Utah Statehood; Reasons Why It Should Not Be Granted

Excerpt from Utah Statehood; Reasons Why It Should Not Be Granted: Will the American People Surrender the Territory to an Unscrupulous and Polygamous Theocracy? The power TO control Through its ecclesiastical authorities its mem bers, and they recognize its authority to exact obedience to such counsel, we, as Republicans,as citizens of Utah, as American citizens, shall and will protest against any political power being exercised by them, either in a State or any other form of civil government. Our judgment may seem to others who are not familiar with the circumstances a harsh one but you will understand our reasons when we say, that we Oppose placing governmental authority in Mormon hands because we regard the system as one totally at war, with all our recognized ideas of Republican Government, and incapable Of being so reformed, as to be made in any degree a depository of impartial governing power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.