Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-02-25

of a Governor and Judges, by the Pres.
Iideua of the United States. He would
undertake now to demonstrate that the
New Mexico aud Utah acts did not give
the people Of these Territories full pow.
er and control over the regulation OF
their domestic institutions. II those
acts did not, the Senator would not ask
III for this one. The Utah aud New
Mexico acts gave to the Governor ve-
to Of the legislation Of the Territory
1t gave Congress veto OH the acts Of
the Governor aud Legislature. Who
were the Governors and Judges2 They
were the creatures of the administra.
ton for the time being. But, to exam
inc the question more particularly; the
Senator had declared that, by the acts
of 1850, the people Of Utah had been
given full power To regulate all their dn.
nestic institutions and relations III their
own way, uncontrolled except by the
Constitution of the United States. He
could not say that polygamy was pro.
hibited by the Constitution in express
terms. Laughter. Would the srna.
tor from llinois venture to tell the peo.
pie Of the United States that Congress
had given, by the Compromise of 1850,
the full power to establish p"lygamy
Or that it had given Brigham Young u
power of a',ornry to have forty wives
FIT himself, and proporlionate number
for the res, Of his c,cwl Laughter
II the Senator was correct that the peo'
pie Of Utah had f'll power To regulate
their domestic institutions, then was not
this the establishment Of p"lygumy un-
der the kind auspices Of the Chairman
of the Committee on 'rerritoriesl The
Senator was not alone in his ideas; it
appeared that in Council Of War, held
on this bill by its friends, it hud been
solenmIy decided up"n due considera.
ton, that the acts Of 1850 gave the Utah
people full power to regulate their do.
mestic institutions, and that Brigham
Young aud all his crew shall practice
polygamy and have as many wives as
ibey pleased. 1t was to he hoped that
the President Of the Senate was not in
that Council. Loud laughter. He in
tended to expose this busiuessofpo
amy, and explain its modes opereadi -
lti."u,l AID long continued laughter. l.
What he meant was, that Brigham
Young and his crew pracliced p"Iyga.
my. Renewed laughter. It any "nr
supposed evil from any suggestion of
his he desired il 10 br 'l"ns "n that per.
sons responsibility aud not on his.-
| fl.uud und boisler"ns laughing. c"n'in.
uing for several nonmnts. The Chair
appealed to all present to preserve or
der, aud avoid demonstrations unbecom.
ing in the Senate.
Suppose the Legislature of Utah
should among their legislative acts, send
to Congress bill formally establishing
polygamy, and giving Brigham Young
forty, aud all the others fifteen wives,
would the Senator from Illinois suffer it
to be approved in silencel Would he
not rather pick it up with pair ftongs
and thrust it out oflhc windowl If he
did lhis-and it would be nothing more
than could be expected by the christian
aud moral sense Of the union-would
not tho Senator he violating the princi.
Pile OF self:governmen1 and nou.interven.
ton in the domestic institutions of the
ter,,o,iesl Well, supposing that po-
lygamy is thus established, aud they go
on increasing-yes, increasing, multi.
plying and replenishiug the earth, most
rapidly, as they can and will do with
polygamy,. Laughter aud they apply for
admission into the Union, are they to
be admittedl If they do mt provide
for polyyamy in their Constitution, it
may form purt Of their Common Law,
and are they to be admitted with this
domestic institution regulated by them
selves, as the Senator says they have
tho power to dol The Senator cannot
deny them without denying his own po.
sition; and now the people Of the Uni
ted States are to be told that the estab-
lshnrni Of pulygamy, aid the excu-
sive right over The subject, has been put
Into the hands Of Brigham Young and
his crew; aud they arc to be admitted
with it into the Union without objection,
because Of some hidden, unknown prin.
ciple contained in the compromise Of
1860, aud never heard Of till discover
ed by the Senator ir"m lllin"is. ! Fad.
mit,rd, aud the Senators and reprsen.
tu,ives came here, were they to be allow.
ad to bring their to'ty wives each with
lheml The Sunuror would MT prevent
Il man having his wives with him, Ger:
,uiny. Laughter If they brough,
them here, he wmldi above all other
things, like to see the Senator tiom III.
inuis in one coruer of an omnibus and
Brigham Young and his forty wives in
the olher. Loud laughter. When
Brigham comes here as Senator with
Shocks his colleague, each with his for
ty wives, would the Senator from Tex
us, who was so galan,ly disposed tow.
ards ladies', move to admit them to the
floor OF the Senate to hear Senators