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50TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I rPORT
2d Session. No. 4156.
ADMJMSION OF THE STATE OF UTAH.
MARCH 2, 1880,-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.,
Mr. SPRINGER, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the fol-
lowing
REPORT:
[To accompany bill H. R. 4428.]
The Committee on Territories, to whom. was referred the bill (H. R.
4428) for the admission of the State of Utah into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, having had the same under considera-
tion have instructed me to submit the following report thereon:
Utah is asking to be admitted as a State under a constitution some
of the provisions of which, and the circumstances under which it was
made and by whom made, will be hereinafter considered.
DUTY OF CONGRESS AS TO THE ADMISSION OF STATES
It is certainly the interest, as it has been the policy, of the General
Government to crbate States out of the territory belonging to the Fed-
eral Government whenever there is a population within a defined lo-
cality sufficient to justify a State government, and of such a fixed
character and possessing such qualities and interests as to justify con-
ferring the exclusive power to control local affairs. The admission of
new States into the Union adds to its strength as a nation, and it may
be said, therefore, that it is not merely the' privilege of Congress but
the duty of Congress to convert this public domnain into States as fast
as population and conditions will justify.
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE OF A TERRITORY TO HAVE A STATE GOV-
ERNMENT.
But it is not only the duty of Congress to bring in new States; it is
the right of the people to have a State government when the condi-
tions exist.
When Congress creates a Territory, and a Territorial government for
the people who may inhabit it, it is with the implication that they shall
have a State government, and shall be part and parcel of the nation in
every respect, and especially have a voice in its affairs.
With this promise held out to them, they occupy and develop a part
of the public domain, and when they have fulfilled these conditions
their right to a State government can not, without bad faith, be denied,
unless there are other conditions existing that relieve Congress from
the duty that would otherwise be imperative.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.statecon/admsut0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)