New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-15
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CONGRESS AND THE uOpvovs


NOW rs THE TIE 70 EXACT GUAeANrHPe--rn.
DANGER OF DELAY-PREsgNT DUTY OF Gov
GREss
To the EditOr Of The Trfbun.
SIRi 1t is reported that Delegate Gamma
If urgIng for the polyg past with the
derst1ndnx that the practice VIII b. abandoned In "a
future. You Will have asceraiDed the spirit o, th
Mormon Cnnrch from the interview I sent day ~,
yesterday. They cannot abandon the prlrtlco OF no
amy without beng f4lse 10 AL their Professions win,
abandoning all their peculiar pretens as Chp,oh
All their history proves that tney more Je nit,
than the Jesu II. and TO De- trusted fnan a.
Indians. II they ostensi6ly surrender now i will OIL
he 10 aay opposition 10 their admission nto the INT,
once state they could and woud do ~ they ,I.,,
1t Is within toe power OF the Government 10 t,ko 40
curlty OF them either a Territory or STAT. aue .
would b. gro-s neglect OF duty Oh IT'S part .hond
fan 10 10 ght u ne time. too because u g.,
MoimonS propose TO obey III law tho future n.
past being oondoued, IN good faith they cannot ana m
not object the adoption ~ snch measures Nv the Gov
Will enable Il u enforce tho o0servsuo. a,
such u treaty # nod be- Those measure, should be IN
care Of the Territory. the passage OF aR exeud
ing poly gamsts from the inry ss. and providing ta,
the KIND ~ evidence which - allowed % estibsb
marriage IN civil action shall be received aud .h. n.
sufficient to establish these pOlygamons marriages
The great difficulty IN enforcing the law las arisen
from a dOuO " its constitutional ty. but from t.
fact that Mprmons formerly selected all tn jnro-s
and under thu Poland law OF June 1874 they one
half OF them and from the imp,s, Iiity o. gettins
proof OF plural marriages they being hcdged abOnt Nv
secrecy and defended by wiful ignorance or uuou.o
ing perjury Under the Poland law. the clerks OF tbs
Probate aud DTS riot courts select 100 Jurors "a,
the year, whose names drawn from box a. "a
CURED. Let Congress prOvde tnat these shall DO exam.
ined as drawn on their r0ir dVs, and II either heore
cally or practically poly samsts used from service,
and when the list IS exhausted that tle marshal sha
summon taesmen from the bystanders. Then let tbe
oncuce be made 70 consist not only the marriage GER
enouy but in living la tnat rel lton ana also in sol.
emnizng p1lygamOus marriages. These provisions 10
apply Of course. only IN originating common,
ing after the Dassagr OF the law.
Finally we should he gwen by Congress free cleo.
ton law such as that prepared at session By tie
House Committee Territories. Ia the case " STATE
nothing snort OF u constitutional an, udment forever
prohibiting the practice o. pOlygamy IN The United
States aud giving Congress power To enforce IL. pOyk
siOus ny appropriate legislation, will answer tie pur
pose And the chances are ten to orc, believe, that
that viii necessary to accomplish The object, Ilers
IS no disposition IN UtaH unnecessarily to h1r1ss the
Mormous All We ask is that polyg,my shan placed
In process OF ultimate extinction. W. age willing the
past shall be cord1ne1. FAR practicable, bus
protest against amnesty on the strength OF a mefs
promise We insist that security shall be taken for me
future and We do how 1t can DE objec,od 10 & the
poly eami>,s intend 10 act IN good fatn. And We b.
i-Fr u Nu-t 30. b-.trt 20 tax tIai >.'n' ~ them.
bltu rs lel. RORY and - - WINE luDnc attention
= peculiarly drawn 10 Ga. mHtttf.
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