THE UNITED STATES AND THE MORMONS.
The United States Congress has pas-ed i witboat a division the Polygamy B<ll, which is the most deadly blow the Mormon Church m U'ah has ever received. Tha Bill fa In line with previous legialotion, and contains a new departure In the eection which annuls all Territorial Acts establishing the religious cor poratlon known bb the Church of Jes. s Christ of the Latter Day Saints, and the corporation known rb the Perpetual Ftiud Emigration Company, and makeß it the duty of the Attorney-General to dissolve them. It is through both these corporations that the Mormon Church has done its work, and their destruction is undoubtedly a terribln blow to it. There ia some d /übt about the legality of the measure, as the Constitution provides that Conuroes shall mako r o law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the ft 09 txerc'te thereof. Tt is thought to be a grave question whether under this provision Omgroia hrs the right to dieso've n roligioui corporation because its members break the laws.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1908, 16 March 1887, Page 3
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178THE UNITED STATES AND THE MORMONS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1908, 16 March 1887, Page 3
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