The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-28

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The coming Of money was among the
Other crimes attributed ~ the M6rfnons
This he explaincdb ~ saying that after tire
Mormon battalion were discharged snbse-
gaent 20 the Mexican war, SOME WRIT in-
No Col Sntter's employment, and while
digging d race fgr the construction 81 II
mill they nude The FIRST aold discovery IL
California On returning tu liah they
took their dust with them. and having
reconstructed d rude mint put II INTO coin
ilt was pure, md answered for circulating
purposes, Id the absence of tho coin of
the United States, and WAS subject to
Whatever standard tile government might
prescribe. They had d right TO change
| The form Of their treasure. :.5.
April 1.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee OH
| Ways and Means, reported the Iostofiice
Appropriation Bill .3 n HUI.
The Honse resumed the consideration
If the anti polygany BILL 1 y. ... e..
Mr.. Nelson resumed lisremarks III its
support. expressing the hope that the
passage would approaches s near MS posi-,
bic tonnanimity He saw q manifest dis
tinction between interfering with the
rights Of property md the right 10 de
clare criminal ati act which IS so declared
by the law Of God. The existence Of the
Institution Of Polygamy in UtnlIis On in
suit to the moral feelings of the whole
population, an insult to the wives and
daughters Of the gentlemen here and their
constituents. ItWas a reflection on our
National character that IL Should exist
under the proteCtiono f American law.
Mr.. HooPER said that at the proper
time, which would soon come, and when
he could be heard without prejudice, he
would defend the people Of Utah from
| the Calnmnies which had been lleaneI up.
on them iii the meantime lie appealed
TO the dispassionate and unbiased ludg.s
ment of The House, to think better 81 tie
hundred thousand Of their fellow creatures
than they had been represented BY their
enemies, Itwas not his intention to dis.
cliss the pecnIiar features Of the bill hut
he respectfully asked the gentlemen if
they were prepared TO meet the conse.
qnences of Its passage Were We not
now emerging from difficulties with the
people at whom the bill was leYellel? He
warned the gentlemen that tile feelings Of
| Utah viii be easily aroused. Tie sus-
Epieion Of hostility against them has been
Eallayed, and Tie was glad to know. that
there was better feeling now than for.
merly, but il this bill be passed II it's pro.
visions be carried ont those angry pas.
sions will revive and rekindle the. fires
which blazed so ficrcely while tho fuel Of
persecution was heaped upon them, and
he appealed to tie Representatives.; not
Of one, but Of all parties, 10 say whether.
they were prepared to rekindle the fame.
Asa delegate Of oil the citizens Of Utah,
he had 10 remember that he could not
|allnde TO the division Of sentiment among
them on the subject Of polygamy or any
other. .s.s ::=s q 81
Mr., Clark, Of Missouri, asked to what
extent polygamy exists ia Gtaf2 what
number has more than one wife, mud
whether the regulation Of such marriages
is binding on the people. s Is..ssi
Mr. HooPER replied that lie was not
practically polygamist, but from his obs
servation in ten years residence IN u fab,
he could say that not more than half the
population recognize polygaIiy, and pro-
badly not more than one.half Of these
have more than one wife each. He knew
Of no church regulations which compelled
q man 10 become q polygalnist, aud of no
church regulation which compelled a wo-
man to hurry q man, except voluntarily
He was encouraged to know that there
were; several gentlemen on that floor who
had been acquainted with him for the last
20 years and long prior TO lis identiiica-
ton with the citizens Of Utah, He would
say he was not capable of deceit or dis
stimulation, and declared on his honor that
| the passage Of this bill will not be sunex.
ceptionable to the extreme advocates Of
polygaIny in Utah. and will unite all the
people ID a common cause against the un-
lust pretentiolfs Of tile General Govern
ment to put down polygamy by force.
The House voted and rejected Mr.
Branch's substitute by Al against ISL. 4
The House next voted on Mr., Me-
Clernards's substitute, to repeal the law
organizing Utah, and dividing the terri
tory between Jefferson and Nevada, for
which he proposed a temporary govern.
ment. .>.:. ~. -. :.
Reiected-35 against 1853 >...+-. ,....-
| The House tabled the preamble to the
bill, which was passed with verbal amend,
ments-4l 49 against 60, s,.s =.