Show REMARKS 41 da 41 by erden elden airo aleo A T G S JL city april 8 lai aj 1 t I 1 BY it 6 the rema reda remarks ras of eder elder orson onson arson pratt are found d upon upon constitutional princia ca I 1 lw tm awaits ua tie kie wa a aclan atit I 1 havno was hare ware that he i was 0 so o thoroughly read in constitutional jaw t as aa his remarks this forenoon fornoo i u so BO fally evi i dence I 1 went to washington a with elder john jhn taylor in 1856 we were the bearers of the constitution 0 Ps eret erel adopted voke vote voe of tri trib trie e whole people and a memorial to the great greak men melt of the nation for the be admission of deseret into the druon ution of states tes ies upon an equal footing footh W with the original 11 I 1 state stafe I 1 when we arrived at the cap lio ito ive he gates iilo tilo closed ed against again stour our admission by the ach of a national convention pledging the great and rising party of the country to united opposition oh to qua gua ur admission in consequence of 0 an item of curreli our oun religious reli rell ious lous faith being 0 ejection able linw ng this alt 11 it refusal ref sal before we had asked we C confarr oti Ori fern ferr d with many of the acpal men of the nation of all parties by vv whom hom bom it was wag generally gene raby rahy conceded concede d we ve had a constitutional right to admission and that w we had manifested th t energy parse verance and ind intelligence in exploring bettl n ng 3 and subduing 21 this thi courier country y which clearly proved that we were capable of bag bat seg gobep ment and able to 10 su fusari sari sarr ourselves as a state 1 we ha I 1 organized a civilized com community itys framed a republican in in un t f rm JM in principle and called into order p an n effidio efficient ent eni government but said I 1 congressmen here hero is i s an oba objection action and thong though E we tight ought not to hampit na th religious views rf ir youir people are objectionable to the great body of the american keople conati this is no objection but politically it is an impassible barrier for any member to vote for or tee tek admission ad biasion of deseret des Deg eret cret or advocate it would entail upon himself what we all dread a political grave rave you must trust know yourselves you cannot help but linow know 1 raid said senator doll doie Doig glass fass that there is a in an awful prejudice against you ahem ahem an aft insurmountable objection we we have haxe no right to talk tak of religious tests or institutions in s on S ahem aemi but I 1 know of but inq one ohe your pecullar peculiar religion your domestic ir IE I 1 well might congressmen use uke I 1 interjections intersections interject I 1 ti ions lons on s while trembling between the influence oil olt 0 and a solemn rath oath to support the thod con constitution of tm the united states slates an and rauh farb auly perform those duties required by it the declares congress shall shail make no law respecting an est establish establishment ablis of 1 er t the shefree free exercise thereof i iino no rel rei ig lous ious test teft shall ever be required as a qualification ualifi ca tion to any office of public trust un ler der den the united states skates general hall of missouri wh wio ws was at that time somewhat dis in gushed for bi his is prowess in knockin knocking dovan the doorkeeper of dt the de convention at cincinnati for refus hg bg admittance to the delegation of i he the benton win wing of the missouri democracy ia ra sed sod a new and somewhat novel objection loti to our admission while ddn edn canvassing asiong the subject wi with th a company of gentlemen at tb the national hotel in declared it would never do to admit Deseret for it would recognize polygamy and that woisil wo iid ild ruin all the houses of ill lii faire in the country in a short time hy said slid he be no bomin woman would ever consent ident to be besone one cne a prostitute if she could licicle have a husband band who ho would hanor bonor and hind protect her and main maln maintain and educate her ber children and under tinder thle thie new arrangement every woman could obtain such a husband and firo protector and land ey every r house of assignation be clos cios closed d ml and the th e gentlemen qt of the country ur urdie dhe I 1 e I 1 went arl on uty uny tdiva to wasll wasil hita icon inon t on ld in AT full f 1 h to ask orith onith esl elf d ion lon ut of E deseret ner ver V askin asking g n Ys ft to n whether N ouid sic P 0 oi I 1 21 1 it I 1 A strai striving t to d bf ret rev e vietti it all ali ir me tnt power and abid fa t t ff 1 I 1 could command that we would accomplish tbt the object of our mission 1 I soul soui sometimes times sat in the gallery of the bious of representatives and ikeard the members 1 ur wrangle angie angle and asked myself it if it was possible te aj us to jombanis jom hands bands j with eh unhallowed confusion and ca cal cai ithe chicanery A ter my return home p sina me of the brethren aske I 1 me how inucci falta altti aitta alt ait tI had that we should be admitted I 1 concluded wy ralth falth had been jady hobe bobe called upon her hen and inq iredo r d c concerning her religious welfare she ephee that she ehe was well weli lih th her spiritual progression but in ler temporal welfare prosperous 1 we slie was destitute of bread and had nad nothing to sus tain li e trie minister tn lindly told her to ex arcise faith and she coula make nuke stones into bread she thanked him lor I 1 or bis his timely advice j bhe she had bad never ight of that and accord in ay went vent and procured some bome st at nes neb al able e size for loaves of br bread e ad washita was lied ilea them put them in pans pani ae 1 abed hel her hei aven oven in which 11 she placed them closed the door exclaimed II 11 I 1 have firm faith that when those stones come coma out of the oven oyen tb they edwill ey will bo bread dr after fi wa walting waiting biting the proper pr oper tiras she opened the he oven door d anxiously irl lri there I 1 sha she declared declare d the theyer y stones t gnesy yet jet et art k they mould would aalthe ume it |