Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-15

The petition presented to the Senate
hy Mr.. Sargent, in Iii. nam- Of the Nor
! mon women, having met the eye OF that
severe and uucomprJmis.n., nonoga-
mist. the editor Of the Reese River Re
ysiH-. he iivulges in the following anti
! polyganoas strain:
I II contains the names of e6,sl6
women, and asks the repeal of the an
! ti-p0lvCan!v law of 1851 and the Po-
/ land bill, and the admission of tab
as a Stale i'll the l. mon. The writer of
! this has lived ia tail and. knows
I something about the Mormon women;
AID We think that We can safely as
seri that 81. this =, fi' women not over
forty Fer cent. cs.n write their own
. nzulce. and not over ten per cent.
know " hat the Poland law is: that
such = BODY EXISTS ~ the | nited
Safes Senate. ur who care whether
| lat is STATE OF Territory, or know
The difference To thc>c women Iv-
in- in poivgainv IN | tab tAe powers
that rule the Church OF Latter Day
Saints are ali supreme, and they
know no higher temporal. nor rec
oGniZe a inuch high-r spiritual all
thoritv. They are practically slaves.
and !heir signatures were obtained
from them by the bishops and teach
er~ IN the settlements, who in turn
HAD their or iers from The heads Ofthe
Church ut salt Lake. The petition is
not representative paper; it repre-
sent> nothing. which aside from the
iinpudance oI the request OF a repeal
Of the laws AGAINST pu!ygsmy and the
a omission Of | tan as \ state whiie the
Surviving twin relic Of harbarism -four
ishes IL il borders. should entitle il 10
be treated witL contempt by the Senate.
Let the social status and the intelligence
Of the women of Utah be inquired into,
AMI 10 honest Senator will pay more
attention 10 il than if the only signature
i contained -ss. " brigham Young,
Prophet. Seer and Esve.atoF. and Pres
.deut Ok the Church 4 Jesus Chris. Of
Latter Day Saints.
IKE HEEALD" OK FnILL1rs.-The
Nv Y,ra Herald pokes fun at Wendell
Philips as follows:
III. Phillips once wanted to Grpoin;
n, tie federal generals, and thereby put
down 10 late rebellion. The country.
Iuvrv-r, fused - set Ir. Phillips up
Is I'll rigcr.'. Ha.y West roiLt. Nov he
rishrs 20 be Bos.on's Chic: Of Police,
So that he may close tIe Srogshops with
in tveutv-four hours. We hope that
Boston, which loves &c erect monuments
and statues, will clotLa Mr.. Phillips with
peripa:e;lc blae, streak his pigeon breast
with two rows o. brass buttons. and.
cooking the straight peak Of lis cap over
his left eye, send Liri, club in hand, T.
spill much gros, which. like little
learning, makes the A:henians mad.
The late Humpty DuInrty made a good
policeman, and Nile. Del zet in Ureeches
personated Napoleon. Shall Lr Phil
lip. rot be - cop for short twenty
four hours? II he succeed he may be
able 20 fad Charley Ross, Boss Tweed
and tn author Of " beautiful Snow
II he fails h. Nigh. 10 brought to New
Iork. vL-rs failura is essential for the
police In tine. no doubt, lie might
wear white cotton e!5ys-, stIa. Broad
way and hand gentle la1ies over tie
mud. lie would soon bscoma q living
statue. like the razor strop nan, OF the
street astronomer. who, III emulation Of
Dir. Philips, pe1dIes moonsliue It long
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