The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

The Salt Lake correspondent Of the
Bhcramahi0 Hni0y gives the following ~
A. copy al Tire IgEptH signed by nearly
y 500 women of Utah. afid forwarded by
them 10 Washington I'M OrsclteF
rEfRFFDH OE EIEE MOMMnA N0nfhK.---
lMya. PrsStGesis Hraafy H0nnrsd lady
deeming Il proper for atsuun 40 appeal
30 woman, We. L.aitaF-day Saint iass1ee
of Utah, take The liberty Of preterring
our humble aud earnest petition for Jour
kindly and generous aid not merely be-
cause yoH are the wife Of the Chief
Magistrate of our great nations but we
afso are induced t0 appeal to yDn W.
cailet ef FtfHs high reputation iGx munHiAfy
and excellence hf eHhKmrter. bnAlaFAmB
that yon, as al true W5fheIl aiIouh 40
flor Ia our estimation every wife eif0uEd
iill the position of counselor 70 bar hns.
band, possess the confidence ol aud
have much influence with his EKcellency
President Grant, we earnestly solicit the
exercise Of that inhnence with HIM IN
behalf Of our husbands, fathers cons
saDd Iwothera, who are now being exp0mnd
t1 tti6 InnrderBus policy "a m cliqne pf
Federal ofAcefa, infHnt ON the dentFnc-
ti0n of an honest, happy, industrious
ard prosperous people. We have h11hsn
no constitutional law, violated nooSfigs-
ton, either national on sectional We
revere the sacred Constitufiom oi our
country, aud have ever been an order
loving and law-abiding people We be-
lieye the Institution Of marriage 40 have
been ordained on God. and therefore
subject 10 His all-wise direction. lt ih "
divine rite and mot civil contract and
hence no man unauthorized Of God can
legally administer In iilis holy ordinances.
We believe aiso IN the Holy bibies and
that God dia aneiently institute the order
OF plarsIity Of wives, aha saBcficred and
honored ii in the advent Of the SasiaF q
the world. whose birth ON the mothers
side WIS i'm that polyRmm0nN lineage, as
He testified 10 His servant John. on the
Isle OF Batmos. saying, u arm tine root
and the offspring OF David And we
not only believe but most masuredlE
know that the Almighty has restored The
fuilDess OF the everlasting Gospel through
the prophet Joseph Smith, and with u
tho plurality Of wives. This We asceps
ae a purely divine Institution. With 10
IL is a matter IN esmecience, knowing fhnt
God commanded its pfActiSas UuF Ter
ritorial Laws make adultery ami llAam.
tirurnens penal oaIenses, the breach Of
which subjects the offender 10 fine and
impFisonmenL 1hess laws are being
basely sabverted by our Federal ofaccrs (;
who, after unscrupuiously wrestling tne
Territorial Offices from their legitimate
holders, IN order 30 carry out suicidal
schemes, are aubstitrting iicentiousness
for the sacred order OF marriage. and
seeking by these measures t0 irlcMrrernte
the most moral and upright men of this
Territory. apd thus destroy the peace
aud prosperity trf tlsis entire community.
They evidently design 10 sever those
coniueaI, parental and internal tses
t-iIieh are dearer 20 MS than our lives
We appreciate sar husbands ns highly IS
| Il IN possible for you, lotioEed madam, 20
appreciate yours. They have mo Interests
but such a. We share i'm common with
them. If they are prosecuted. we are
prosecuted also il they are imprisoned
we and onr children are left unprotected.
As community we love peace and pro
mote il. Our leaders are peace-makers,
and invariably stimulate the people 70
pacific measures even when subjected TO
the erussest injustice. President Brig
han Yonug and several Of his associates.
all noble and philRnthropic gentlemen,
are already under Indictment, 10 be Mr-
raigned before d packed jury, mostly
non-reSidents, for the crime rd ilcenti0ns-
mesa, than which n more Outrageous abb
surdity could not exist Under these
forbidding and ctue1 circumstances. dear
Madam, our most feFvent petition % you
/ is, that through the sympathy Of your
womanly heart You VIII persuade the
President to remove the malicious dis
tarbers of the peace, CT "A least that he
win stop the disErnceful Court rfo@aad-
inrs, and send from Washington o. COM
mittee Cf eandid, intelligent, reliable
men, who shall investigate matters which
involve the right of property perhaps
Of life and more than all, the consfitsi-
tional liberties Of more than 100, coo
citizens. BY doing this yon VIII be The
honurrd instrument, in the hand OF God,
Of preventing q foul disgrace 20 the
present Administration, and an eternal
blot ON our national escutcheun. For
which yUur petitioners will ever pray.