The New York herald., 1870-05-19

the oh ct OF IN, judiciary Commit GO was to re
y nj one emmy dananes bJ uni iandiy Jurles aad
Mr. THURMAN, tdlm.) Of Ohio, said the amend
mtnt OF Mr.. Warner would make al the word In
tion OF colored citizens; there proecloa Tor
whites. Tne Senate oil, H. reina kel. was even
more objec orable. II an'h rized the President 20
send troops 10 every section OF the country. In
the event OF the President being can late Tor re-
election he wonl have power ~ 90 troll c, ers DIS.
trcf In the country Thes oldiers Of LOUIS Napo con
q not 20 to the pol " vote. Theic votes wee
taken N their own quartnls.
Mr.. EpMysDs forwarded 70 the Clerk and had
read IN, nth section Vf the Fugitive Slave act. 70
show It's exact similarity WI the eighth SO ton OF
the Senate bill Tor the elf0rc emeat OF the fifteenth
amendment by the mllshals OF the Unite l stat .,
and authorizing the use OF and and nava forces in
the execution VI legal process therein provide for
That act was passed under democratic au,ll es and
the SEM TOR doubtless apprO ell OF II. deniocraic
Attorney neral gave hs opinion tlat the land and
naval forces coud be cd u assist the mlisnals IN
recaiming uRlt We sltves. Now, wnen that slave
was rree man. and measu es were pendIng with
view TO securing his rig Is. subsiant ally iienti.
cal with those enacted t. remand him to chains, an
outcry was raised against them.
MI. THURMAN thought that the times had indeel
changed when the Senator from Vermont went 10
the Fugitive Slave law OF 1850 Tor model Wnen so
astute lawyer could make no better oeIen of the
section than that 1t was evident his own ooec lon
must be wen taken. H. cOu.d see no similarity be-
tween the use of United States troops TO enforce
writ OF q court and the interference Of the militia v
at the ballot boxes to compel The reception or feec
ton OF votes.
Mr.. EDMuSDs remarked that his comparison In.
cluded only the eighth sect1n, not the eleventh, To
which Mr.. Thurman referred.
Mr.. SHERMAN, trepb OF Ohio, recognized the ncces-
sty OF some Di to enforce he fifteenth arendment
but thought the present measure radically dcfecave
in various spects The law was gene al ana onli
appy vs. well 10 white men Us TO {. .lOred, copse-
qucniy the second section would allow aiy body Of
men VINO could come up and say tney had a right TO
register but had not registered To vote. The pact-
cal e1ec! OF which was TO repeal or impai every
registry law In the United States. The III sec ton
he Thought snon be stricken out entirely and others
mate Ia ~ amended.
Mr.. STOCKTON, (dem.I OF n. j., delivered me re.
marks principally to show that while tie validity OF
the fit .enth amendment might we be doabted, yCt
no no iesstanee had been made to us enforcement and
poses han the ecu ity OF the rghs OF citizens were
at the bottom OF IT,
At 1ye ocloci tie Senate took recess until half
past seven clock this evening
Evening Session.
The evening session. according 10 arrangements,
was consumed IN lengthy address by Mr. CRAGIN,
rep.I OF n. H. upon the
BARBARsM OF PoLYGAMY
and other crimes IN Utah, and In support OF
the hll TO execute the laws OF the Uniled
publican platform or 1856, ''tnat It was the
right and duty OF Congress to prohibit In the
Territories those twin relics OF ba barism pOygamy
and slavery, he sad the miss on OF The repub lean
party was not completed until both had disappeared. l..
The law OF 1862 prohibiting polygany in the rerri-
torres aad making 1t CRIME was a d lad letter. he
cause the courts of Utah had no power
so,, TO enforce it % lhe pending bill was supple:
60 arn those courts with power to protect
the citizen, and by punshm fraud ana crime aid
in re moving a barbarlsm d.sg aceu 10 age and
nation. The desp0tc hara;ter OF the Mormon On rch
government was tfen referred TO. Brigham Young
rcgned supreme and dictated the law, the
elnpanelling OF JurieS and the assassination OF
OF Gentiles or apostate M0rmons. Polygamy was
not part OF the r,lpon Orgina ly, tho gh cert Ia
leading Mormons who disavoHed IL were subse-
qenfly shot for Sealing other mems wives Not until
1852 was The heathenish and Infamous practice of
pu,aty @ rot o, wiyes nfs. reconimended M Utah was
CRIME. Ignorant an deaded women We're eiticed
there, anu by upling the practire with religious
duty they were prevailed upon 10 embrace IT, being
told that, II true 10 IT, they Will be queens Ia he ven
Notwithstanding the Influences brought to bear upon
them, the sermons OF the Mormon leaders showed
that the won were unhappy complaining and
restive un Ter this degra Ting slavery. ma Ing
lven 10 desperation by their husbands bring iIg
home more women. Mr. Cragn then gave an inter-
esting account OF Mormon customs,
BRIGHAM YoUNG's HAREM,
and the more revolt n0 fe lures OF polygamy, which
ne declared enjoned falsehood. thefC and nr1er as
sacred religious tlu les. The sorrows OF the Moun-
tain Meadow massacre IN 1851, in AL .tioi
for the killing OF the Mormon Pratt by one
her outrages IN the Mormon country referred
to- and the TACT that tns MornOns conpO g
Largely OF unnaturazed foreigners, were the sworn
and bitter foes OF the United staes They ours ID
tn goveiil Mt aud deiied it laws. In reply to tue
repeated threats OF war from Norm d
he would say he ind not shir. In the ap-
prehensions that war wo I'D result from the
attempt TO enforce the bill; but, war or NJ wi,
he was in favor OF enforcing the laws and breaking
up the vilest nest OF vlpers the Continent The
Gentle element was gradually In reasiig In u IN
ana the Paclhc Rai road would g eptuaIy Lr np
about peaceful victory. When the tide OF civiliza
t!on shall fairly throw Its waves over the Rocky
Mountains the wicked an blaspne nous career OF
brigham Young would be at IN enl, and the ioa h.
some aud fostering monster II POI OlyRamous Mormon
Ism must perish and be buried out OF signt.