The New York herald., 1870-04-07

Speeches Of 0rson Pratt, Judge Stout and Judge
saow-The Arguments Against
the Cullom Bill.

Az the mass meeting o! the polygamssts In Sale
Lake on March 81 the following speeches wers
maoe on the adoption OF memorial ana sem00-
sahco 10 present to Congress In opposition 70 the
Cullom bill:--
orson Fratt nrss spoke ana referred to the objcue
which had called together 80 large an assembage cf
american citzens as one which affected the well
s oeng @ ol sne en,ife community. He proposed to dts
vss sne suoect oi plural marriage divine insti.
tutlon, and it coaid be proved he pug it could
y under any circumstances be designated crilne :
" Poivga'ny DC crime. he saif the Atlnic hfy
must be chargeaoe with being responstnie Icr
crime -wh,ca cannot be done in that 6e gave this
cOniipand Goa also pronounced u fearful ourse
upon all those who would not obey every law he had
given TO- israel thus making poygamy Obligatory
Almighty II they should not obey this law. the
speaker polluted out that this was In equal force
mcnts Of tue Sadducees He GATED attention to the
polygamists who occupied pr0mInency In ancient
from The east aud the west and seek TO sic down
with them IN tue Kingdom or God, and asked.
they are IN the Kingdom OF God, how Is that God
can take into His Kingdom criminals declared 30 Dy
Congressf and asked Congress- had be-
come more righteous and purer than tho Almighty.
But said the speaker II Ia not alone because VIZ lind
ths principle sustained nv the Bibie that have It
Incorporated In our faith and hold II sacred, put
mand by God to Church OF Jesus CHRIST OF Latter
Day saints; and wnen IL Came 10 obeying c0ui-
men, he, as an individual, would obey God, death
suuKe Hosea Stout SAID " required little argument
10 prove that Congress ought not to pass this OH.
lie came here In lses, and 1t q fearful looking
country. needed great deal Of faith for men to
come mere at that time, and great deal ior them
not 20 be scared TO death after they got here Ine
indians lived on the crickets and the crckets lived
ON the crops OF the settlers. lie referred to the
halting place formed by the Mormons, where tho
gold Immigration could rest and OBTAIN supplies.
HAD IL not been Tor the Mormons this place would
have been the great Gogotha OF the Aner
can continent California was settled; Congress
gave her state government, while 1t gave q ierri-
Loral government TO Utah, which had two iunabl-
ant5 TO one In California. AS few laws OF this Ter
rltory enacted by the Legislature as OF any other
II this Dill passes ne would De smart law who
could tell how many OF them would be In force
Yebrs ago when the subject was brought up OF ex-
tending the land laws to Oregon and elsewhere.
when Utah was mentioned she was exempted.
extend the benefit o! preemption or the homestead
law 10 men with more than one wife. though the
the more wives man had the more land he needed.
In 1857 land ollce was established here, when
reviewed what had been done by tie people
or Utah IN setting the territory, opea-
Ing up pp., the ,a1 country aiding IN building
and gave Invitation TO all the woro to come on
With their enliehteamen, aud civilization aud con
vert the people; ''Or," said he sis the American
nation afraid that we are going to convert them fu
lie referred 10 the passage OF the Female suffrage
Utah inasmuch as L was said thas tho women were
terribly ensiayed, and by this act the men SAID.
YOU & tan yTts e@as
and ali that, does Congress tear thar tiie
wrongs complained VI will not right themselvesf
Here the women can any day vote down pOlyyAmy
II they desire to. But. ne urged right in the midst
OF ali the means az work, Congress comes IN with
the Cuitom Dill and will not wat for the results
will force regulation while the universal testimony
OF Visitors Is that here Ii one OF rho InOss
| orderly, industrious communities On the earth,
the only objection to the people being plural
marriage. Hc spoke OF entering land Ia lhe
land 0ilice and fixing claims, ana said the people
were now III Tx for alter having their money
for the land or the lees for iDg claims. this Cuom
bill comes up and says, y0u cant have this land;n
| OF Congress knew OF poiygamy as well when the
land Office was granted for this Territory as II Is
knownto-day. He asked why Congress did not con-
dne itself TO polygamy II that was the only obJec
| uonablc feature, as alleged, but must over
| turn every court below the Distrlcs Court.
| He did not think the Dill showed really the mind
OF Tho House or Representatives, only aS II
was inlamed by eG Du!ts testimony, very largo
portion OF which many OF them knew was false wnen
they heard 1t. He, hardly believed The House ex-
| lieve the Senate would pass 1t. He said the
ing was 10 snow Congress that the People fell II was
aqueston OF suffering tue penalties OF this law Or
| OF beng damned.
| Judge Snow glanced at historical events to show
that cva liberty could not exist without equal
giOus liberty. He invited the learned and talented
men OF the East ana West to come aud logically ar
que the point; but lie said II they had the learning
| 70 put down BY argument plurality OF wives they
The Chairman remarked that some other gentle
men would have spoken, but as time had
heightened out 1t was deemed advisable to put to
the meeting the motion that the remonsrance ana re-
solutions be sustained, which was carried by 3
unanimous vote. The speakers were warmly
and repeatedly appiaaded during their re.
the agent OF the American Bible Society, to tue
effect that Bibles had arrived and could be obtained
at the book store OF Calder Brothers. when gentle
man inquired whether the passages In The Scrip
lures sustaining poiygamy had Deen expunged from
thems Mr. Cannon dismissed the meeting with =
brief prayer, and tue vast assembly dispersed.