Show U bea Es 5 50 0 il in a the tho house Housa 11 bel twice referred to ue committee on n the judiciary and ordered to b be printed mr rosecrans Hoso nose crana crans introduced tha the following resolution 1 JOINT resolution proposing an amendment to the co constitution n ution of tho the united states prohibiting polygamy in pursuance of our anty to buard the tile development of that larger larker and more rational rat rati nual oual liberty fur for every unit of society und and that higher civilization which consists in the tile of reason and justice over the pasa passions aia ions by needful constitutional amendments and provision provisions we have forever prohibited mich things as its reison reason and experience havo have shown to be hostile or impeding t to such developments and amon among th them I 1 the slave trade and even slavery avery itself and anti polygamy condemned tor for its contravention of reason ita its inaus lice tice to ton ft omen ita its degrading influence on a lit female sex its brutalizing effects on the nile lexand ix and its gen nd to the spirit of oan modern freedom and pro prop grese rM has always been considered so unlikely to be tolerated arnon afung g us that no tut ional lien of it haa has hitherto been deemed necessary to prevent hi its under the tile protection of state anil anti territorial law and WilEn FAB the albence of such pro pros hibi tion hao has enabled designing deni gning men under tinder prete predence pretence pre tence ripe of a new revel revelation M from heaven to appeal to the inter eats and pass ionn of f poor ignorant deop people ae at home ome and ith abroad road and to teach them that rel irim sanctions and the united states allows the pr practice of poli polygamy poly amy lamy and to diffuse the poison of alii barbarian br brian practice through th ruth the territories Terri tone of utah ari iona zona new Al mexico exico idaho montana and the great injury of the future well being and libert liberties ies of the inhabitants ther thereof 0 o r and to the interests anil and good name of the whole people therefore Ket olred by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled thai that puru antto to lie the kwabi tons of article five of the constitution cons of the united states the following amendment to aid said constitution be and the sanie same is hereby proposed for ratification by the legislatures of the several states to wit ARTICLE XVI 11 0 SEC 1 rot Pol dearoy 7 app b 0 ng in c ambati am pati ble with our c civilization is in forever prohibited in ta alie e united states and all places under tinder its jurisdiction sic 2 congress Con cresa grees shall havo have power to enforce this by appropriate legisla tion afe 3 that the secretary of state shall hall promptly forward authenticated copied of this JOint resolution reo lution to the several states |