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1 Proposed State of Deseret: Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Proposed State, for the Admission of the State of Deseret into the Union, and Accompanying Papers 1 (1867)

handle is hein.statecon/ppstdsr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 40TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mis. Doc. 18t Seasi on. f No. 26. PROPOSED STATE OF DESERET. MEMORIAL OF TIE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROPOSED STATE, FOR The admusion of the State of Deseret into the Union, and accompanyig'papers. MARCH 20, 1867.-Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. To the konorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: GENTLEMEN: We, your memorialists, the members of the general assembly of the State of Deseret, respectfully state that our peculiarly isolated position, the well-proven inadequacy of a territorial organization to meet the wants of a numerous and rapidly increasing population, a disposition to lessen governmental expenditures, and an earnest desire to enjoy those inherent, inalienable, and con- stitutional rights guaranteed to every American citizen, have induced the citi- zens of Utah to unanimously and constitutionally organize a State government, ! preparatory to their admission into the Union as the State of Deseret: Where- 'x. fore your memorialists most respectfully solicit your honorable body to favorably consider this, our petition, and, at as early a day as other important duties will - permit, take action admitting the State of Deseret into the Union, on an equal -footing with the original States. And, as in duty bound, your memorialists will ever pray. Adopted January 22, 1867. GEORGE A. SMITH, President of the Senate. JOHN TAYLOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. PATRICK LYNCHt, Secretary of the Seatre. ROBERT L. CAMPBELL, Ck itf Clerk of the Howe of Representatives.

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