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

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Tic coming CF money was among tic
otbercriincs attributed to the Mormons.
This he explained'by saving TINT after Inc
Mormon battalion were ii schnrged subse4
sIidnt 40 the Mexican war, some ,rritt in
10 Col Suffers employment. aud While
digging d race for the construction II Al
mil, they made the iitSt golsI discovery til
California, On returning to Utah they
took their dust With them, ihd having
constructed d rude nlitt, plt IL into coin.
III was pure, md answered Tor circulating.
purposes, ia the absence Of the coin 81.
the United States and was subject to
Whatever standard the government might
prescribe They had q right To change
the form Of their treasure a #
April ..
Mr.. Sherman, from tie Committee on
Iyaysa and Means, reported The Rostoiicc
Appropriation Bill
The HOnse resumed the consideration
VI the anti olyganly Bill.
Mr.. Nelson resumed his remarks in its
support. expressing the hope that the
passage would approach as near as posi-
ble TO Hnanimity. He saw d manifest dis
tlnction between interfering with tile.
rights Of property and the right to de-
clare criminal al, act whichis SO declared
BY the law Of God The existence Of the
instftution Of Polygamy In Utah Is an in
suit TO the moral feelings of The whole.
population, ON insult TO the wives and
daughters Of the gentlemen here md their
constituents IL was q reflection on otlr
National character that Il should exist
nnder the protectiono Of American law.
Mr.. HoopER said that at the proper
time, which would soou come. and when
he could be heard without prejudice. he
would defend the people Of Utah from.
the calumnies which had been heaped M.
otlfhem Iii The meantime lie appealed
to the dispassionntc and unbiased judr.
ment or Tie House, to think better 81 the
hundred thousand of their fellow creatures
than they had been represented by their
enemies. 1t was not lis intention to- dis.
cnss the peculiar featprcs OF the bill, but
be respectfully asked the gentlemen If
they were prepared to meet the consc-
qneIces of Its passage Were We not.
now emerging from difficulties with tile.
people at whom the bill was leYelled? He.
warmed the gentlemen that the feelings 81
Utah viii be easily aroused. Tie stls-
Ipicion Of hostility against them has heen
|lllayed. and he was glad 10 know that
there was better feeling now than for-
#neFly, but IL this bill be passed If its pro.
visions De carried olIt, those angry pas
sions will revive and rekindle tho. fires
which blazed SO fefceiy while the fnel Of
persecution was heaped upon them, and
he appealed To Che Representatives, not
Of one, but Of all pafties, 10 say whether.
they were prepared to rekindle the flame.
As IA delegate of I'LL the citizens OF Utah..
zhe had 10 remember that be could not
#allnde 20 the division Of sentiment among
them on the subject Of polygainy or any.
other. III II.
Mr. Clark, Of Missouri, asked 10 what
extent polygamy exists In Ttahy what
number has moro than one wife, and
whether the regulation Of such marriages
is binding on the people .s l.s B
Mr.. HoePKR replied that he was not
practically q polygamist, but from his OBJ
seryation il ten years residence In Utah,
lie could say that not more than half the
population recognize polygamy, and pre-
hubby not more than one-half ,of these
have more than one wife each. He knew
of no church regulations which compelled
q man to become d poly and Of no
church regulation which compelled d wo-
man TO marry q man xcept voluntarily.
He was encouraged To Know that there
were several cntlemenso on that floor who
had been acquainted with him for The last
20 years and long prior TO his identified.
ton with the citizens Of Utah. He would
say lie was not capable OF deceit or dis
stimulation; and declared on his honor that
the passage of this. bill win not be mex
| ceptionable to the extreme. advocates cf5
ipolygaHny In Utah, and will unite all the
people id common cause against the I'M.
! just preteations 81 tie General Govern
lnent to put down poIygamy by force,
The House voted and rejected Mr.
Branch's substitute by At against Isl. :.
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 q temporary govern
Hment. sss ..,* B: III. Z,
Rejected 35 against l59.
The House tabled the preamble TO the.
bill, which was passed with verbal amend.
3ments 40 against 60. /:
/ ARMY TNTEIIIGENCE .z.