New-York tribune., 1893-12-29
THE ADMISSION OF UTAH.
GEORGE TICKNoR CURTIS GIVES THE hi i'"0''
FOR HIS FAITH IN THE MoRNoNs'

FOR HIS FAITH IN THE MoRNoNs'
To The Editor of The Tribune. c,o,o
Sir: A bill for the admission OF O'ai' %,oro the
has passed the House. and VIII soon pe -.
Senate. At a former period, the pr"o'i ,,..i,,
amy has been the great obstacle TO the aoii'S'io"
of ,ba, Tsrrtorv into the Union 1t Is so no longer
A perso,al acquaintance Of ten years VIII" i'''''."
Mormons Of both sexes and correSi""' r,, ~
others, although have never been IL a,
able me 70 speak with certainty VI '"'
change that has taken place anon '"''
gard to plural marriages. ,, l,..,..
About ten years ago il became my pfoiesa'o'i"' 80
to make myself thoroughly acquainted WIN Wv ,,
mon religion. its doctrine OF marriage anu ~ 80,
entertained by the professors of that slhsuia r
had TO defend Lorenzo Snow, an eiuel Va W
S., ,h,,rch who had been convicted In the
,rer@i,orial Court of unlawful cohabita'loh' a. -
was punished by the so-called EdmuhuS "''' ~
SHOWS case was carried by n WITH ol ''t'
Supreme Court OF the United states anu " 49,,
| 10 qualify myself TO discuss the questions in'o'.
7 studied the history of the Mormon rehSlon anu
! t,e history Of the practice Of polygamy amohS
| them from the time of the eInisrauo" '""'
! Nauvoo That history revealed a mi mar, And The
consistency on me p1r s,ntes %, % When the Mormons
nrs emigrated into province oi NlrAo NlrA,,i,, % in a
tabshed themselves s as asverywhere said: let ther
alone let them have their institutions anu ircriran
they will not be in contact WIN "ua ,rv vas
cvilizaon When that region o. me conn@'i ou@ Tr-
ceded by Mexico to the hll'n ~" "rriehnm Young
ll
| the head of the Mormon Church, I; mar ,r,Dr Dur.
fiftecn wives. made Terrtorla II:i,d states
| ing lis life the Government oi u'r tt .u,,nreseior
aid not take active measures loi 1T, rii,rossv,
~ nolygalnV but after his dtath sew, 'IN l.,
laws were enacted by Congress ana WIZ F' "
force. , ,,,,,,truanca Of polvgamy is
due to the legislation TO cfalFe IN Wy, inl,
ments of the Morrhons themselF' ~, IL M cS,nre ha
takan place among the younger genera ors as
and women | became acquaihttl tsinhcst W. tnteui
gnne Mn TWO men and two women. They We're an % r'r
Sated cultivated refined people. ne mn nm ba,
sons of poygamOus parents, bn' Fach VI r,",lsini
onIv one wife one OF the ladies was d pi"N 80,
nh,sician in Salt Lake city; she was was AnIIa, lady
| Years of age. and was WIDOW. inrr ir in Nassi
who upward OF ,her Vas Methodist clergy
man When she fifteen years ora uri ii,,, :" an
became n convert to the Mormon re''t;b tibn wa
yna 81 tho emigrants who settled In lah. IL
four persons although firmly believing ,. ,n' law
amy permitted ana enSo',ion ',io,,Icrd me that
nv long time II would disappear ms nas .tn tr 4
ont TO be the case. and now the oS ON I"nnniafio,
, whether Utah is not entitled by hec 81 nj
. Union There is no more orderly co''''
: Continent. . l., roo1f,l for tim
49,, no time should not be extended p.EoIu =.
period of necessity for II Is NM ~ our polit
rnent that Is con1rary ya0n TO t Of territory
seifgovernng people They nave ,b no i1d,es. al
appointment OF the Governor or e of their ieei
aitmoos, t tba laws which they make are snbJrCii
. | he set aside by Congress for any reason s0''
trust that the BIZ which has passed ane n5
= .,u he favorably acted upon In IN" S.lia -. ar,
: hope that it will not be compncah' ,H,o one Stat
" m1 m1n =. nav have been reasons thirty years Az,
d Nevada should not be erected mo " ~ r"n.
e IS too late now to GF%RGE msER a> TICKNoH CURTIS
= ''oI ''o%Icw-York Dec. l6. 1898.