Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, on Utah Territory and Its Law—Polygamy and Its License
Justin S. Morrill February 24, 1857 We are told, because our Constitution declares that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” that we must tamely submit to any burlesque, outrage, or indecency which artful men may seek to hide under the name of religion! But it is impossible to twist the Constitution into the service of polygamy by any fair construction. The fullest latitude of toleration in the exercise of religion…