The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-07

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NJ. Nelson resumed his remsrks w 10 support,
lezpressink the h0pe thae ere Passage Moasd r.
p-oach - near = possible 10 mnaninisy. ne
, saw manuees ql@ipeshOp gesNser aYsenGp8
with the rlgnes q psdpsTey Anda - ri4ik - -
clare criminal ne &C. which y - declared by
the iaw Of 60d. INC existence ~ the iHsfitu.
N tionssof poly8AMy " Utan y - ms0s SOSDs moral
fefiin4e q the wh0le popuIa.0s--Am insult 20
the wires and daughfaIs ~ no gensleMen heTe
and their compliments. AZ was y reelection On
our national character tnat n snoaid e. under
the pFoetcsssn 81 Aneficsn isw
H IL. HoOnfr@id ae 30 teeper Tune, vnscg
would soon come, and Whsn he c0Mld " hesEQ
without prejQdacf, lie would defend w. Peopse
lCfUtah from w. csIufnnfes which had been heap.
led upOM them, ~ me meantime he appcxsed eS
/ the dnpa1iOuate and Unbiased Judgment = s1c
House, 70 Ahink bettcr0f the LOO OOO % tneir -
low creatures than they had been Represented
| by their enemies. ~ WAS NOS DIS inLeMston "
discuss the peculiar featufes Of the bhi, bus ne
respectfully asked the gentlemen 4 they we're
prepared 70 meet the cOnscauences ri ~ passaEe.
Were We now emerging from dnicuities with tnc
people at whom the bill vas leveiled, ne warned
the gentlemen that the feelings Of Utae win be
easily .arOused &fAd 4a Fl r. Ali sA
i The suspicion Of hostility against them mas
been alIayed and ne was glad 70 know there was
better fccling now THIN Formerly. 1t ~ pr0vi-
siOns hc carried those angry passions vii revive
and wither a. the core The fisss which blazed
80 hercely while the fuel OF persecution Was
lheapcd upon them had died out and ne appealed
10 the representatives not 70 one but all parties,
to say whether they were prepared TO rckindie
tho Hames A. delegate Of all the citizens Of
| Utah, he had 70 remember that he could not a.
ludc TO the division Of sentiment among them
on ths subject Of polygamy or any others.
III Mr.. Clark Of Mo-, asked to what extent pNga-
my exists in Uutah, what nuinbcr had more than
one wife and whether the regulation Of such
marriages is binding on the people.
Hill Mr. Hooper replied that he was not practically
In polygamiss.4 From his obserya alton, in ten
years residence in Utah, lie could say not over
half the people recognize polygamy and probably
not more than one half OF these has more than
4 one wife each. He knew Of no church regula-
| ton which compelled d man 10 become q polyga-
mist and Of no church regulation which compell-
4 ed a woman 10 marry a man except voluntarily.
He was encouraged To Know that there wefe
i several gentlemen on this 6ooP who had been
acquainted with him for the last 20 years. and
long prior to his identification with the citizens
| Of Utah they would say he vas incapable OF dc.
| ceit or dissemination. He declared on his honor
that the passage Of this bin will not be unexcep
4 tionalie 10 the extreme advocates Of pOlygslry
| ID Utah, aud it will unite all in common cause
! against the unjust pretensions OF the General
/ Government to put down polygamy by force ''
i The House voted and rejected Mr. Brancli's
| substitute, "A to Isl. F l.5q4s4g .~@eaa
/ The. House next voted on Mr.. Netherlands
substitute to repeal the law organizing Utah and
dividing the territory between Jefferson and Ne
4 yada, for which he proposed temporary govern
4 ment. Rejected, 35 to l59. 4=r s@F 4a sf ta N
4 Tie House tabled the preamble to the bill.
| which was passed with verbal amendments, l4g
to 60. aHR 7iG g& go a4A
Y Mr. Sickles submitted his response to Mr..
i Williamson's memorial in his contested case and
1t vas read and after some debate referred to the
Committee on Election.
4 The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the state Of the Union ~
Mr.. Sherman moved to take up the tariff and
loan bill.
Dir, Branch was against any alteration of the
tariff The present hill Yields sufficient revenue
to meet the wants Of the Governments.
4 Nj Sherman said he would not ask . vote on
it for three weeks. On his motion the varioGs
bills on the calendar were laid aside till the tar
lit loan bill was reached.
A & Mr.. Loveioy said the House had been engaged
in giving a death blow to polygamy by the
Philadelphia platform the Republican party stand
pledged a. far AZ the Federal Government has
the power, to extirpate that other time relic Of
barbarism, slavery in the Territories. iiewa
cd to see them both Hranclcd aud go down to-
gether. His remarks at one time caused great
excitement and bad blood amongst the Southern.
ers. and the Honee came. near = y;olpns roll;sion
The latter part OF his speech was in good hnmor.
The committee rose. Adjourned.
SENATE Mr. Foster presented 10 memorials
from citizens Of Connecticut. praviEF fer the
4 abclishlnert OF snir;t ratiaps In the Navy. Re-
far.el 7 ~ as.us 4Fs s
Mr. Wilson introduced a resolution. which, was
referred, requesting the Committee on Military
Affairs to enquire of the war Department or
any Of it, officers IL IL had entered into con-
tract ,iug ina the mast Two wears lar irs e., -, ~
lie builsine since the public advertisements Ia
the same amount furnished and contracted for.
the prices paid, and by what authority the con-
tract was made: also similar enquiry a. n, shot
and shells, and iron guns. cartridges autl,oriz;p,
the Committee to send for persons anu papers
Laid over
Mr. Clay, from the Committee On Commerce
reported the Hcnse Joint resolution. constitutipg
alacon, Ga, port Of entry for the time beinf.
and for other purposes II was pa.sad -
Mr. Chcsnut moved to take m AMI rbap no.t-
ponc till MONDAY next Mr. Davis TrrritoriaI
resolutions. Agreed 10.
Tie bill for the relief az Cant Slnhr;.L -
passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Mason the resolution nr,.
was tsLen ~ nj rloI u 'i'e Japan Embassy
al ,a,1.;a ~ @ - ", ~ - -,
the nons,s - ~, !. Ta..; uase Us III concerning
nassed n rsarias ~, ~ . ,as.a Y aiu
prhs,. ot MN n sl .ns ~ M o. .e
the right 70 appeal in all cases.
The Indian Appropriation bin then came up
NJ Lath m moved an amendment, the effect
az which was to allow California to take care Of
rnes,;an ~ m,s..'n n., oosusrs. Fencing the
Question tne homestead Oil came up. Mr. Fitchs
an1 n .lia' ~ iaiu Tor homesteads
shal DC entered ~ alternate quarter-sections,
those remaining 70 the United States shall net
D1 s.'u ,or ess I'f'n 'ne minimum price of lands
suIn sola' anu .h, provisions o. the act shah be
.spphsaoie 70 iahds, sat9ect 20 private entry az
1 II u,.e o. tae passing q me bill Not agreed