| Show AN IMAGINARY DILEMMA THE W washington ashington Pos tafter discussing at some length the statehood proposition for utah concludes the article as follows it Is i hardly necessary to say that there iario is iio objection to the admission of utah outside ol of the Roomi nation of its so called calleck religious practice otherwise the enterprising community that under the shaaol of bleak mountains has created a commonwealth and aad that anat has literally caused the desert to blossom as the rose is entitled to tion lion lu in the great reat organized sisterhood ot of such communities but utah can dei kiaer force itself into the union nor win its way by specious pretences pretenses yet it is in a manner intolerable that 9 a community so prosperous aid important t hould be doomed to a sort of perpetual minority and territorial tute ielase tu laig thus are presented two horns of sf ar dilemma and altogether the problem is one which will require for its it solution the wisest statesmanship the grea est prudence and the most application of constitutional methods und and principles the di dilemma is manufactured by those who taud flold themselves between its hurus horns there is no earthly reason why utah bheula be doomed to a perpetual illino rity and territorial tutelage A community of the character by the post carnot be doomed to a perpetual minority it ab must be clothed w with ith the garments and ue permiler per mined to assume the powers of that maturity matui matti ity lity which hichi it has actually reached utah dors not want to lorce its way anlo tue union nor gain its rights by any 11 there I 1 ii nothing constitutional to bar ir its way to and the should not echo the howl which hub has been set up by bigots and swelled by the ot of plotting politicians who oppose right with noise and jus ins lice with foul epithets the straight is to put prejudice and calumny aside ay iy d stica to tue general rules for the admission of new State sand give utah a |
