Show I 1 I 1 REPORT ON 0 the rep report of cul Cal ballom cullom lom from the corm corn cittee on territories of the Hou house oh the bill against plural main mair marriages lages has been received and ia is in keeping with the precious bill to which it relates A weaker or wickeder wic keder document has not passed th through roligh our hands for a long time it opens with a milk and water argument to show tha Congress has the power to legislate for the territories and during the couric course of pt that argument says f it does not forget that a provision in the constitution declares congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof but the committee does not regard the proposed action of congress by the passage of the bill which they present as in any possible ae way affecting the rights of the deop people e under that provision of the constitution ution 11 and the committee expressly disclaim any disposition or intention to recommend anything which vill interfere with the proper exercise of the religious ious ioui fot lof any people 11 considering that and bi blu biu r are leveled lovele a directly Rg ff hinst kinst a salient dod doctrine trine of the religion of an ail entire community one hardly knows whether ether ethen the cool or unblushing mendacity of this assertion asse rHonia esthe the more conspicuous sp iceo 1 us in another place the report says I 1 i tho practice of polygamy bythe by the mormon people of utah is the result of a pretended revelation of god to brnham briham young independent of the fact that the rev lation atlon aaion came through joseph smith and not liot through brigham young we are not informed on what authority it is declared a pret pretended ended revelation nor is the revelation from god given which pronounces r bounces it erroneous for nothing gio guo jut t a communication from the almighty could prove that he had not given the one on patriarchal marriage to the prophet joseph yet the committee assert it is the result of a pre tended revelation and declare they have no disposition to interfere with the tho exercise of any religion while presenting this report and the bill which accompanies it duthoy do they not mot know that there are members of congress who nho on the same principle would not hesitate to assert that the revelations on od which chich tilo thle christian faith falth is based edone ed ones ll 11 and that all religion ax but bug ug a SL i in iti J i the lepor dips book of mormon and doctrin Doctrine e wand land and cove covenants fotiu for oon support ort veard W arb are wi willing ailing to ace accept e p al these dooka nooks aa as standards will tah the e g gen e a tiemen who quote from them do the same if they will we are ready with a reply but this report reports to find cause against the people of UtA Uta hfalls falls back on sources which show how poorly the committee were supplied with material for their purpose th the report of WW Drum drummond blond biond alleging the burning of the court records d a in this c eity city 1 y in 1857 which was wm public publicly I 1 y proved and is now universally ver sally a admitted d to have been an infamous falsehood is quoted as authentic testimony to what shifts will politicians next resort to make a charge against the latten latter day saints when the exploded falsehoods that were made the pretext for a crusade against us in 1857 are resurrected in 1870 and ana placed before the house of ofee me presenta tives as genuine by the committee B i attee on territories we c could 0 uld blush for congress at receiving such testimony and wonder that the man who could present it should be chairman of any committee or even have a seat in hi such an august body general hagens report is also quoted from he inferred and believed or said he did and this is presented a direct testimony and then an english oxford professor is quoted to prove that plural marriage is wrong we may simply dismiss the professor cook son by saying that he has traveled a long way beyond his knowledge and shows that he is an antiquated specimen cf ef that does not seem to have any clear understanding of chyb logy or social relations then follows an obstruct ob oba tract of the laws jaws orthe of the several states and territories on polygamy and the testimony of the pe pettifogging lawyer on whom the of the bill fsr 16 usually lalif laid closes the report this individual shows that lie he has haa studied the art of evasion if nothing else andean and can direct replies so as ad to avoid the imputation of perjury without telling any more truth than is necessary to make them presentable were it not that the report is printed by order of the house of representatives before which body it was presented it and the matter contained in atwould it would be beneath tha the contempt of all honest truth loving honorable men I 1 the committee did not think it necessary to send to utah for witnesses and if they had done so only those would have been chosen who were bitterly opposed to the people here but they can rake up old assertions that have been proved false by the most indisputable evidence such buch aa as drummonds report positively repudiated by gover cumming gumming and declared by him to be flagrantly untrue and accept the testimony of a virulent partisan and avowed enemy of the people of utah who is without reputation or character for veracity |