Saturday, May 1, 2010

Polygamy Abolished

The lower house of Congress has passed a bill, by a large majority, prohibiting polygamy in all the Territories, and repealing the laws of Utah on that subject.

This the Mormons will regard as striking at the principle of “popular sovereignty” with a vengeance, and we may have another rebellion on our hands in that quarter.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 2

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