Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-05
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WAsHNGroN. April 3.-SENA.E-8lr Green from
the Territorial Committee reported bills organic
4 ing Arizona and Colorado. He also offered a pre-
Rnble and resolution setting forth that Vim. Medlli
Comptroller Of the Treasury, had violated the prae-
tiee Of the department in settling the poSloElce ae
counts, and also the loans and had therefore Just
| y incurred the disapprobation Of Congress, and
that his conduct readers i Improper for Eln longer
/ to continue in Office
! Mr.. Mason from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported bill defraying the expenses OF
the Japanese ambassadors on their arrival in this
] country.
: Mr.. Johnson, Of Tennessee. wanted the Home
stead bill taken up and pressed to final vote as it
l was very important measure.
| The House Homestead bin was taken up the
! pending amendment being the Senate bill.
Mr.. Fitch offered an amendment, that all lands
that came under the provisions Of this bill should
be only those subject 10 private entry at the pas
/ sage of the law.
Mr. Wilkinson made speech in favor of the
House bill.
Adjourned,
HoUsE.-The House resumed the consideration Of
the ans-POlygamy bill.
The following is the bill for the punishment and
suppression Of POlygamy now under consideration
by the House:
Bill to punish and prevent the practice Of Po-
iygamy in the Territories of the United States and
other places, and disappearing and annulling GER
tain acts OF The Legislative Assembly Of the Terri
! tory Of Utah, which sets forth:
WHEREAS It is admitted pOygamy Is permitted
by the municipal regulations of one of the Teri
tories Of the Union, aud is sought to be justified
on the ground that this abOminatiOn in a Chris
tan country is a religious rite by the inhabitants
of said Territory and, whereas no principle
of self government or citzen-sovereignty can re
quire or justify the practice Of such moral Iollu-
| ton, therefore,
Resolved DC, That if any person or persons being
married and an inhabitant lf any Territory Of the
United States or any other place over which the
United States possess exclusive jurisdiction, shall in
termarry with any person or persons, or 1--we with
any person or persons as partners, acknowledging
conuga, relations, the former husband or wife being
alive he, she or they Offending SHALL on conviction
thereof pay fine not exceeding $500 and imPrison-
ment not less than two years nor more than five
years
Provided nevertheless. that this section nor any
thing therein contained shall extend to any person
persons whose husband OF wife shall absent himself
or herself one from The other for the space of five
years the Of them not knowing the other not to
/ be living within that time, nor to any person who
/ shall at the time Of such marriage be divorced
by competent authority or 10 any person or persons
/ whose former marriage by sentence of competent
authority shall have been declared void
SEC 2 And be It further enacted, That the follow
ing ordinance Of the provisional government Of the
State of Deseret so called viz ordinance incOr
| porating the Church Of JesLs Christ or Latter
Day Saints passed February sth, lS4l, aud adopted
| re-enacted, and made valid by the government and
|
act passed Jan 49, 1873, entitled an act III relation
/ to the compilation and revision Of the laws and
resolutions in force in tab Territory, their publ
cation and distribution and all other acts and parts
of acts heretofore passed by the said legislative
semblv of the Territory of Utah, which establish
support maintain, shield, or cOuntenance pOlygamy
| be- and the same hereby disapprOved and annul-
ed provided that the act be limited and construed
as not to affect interfere with the rights Of prop
erty legally acquired under the ordinance heretofore
J, tla a~rrlr to n
cordinp to the dictates of conscience; but only to
annul acts and laws which establish, maintain pro
] tect or cOuntenance the practice o. pOlygamy
/ eyasivey called spiritual marriage. however dis
guised by legal or ecclesiastical solemnltes sacra-
ments ceremonies, CONSIDERATIONS. or other contriv-
| ances.
! BRAvCH's SuBsuTUrE.-Bs enacted That the third
and fourth sections of the act entitled an act to es
/ tablish the Territorial government in Utah, ap-
Droyed Sent 9Th 1859, be- and the hereby repealed.
| SIC. 2 BE it further enacted that hereafter the
legislative power defined and limited in said act
/ shall be vested in a governor and thirteen Of the
most discreet persons in the Territory TO be called
the Legislative Council who shall be appointed Dl
ennIay BY the President Of the United states, Dy
and with the advice and consent Of the Senate from
among the citizens of the United States residing
| therein and without reference to any dlstrlc-s
| which have heretofore been laid off,
SIC s. And be it further enacted, that the appoint
ments under this act shall be made on or before the
| 4th of March, 1861, which day SAID appointments
! shall have effect
| Mr. McClernand proceeded to sustain his assertion
! made Yesterday, that there no instance IN
which Congress had special code to operate IN the
organized Territories; the act Of 1890 was general
in its application and extended to treason and other
! offeuses against the United States. Congress, by
erecting "a Territorial government had delegated
certain powers so thas the criminal became amena-
bic to the local law.
During a collOquy between Farnsworth and
| Clark of Missouri, the former said John Wesley
| smoke of slavery as the sun of all yillainies.
| Jenkins. of Virginia, inquired-DO you say 50:
Mr. FarnswOrth was very much OF that opln-
| ion.
Mr.. Jenkins-Then you declare lie,
Mr. Farnsworth-I not in the habit OF descend
ing into cess pools TO throw dirt at black guards
Mr. jenkins, in his seat. was understood to say,
cannot receive that as insult.
The bill to suppress polygamy in Utah was de
/, bated at length.
Mr.. McCIernand advocated the proposition to di
vide Utah between Pixies Peak and Nevada \
| vote was taken Adjourned
! LOUISVILLE April 4.-Congressional news recei'
! ed up to 10 o'clock tonight unlmPortant