| Show SOME SINGULAR resolutions ON the of january senator hathaway of the missouri legislature introduced some bome rc solutions resolutions which are published in the st bt louis Lobis republican mr hathaway hai has lived among the indians it appears and from his reference to utah affairs it la Is not unil unit unlikely eely kely that helba heh heiba a 4 be been en mor fon himself something of llop noe noa amon among g the mormons cormons Mor mons it I 1 is not ilot probable that his resolutions will wiil ie be ador adopted ted but they will wil I 1 have th effect of directing public attention to the wrong course which is being pursued in relation to the red men and nn daiso dalao aiso also to the people of this territory terii Teril tory the resolutions as fol low lowr were read and referred to the committee on federal relations joint and concurrent resolutions instructing our senators and requesting our representatives in congress Con gress grees to use their influence fluence fD to procure tue withdrawal of the army from the territories 3 forthe for the admission of the territories into the union and for the enfranchisement of indians and mormons cormons Mor mons whereas it costs costa the government of the united states millions of dollars annually to keep heep in subjection buble bubie c tion a few balf half starved half naked suppositions sl bious savages who abill persist in hiding from and diligently dill gently seek blek to avoid the poisonous contact with indian agents post traders and sent out to teach them the way in which they should go rob them of their rations and raid them with the armies of the united states when they decline to exchange their furs hid bid hides hideg peltries pel tries and ponies for powder elead de r lead and munitions of war including bad whisky and whereas if the armies of the united states should be ba withdrawn from the indian country and leafe the tho indian agents and post fost broders traders to be ba hanged by the neck until they bo be dead tile tiie taxpaying spaying ta citizens of the united states would bo be relieved of the unnecessary expenditure of moro than annually which now goes directly into the pockets of the most corrupt ring that has yet sprung from the prolific and ever fruitful quiver of tho the republican pa party lly and whereas ml ane benign conception of shooting to death such indians as object to beng being civilized by baayin buying 9 whisky from post poat traders at got 90 per gallon which costs the trader 99 90 cents per gallon has not proven a marked success either as au economic or civilizing agent excepting as to those indians who have been so BO shot or used the whisky which amounts to ta the same thing and whereas an indian was never known to want anything to eat or to wear until the government undertook der took recklessly improvidently and aad feed and clotha ciotha him and if left alone to work out his own salvation with no thieving agents or post pest traders around to molest or to make him afraid he would soon recover his belo beio respect and the glory of his native manhood manh dod be ba come one of us vote at election srun for congress go to the penitentiary dicker in options and perform all other duties devolved on good citizens of the united states and whereas there are other indians indiana in the territories who are educated civilized ed virtuous law abiding and upright t who are subjected without right or reason and wrongfully to the same government control as the wild tribes and whereas there are people in the united states who make amends for sins bins they are lnell Inell inclined ned tog top to by damning those they have no mind to tn and constantly co urge i upon tho the government the extirpation atlon of the mormons cormons in utah having V g the sole purpose and object in view of getting possession of the property of these thebo people without compensation which Is the aggregation of long years of hard labor J privation and honest toll toil and I 1 whereas the general welfare of these states will be promoted by the admission of the territories into the union as aa states as soon as they shall possess the requisite number of inhabitants 3 subject to no other or further conditions or restrictions that have heretofore heen been applied to other territories seeking admission into the union therefore be it by the senate the tha th house eHouse concurring therein the reiny reins that our senators rena renn tors tois be respect vely directed and our representatives presenta tives in congress be requested to use their influence to procure the withdrawal of the army array of if tho the united states from the territories that the territories be admitted into the union as for the enfranchisement of the indians and mormons cormons Mor mons 4 |
