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Show 55 (lould adjust matters satl$tac'torily 18 Such was the state of affair, when Deseret first sou.gat recognition; a$, at. state·. The· Committee Of' Sleetio. to whhzh the case of M:r. Babbitt was at last referred by ttnuimo\1s alreemen! 'repoll'ted to tb. House . the follow-ittg res()ltio1l: HTha.t it is inexpedient to adtnit Almon VI. Babbitt to a. seat itt this body a$ a d.elesate :bom the al1.eged State gf Deseret. H After a lang 4ebate Ule resQlu,tioft was £i_ll" adopted in JUly. , lUO, by ,8; vote of 104 to the admissiQA of Wr ' \ I' I 78.1' SE)m fill the alfluxnents used a,aiast Sa.bitt were! , . , of Dbseret som. lQrM f)f • (1') that tAe memodal he presented GVenmellt; (I) that Coagres$' could not adm.it the delelate Wi thou.' at the sa.,e time receogahial the legal existence 01 the proposed. I$tate; a.lld, (1) that the botU\da.1'ies of Deseret inclu.ded PQrti011s ,Qf 'both Califol'nia and Oregon. mission. of )4 ... '. O .Those wbo favored the ad .. B.abbitt eppos,e-d the tel\lAieal, legal interpretation rnade 'by the Committe" T'l'tey al"ped (1) that by admittinl the delegatet wOllhl Rot nec:eswa.rily folloW' that the it gove ..'nmeat established in the terri- tory need to be recognizdl (2) that the delegate would represent rne,rely 18Cree:r, The Foundinl of a;n Empire, lZl. 19Cett,ressional Globe (1849 161SO), XXI, 1433. ... aOCreer, Utah and the Nation, 77. |
