The Admission of Utah: Arguments in Favor of the Admission of Utah as a State, Made Before the Committee on Territories of the United States Senate, First Session, Fiftieth Congress. February 18, 1888U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 - 44 páginas |
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Página 42 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Página 15 - And verily I say unto you, that the conditions of this law are these: All covenants, contracts, bonds, obligations, oaths, vows, performances, connections, associations, or expectations that are not made and entered into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, of him who is anointed, both as well for time and for all eternity, and that too most holy, by revelation and...
Página 15 - ... it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity, and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the Gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fullness and a continuation of the seeds for ever and ever.
Página 11 - ... that the people inhabiting said Territory do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said Territory and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States...
Página 10 - 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.
Página 11 - Indian, tribe, or nation; and that until the title to any such public land shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be...
Página 22 - We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others; but we do not believe that human law has a right to interfere in prescribing rules of worship to bind the consciences of men, nor dictate forms for public or private devotion; that the civil magistrate should restrain crime, but never control conscience; should punish guilt, but never...
Página 8 - ... will support the Constitution of the United States and will faithfully obey the laws thereof, and especially will obey the act of Congress approved March...
Página 22 - We believe that no government can exist, in peace, except such laws are framed and held inviolate as will secure to each individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of property and the protection of life.
Página 11 - The constitution shall be republican in form, and make no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color, except as to Indians not taxed, and not to be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independance.