Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-24
ANTI-MORMON MEETING.
Twenty-Five Hundred Persons. IneIud-
Ing Many Ladies', Assembled At
FarweH Hall, Chicago.
To Express Their Condemnation of the
Disgrace Upon Our Civilizations
Resolutions Adopted.

| CHICAGO, January 23.-Some twenty-five
| hundred persons, including a large number
! OF ladies, assembled at Farwell Hall to night
to take part in the anti-Mormou meeting.
The Hon. Thomas Hoyne was appointed
| chairman, and, after naming the various
committees, introduced the Hon. Schuyler
/ Colfax, who delivered the chief address oil
the evening. He recalled the history
| of Mormonism in America, its arrogance
and aggressive spirit, which he declared
would be tolerated in no other land under the
sun. The only remedy was the utter and
complete extirpation of the institution. No
compromise should be offered. The Hon.
John Wentworth, OF Chicago, made a speech,
| whose central point was the enforcement OF the
| law and the danger of trifing with Mormon
| ism, which is lawlessness itself. DIR. Herrick
johnson followed with comparison between
Mormonism and Mohsmmedanism, to the
great advantage of the latter as a religious
and social creed, William Bross concluded
| the speech-making. Dispatches were re-
ceived from large number of cities where
meetings We're held tonight, and the follow
ing was sent in reply:
The citizens of Chicago. in mass meeting assem-
bied, congratulate their fellow-c ntrymen the
and respectfully urge that you appoint a commit.
tee and continue the work until every State is
thoroughly aroused and the iniquiiy OF poiygamy
is blotted out.
The following resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, Polygamous Mormonism is steadily on
the increase in this country, menae1ng the ma
uonal safety and outIaging the moral sense OF the
people; and whereas, the present laws, by the
confession of Justice Woods, of the United States
sTdwth Of this evi and fSrtSer ton 10 this
end on the part OF Congress is imperauvely
required; therefore be it
ResolUed, By the citizens OF Chicago in mass
meeting assembled that the time has come when
civilized nations IS ;crime which fetters its sub
jects in the most degrading bondage, and should
be promptly suppressed by the stern hHKd Of the
Resolged That as 1t lssts Yfh fanfEsss fs la ta iak ak
from the Territories of the republic and enact
laws that cannot be either nulliied resisted.
we call upon that honorable body to act without
further delay in the premises and provide what
the enlightened sentiment of the country to-day
demands.
Resolrcd, That the arrogant and defying spirit
lose no time in enforcing the same laws in Utah
which bind the citizens OF every State in the Cnion
interfering with the religious rights and liberty of
the Mormons, we do demand, in the interests OF
common morality and in Difference to the senti.
ment and practice of the civilized werld, that
polygamy, the central figure and chief abomina-
ton OF their religion, be extirpated.
Resolred, That as American citizens we protest
against any further delay in dealing with an or
ganize1 system OF iniquity which through Its
in Wyoming, Montana. Idaho and Arizona, and is
boldly striking for political ascendancy in these
ResolUed, That while we claim for the States OF
this Union the largest latitude in the regulation of
husband and wife and all religious subjects, and
would resent any interference by the general gov
eminent in any such matters within State in this
Union, we believe that the control of such sub
jects within the Territories legitmately belongs to
the Congress of the United States, and that such
Congress possesses ample power to regulate them
in the interest of the nation at large
Resolved, That an executive committee of six be
appointed by the chair to continue to promote the
objects of the meeting.
The following executive committee was
then appointed: John Wentworth, William
Bross, Z F. Cragin, j. Hall Dow, Thomas
Kane, G. S. Willett.