Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-22
STATE OF DESERET.

), hms aIe"oy uoen announced thai the people residing
IN The ' ALLEY Of The Great Sall I.nKe have ins iuied f.
themselves a form of Government which il IA no .uh,,,,
ted 10 Congress M It's neat session. The JIduors nj ia,
81. Louis Republcan, who have been permitted Il, louk
at certified copies ot the Constitution thus catubIisl,sd.
and ol lhd proceedings OF The Leg stature under il. and Of
JOINED account of them
he new State Is qnnlntly styled the STATE of Dr.
sERtr' whlcii implies n%ccording 10 The Mormon history
aud Interpretation. the "Honey Be" md IL significant
OF Industry and HE kindred virtues. 1t is scarcely ne.
cessafy to say 10 our readers that the Population Of tI,i,
new State Is composed altogether of pe,suns COZ, : .siny
TIE Mormon FAITH, Of whom The number Is mpldly IN.
cieaslng every year, thai betng tho State +, which nil
III men emigration Is tending. Ia these proceedings,
as III every 'liihg else, the pecuiarilies Of this people
are preserved, though we cannot see hat his will onar
any good bar to Their application for admission into tho
UnIun.
IL one respect. AT least. the Convention, which formed
the Constitution for the new State his rel n rood exam
pie. They we're employed only one week in action up
On II, and we do not soc, but what it il us uoud n one M
some Of or Safes have been able T., form ali,r months nj
deliberaIion. We proceed to give some OF It's main TEA
lures.
In February last. notice was given to all tho citizens Of
maj portion oi pper California lying east Of the Sleua
NEVADA mountains, that a Convention would be held Al
The Great sab Lake city. on The 9th # March. for the
purpose OF taking into consideration the propriety Of or.
ganizlng a Territorial or Stale Government.
Accordingly, on the day appointed. The Convention
mPi' consisting OF a large portion Of The Inhabitants oi
That part OF PIPER California lying east Of the Sierra
Nevada mountains" Daniel Spencer was elected
chairman William Clayton, Secretary ; Thomas BuI.
lock, Assistant Secretary aud Horace S. Eldrldge mar
shall.
After several addresses a committee Of ten vas an
pointed TO dranght a Constitution, under which they could
govern themselves until the Congress If thu United
States should otherwise provide. Alfred CarIinolou,
JOS. l. Haywood, William w Phelps, David FoIImer.
John ) FnllmeI, Chas G Rich. JOHN Taylor. Farley p
D,utt H.. Al D.-i.. 49,
pointed said committee. The Convention then adjourned
To Thursday, the 9Th, when they net 10 receive the &C.
port Of the commIltee.
This report was hen made, n the shape of a pream-
Bile and Constitution for the Government T. of the new State.
The first clause is as follows:
the People. grateful to the Supreme Being for
The blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our Dependence
on Him for a continuation oi ihose blessings, do ordain
and establish a free and independent Government, by the
name Of the Stale # DeseJei. including all he following
boundaries to, wit Commencing at The 33d deu. north
latitude, where il crosses the l0S deg. longitude, west Of
Greenwich thence running south and west lie the north
eTn boundary Of Mexico thence west TO-, and down The
main channel OF ella river, on the northern line of Mexi-
co, an1 ON the northern boundary of Lower California TO
the Pacific ocean thence along The coast northwesterly
10 the liz deg 80 min. Of west longitude thence north
TO where said line iniersects the dividing ridge Of the
Sierra Nevada mountains; thence north along the summit
OF the Sierra Nevada mountains To the dividing range Of
mountains, that separate the waters running into the
O''"' '"N' , '"p"pe e"sWlip hin1 me ulVluliI Idlpe
Of mountains, that separate said waters flowing in he COL
umbia river on the north from the waters flowing into
the Great Basin on the south to the summit of the Wind
river chain Of mountains thence southeast and south BY
me dividing range OF mountains, that separate the waters
flowing into the Gulf Of Mexico from the waters flow
Ing INTO the Gulf of California, to the place Of begin.
ming. as set forth in a map drawn by Charles Preuss, and
published by order Of the Senate Of the United States in
lS4S."
The powers Of the Government are then divided
into three departments-legislative, executive, and Judi
cial.
The article in relation to the legislative department is
not essentially different from the CONSTITUTIONS Of he sew
efsl States. Members are required 10 be free white male