Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-02-17


and they apply for admission into the Union,
are they to be admitteds Ifthcy do not pro-
vide for polygamy in their constitution it
may form part oftheir common law. and are
they to be admitted with this domestic in
sututon," regulated by themselves, as the
Senator says they have the power to do p
the Senator cannot deny them without deny
ing his own position; and now the people Of
the United States are to be told that the es-
adjustment Of poygamy and the exclusive
right over the subject has been put into the
hands Of Brigham Young and his crew, and
they are to be admitted into the Union with
out objection, because of some hidden, I'M
known princip pie contained in the Comprom-
Use Of 1850 and never heard of until discov-
cred by the Senator from Illinois. Ifadmit-
ied,& the Senators and Representative came
here. were they 10 be allowed to bring their
forty wives each with them; (Laughtcrl
The Senator would not prevent a man hay
ing his wives with him, certainly. Laugh
teri lfthey brought them here he would.
above all other things, like to see the Sena.
tor from Illinois in one corner of an omnibus
and Brigham Young's forty wives in the 9th
or. When Brigham came here as a Sena-
tor, with Shocks, his colleague, each with
bis forty wives, would the Senator from Tex
as. who was so CALAMITY disposed towards
ladies', move to admit them to the floor Of the
Senate, to. hear the Senator's speeches -
1 lLnughter) Would this not lcud 10 a change
IN tl'e system Of Compensation aud meagcs
He had long experienced that the present
present pay and mileage OF Senators. who
had but limited families, was altogether it,
adequate and that some just and equitable
discrimination should be made between
them and Use who experienced profound
solitude but if this were the case under
present circumstances, what ought not TO
be done IN behalf of those who had csiab-
lishmcnts numbering forty or liGy wives -
Present pay aud mileage would be aiiogcih-
er insufficient The least the Senator from
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