Show STATEHOOD FOR UTAH today to day the peoples delegates to tho the constitutional convention reassembled in salt lake city for the purpose of electing the men nicil who arc are to go to the scat sent of the national 1 government and lay before the legislature of tho the united states othe the application of the free men and women of utah territory for statehood too on the of may the tile people of the territory in great and almost unanimous majority approved of and adopted the tile constitution as drafted and perfected by the convention after long and diligent deliberations and passed by it on the day lay of april last our readers have been familiarized with this state document they know that it is based on the tle broad and impregnable foundation of the declaration of 1770 1776 and the standard of national free government adopted in 1787 its article I 1 contains in i its 20 sections an embodiment of all tho the rights and privileges for which the cannon sounded at benl bunkers ers hill and the eagle t of victory swooped down on the field of Yorktown Arti article cleLo I 1 of fabe constitution ution of the plo proposed posed state of utah places us on tho the most exalted platform of liberty fraternity and equality before the law it not only embraces the principles inherited from our boref forefathers athers and established by this generation on the fields of gettysburg and 11 it proclaims what indeed is provided in the constitution of the united states but has been trampled under the leet feet of sectarian zealots zealous and designing demagogues more than once absolute religious liberty the right to worship in whatever form con iunus to tin 01 his conscience not only that it goes farther farther than the institutions prevalent in more than ono one 0 of f the eastern states where tile hypocritical p po critical clamor against 3 mormon formon priesthood and ind mormon amalgamation ga mation of church and state is strong and loud it grants rants perfect t liberty not to worship as is well as to to worship in any shape or form it says sec 4 the right to worship wo irav I 1 god G od according to the die dictates tate of cot conscience shall never bo be infringed nor shall any person be compelled to attend of support any form of ip nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience bo be permitted noran reference be given by law to any remigious religious establishment or mode of wo no religious test or property qualifications shall bo be required for any office of public trust nor for any vote at any election nor shall any person bo be incompetent to testify on account of religious belief these provisions certainly accord to the individual all the latitude which is consistent with tho the existence of the state and the safety of society more than this would bo be license and lead to abare anare anarchy lly less than it were usurpation and would lead to oppression nor does any single section of the articles conflict wit with the tile spirit enunciated in the tile preamble i which says we the people of tile state of utah grateful to almighty god for our freedom in order to secure its blessings insure domestic tranquillity quil lity and form forni a 1 more perfect government do establish etc the constitution devised and drafted by some olour of our best men and sanctioned by the overwhelming yeas of f the people guarantees the tile right of trial by jury forever inviolate secures tile habeas cor corpus pus prohibits excessive bail accords tile freedom of speech or odthe of alie press 9 grants rants the citizens the right to bear arms arm etc it vindicates to tile american citizens of utah all those precious privileges which they would enjoy elsewhere in the states individually but of wh which ich they have been and still are deprived they have anderl undertaken aken in these vales of the everlasting hills to worship their C creator beator col collectively I 1 actively in their own fashion the people of utah have suffered ered long and patiently r even well the darkest clouds of gathering persecution have not obscured to them the daystar d ay of the tile constitution of their ancestors and when others betrayed and violated the principles laid down in that inspired document t they duns to them with loyal joyal love more than once they knocked at the t yr national capitol but tho the voice of faction and tho the denunciations of en enemies culles drowned the appeal of utah again wo we will send men to the banks of the potomac who will plead our cause defend our rights 0 and claim our just dues cities there is noth nothing illg that keeps utah wat of tile sister sisterhood bood of states of which she is by god nature and man mail adapted to bo be a bright member except political speculations and religious prejudice if the latter day saints were ic less independent less manly in questions of religion 0 and politics if they would allow themselves to bo be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine they would be welcomed but as they aro are impenetrable alike to the resolutions of rings and demagogues and the exhortations of grasping ecclesiastics on oil 11 salaried laried pulpits they arc are hated and pe persecuted and denied those inalienable rights bestowed even upon alien races and darker color let us hope that the men who will avill go to washington shortly again to pre present rent our respectful request far for admission into the galaxy of states will find more open cars and more milling willing hearts so that justice may at it last be dono done to a people p le that lias has been so much maligned so much wronged for no cause than for believing a and obeying the revelations of tho the most alost high whom all civilization claims to acknowledge and worship bip ir ii YOU de desiria sirca reliable journal of trade finance and public economy subscribe for it is is published in broadway new now york and is issued weekly at the almost nominal price of ten tell cents 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