Show 0 MEMORIAL to the kono Zono honorable fable rable the senate and of of the United states Slates in n congress assembled gentlemen your Memoria lists the tho citizens of the united states in the tho terri torri tory of utah by their delegates in convention now assembled respectfully present resent robent this their memorial humbly praying crying for fon or admission into the tho federal un union on as a free and sovereign state under the name and style of the state of deseret with the constitution herewith presented the history of the privations and struggles and achievements of the pioneers of utah is a part of the history of the country and need not be recapitulated here but some of the disadvantages of the territorial form of government under which your Memoria lists have lived for the last 22 years are earnestly submitted to your consideration under this form every important civil action is liable to be appealed to the U S supreme court where its final decision may be delayed for years and every act of the legislature which escapes the absolute veto of the governor is subject to the supervisory legislation of congress it has hasteen been boen decided that the legislative assembly of the territory of utah has no power to create or organize courts of original jurisdiction and the courts provided provide 4 by congress under the territorial system are insufficient to transact the business of the territory persons accused of crime are denied ball bail and refused trial while cases rapidly accumulate upon the civil calendar and liti litigants ganta gants aro are thereby practically denied dented justice it is the system of government rather than those who administer the system which should be censured for this state of affairs A territorial or colonial system under which a government is provided by a remote power and without the consent of the jo governed verned is inherently oppressive and thet the theory of govern ment meni which provIde provider 3 executive and abd judicial officers having no responsibility to the people they are called to ruie rilio and to whom their acts are known but to a distant and im perfectly imperfectly informed authority is ts admittedly a false one the officer assigned to a territory bearing no introduction save his commission from the general government finds no int interest erast in common with the people to whom he presents himself his faast past life may be and usually Is a seal beal sealed bo book 0 k to io each member of the com corns toward whom ho he is by virtue ot ol his commission authorized to assume the most delicate and important relations with no confidence inspired by long acquaintance the stranger becomes the thear ar biter dt the destinies of a whole com oom community muni As ahi governor or judge he holds the lives and property of a people united to him by no ties of kindred kindrea or neighborhood in his hands even if selected from among the people he still looks to the parent government for tor his compensation and relies for his hig tenure of office upon in fluentes fluen ces far removed from the scene of his labor rather than upon his own conduct he is thus naturally led toive tolve to give small smail con eon onto to the wishes or necessities of those who are the sole sum suf sufferers ferera under his follies and mistakes it is plain that a system which practically practical ay denies to the citizen the privilege of anac enacts emch in ing and adment administering those there domestic laws which are necessary for the safety and progress of the community which deprives him alike of representation at washington and local lodal sovereignty rity f which nails nafis to furnish him with adequate adequate judicial facilities and subjects him to tedious and expensive delays e ays in tho the 0 ninal finai nal nai of his rights rig I 1 is a system most antagonistic to the spirit of reprise representative tive republican govern ment ent an and most Injurious urious to the interest of progress from this state of things there is no re res rev dress except in the manner now proposed the remedy for the evils suggested is found solely in a republican form of government a government created by the people governed and to a hart part in which every citizen is eligible Il gible utah has outgrown those conditions un der which a territorial form of government was equal to her necessities and has hag reached a period of corporate existence when a state organization is essential for the accommodation mod mo dation atlon of her business interests these interests are numerous a and id rapidly expanding within the borer borders a of the territory lie vast deposits of inexhaustible mineral wealth which are destined soon to equal in extent and richness of development those of any neighboring state or territory the coal fields of the wasatch range already give promise of rivaling many of the coal regions of the older states rich veins veina and lodes lodea of silver have haye attracted hither capitalists af of europe and already many leading silver mines ot of utah are known and favorably quoted in the stock boards london of and other european Euro pein poin marts the smelters shelters sm elters of galena galen from new york boston chicago san Francisco and other cities of tle the union are lookeb looking g to utah as the source of a large part of their future sups sup plies iron ores of the finest quality exist in such vast masses in the southern portion of this territory as to rise ilse to the dignity of iron mountains and it is no mere tancy fancy to assert that these ores will in a pew few years furnish famish the materials for all furnaces mills and other establishments in the new now state requiring this metai metal and will warrant the erection at an early day of rolling mills for the production of railroad iron the number of men now either actually dugand engaged or interested in mines and mining w within thin the borders of utah axce exceeds eds the amount of foreign capital invested eted in hgr hep her silver mines has been fairly estimated at over and the number of tons of high grade oro ore and crude bullion shipped by rail frona from the territory during the year 1871 a large part of which entered into our national exports has haa reached 9 tons the full ruil and free development of all these interests demands a state government while in california colorado nevada and montana mining preceded agriculture in utah the cultivation of the soil was the first pursuit which occupied the attention of eitl citi citizens from the extreme northern boun houn boundary diry of the territory to the river colorado in the tho south a distance but little short of five hundred miles numerous settlements ments shave have been formed and a system of agriculture has hns been adopted which is admirably suited to the nature of we the climate and soil throughout this extensive region the water by means of costly canals and ditches ilas nas pas been conducted trola the tho mountains and spread over the land and bleak bieak barren deserts have hive been converted into fruitful fields and tho the solitude of the wilderness ba has been made musical with the hum of thrifty industry utah in agricultural and man manufacturing g wealth compares favorably with many ot the older settled portions of the continent your memoria lists respect respectfully fallk suggest that utah having thus shown her capacity to sustain a large population from her agricultural and manufacturing resources possesses every requisite now ahat ahab her mineral wealth ia N found to be of almost unexampled richness to make her future pro prosperous berous and great with well develop ed agricultural gric ul tural mining and e commercial om mercial interests receiving the at attention lention iov iou 61 hgr her citizens with her internal improvements of railroads telegraph lines canals ac fec the advantages of the great continental tin highway closely connecting her with her sisters on the easland east and west she may expect if permitted to assume tho the robba robeson of statehood to enter pou upon u a career of prosper prosperity ity unsurpassed by any of the younger states the tho population of utah a considerable sid erable drable extent that of several other territories ri which have been boen by your honorable body admitted to statehood the increasing mineral resources the deve devo development developing lopin ent of which has been seriously retarded by conflicting interests constantly arising under our present system the asp rapidly increasing agricultural railroad commercial and mechanical interests together with the satisfactory condition of financial affairs throughout the territory showing as they do in every department an entire freedom fr 0 from debt the peaceful relations which the inhabitants f ich stants have and still maintain with the tho surrounding indian tribes tr ibee the home and foreign capital which is being dally daily invested in our tour rich nich though comparatively undeveloped mines kil kii beebi beem seem to point tosho to the one great bridwe end the need of bf a permanent state govern government men sath by the establishment of such buch a government our permanent prosperity will be made certain stability will be impressed on all rii our public institutions capital now withheld withhold bemuse because of possible changes will flow into the country a rich and plenteous stream imparting life and activity to ayery branch of trade and every department of useful industry our oar agricultural manu 1 fracturing fac fae turing and railroad interests will be strengthened and enlarged enterprising sojourners will become perm ponts manent residents elements of disorder now bold and defiant through encourage ment from collisions between betwee ii opposing judicial departments will subside before the power of j justice one and undivided p pence peace e and harmony will take the place of discord discord and confusion education hitherto unaided by state patronage will extend its influence ence tt to every family and the people of thele these mountain valleys no longer harassed and perplexed by the errors errors of officials elaw olaU who are unacquainted with their wants freed from all doubts as to the good waff will of the parent government and brought by the federal compact into perfect accord with the rest of the republic will move forward in the grand march of national progress as loyal true free and alid liberal a com oom commonwealth naon raon as any among the tho glorious sisterhood the policy of congress has always been i to accord a state government to a te territory arl so soon as the community asking us king such privilege gave evidence of its ita liability ability to sustain the burden of self government if in any stange instance In a mistake has been made in the admission of a state where subsequent growth hasfal has ailed led to justify the expectations of the country wo we submit that the results of such mistake should not be charged to utah which today toda exhibits not in expectation b but ut in possess possession loti the tho requisite population and resources to entitle her to enter the american union the constitution of the state which is presented herewith looks to the development of those improvements in political science which elsewhere excite arcite public u le attention 0 on for fon or it will be observed that tha it t provides ro I 1 es for minority representation I 1 impartial parti suffrage and equal public educational tt onal facilities without distinction of race color religion or citizenship if it be deemed essential to the welfare of the people of the proposed state that othen other guarantees should be obtained 1 than those contained in this constitution an in opportunity port unity is afforded in the ordinance to propose such conditions as honorable men may accept we submit in conclusion that the interests of the people inhabiting the territory of utah as well as those of the nation will be advanced by the speedy admission of the proposed B state ta leand rand tand to that end your memora lists invoke your early and favorable action As will be seen by section 5 article articie 17 schedule the provision has been made for the taking of the vote of the electors through throughout ut the territory for or against the state constitution constitution adopted by the con cou convents consena venty Vents tion and for the election of a representative to congress on an the third monday of the present mouth month march 18 every lawful voter male and fer fbi female feindle nale nalo should consider it his bis or her person penson personal al duty to be at the polls and give in his or her vote upon that important iocca I 1 sion blon so that as large ja n vote as can be may bo be polled po lied we also aso respectfully request tilo the tho earnest attention of thosa whom it may mayo concern to the resolution adopted by the Conie convention ngon nUon for the taking of the census ol of the several counties which should be done promptly |