| Show THE presidents MESSAGE tim tins presidents jnes ines message sage which the tile readers of the NEWS nr vs had bad last evenin evening tilou allou though h unusually lengthy will have been waded through by the public and its contents pretty generally discussed to a greater or less extent the cuban question is ono one of the most prominent topics in tho the mes mos hage kage C on this question the president 1 I on t seemed to be almost almo ready and willin willing 1 to act he sees justifiable action in in one of two ways media tion and intervention mediation is pea peaceful cerui cerul intervention warlike the president manifestly anticipates one or the other by the US in the near hear future llo lio ile he finds five subjects on which ho he considers legislation the present session especially desirable thus I 1 compulsory common school educational opportunity 2 national or state se semi mi com pul pl sory nonsectarian non sectarian education with educational basis of franchise after 1890 3 permanent separation of church and state and general taxation of church property 4 stamping olt out immorality under which lie he includes specially spec spee taly tais polygamy and tho the importation of chinese prostitutes 5 A return to specie basis in 1879 6 one other point specially concerns the inhabitants of this thia territory and that is more liberal legislation concerning timber and other lands in the territories this has long been needed and it should be made to favors fa voras much as is ably expedient the older settlers set bet tiers rather than those later arrivals who largely come to take advantage of the enterprise and labor of others no other president has so persistently called the attention of or congress to the utah question viewed from his standpoint and considering the peculiar politico religious influence around him perhaps he could hardly have done otherwise if it a president considers polygamy such a dreadful thing as president grant appears to do it is perfectly natural that he should call the tile attention of congress to tho the subject us as one of the tho particulars showing the state of the union from our standpoint however we see nu no necessity for the president to concern himself about the topie topic mentioned menti ened as ab will pill appear by the tile following 1 polygamy is not a crime against decency and morality li 2 polygamy is not cot a crime at all ali a of itself 3 polygamy 1 is not an unnatural ur vice 4 polygamy Js is not a vice at all 5 is fa not nota anomalous nom alous if not preposterous that polygamy should exist in a freebu free enlightened and christian country it would be anomalous and preposterous post erous were it otherwise 0 therefore polygamy should not bo be punished as a chime crime 2 it should not be statutorily made a crime it should not be banished from the land and therefore no law is needed for that purpose 7 polygamy is one of the most natural things in the world 8 polygamy is a virtue 9 polygamy in utah is wholly a religious institution mith with which the civil law has constitutionally nothing to do 10 therefore congress has not the shadow of nr a 96 right to interfere with polygamy in utah it being outside of the constitutional purview of that body excepting perhaps where it is made a civil contract or cenemo ceremony any instance ins tance of which we do not know in this territory 11 congress however has the power po to mako make laws all alj authorizing thor izing or bidding lot id civil mar j iago lago but it bas haa no such authority concerning poly gamio le religious marr marriage lase fage a ezry essential distinction which tho the th does not ceru to realize |
