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Show MW$ WdwWrfteif-f4ii litlotpqcc.bqfirqn.'Eli.Thaycrtii th irqiise, frpm wlucb-ltppcar thitf trni W.P;adtawjaicaIiy fulfyeoufirmmg ouc.rejnarks, and provjiie $oftcIuityely pat.Cpngrcss aii,a body par ticamtem not- only bucomb peechea: but m paSHibuiicntU;acis.E Wl'JMhooTfTVlkdci' .bito-that.thcrpia:at.lea'stdiic ftuesUon on ?Jf Prff tspreVeiitaftvc blall.'poVtioia; scc slun'to kbliv,thnWtheretrs m'lmi, jtoiiri jrlattori id which- wa iaydUiofr rolma bdastfng4hatHhei()pe. nremucli bctter:than those; pMausettk''Kdr ,Uio;teprcsehtativdr.thrStatbo(- Yorfc bpastaig thafc.tticlr pcoidaroilbct- wftlfprpiusvpurjvaisionjrfhd;1; hijAiy reitiaj-kppptf lfrV8troetn feXobjKttrty b.. naieiistiuglrncy While, .1 agree -witliO mernberfrbhi cery part owth'e TOim'trv -lideiia'WnVr ft loiteriiinaUqhVifrr tldsjttj.fact; ivhlcH TOhrtifwtea here; ttiaWtj never was: bearil nXtTbenalu . Congress, ;?'Aii''-''.-fvfe Bufc;!r&omoW mj4uw?,.Aor;Trdp ..wbaKwasithcn.'calfc'd'thcrM dwertby b Iqug.anllvearfsdnie jourh'eVi" ; t-t-asiiiidirdr-OreatvS ;;lddr,dcluded,;iVi folIdwerihd, frour Jitf irigj no rcliKibn'at .'r Jiad" been tcantivitW; byCtliO'C qrJpKSmlth.SLhadfdiiie.I of the. Xjattcrdy'Safuts;" FromBlmoi'c? time there, liayo'i becti "aeft&tonar h'd their unmbeR xear after ' jeajhcyrilfayo cbmp, f(rqm .."Wales nndfSfibt,iaiidfi frpnv England audv Germany, aud a'fVw from the. State? and tKefc'il.iey hare ijatheffd uhtHilthlnk' they Jt'ttatncd their highest, number, some lvo years sinovand now hatp begun to. dcelilio .ia strength, con, solidatlon, and numbers.- i)(irbig these thirteen years,, we hard had'a TVhig Ad ministration; wo havd1 had two- TDcniaV cnitlc Administrations, and nt ona time, for-. onq CongresHr tjio Itcpublieans liad; the prganir.atlon of thi. House;, and, 8ir,-there' 8ir,-there' never has been, an act passed against this crime to make it a jieiial offense. of-fense. Tjicrd it was before tho eyes of J tlio conntry, berorc the world, and bcforol Cdngrcssj, but still no party, until this: dayj ha takpa the Jcspousibility qf pro posing tlint1-It shouhTbc abolished by pcnaV statute audjjy fortcofarms.' 2Cow tlierrfccms, as I said before td befeeT' ing Jn this JTpiiso, uot knoWH.ht the. torn: isttmtt at all, which could" be nccquuteij ror only on uic supposition; jhat polygamy-levsrtrasheard polygamy-levsrtrasheard of tilltb-ttay. There'ls"' i spasm, sirfcof morality,-or' a paroxysm j Jra, panfeflr. something that .seems, tol j mpel certain mcu JU fee tho, necessity of, rotiiig, and of voting note, against poly-' , amy at all hazanb, jt t ifi. ltBiGAtf I dqsiro to correct the ' fcntlehia:u -da a point of fncf . lid is mis- nken in'Bujiposuig that nothing; has: Prcr'J ; iccn dond pjidn this subject ' X -intro- luccd a resolution; during the Jost Cdn-j teat, which was adopted by tho jrouse, ?, cferftng the subject to the Xudiciari, mmltteoforlnfiuir!; ' Mr TrtiTEU I said tio act bad been! lassetl. That was my assertion. And i ow,Sr. thcrd f?most Jntmito xcal, maijl-t jstcd that something hnil bq voted--. ulf4, not douctb extermhiatc polygaiiiy l Ulntn Wdrtof all, it appears that liis aqt ol voting would seem to satisfy"! Dino consciences, even though this Very) I olq shquld prolong the existence of that ; s iruitouiusUtutfoii, ft jyould seem to 1 itlsfy $orap coiiscfehcci-. I will iidt call liem stiiptd, or Bhigffishy or dead-tliat! Iiey rvgaTiisfr polygamy, Sir, If W bility of thesc-gentlcmpn to exccnteiercsl rjual to. thor acal to enactwa iiUght.jV Imost $ay tliat duinlpqtcnco would be p ud or their wcakifesiTcs. "Bui If "is nbt-s rdpflscd to datectife; nnd.lMrc Is no parly H t thkt:onalry-tfrday, and there has bcenf $ 0 parly la thLt country during the ..last , d lirtepn years, that would da?e io TOtcti ;."vV-'-'-' ' ' ' ' jt iflliJ.?fcr3,iWhtt,t, air, do; the tfmlieia I f (?mm.ttcdrasku d dd?. ; hat almi ,Cotign8s' 6fithc' halted 'tatcl shdii . make: an Bxprfssnupf , opinio so Itli i States oPAineriea are really, bppod - P&Wniy.lateaUy oppdsed topoVga ? Ildiv mue!i:bclter, SIR akcrirdi . stand, tleford.'jthq liatroiis-blr .thd.:eat v Wcp. wo, shall har? really'subim them t -JV'S'bft' feftlft .ddnibt, aboujii - iivr W W bppdsedto.polygam .When' rd! sliallf liaVdtef'.lt, Iidt i dohiffSiityibin-ognIbSt t1fof-fniqu(tyfb by:n wlcmrtvvdtd tet'orded bportithd-Jot! nalsot this House; '. . r. ., - , Pi sir, I say that, nriy,sqch capre sidhorscn'frrirvtfesuftcrlluous. There! lid gtald in, thwirnfoiVthat hasiiot mad PTOawy-yJiicunlf offcucd;.niVcady nfn whatja,tho;;cbmhh)Cd iexprcssioh, dfC th lieresentivcp df th,ese:tes.mord,tha:i tbqj.ndiyidiinl ..exprcssionVor reach 'f .'tin ?MctfntfbiIji 1 .iW.iiulllidunT'capAclty' J?.?Tr.?. l edinbiDcd:actiqb;dd-airy titoRipn- that '"'scpaVati derstauifc, welH-eudhVJha'thh ;c0?.!Lt,y ,??di'posed, .to Iwljgamif.andiji VlcIl l4lqgMhbpxTste,necoi ''n,f insidutldn;; TheH, ?iasVli p'res- -.Hujtiqrq thiift s-'fiiAt,-! i -jV 'tfrgctl " bi 1loms'PJ;,lAtaiu'lfri; Wiilit be; n" 'iHi t elyou.ltbai shduld.:thdibill pass,, tfcithefc you u'oe'1 -MJ(yantid Itisirubrjhb.-l'i'e thli?bi I'rbpbseslv4fr .WJT.W fheihifetYb.it:a& .gftyi'ttSRdnargtatutcit . libpgbjVqjoj b"d,uforeedl ;a'&dMt hes m Ifetrf tbrghmcnabduMlid ci 3 Wjff9?8''' iifoXttthai S?(1'6'g:hAIormdnsrcat 5?hadeVo ttdlihgf tfcent'ttwllkcF -riPSCsprha !'SV4Ital?cUe;JnstitulionfW iM-0'iS?J;passjlry;fdr'tlii!ro'Hj( vlipdawMjiaiit'is'th l'?td; ;pfemditcyr;ms vmdleaaJ'hoonbr- andaulhorityr tho United States' vlodfeattfiide'tt, lijv lawtyrambr admlt'is from ns dxc.cplon,,ttcilcwt;lptteri Nobody licrc Jiow daro tq'taud'iij and plcxlgcjik party if any :parry;fdtfo. that; 1 claim thaWfc US a sham.rtWni.that it is n':ralKqn:et l tcft?5audfj!drei. will Votq for asjiaiaqr. f? i'tensfr by 'whatever man or: whhteveriia'rtyjl mny lieronjjlit' ihto l ihrs irdusoj Ildd hot deal inmielv thm sir cs)ccmllyiiwnproclIealquestlortStirkd r thiss-npw before, ux Tho rtaons.-- that I ! ',aBMv-?- 05c1ciit to govern 4my vote upon flus bill, ud that vote vim Mo ngdlhst'st) that, hi au"cxprcj?iibu Of tho, tnbral -sfiigq 6Tf-' the coiihiry'lt l'ijfef-BuOiisj-Ujati.as.-a.pcifatstatutettpdwer less; that, as a viufb'entlou of tlusdjonor. and authority of this: aovenunent, it h me uonor andZrtntlidnty qf the Oovcnw ment into ridicnlq'.a'ndfcdiifempe. nwvv' i'r iC,tllwP ao,'fuqts;t:ad; thnt-is;tho thnt-is;tho prqsp.eet before, itiuuld tt bill-be-clcvatcd' no the. dignity- of buy by; our yotett? Moral reformatm'flkhdifld nevcRbd aUcrapfed by iaw wliieh can bdi accomplished, withoht -the. old df -faw.fi This, would be lrnc even verq; the law proposed" surd to effect the liqntcoiphitcd object, evert if'lt were a law mado.iand ch-forccd ch-forccd by thq: "political cohimunity -wherq the. oDenc.o.:cxis.ted. Wliat- exensfy then' Can-.gcutiemcit; givflr for ft lawclike. this, sure iS ncconipjish the ..object coutem latedf riiado by' .Uion'-reihlent power, and intended ucver to be enforced? co?rGnESsr6Aiv ;t5TiiKvi TI.&V ; " ' - X ' ' j. |