| Show THE convention I 1 utan UTAH is once more taking measures towards advancing her just claims to sovereign statehood time timo and timo time again she has presented them for the tho atten attention tron of contreas Con oon greab greas but they have been totally ignored conventions of the peoples peopled daie dele gates have assembled state slate conati lucions have been framed the pro per steps ite ble ile ps have been taken to tb apply for admission into the union but to br vain and now the people of or this territory represented by chosen men are again asserting their right to solf self government and preparing to make another appeal to the powers that ba be for that jus juk tice lice which has hitherto been denied them no one disputes the claim that the population of utah is sufficient fa for r statehood it Is conceded that the people are industrious peaceable thrifty united stable and sue cess cesa fui ful what is the objection to her demands the pretended ob j ejection ecklon Is that polygamy pre prevails valls in utah and t hat that if she was admitted as a state te it I 1 t would bo be a virtual re C cognition mitlon 0 of f polygamy as an institution tio of the U united states what is the real objection that the people of utah are chiefly latter erday enday day saints belonging to a church pro festing to be established by div divine me 1 revelation evela eveia tiou tion and to be guided by a divine spirit and governed by a divinely authorized priesthood that is the real objection and it itts ills s urged by the false priests and hireling clergy of the various christian sects who work upon the pas ions lons of their thelt followers especially upon the females of their flock they bringing a pressure to beat bear t upon the males and thus not only is utah kept from her just rights but inimical legislation is framed frame against her for the purpose of destroying ying the church to which most of othen other hen her citizens belong we do not believe that if the IA lat ter day saints were to publicly rei 1 bounce plural marriage as a part U d I 1 their religious re gions system bah would be a step nearer to statehood than thia she is today to day another pretext would be advanced other concessions would be demanded the conflict waged against them by the bogus priesthood of christendom would be continued nothing aaa aan bo be plainer than that the war utalia la a religious crusade but it la Is aided and abetted by political adventurers whose only chance for of fice flee and its pickings is in the pre pie sent bent territorial system what is the duty of the people under these circumstances while congress Is BO so guided by priest priestly influence openly exhibited in ha the recent hasty antl anti cf I 1 tion ia Is it of any use uee to make further attempts at obtaining ju justice stice slice it is the duty of the people under all sm circumstances to contend for those these political rights and libert ilbert liber ilber tiei lei provided for in the constitution Con sUta of their country let lei the blame for their lack jack rest uin those who deny them if the rijina generation are prevented from taking any part in the government of cl I 1 the nation in which thoy they are born bom iet jet the fault not be properly charged to their fathers liet list me the appeal for statehood be repeated and liberal constitution be framed embodying the sentiments of thi the people and according with the most advanced principles of human liber iber ty and let our authorized Dele delegate gatei once more demand of congress that thai reco recognition agn to which we are entitled what congress Con grebs gregs may or may not do should not influence us in our lag law ful endeavors if we do not askee ask we shall not receive the only plea for excluding utah is based upon a transparent error the territory as a political organization does not recognize the family rela rein relation pol fol polygamy 9 ga in y I 1 ia 3 no part of any system under supervision it is hoi hot provided fd fbi in our local laws what there ia ja ri plural marriage amohr the latt day V saints is contracted and rego rep solely by ecclesiastical ordinances and rules the admission of utah as a state then would involve no recognition of polygamy ct og the part of congress or arof of the nation it would not enter into state politic and therefore need not figure in 1 national politics the state woo wod not set up any of the institutions i tho mormon 1 9 church as part otil ofil of it polity or social system nor fools one church more than another the beliefs and domestic arrana ments of people living in a stated state the union have no bearing upon n tm tt nat URt national fonal IOnal should not 0 enter into the question of state effi M auction with the federal union 1 fi to Is now only made a pretext for leeping seeping utah a ground for refuse office hunters and for depriving driving her people of political influx ances ance their union and cons consequent orce in public affairs being dreaded in national politics lipics but sat whet whether er thia this view be acknowledged or disputed the convention should go about its busine business as in earnest as we believe it will perform the duties for which its members were chosen and leave the result which la is beyond the control of th the convention and the territory to those chwe who have the power to determine le termine it let the work be done with all proper dispatch but let no one become BO so hasty in view of personal affairs in this busy bea sea on as to a neglect or impair those imbor important t interests now demanding earnest consideration let the constitutional convention of 1882 mark an epoch in the history of the people who opened to civilization the vast and wealthy region of the kochy rocky mountains |
