Show ann L GOVERNMENT THE of CF THE UNITED STATES tares TAKES A HAND i A san OF tiie TUB TIMES the beratis He special sayf the mornion question like a great many olber other of our political and social eions has risen to international A letter frn srul by tin tim 13 tbt tit we Vei i protesting against the conduct of the governments of great britain germany norway aria aua denmark in to allow their subjects to leave for the united mates as mormon emigrants was read at the cabinet meeting today to day days and copies sent by to nights mali mall to our diplomatic representatives in those countries countries the letter it is understood is an energetic presentation of the views of abu administration on the ino int n question and a determination on its ita part to make the institution of polygamy as odious as pos possible bibie tible under existing laws jt begins b setting forth foith that under our statutes bigamy is a crime in any of the territories of the united state and that men or women destined for utah go thero there with the intention and for the avowed purpose of violating this law the letter then recited by aoto july 1 1862 every having a husband or wife living who marries another whether married or ongie lif lir tory or orothy othoe place over which tife lua united states hive exclusive jurisdiction is guilty of bigamy ands hali bull be punish d by a fine of not more morer that and by fora term of not more uhan ihan five yearb and that under this thia law which has been du elart clatt claird dby by the states supreme court upon a test case geo reynold 4 a citizen of utah and a member of the mormon church chuich was convicted of bigamy and ia Is now a sentence peu fen tence tenca of two years in the etie utah penitentiary and lurther urther that IL u is the purpose or this to prosecute every person L in that territory against whom cm bo obtained of violation of thid this jaw our ministers are to las lay BY a opy of the ae letter t before the governments to which they tire are ae credited accredited without delay delmy aou aud to represent in the most moat friend ly maulen mauler to those governments that it would therefore be an act crt lit f JUSt justice ice iee to waru their subjects if the tnt lat lav laiter ter could be dissuaded from accepting the ludu indu cements held out by the thu agents of the mormon baurch to tetto in utah ja js next made to the exic exiL exalting ting obligations on 00 the part of the governments of these thebe countries not to 10 allow to depatt from their for the status states who are known to nave have criminal intention inte and further explaining that hil all who come t buthia 0 abs abd country for the pur purports potts of with the mormon church do so with the avowed 6 of ba be coming criminals and to the penult itis of the criminal lass laves therefore the united states will consider it a rrie frie friendly tidy act on thu the part of the governments ern erum ments enta euta of these nations if they w will illusto lka ibo regard the matter in this thia light attention ia is called to the larae large Ja renumber number of women who are become emigrants emigrant stand and who therefore aid and abet the crime of bigamy and the principles of the mormon church which requires plurality of wives our ministers are instructed to call upon lur vur consuls in those countries countr leh iea without delay delays to assist them in ill gaining information as to the manner lu in which the ranks ranka of the mormon church are recruited nuli null to forward information as speedily as poe possible sible tible to A member of the cabinet said paid last night that the administration ditt tild na not now sow consider the mormon emigrants emi grants granta as any udy more entitled to than E so eo o many persons who had hail been con convicted vic vie ted of felony and that the thu purpose of sending the ato to caution the people le of the countries countr les led where this thia class of emigrants is mostly made up aud and lo 10 warn them what they export it they go to LQ utah if tuia tuis friendly reque request of the go vein ment la is con 8 the cabinet ja binet officer wo we will be in a poti position tion where we can refue refuge them entrance into our ports nd forbid vesela landing them it ja possible our consuls will 11 not nob ot bo be ibio to ascertain every attempt made to hip thip t this class of people to the united Idt atea and olty thy administration recognize the responsibility of we iho duty duly which the law imposes upon it to prevent J lawless aw people from lax landing iding on our ter tt ter r |