January 21, 1862 ~ Tuesday

21^st Jan 1862

We met in committees to day I Blessed my Daughter
who was 8 days old & gave her the name of Sylva Melvina
it has cleared off & we have sunshine to day we have had a
great amount of water fall in this Territory this fall & winter
we allso hear of great floods in Calafornia Origon & the
Eastern States

January 22, 1862 ~ Wednesday

22 I spent the forenoon at home I met in convention in
the afternoon. at 1 oclok The Presidency and all the mem
bers of the convention were present G. A. Smith Chairm[an]
of the committee on the constitution Presented a con-
stitution for the State of Deseret which was read twice
by sections then by its title & was adopted by the assembly
as the Constitution of the State of Deseret.

James Ferguson clairman of the committee on Memorials
Presented a Memorial to the assembly which was read
and adopted but returned to the committee to Finish &
prepare it By ingrossing. President Young addressed the
assembly He said I suppose the people will expect a political
speech from me but I shall not say much but this much I
will say, we should guide the people by acts & not by words. I have
been the Govornor of this Territory some Eight years and
every thing has been done that was necessary and all has been
done right all our documents have been got vary corr-
ectly I have had good clerks around me. We now
are about to step into a State Government. we shall not take
any illegal steps, we are doing Nothing Except what the
Constitution of the United States garuntee unto us, but
we have not felt before to take this step untill now, we
now feel to do it it is our duty and we think we can
maintain a Government. We do not wish to refer to
the past but prepare for the future if the United States will
admit us well if not better it will be all right. we will
not break down the door in order to get in. This is the
ownly people on the continent who are tru to the Constitution
of the United States read the Constitution and then say who
is guilty of treason we are the ownly people in the U S who is

January 21, 1862 ~ Tuesday

21st Jan 1862 We met in committees to day I Blessed my Daughter who was 8 days old & gave her the name of Sylva Malvina it has cleared off & we have sunshine to day we have had a great amount of water fall in this Territory this fall & winter we also hear of great floods in Calafornia Origon & the Eastern States

January 22, 1862 ~ Wednesday

22 I spent the forenoon at home I met in convention in the afternoon. at 1 oclok The Presidency and all the mem [FIGURE] bers of the convention were present G. A. Smith Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution Presented a constitution for the State of Deseret which was read twice by sections then by its title & was adopted by the assembly as the Constitution of the State of Deseret.

James Ferguson Clairman of the Committee on Memorials Presented a Memorial to the assembly which was read and adopted but returned to the Committee to Finish & prepare it By ingrossing. President Young addressed the assembly He said I suppose the people will expect a political speech from me but I shall not say much but this much I will say, we should guide the people by acts & not by words. I have been the Govornor of this Territory some Eight years and every thing has been done that was necessary and all has been done right all our documents have been got vary correctly I have had good Clerks around me. We now are about to step into a State Government. we shall not take any illegal steps, we are doing Nothing Except what the Constitution of the United States garuntee unto us, but we have not felt before to take this step untill now, we now feel to do it it is our duty and we think we can maintain a Government. We do not wish to refer to the past but prepare for the future if the United States will admit us well if not better it will be all right. we will not break down the door in order to get in. This is the ownly people on the Continent who are tru to the Constitution of the United States Read the Constitution and then say who is guilty of treason we are the ownly people in the US who is