The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-16

March 22d. 1882, this session of your
honorable body is made one of ex-
traordinary interest, both to the
~oonle of Utah and the country at
iorge The manner of conducting
Elections in the future is made de-
nepdent upon the action we may
toko and it is my earnest desire
Lat snch measures may be devised
i.CbaIl meet the reasonable expect
afinns of Congress and the country
and the requirements of the people
Of Utah. We are expected in dis
charging our duties as legislators to
ITrite such code Of laws as shall,
While conserving the admitted local
necessities of the Territory, be an as
surance of our fidelity to the nation
and satisfy the exactions of public
opinion on questions in which Utah
ia regarded as not III harmony with
other portions of our common coun-
try.
Whether We shall do this or not
will chiefly depend upon you.
With you will lie the initiation OF
measures looking to this result, if TO
YOU it should seem desirable, and ii
we shall be fortunate in perfecting
those laws, by mutual consultation,
and by reaching a common ground,
We may in the conclusion Of
our labOrs, congratulate our,
selves upon the cOnSummation Of a
great and patriotic work. l assure
you that / shall be proud to contri-
butte to this purpose, and shall CO.
operate with you in its attainment,
with al the earnestness and capa-
city | possess. With this accom-
pllShed, and not till then, an IN
broken arch of States, reaching
from ocean to ocean, will touch the
mountains of Utah, while her fer
tile valleys inhabited by a frugal
and happy people, will sustain a
commonWealt at once the rival
and admiration Of her sister States
of the Union.
A CODE.
This Territory was settled by
pioneers who suffered much, and
who marked the path Of their long
Journey hence with the graves of
their dead. Gathered as we are
from every State and Territory, and
from the lands beyond the seas; re-
membering as we do the story Of
their suffering, and enjoying as we
are benefits resulting from their
labor, may we not unite in writing
such a code, in grateful homage to
the government of the United
States which gave to them and us
these mountains and valleys and
homes, and which continues to pro.
tect them and US against foreign
and domestic violence by the strong
arms which represent fifty millions
Of free Americans. To write such
a code, in nay opinion, is at once
our duty, and l may say a Eeces
sity, in order to preserve for our
selves political privileges which
should be dear to every citizen. NJ
Territory or State even without
such laws may long hope to be KEEP
clothed with privileges and fran
chises intended only for citizens who
revere the COnstit ution and law:
passed in pursuance thereof.
A failure by US to write such {
code, however honest many may bt
IN mistaken Interpretation of Con
stitutional law, will be q grave poll
tlcal blunder, far-reaching in con
Sequent results. do not believe
Legislature should write doubtful
sentences IN statutes, or permit law:
mat may be misinterpreted to re,
nam equiyocal. Certainly sucl
Jaws should not be written, at thi!
cLme, III Utah. The people of thu
country Will not fail to appreciat,
euSm, ana to condemn them as the,
WIZ and should be. Laws which
Propose to correct evils, punisl
onenSes, and to establish and per
PetuaIe sound government. SHOULD
o~ 60 p;oVlSlonS for their Thorough
f "a omodQ otherwise it is better no
t ~ u1acO them. Let US then ioil
toi AoiIe[ and IN language of unmis
W-ifo ot 81 loySlty to the Constitution
h "tI1S IOr Utah a code of laws il
HHSImony with the requirements @
constitutional w. - 70 '
DIFFERENCES AND THREATS.
With this message and With M
cordial greeting to = c,o I'd
branch Of the Territorial go utar,
ment, L present with reasons th
subjects o. greater mome TdoO Wb ir
are for your consideration a. /
required OF the Executive bV ibe q,
glnic act. ny 'ho u
The action OF the government
i under President Buehapan an
later legislation of Congiess fc
twenty and more years, and pa1
iydc9larly Of the last session, an
legislation pending before the DR.,
sent 5 congress, the messages of th
resident and those of his prede
Cessors, through many years,
present as conclusive evidence ths
IN nina matters of government organ
G; aI;eeceS exist between the ms
JoIlty of the people of Utah and ii
parent government.
oo LII mas been charged before th
eogntry and Congress, that a