Show BROWNS UTAH AND ani NEW ENGLAND A TIIE THE lly liy OF emor imor irol FANATICS FANATIC Sl in the senate of the united stat stata may liay the utah bill being und consid consideration aeration era tion senator brown brow n i ignacj ama the following speech p mr brown mr fr president as question I 1 am about to d discuss 1 s is at important one and I 1 have p prepared rs red m 11 remarks with some care I 1 asire t to td say in jhn advance that I 1 will not submit to interruptions during the delivery d 0 my speech at the close of it I 1 wil cheerfully answer any questions t tha may be propounded by senators r engage 11 in any running dabate to ti im f extent I 1 may think feces necessary sary to a fd fut under understanding ata sta noling of the whole quentio 1 l As the bill reported by the commit committal ai is one professing to have for its 0 oi ejects as stated by mr nin hoar in chars for the committee on yesterday chaar ts correction of improper social halitsky habit sj utah and illicit li ter course between the sexes and d tj preservation of the purity of the fa f fani ly by the suppression of pol poi polygamy in would seem not only to be g r a i i the objects of the bill but proper i we should also consider what Is no needy sary to protect the family against wrongful dissolution of ehe che ignarri in arnia arria tie and the contracting contraction of other mam mr f which are illegal and immord 1 in other words if the protection d the family against a abst illegal and immor marriages is a proper subject of congressional gress gressional lonal ional legislation leggi then the th prote t tion odthe of the family ag against ainest ille illegal eftim diss lution of the marria marnia marriage e t tie tle ie and adult I 1 ous remarriages is lik ilk likewise c wise a prod prop subject farour consideration the question of the marriage re rel rei tion and of the manner of dissolve bissol dis solvi the marriage tie is often discus with propriety in ecclesiastical clerical assemblages and some j consider it ah encroachment upon pro proper er prerogatives of that juristic juris jurls dic dici to discuss the subject here but as the question of the familari famil yai of the marriage relation is considers cons con sidera idem necessary for discussion in and by congress it follows that the lie ino ido moli principles which lie he at the f 0 nid uld ti of the family and the dissolution the bond of marriage are also pro ro for discussion while these are under consideration in the seda senn if then in the remarks which I 1 sm make I 1 may seem to trench upon fir rights of anya an other jurisdiction 10 let iet be be borne in mind that our own luri luti jeue i diction over the question camj i go properly utterly be discussed nor duties ies les properly performed wit hoffs examination into the great moral 0 i ciplys which underlie this who whole lc tion tiou before I 1 proceed ask the secretary to read the diament which on yesterday I 1 sed seq as an additional section to this 1 the president pro tempore th T amendment will be read im the chief bierk read as follows that the voluntary sexual interco intercom of a barned eterson with one of the op te sex not the husband or wife of s sti xi ried lied C d person shall bo be eane caune eau ean e and I 1 cause of absolute divorce from the idd 01 marriage in the district of Colum bidd biNd ln in the territories of the united Stat erand in other places subject to the tile 1 diction of the united states but u th f court i of the united states may in proper ks as j at common law grant div divorces oree orce from da d board to in said district u bier places subject to the e C of the united states B mr brown the bill erected ir eted against the abuse of the famila fa alir milr illegal plurality of which rt aich is called polygamy my amendment is directed against tion ot the family by the rapidly increasing cre asira praet practice ice of dh divo rax ram which is forbidden not only by the principles ol of sound morality but by bv tavine law lat its itself elfand and against the polygamy poly piny almy is rapidly increasing by bv remarriages by 0 numerous parties i silo 1 laye lave abee bee n it 11 legally legall voiced divorced li but I 1 na C f aj e TO t c r 1 upon t that at part of the tiler it shail shall make inake so 4 11 i u r c ma I 1 constitutional tut tnt ional lonal guarantees thrown around ril rii religious lous ious taij country and anel upon tile the proper organization of the family mr president the constitution of the united states expressly dk clares ciares that congress shall make no I 1 law aw res rei pectin an establishment of religion or I 1 tile the f iree tree ree exer exercise eise cise thereof Wc wooster oster in his dictionary defines leu ion uon as follows fit fi fir t the recognition of god goti as an object oble et of w worship love and obedience right f feel eel digg digs towards god as rightly second ie ond any an system ot of ralth raith and uthe religion ot of the turks talks of 0 11 II ti almo aimo bloos of christians truo true and false faise fal fai reli rell afi i then mr lar president the constitution ot of ahe united states guarantees to eve e t ry rv of the united states the free exercise of his rell reli religion lon ion whether he hi bit 1 br istian hristian turk 1 aidoo or mormon and the congress of the united staci states s not only has no right 7 by any act to restrict the free exercise ot religion or of religious opinion but such res tru non tion is absolutely tor forbidden bidden but th til s free exercise of religion aich which is guara zuara by the constitution of the I 1 ni ed states does dois not authorize the practice of gross immorality under the cloak or in the name of religion celision reli rel zion ision ic arding to the general opinion of the hestian christian world and according accordia to th td statues of tile tiie con congress ress of tile the 1 I nita nett A states the practice tree of joly joiy polygamy is grossly immoral and is it not only onty ony prohibited by statute but its practice tiel tiet is to be punished by penitentiary imprisonment the supreme 0 art of the united states has sustain elttas II 11 ta s construction of the constitutional provision under consideration consi aeration it foiles fo llos lios ilos therefore thew then fore that mormon no or olaer person in a territory ot of the I 1 I 1 nt nr 0 L states can shield himself in a any liy ily couri when arraigned for the practice i of poly poli gamy by b pleading his religious freedom f as a j justification then isba fa aws those who commit in the territories are subject to indictment trial and punts punishment states ament in the courts of the united states when convicted after a fair trial it is the duty of the court coart to sentence the defendant to penitentiary imprisonment just as it is the duty of of the court upon trial and conviction to sentence any one who is found guilty of murder or any ather felony abe same rule which applies to the class ot ol offenders known as ests applies in like manner to every ottia i class oi of viol violators aters avers of the penal statutes of the united states and the chitu of this class should be ar ru ra ruu rau u a 1 1 tried and convicted as are the als ais of other classes of violators of the penal code I 1 have repeatedly heatedly peat edly denounced poly polygamy alny on this floor I 1 consider it grossly grosss immoral in violation of the laws of god and mani mant oar law consigns polygamists to the tiie same punishment when when convicted to which it cons consigns consas as any other like class of criminals I 1 I 1 admit in the broadest sense of the term terin that no mormon pr or other citizen of a territory eail can defend himself in court under an indictment f for or polygamy by pleading in his lils right to the free exercise of re liron lui aut bul but while this is true I 1 utterly deny that the con congress i ress of the united states or any department ament or officer of the government of the united states has any power to punish a mormon or any other othe citizen of the territory by imprisoning prison ing hipperson his person or confiscating his property or depriving him of his right to vote or hold office or of any other civil night hight for bigamy or polygamy or any other crime without presentment or indictment of a grand jury and trial conviction by due course of law law and 1 I utterly repudiate the right of the government of the united Sta states or any department or officer thereof to ascertain the guilt of any such feuder offender of by the application of a test oath or to deny to any one the exercise of any of a citizen on account of his or her refusal to take such eath oath or to be anterro interrogated abed under oath as to his or her guilt ar or innocence aln ain and while it is true that the mormon who commits polygamy is subject to indictment conviction and punish punisa me any other criminal it is equally true that the mormons marinous Mo rinous who as the report of the utah commissioners appointed by the tiie president shows do not practice polygamy are protected by bv tn the provisions of the constitution already referred to in the free ex cx erlise of their religious opinions and no mormon can be convicted or punished r his goods seized or ills his property antl arbs orbs or his right to vote or ani kofl office ice abridged on account of any oi opinion dlou dion he may entertain ori on the su kuhet suh sub net bet het ct of polygamy if he does not ent eat ED a 11 in its practice nic Vic virtice tice A church or sect sert ser t i hose lou idu faith is that tile the 1 I j T practice ot of polygamy is riot r and the christian practice of rouia autv wrongly e hav as much right IV to tue tic lri iri of its opinions noua s ns uly kiy mothr otlo r church or sect neet in the united star stares s une s cf or clas cias of religionists religions ts bp be alees es tik til a ulle ulie old iz I 1 ano ani utterly att aly repudiates the nw nv an ottlia ofil nili ni rr li in ves ve in in the present hr isiam cabatu Sa batu while another r s sunday as the sabbath and bei believes ieves letes boniv in the jewish sabbath or that satur batur saturday day is the true sabbath each of these is fully protected by tile the I 1 constitution of the united states state i in the f free ree of his rel rei religions b bel bei li i 4 t as the beitf belief does not lead ahu into 1 elac elat tuai jual practice of immoral i in r words kords tile the government has no llo r T ri rim ria i T j punish any mau man vo inan on or i ehl h i jan aan t danits its broad for sor his or I 1 n tit tig r i bivs h hi nef ilof no matter what it if ro i r 1 arf fn i ex rt re i of 4 that r i a i u t as iss urh urb U 11 exer s 1 01 ol i x ski siv 1 ji ui ai iut fiut th gov lla ila tilt tiit right to punish the practice of immorality in any and every hi sll kol sot t or denomination mr president in the early period of I 1 tills this debate I 1 had the honor to submit some soine remarks on the question of tile tiie constitutionality of the law in ref ert enco ence to utah known as tile the edmunds act in which I 1 attempted I 1 trust successfully cess fully to show that the fhe vital part of I 1 that law as construed and administered I 1 was unconstitutional and there j fore null and void at this stage of the discussion I 1 desire to submit some remarks oil on the mon mor moral al aspect of this case and to compare the civilization of utah with eliat th it of other parts of the union if reform is necessary and I 1 think it is let it apply appl to all sections where tile the same evil exists exists at the tho creation god made them male and female and said they twain shall shail be one flesh notwithstanding s banding the identity of oneness of the couple at the time of tile the creation nearly all the nations had departed from this rule in practice aud and even moses lays down the rule in this ian lan language ua e 7 when a man hath taken a wife wite and aud married x ed her and it come to pass piss that eliat she bhe find no f favor avor in his eyes because he has lias f found some uncleanness uncle anness annesa in her then let him write a bill hill of divor diNor divorcement cement and give gi e it in her hand and send her out ont of his house under this law liw of moses the jews gave ave di devores divorces vores and practiced polygamy without restraint re and atthe at the coming of christ probably every leading nation of the earth practiced it to it ft greater or less extent if the roman E empire was all an exception in theory its loose laws of divorce and its prostitution and concubinage were in practice the equivalent of polygamy with the law of moses standing in force all the jews considered it legal to put away their wives and ignarri marry others at PI pleas aas if such were the law of moses and the practice of the israelites what right have we at the present day to deny its validity or to arraign the people of utah or any other people for the practice of divorce and polygamy we should certainly have no such right if it were not for the law as laid down by jesus jesua christ himself he is the authority for the doctrine of monogamy in T matthew six he mayeth unto them for this cause shall shail a man leave father and mother and snail cleave to his wife and they twain shall be on flesh 11 ifill this excludes the idea of mor than thoin one wife as the two husband and wife are one blesh flesh under the law of christ therefore if the husband marries a second wife while he has a living ng wife it is illegal because he and the I 1 first wife bein being one flesh there can be no room for the ilie second and upon this doctrine of christs rests tile the law of monogamy or of but one wife throughout the christian world I 1 believe belleve all christian denominations lave adopted as correct the one wife system or the law con cou confining one husband to ta one wife because it is the law laid down by the savior himself this doctrine of the savior as I 1 understand under 14 t and it leaves no room for the practice of the mormon church which recognizes the tile right of tile the husband to have more than one wife but bear in mind the christian world places the doctrine upon the authority of christ it is his law ile he did not find it in practice when wilen ile he came into the world but he announced it as tiie tile rule and no christian has a right to deny ills his authority it is true the tile mormons cormons believe there was a later revelation to their pro prophet joseph smith which again authorized polygamy poly amy asican As I 1 can not accept this revelation and do not as they do to regard joseph smith as a true prophet I 1 must reject the doctrine of polygamy and be governed by the divine doctrine of monogamy but in this connection I 1 beg to invite the attention of the senate to another proposition the doctrine of monogamy arbut or but one wife to one husband rests upon cie the authority of christ and the christian world accepts him as a lawgiver and recognizes his authority and aud is controlled by ills his deachin teachings s if ills his authority or ills his word is thelah the law upon which monogamy rests and polygamy Is condere con condemned deru lied then the christian world which accepts his authority for the one wife system must accept also uhe the rule laid down by him as to tile the manner of dissolving the marriage relation between the husband and wife when the jews called tile the attention of the savior to the fact that 51 hi moses 11 10 ses commanded to give her a writing 11 divorce m ant nt and to put her awa away y lit itt h replied moses because of tile tiie lia ila d nes of bour hearts suffered you ou to autaway puta av your wives but from rin tin t Uell begia lunin nin niu it was vas not so and I 1 say I 1 to you whosoever shall put abay alay an ay la kii bif aci pt it he for ss 11 1 shall marry warry another |