| Show I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j tt gihei AT STArl lil is I 1 the tile loil loyal people of utah I 1 territory present I 1 A GRAND ME AL I 1 to thi president and ana our law makers asking I 1 ADMISSION ivil TO IV THE EXION for the file fiolli time in its it EX E X istance ulah uta it territory IIER to the th president on ant co agress uni and pry frays fir ft a boom which should not be I 1 farther denied A 0 olli KAiD 1 SALT LAKE oct 8 1837 at 16 12 ot i lock noon today to day fly lie state constitutional convention inet in S salt lit lau litle city alv to continue lie the consideration of the ine morial blikh u libel i ind been I 1 by v lie the committee constin conw tin of 0 1 auth of utah flail county Indi UK ards of weber and sharp jensan abil alla ot lt lile the memorial a li had id licen ln considered consil conn ered by he the comin comm attee of the N hole in fit executive session I 1 after roll call calev aich showed that a majority of the mem H adre present 1 was offered by lion ward ard E pa k k r mr hit reported that at iu in the exe utie vc fion amendments to tile memorial ax moral ila aim lan inde and the adoption of tho memorial was re the memorial was then read somo I 1 twilit were i ere made and it I 1 was w us lien 1 I 1 Foll lolloping ia is w copy of the docu merit I 1 to the af beij aal I 1 annh and illse f ei ff the blotted 14 cited I 1 fates J inkrot 1 assent urd bild I 1 GENTH tM tile fifth tuno little tho the people of atall ty to I 1 our honorable body a constitution pro providing lor for a form of government and tind respectfully af uk k admi eston into the 1 union as a free and sove reign state your memora tista in a constitutional con vent lon chosen n by the of tins this territory in ili gnass nie etin i to v hiell all citizens of every pirty party were publicly invited thel auf frn cd by 5 your our n f lesire desire to effort a political of the lite questions which liichi leave ficretto lic rito tore fore interposed interi wd as ilia the solo sole objections vi when bell utah IMS has applied for the tile right rights I 1 and i privileges of Od I 1 ader recent acte of congress aa no person practicing tiLing polygamy loli gamy cn can vote or hoi hold 1 ollive in this territory your are tho tile constitution which cje adopted on the seventh day aay of 0 jul july was matue 1 at the general elect bonau let lat 1837 by a popular v ote ole of only 50 1 voting again t it the I 1 tot il number nuin berof of vote votes cast 1 it at the thi santo I 1 election for and of i an 1 genibera men ibera of tho tile legis legislative lativA wag as thia this chows a badim e of 2705 2 70 nho ho refrained fram voting vr tog on thia quoi stion tho tile voters of the minority party been BO so directed openly by their politic political il lethera let lera who do not favor any movement for the removal reni oral of those which fira common to the tile territorial unless 1 likely to be specially epe tully fo forille to than them tito n umber of the voting vo ting population lias has been reduce by lv the of bulli t ute the act of march 1812 ill all tile act t of marih mari h 31 1337 iea 11 ill all women from froin the tire poll thoat alio tart uth oath proscribed by tile pame urno ava was so to marij persons ot of all alami 1 a m mho ho were otherwise that they abutai tied from regi titration and an 1 as a only remt cred could cast their ballets at tho gameral elot tion for or against the tile constitution framed by your our memorial st tho tile total vote ni in iti favor haq under lie the cin remarkably renia rUbly large tito people who have a lpyd and tats tare lare lw law abiding abl ling citizens ot ati ha united 1 tied blates I 1 they luve havo not viol violeto tto iny ija of con atess tito special liiv e brained in reference to pratt lewi ton ty by the file voice were vi era nude made in good faith and bo worded thit tit it they aro are practically orji ricilly unrepeatable in laese congress Con a gresa hag a not riot imposed unusual requirements upon a new tle w the poor la have place placed 1 chec restrict rc restrictions strict ions upon themselves in order to meet prevailing ine ob jec sections tion and secure political harmony etli the esis sting tins atries states jn doing this have lime but exercised a reserved and anti c if utah shall 11 ae into alio tl a in un ion I 1 heba pro inions m ill be strictly and fairly your V our memo have no hesitation in plating eteng that almost the I 1 io yf of are arp of be 4 4 a 41 the tile alp ilp pt pf fill thia republics and of tating tal ing part pirt in un llo nal affair ae as lo loy varand arand peaceable pea reable cit citren irenr nen they hive have demonstrated their firnem tit 4 r the duties I 1 ties and privileges of statehood they are thrifty temperate industrious I 1 intelligent and nd progressive u they tonn form a ii tiso gorou rou stable and permanent community out of debt debit und and ready to ainoo bornard in litel fligh afi lie exhaling states I 1 ae 41 A I 1 I 1 I 1 1 ja i i tho The territory has a population of not less aa than two hundred thousand iter tier wealth exclusive cx lueia e of mines which w liu h are aronn untaxed taxed and represent unknown n mill million iona agg aggregates regales not les lesi i than her resource resources products interests in and prospects arc are con cede ceded by all to be amply to ou sustain etain a state government and hive have no so frequently been presented to con gres gresi i and the he nation with statistics tit that dacin it unnecessary to detail t 1 I em in ili this memorial the soil 1 irrigated irn by mountain st stream r e ams diverted through canah canals and di d t thes over lare large areas once a desert brings forth gram grain and fruit in nili rich abundance cattle and sheep roam upon a th thousand omand hilia and an I 1 supply both home and foreign markets her tier apolen and oilier other manufactories have berolo anle faino famous U s tor for their honea and ioe U useful fill product ll 11 FaLto 1 ai torice rier and workshop supply labor to skilled killed and common artisans vv who ho are content with rca atonable wages w agea and among whom hout strikes and trouble with capital have hitherto been unknown the nece 1 ties and mandof many of the luxuries of life are abundant and anti cheap miner minerals aln 0 of f all kinds abound within her bordere borders and the mining output aggregates from to annually apart from 0 thu precious metals there aro are is BO so varied in in character acter and immense in in quantity aa as fo to afford in in themselves material for untold health these await but bill the touch tou cliot of the capital that a fettled political condition mil will draw to utah to be brought forth for the benefit of her aco people ie and the enrich ment merit of the nation the great arc it rail roads which already have their cr mini in in or near her capital city with other others in fn process of construction place her ter people in in easy communication with tho tile reit of the tire country and facilitate commercial relations the to digraph I 1 ire telephone t lie elect ric light and other modern improver improvement utilize I 1 extensively by her citi her ter burriess bu Ariess 11 status and ani reau tation in in the creal great centres bentres of trade are un impeach able her taxes are ilie phe no cowand lo 10 and lier her internal affairs alt urs have been honestly and economically conducted her school like beet best text looke used ili in tile lie fore mott mot mot t schools of tire country provide provides secular elu catlon tor for tho tile hil chil dren in tit every cit city and settlement sctt lament her hecl statistics bear very faivor ahe able comparison mith with even the tho older states nothing now in alie way of her march to that proul proud position to whit ii everything just and natural i points ae as her destiny but those political only ohly state hool hood can call remove e wo appeal fo our honorable body to regard the vt wishes of a people who ho earnestly desire to aid in promoting pro motine the it welfare elfare and glory of the union and who from file ho day 1 their pioneers imbt lati furll furled tits stars and stripes on oil this thim then mexican an noil 1 have looked fd rivard to the timea time when lien they enter the tile union as a state as guaranteed to them in common with other her residents re identa on tile he territory acquired b bv the treaty of hidalgo III we ask t flat the col constitution of the proposed tito state of 0 utah receive the tits loe close and impartial aO ealon of your boly guarantees it guar inteer a republican form of government it provide provides for rights and privileges I 1 before tho the law to citizens citi zoni zeni of all patties p arties creeds and conditions it ia a broad and anti liberal and contains the beet best brov s one ons to be found in other state st ite constitutions it meets the tile demands that have been made upon the majority of tho tile people of utah when they have previously kelcel admission into the union what hat morg odai cat be required of 0 any ps pec ale 17 the ilie admission of utah will t re cievo the government of 4 question that hie has I 1 troubled it lor for a quarter of a vent century ury and remove it from national to local rep regulation lation m where here it properly belongs jt t W will ill add one more etar star to the national galaxy increasing tit alie strength of i lie union save tho count country ry MOY thou ands of dollar dollars annually and and to alie of alio nation a bioly body of boillat hon boi eitt leAt patriotic and grateful people ie who will bo ba tile of to ion and prean dico dice are cleared away to be a community of any government might be proud proad we eckfor eak aik for A republican in form of governments and wo we ask that it be given us now for nearly forty ear ears utah lias has been licen i leading pleading for atao hoo liml 1 phill shall a deaf ear bo be still turned to 0 o her ber entre we hope for or bottor 11 in behalf beh alf oillie of ilio great majority of the he voter s who represent tho vist vast ma bority j nty of 0 the people of utah we submit that thit having broken no law lewwe we oclo edonia tild not riot be dop rhel l of our o 0 liber elm on account count bt of objections raised against others wo we ask for justice and a fatir consideration of our CAU o 0 10 with the tile solemn I ledge that uta utah rh as an it a state will be faithfully devoted to true republican principles prini and an 1 to tile interest and welfare of the tile government of the tile states and your our will ill over ever pray adopted in convention ut at kalt salt lake City Cit Utah territory on the eighth day da of october A D 1887 by anani anani jq vote and ordered to ho be signed by the thir and secretary iry jons T CAINE president 51 X vi kitma ni LB secretary iry on motion of mr sharp the meme 1 rial rl il was adopted and the president and secretary instructed to sign it tho convention adjourned to meet at lit the call allot of the president Pre |
