| Show THE OUTCRY AGAINST IT ft Is amusing to notice the fright into which the republicans have fallen through the bare possibility of the ad admission m lesion of utah as a state in the union one would think to read the numerous newspaper articles i on the subject that uta utai h was wab W as strenuous and special exertions in this direction 2 while the fact is that no particular efforts are being attempted with that object there thero hive have beon been times when the uhe people eople of this territory have nade blade urgent appeals to congress for their rights have frame a the their ir Constitution liberal as tho the most liberal statesman could desire and mid have special delegates dale daie gates gatea to tol toi washington to present pre elent their cla ela claims lins and press their application upon th the e a attention t ten tion of those tb me in po power wor csati ua t at the present time no sueh such move benl a p true oun our 0 ar request for I 1 admission is perpetually perpetually on hand we demand de m an statehood as an it act cl of comman justice and equity wo consider consi din dir that our territory ory oty has all tho claims upon the ciori tio 4 of 0 f congre s that any territory has his had b a d which has ever beeb admitted into the ibe union but wp are making any active ex are making any active ex towards a prominent aavo cacy of 01 oura u tibbs for statehood nor to draw any particular attention agitation of the subject of the marriage marri aio aie relations rei zel Alons of a portion of the people of this territory terri Torri tofy toly and the pretended spasms of virtuous in dignat lon lou into which some lican papers and persons persona are throwing themselves over the supposed practices of a few individuals in the ie heart of the mountains ay iy it the baldest baldesi kind of humbug and the most transparent species of ol hy by bowlay it is also alao prompted by an imaginary danger the bibet object of their fears feard is d a new democratic state which they suppose les des eret erel would be if admitted and they imagine that th at a plan Is in operation to t 0 establish it if it utah was exerting herself in this erection direction d there abere in this erection direction d there abere might ie be some ground grou rid lid for tor or their terror but as it is they me ate scaring themselves at a bugaboo of their own disordered fancy the new now outcry against polygamy ia Is prompted by these theta rears fears the puiai mind has been worked up by falsehood and exaggeration till this territory y is looked upon as a hotbed of sedition ion and crime erime and the politicians take takee advantage of thib this public deception to warn the t e country against supposed democratic branc coquetting with utah state state hood to be offered ered as a reward for her alliance with the democratic Demo cratl crati party that is the whole matter in brie bilet to hear bear the debauchees debauc debau hees chees and libertines the rakes and rous routs talk of mormon marriage one naturally think that they were the champions of chastity and the embodiment of purity men who keep mi stresses on the sly and whose spare nights are spent in scenes of dissipation and unhallowed indulgence will prate of the awful consequences that would ensue if a territory of not ot more than two hundred thousand persons persona a fraction action fi of whom practise plural marriage under religious be admitted into political union with a nation of forty nive five millions out upon such damnable dam hypocrisy and suca such paltry pharisaical pretence pre tence tencel and A no 0 o give color to their railings failings rai lings and aid in diverting the attention of the people from their real designs desi they would advocate ari arl any yi measure however contrary tr 1 I ry to justice iee lee and abd the institutions of our sjur country and ka orifice the ilves lives and band liberties Ii of thousands ands of men aud and women nomen who would die sooner han than ban stoop to the infamies amies practised practiced by their accius erb era The social relations rela reja tiona of ot the mor mons has no more to do with the admit ulah clah aa us abbate a state than the gambling ganab I 1 ng practice p actie ea of colorado Col coi krado brado bad had to do with her adaist ion lon who bays anything of the lawless akings in the mining naming dakotah Va kotab when the camp of subject of its statehood Is broached what congressman greb gres ever works himself into pious wrath up over the gay guilt gunt and leprous licentious ne a of washington V ash city in the district of columbia Columb Js which la Is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the na rna kia lia L gi I 1 a turl tute ure uit granting L gi I 1 a turl tute ure uit granting kia lia for arguments sake only for we do donot admit it in fact by any means tat that all which is said against our marriage system ia iss correct recal it does doea not properly property bear on the question of state statehood bood hood fa jn the uba least degree de g ree it abc nud nod not a part pait 0 of utah Is 2 territorial enrit errit arial orial polity it atwould would not be a portion of hen hex political system if I 1 f she were a state stale those who believe an fn u or practise it regard legard it strictly and solely as a religious matter ni atter with which the state tate ims haa nothing to do it would not be recognized in the statutes ol 01 the state nor provided for in any by kir j secular las sai regulations lations it is u matt way kir j las sai u matt wr ter ee parate separate and apart from giri cal considerations and belongs to the sphere of moral argument and religious us wound not be a polygamous state any more than nevada ia is a bling benl state nor yet jet y etso so much gamy 4 nevada gambling is permitted and provided for in the local while J tans statute book ia to silent ori on polygamy the tailing falling want to 10 prevent the th 9 democrats frona anona capturing the P political dona joga ence of a new sta 4 e let the honor arne arte a men inen of lne the fight the supposed 4 enemy on fair grounds and anti with fair weapons but iet jet them the in cease to make a abl abi peaceable peace people who if in the obie lire 2 wrong are aie djury injury to t hemi elves the objects of their r auger augen au gerand and the thia vie vic tinus tirus of their animosity from fron mistaken ral rai stafie n idea id a e a aa as to a political bargain and an es manlike mingling together ot religion and states al ity with poli lica fica and the rights morality of |
