Show ROSECRANS POLLY the following telegraphed from washington december oth contains the full texi text of tho the bill general rosecrans Bose bobe crans member of congress from the ban francisco district has prepared and will introduce in the nonae house of re a F tee earliest possible opportunity A JOINT resolution propos ing an amendment to the constitution of the united states prohibiting hi polygamy WHEREAS in pursuance of our duty to guard the development of that large and more rational liberty for every unit ot of society and that higher civilization which consists in the domination of reason and justice over the passions by needful constitutional amendments and provisions vis lons ions we have forever prohibited such things as aa reason and experience have shown to be hostile or impeding to such development and among them the siave slave trade and even slavery itself and WHEREAS polygamy condee condemned nad for IN ita contravention of reason its injustice to women its fluence on the character of the female sex bex brutal brutalizing zing effects on the male lexand its general repugnance to the spirit of modern fe freedom edom and progress has always been considered so unlikely to be tolerated among us that no constitutional prohibition ot of it has hitherto been deemed necessary to prevent its ita growth under the protection of state and territorial law and whereas tea TvA the absence of such prohibition hibi tion has enabled designing men under pretense of a now revelation tram heaven beavens to appeal to the interests and passions of poor poors ignorant people at homo home and abroad and to teach them that religion ligion le sanctions notions Ba and the united states allows the practice of polygamy and to diffuse I 1 the poison of this barbarian practice through the territories ot of utah arizona new mexico idaho montana and wyoming to the great injury of the tho future mog ing and good name of the whole therefore be resolved solved by the senate and house of of the united states of america in congress assembled anat pursuant to the provisions of article five of the constitution of the united states mates the following amendment to sald bald constitution be and the same is hereby proposed for ratification by the legislatures of the sever bever al states to wit AMENDMENT XVI bee 1 polygamy being incompatible with our oun civilization la is forever prohibited in the united states and all places under its jurisdiction bec bee 2 congress shail shall have power to enforce this thia by appropriate legislation resolved that tho the secretary ot of state shail bhail promptly forward authenticated coples of this thia joint rebo reeo i lution to the tha several states |