Show THE STRUGGLE musi GO 00 ON oui THE constitutional convention which met in this thia city on tuesday 9 after transacting trant tranE actIng such buch business as was nerv nees essary ebsary adjourned till tin the oth of october next unless called together sooner by the Preal Preel dent it is an important body and should not be ba adjourned ging gine die butil something definite la Is effected in relation to the statehood of utah the dole doie delaga gates lates tea bent sent by the tho convention to the beat sest of government and who have twice proceeded to washington to urge our claims before congress have given great grest satisfaction in their labors they have done all that was in their power to ac accomplish com the object of their mission they will continue their eferts and the convention will not dissolve un until tu it Is determined by some action of congress Con greba grebb whether utah Is still to be denied the rights and privileges to which she Is entitled or admitted into the union as a free and sovereign state the people dwelling in these mountain valleys vai val teya ieya have the right to a republican form of government it Is the duty of congress to secure to them that right and while it is withheld the people are not justified j in quietly submitting to the deprivation notwithstanding the repeated disregard of their thein appeals to the government they must continue to present their claims and burgt their demands failure must not be due to their thein apathy neither must they become discouraged hy by parent ao aD defeat perseverance persistence and determination must mutt eventually succeed credwhen when the cause Js Is just and those engaged in it are united continued effort is due to our posterity whom we desire to be freemen not vassale it is due to the cause we have es espoused pouted which is in the interest of universal liberty jn in struggling for our own rights and ald those of our cur childre nwe are battling for the civil and religions liberties of other minorities who like us maybe may bo oppressed because cf religious or docial peculiarities in the endeavor to obtain ou r rights under the constitution the discussion is provoked of principles which affect other communities as well as ours curb and the maintenance of which in all ail their integrity is essential to the permanence and perpetuity of that form of government which was established by the fathers of this great nation but which some of their unworthy sons bons are seeking to pervert only under a state government can those liberties and political privileges be secured to the people of this and other territories the republican anti antl doctrines which have crept jn in and have been adopt ed conc concerning eming the absolute powers of congress over the people peaple dwelling on the public domain outside of the boundaries of the state slates are subversive of the inalienable rights of man and in u biter der hostility to the basic principles of american institutions they are PO fo plainly opposed to the spirit and letter of the supreme law of the land that no argument can bo be raised in their support but that of expediency the subterfuge of the demagogue not the policy of the tho statesman it the pretext used an an excuse for depriving the people of utah of their political rights an and d privileges shall prevail other pretexts as shallow as that may be urged in other cases in the interest of parties or of sects and thus one of the chief objects of constitutional guarantees frustrated we must continue the work that has been commenced the movement to statehood must not be relinquished but the interest therein must be kept up and everybody most mosi work tor ton it in earnest meanwhile all that can bo be done dons must bo be done towards protecting we few rights and privileges which wo we enjoy wo we need not expect that the tho enemy continually p otting plotting against us will desist because of the rebuffs thay have experienced shall we be I 1 lebs less diligent than they no people upon this broad continent have proven the truth of the patriotic adage eternal vigilance is the price of liberty to as large an extent aa W the people called Mor mons wo we have had a continual struggle and must expect that it will bo be prolonged inch by inch and foot to foot we must contend for our rights not counting the cost either in dollars and cents or in time times labor or life lire our cause is that of constitutional liberty against the encroachments encroach ments of centralization and tyranny the oppression of sec fec sectarianism tarlan ism and the intrigues of the lowest class of unscrupulous radicalism and whether in maintaining our vested rights as citizens or pleading for the privileges of statehood there must be no faltering no s no cessation not until victory is achieved and we are free indeed can we afford to sit down at ease or look back over the field to reckon the cost of our course counse |