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... West are generally subjected , is a matter well known . Mormon terri- tory is the only place west of the Rocky Mountains where there has been a systematic effort to remedy this evil . In California the growth of population has led to ...
... West are generally subjected , is a matter well known . Mormon terri- tory is the only place west of the Rocky Mountains where there has been a systematic effort to remedy this evil . In California the growth of population has led to ...
Page 35
... west of Utah , the effect of the theocracy " upon large estates is still more marked . ESTATES OF 500 ACRES AND OVER IN 1880 . States . California Nevada . Oregon Farms . 35,934 1,404 16,217 Over 500 acres . Percentage . Population ...
... west of Utah , the effect of the theocracy " upon large estates is still more marked . ESTATES OF 500 ACRES AND OVER IN 1880 . States . California Nevada . Oregon Farms . 35,934 1,404 16,217 Over 500 acres . Percentage . Population ...
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... West . Before citing the census reports of 1880 , let us take that of 1870 and compare Utah with some of the more favored States , when Utah was even more decidedly Mormon than to - day . COMPARATIVE Statistics . School attend- ance , 5 ...
... West . Before citing the census reports of 1880 , let us take that of 1870 and compare Utah with some of the more favored States , when Utah was even more decidedly Mormon than to - day . COMPARATIVE Statistics . School attend- ance , 5 ...
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... Western States , is in advance of the great States of Indiana and Illinois , and in excess of the general average of the entire Union . In the matter of education , Utah stands ahead of many old and wealthy States , and of the general ...
... Western States , is in advance of the great States of Indiana and Illinois , and in excess of the general average of the entire Union . In the matter of education , Utah stands ahead of many old and wealthy States , and of the general ...
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... west , who sat by his side on the judicial bench ! Another official , soon after his arrival , made improper advances to a respectable lady , whose sons , it was said , overtook him in his flight to the East , and for the gross insult ...
... west , who sat by his side on the judicial bench ! Another official , soon after his arrival , made improper advances to a respectable lady , whose sons , it was said , overtook him in his flight to the East , and for the gross insult ...
Common terms and phrases
anti-Mormon appointed approved authority believe bigamy bill Cannon celestial marriage CHAIRMAN charge citizens civil cohabitation committee compact condition Congress Constitution convicted crime declared Delegate CAINE Democratic district Edmunds act election existing fact faith favor Federal Gentiles gentlemen GEORGE Q governor JUDD judges jury justice land Latter-day Saints legislation legislature Liberal party liberty live Lorenzo Snow manifesto matter Mormon Church never non-Mormons offense officers organized passed People's party persons plural marriage political polygamists polygamy population practice of polygamy precinct present President Woodruff principle prosecution Provo question RAWLINS religious Republican RICHARDS Salt Lake City Senator CAREY Senator CARLISLE Senator DAVIS Senator FAULKNER Senator JONES Senator STEWART SMITH statehood statute Supreme Court Territory of Utah things tion to-day understand Union United Utah Commission Utah Territory veto violation vote WEST Wilford Woodruff women
Popular passages
Page 17 - States in all respects whatever upon the fundamental condition that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the constitution, submitted on the part of said State to Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the States in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the...
Page 5 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 17 - That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
Page 17 - A solemn public act declaring the assent of this State to the fundamental condition contained in a resolution passed by the Congress of the United States providing for the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union on a certain condition...
Page 16 - To prevent bona-fide immigrants to this State, or actual settlers therein, from bringing from any of the United States, or from any of their Territories, such persons as may there be deemed to be slaves, so long as any persons of the same description are allowed to be held as slaves by the laws of this State.
Page 16 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary — 1 . To prevent free Negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state, under any pretext whatsoever; and, 2.
Page 17 - That the Legislature of said State, by a Solemn Public Act, shall declare the assent of the said State, to the said fundamental condition...
Page 14 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Page 23 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 9 - Union was granted in the third section of the fourth article of the .constitution, which declared that " new states may be admitted by the congress into the Union.