but in some cases c to ther their expressed wishes to bay tay nothing of oe the character and conduct of many of said officers and th lh having no vote in the national council nor in the el election of the chief ma magistrate magi state while paying an equally proportionate quota of governmental governments govern menta expenses pen ses are so BO contrary to gli ili principles principle upon which our independence wa war declared and so inconsistent with the constitution that at i first thought it seems not a little strange st that uch such err oneo a and unequal practices wele were vere ever instituted and very inconsistent thit that they have been so long perpetuated and are still practiced V in a republican government covern ment like ours tw both justice and corida consistency tency require that citizens in territories however ho vever few in number dumber should at least leist have not only a voice but also a vote in the Ro representative branch tf if the general government I 1 a vote for the chief magistrate anti and their choice in the officers appointed by him except perhaps the secretary and judges and oher oben law officers so BO far as their official acts are exclusively re to business pertaining to the united rates as a party and still more just and con would woula it be were the people allowed one representative in congles Con gres and to 0 elect ali all their off ices office icee 8 with the exceptions already named and then when the people in a territory properly express their wish to assume the responsibility and ard eapen expense e of a state slate S ate government governments ern ment ments upon their presenta ion of a conati tut on republican in form with a petition for tor mission admission id the declaration of independence the constitution justice I 1 and the most ardi dary tary regard for the rights of their fellow citi reps reits all combine to counsel congress to cordially welcome and antl at once admit that terri tor jinto inlo the family of states slates regardless of tsi tib number of its population that I 1 riall numbers so they are capable and delious r of republican self government are to the question of admission as a state we have the authority of the lion ilon W IL seward now secretary ff i stat in his gech pech botich in the senate april 9 1856 in f favo avo it albe th i admission of kansas as follows 1 trie co constitution does not prescribe or r any oiher number of as feces ary to 0 o con a state 21 the point concerning num birs iorg is ia therefore practically unimportant and fallous Kv olous 1 the constitution prescribes obi only kiwo two qualifications for new nev states namely a substantial civil community and a re can uan govern government mert ment 31 1 and here I 1 assert without fear ear of truthful contradiction thab that we e aie ate ae clearly within the bounds so correctly byln bair saward is as requisite to our ad a state for our conduct under a provisional rov illonal government until it w wab was as superseded d d by a T territorial organization and our acs under 1 I er that organ bation clearly prove that we are a al chiv I 1 community and antl the constitution lately adopted by y our convert conven ion lon on and ratified by the people is is certainly st republican in form and by it we wish t to 0 abid ai r in addition both loth to my views upon these points and to the thorough lir considered state ments made by mr seward it may not be uninteresting to brielly allude to the varied proceedings as aa to manner of admission that have increased the number of states from thirteen to thirty our vermon vermont kentucky and M lne ine ane respectively claimed by new york virginia and massachusetts were admitted in accordance with section 3 article IV of the konsti ution texas was aneed after repeated memorials by the legislative assembly of michigan taichi gan san and inu ewh h difficulty in regard to a portion of her southern boundary congress passed an act to establish the northern boundary line of the state of ohio and to provide for the admission of the state 0 of f michigan mi c ii into the umon uhlon Ten tennesse tennessee nesse nesie I 1 aran arkansas sas sag florida and lowa iowa called conven lions adopted constitutions applied tor admission nd were in that manner admitted tn in several instances upon petition i j or ir memorial have passed ac s to enable or I 1 authorize the people it c I 1 a T to form boim a constitution ald aid antl anti state gov aument preparatory to admission and in some cases have in the enabling acts aiso also provided for admission and representation california na lie lle utah territory ceded to the united S ate ates by the treaty of 0 guadalupe lii iii hidalgo dalgo ary ad 1848 1843 and having passed a t period under what may be called a military civil covern ment met by her delegates in conven tion formed a conati tut on ratified it on the of november 1849 by a very unanimous vote 0 and at the same time elected a governor nory lieutenant governor members of 0 the log legislature slature and two members of congress 31 0 on the e lath loth of december Dp cember next after the general election the legislature convened organized proceeded to elect the sate state officers made elective by the conati ut putiri atlin iri fri two tivo senators to congress Con q gres and to legislate upon fuch such matters and in such manner as in their judgement jud gement circumstances cum stances required thus california without having undergone a territorial pupilage B stepped at once upon the platform of state I 1 action and was admitted into the un union lon ion on the ath of september 1850 and that too as constitutionally la lawfully fully and properly as any other state has been admitted having a au substantial ay civil community and a republican government on the iet let of september 1840 1849 the day the convention began its session the largest I 1 number claimed by california was wan some 43 a number probably about one half the present population ot of utah I 1 think this places us ua comparatively on a very respectable I 1 footing as to num bersana bersand do not see ree that tilt any one can consistently object to the larger num berb bers doing what was sanctioned on toe part of so much mitch uie ule lesser number it my also be proper in order to verify an historical event eveet to here remark that the sudden increase of population in california in 1849 from the best information I 1 have was waa chiefly due to the previous first finst L known discovery there of gold by members of the tha mormon battalion which battalion Batta lion lioi also very efficiently aided in wre sting from mexico that f fertile and valuable region again the census of 1860 shows the tho population of oregon to be ani and ant she enjoys all the blessings biess blesa ioni ingi and privileges c of state government on an equality with her sister St ettes t tes most fully are we all aware that no improper er ambitious or disloyal motives have induced us to prefer following in the state dental tootsye footsteps ps made maie by california Calif orida but for reasons so justly urged arg el 0 for o her admission and because cl 0 ir r position is still more isolated than hers our population is already numerous and anti rapidly increasing our territorial Terri orial organization is each year grow ng rig less adapted to the necessities of the people who are wearied in bein being so ion lon long iong dis franchised while winnin winning to civilization and and freedom a region so forbie forbid forbidding and more than all because it is our inalienable and constitution I 1 right have we vve adopted a like course in t our admission and in our subsequent acton act on and I 1 am confident so far as I 1 can discern that this course will most conduce to the advancement of the true and political interests of all concerned in this connection and while leour our nation with a larae larze and rapidly increasing public nac deb is struggling egling to preserve the integrity of her boundaries I 1 deem it proper to au august r gest that our admission wl will 11 I 1 leave eave cave in the public trea Teea treasury some annually ap cited for our il expense and will add to ti the revenue the full ful amount of our annual quota of the governmental lovern mental tax when mil lons lona of dollars are being disbursed weekly these theat thousands ands andt mav inal sueji sheil small in contrast but in the great majority of instants a those ae millions have been collected in much smaller amounts iban ihan baethe the thousands of quota in accordance with an act passed by congress in in july last nearly nealy of chedi tax was apportioned to ro utah I 1 was gratified that our legi t assembly so af pf promptly assumed the payment of our quota 0 of that tax an t without question this general assembly should hould f they deem fur her action on that sax subject act necessary will with equal patriotism adopt such measures as wilf best sustain our Govern government meta meiA in its financial afra affairs irs 1 so far as our apportionment and every constitutional ement are co berned but I 1 wish it distinct distinctly lv understood that I 1 object to any action being taken in thi thlu or any other matter except on the ground ot of right and just justice i ce and in nowise as an evid evidence e nce of our loyalty for it has been severely t tested and has on f very occasion emerged I 1 from the test with unsullied purity we iye are not here as aliens from our government buh but b we e are tried and firm supporters of the Cs constitute itutti n and every constitutional right if after electing two senators to congress and a adopting dop trig a memorial for our adms admission sion slon and sch other memorials if ally any as to you I 1 may seem proper you sho id in your wisdom deem it best to proceed farther in legislative duties I 1 respectfully recommend that you 1 enact that the laws baws now in force in the i 1 I 1 territory of utah be in fiul fal fai force and virtue I 1 in law iii the state of deseret Ds eret until iper siper s 1 I 1 ceded by future legislation b I 1 would also respectfully suggest that in all legislation the condition circumstances and wants of the people are to be considered in enacting aar an r I 1 given law whereby you yon lii will ill avoid the blind patterning after laws entirely ent iely inapplicable j in pursuing this course it will vill at once occur j to yon you i to encourage the importation aton of useful i 1 machine brather than manufactured articles to foster b appropriate bounties and otherwise w t e the raising of nf dye flax hemp cotton and wo wool 0 1 and the erection oi of it fac factorize factories torie to encourage the raising of tobacco so long iong as the people will use it and the care careful foil storing up of all surplus grain for thousands upon thousands will nock flock here in need of succor to 0 o promote the cause of general education and in fine to always legislate for the good of the people at large and 1 no for individual advantage keeping inviolate our constitution and the constitution and all constitutional laws of our country e gentlemen I 1 tender you my future cordial operation cooperation co in the performance of the important duties now devolved upon you my confidence in your integrity intelli intelligence genee genre and capability and arld invoke for your guidance the blessings of israels god who zetteth up nations and brea keth them in pieces who ruleth and overrule tn tD and ani or dereth and boeth al things well in accordance with ills liis own good pleasure BRIGHAM brigha 11 YOUNG greit salt late lase city april 14 1862 |