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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- 52 Mn"SkSH,1W STANDARD. Y JIOW MANY.IN KOIIM TllOOIN FOR IJTAtl. Mtnnd'Md. T practice of polygamy by voice and pen, from pulpit and press, in the most vehement and solemn manner for twenty years, in the year 1852 n it was publicly announced and iishecl to the world as an important tenet of their Church, and the great fundamental principle of the salvation of the world. For thirty years it has been nnblusliingly vocatcd and practiced. The rant people, to gratify their lusts, went into the evil willingly and heartily, with even a degree of popular enthusiasm. Almost every week without cessation new OLYGAMi? announcing that It is difficult at all times to oh-- 1 more troops were to be sent to Fort tain accurate statistics of secret so- in Salt Douglas was a surprise to both cieties, but especially so if they are Entered at the to secresy, and determined mail saints and sinners. The Gentiles Lake City , Utah, as second-clas- s of trouble at to prevent the public from ascer- have no apprehension matter. the coming election, and we are in- taining the facts in numbers and Issued monthly by Tfib Standard Publishing Compa- formed authoritatively that neither on records. It is peculiarly (liffi- ny. The Organ of the Womens National the Commission, the Governor, nor cult to learn anything correctly in Society. the Commandant at Fort Douglas with the Mormon TERMS: have made application for troops to Ono fear, in advance Church is an anom- Six months But now that it has aly in the history of Nations and Three months jo sent here. REMITTANCES: ieen decided to reinforce the garri- Churches. Professing and taking Remittances may be made by clraT, money order or regis- sons in Utah, it mav be well to con- - the name of Him who said, Swear tered letter, at our risk. Give Post Oflici address in full, sider the advisability of sending a not at all, its promised salvation in including County and State. The receipt of the paper may be considered the rectipt and the future world rests and arge force into the Territory, to be for the subscription sent us. bestationed at different points, not depends wholly on the most horri- should and Advertisements inserted at reasonable rates, cause we fear there is any danger of ble and useless oaths, and their-he- teach us on or before the 15th of each mouth, to insure trouble with the Mormons, bnt sim- ingkept inviolate, death and dam- sertion in the succceeding number. as an evidence that this Govern- nation being the result of disobe- Address all communications to The ply Utah. Lake Salt City, Standard, P. 0. Box 335, vinor divulging; affecting to all parts of the ment is able and determined to Correspondence solicited from women in name of the writer, not dicate its own laws, and the the have must which have the fullest of records, kept protect Territory, of good faith. necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty faithful clerks, that mankind lights of its loyal subjects. the is Mich Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, of Battle Creek, be judged hereafter by the During the days of registration m du'y authorized to general agent of the Standard, and ttdvcrci.sonuiu3 rwcMivft nnhcrintions and contract lor there was considerable quiet mut- things written in their books, and tering among some of the fanatical even searching out the records of ) Ofiiccrs of the Womans National ignorant class as to what they would j their dead relatives for hundreds gamy Society Salt Lake City, Utah. do if the Government should per- - 0f yearSj they swear in open court too President. the Saints Sabah A. Cooke, strongly, that they Io not know of any re- VICE PRESIDENTS. An apostate Mormon friend came cords; and they keep secretly such u inda B. Chandler, Jennie A. Froisetu, Ellen J. Iosiir, Ann Eliza Young, to this Office, and told that a cer- - books from the inslow Mabqaket Elizabeth Locklky, gaze of all but the t dances e, Marian Chislett, oft is when Mormon tain Shoemaker. dignitary Mrs. J. M. A. Hamilton, privileged; and protesting that they Mrs. Jennie R. Leonard said of anger, are a guard, in a moment people, and Mary A. James, Recording Secretary. The dispatch SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCT., 1S32. pub-swor- Post-Offi- ce Anti-Polygam- y ad-connect- igno-Church.V'jT- $1-tr- ion hat vic-th- is tims were sacrificed to it, and old folks revelled in it. Hundreds were thus drawn into its meshes every yqar, and thousands during these thirty years. Xot only in the dowment House in Salt Lake City was the nefarious ceremony of plu-b- y ral sealing performed, but in Brig-ma- y hams office, St. George and several other places. If we stop and make calculation of the number affected by it, we will be astonished. We e purpose laying it before our ers, and adopt a basis as small as our experience and observation will warrant. At the lowest calculation on an average live men.took to themselves that before a conflict was precipita- their revelations, swearing that plural women every week. We Harriet K. Bane, Corresponding Secretary. Jeannette C. Lawrence, Treasurer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ted, precautions would be taken so they wj10 keep the j.iws 0p qoci believe that the number was great-thC. Laura Douglas, Julia A. Kimball, troops could not be sent to would not break the laws of the er, but we will be under rather AakxA.. Lloyd, Cordelia A. Smith, M. Wisher. E. Selina Boukofbkt, we could and ian(h Said he, Utah. they defy many laws, and than exaggerate. Five men every Society. Womans National the rails would fix so it that would Meets on First Tuesday in each month at Independent iave for a generation defied the week make 2G0 a year; and 260 a Hall at 3:30 r. m. and be taken up telegraph wires haw of Congress against polygamy, year for thirty years make 7,800. destroyed for hundreds of miles in and the laws of England, Illinois The Mormons themselves say from PLEASE ATTEND TO THIS. and the fight mould anq Xew York, Occasionally we receive an order to discontinue one single night, secretly on the 8,000 to 10,000. Then 7,800 men is in arrears wlo a subscriber from Standard tlie soldiers the could well overbemore le ar same matter, claiming to be of having two women each involves for a number of months, or perkaps who lut not part Of course at ail. have forthe persons These fanatics seem to subscription paid rive. one Republic, and asking for and not less than 23,400 persons, male a right to stop the paper when they choose, but it is also onlyjust that they should pay for those numbers get that even if they should wreak enj0ying the benefits and blessings and female, affected and the information of such parthey have received. For Gentile the on present 0f Republican institutions, it is chised by polygamy. It is well ties we append the New paper decisions on this matter. would a such result residents, step governed by a theocracy, the wil- - known that many men have three, Nol. Any person who takes a paperto regularly anfrom the Post Office whether directed his name in their immediate and complete siaves in body and mind to one four and five women each; thus, at or anothers, or whether he has subscribed or not nihilation, but the wary priesthood man professing to reveal truth, to the least, there will be in round is responsible for the payment. his discontinued orders a No. 2. If person paper Conse- - believe and understand this perfectly. he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may con obey truth, that Church numbers, no less than 25,000 is and collect leaduntil send made, the it as long as payment tinue to present s departs from the commonest and pie in Utah in the meshes of the whole amount whether the paper is taken from there little at the are not. is or office helm, the pain truth, and prevaricates ever lygamy. a of This to but Ilow Paper. conflict, Stop possible danger when the private practices and doc- Now, by the census of 1880, we It is qot a difficult task to stop this paper. If it the f the in Territory presence trines are questioned or attacked, have 1 43,000 men, women, child- comes beyond the time desired, you can depend know not do that the subscriber it the publishers strong military forces would Dealing with such a people and ren and babies, with invalids, wants it stopped. All you have to do is to pay ar- good lessencftect m most us a and and will the rearages by letter, notify paper salutory as this, what dependence sane and unnaturalized persons, be stopped. As said we this ing possibility. can be placed upon their assertions Let us suppose that every fourth SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. before, let Uncle oam show Le j and prOteStati0ns COncerning its ac- - person in this land of . bigamy and Mormon theocracy plainly and de- - count 0f the numbers of polyga- - babies, is over 21 years of age, and At the urgent request of a num- cisively that the time has nowarriv- - mists that now infest the Territory, we have then 35,750 persons eligi-e- d to test which is the stronger, in or wh0 are affected ber of Eastern friends who have by the regis- - ble, so far as age is concerned, to Governstates United the tration as contemplated by the vote. read the Expose of the Endowment Utah, Deducting 25,000 tainted and or that Mormonism, EdCommissioners created b y the with polygamy and uneligible, we House Mysteries, and who think while the nation desires it to he J mun(js bill? The loose manner in have but 10,750 legal voters. It is the subject ought to be thoroughly peaceful, yet the means necessary which George Q. Cannon, Charles safe to say that there are more than ventilated, we have consented to re- shall be light on the giound to pro. penrose an(j others speak of 5,000 gentiles or and to in crush and November all the tect Standard citizens, loyal publish the numbers who are in polygamy, that would leave only about 5,000 or rebellion at violence, the article written by Mrs. G. S. any attempt shows that they greatly understate Mormon voters, or about an equal 1 m the Mormon who sti aie e factSj and make light of the in- - number in the army of Americans R , which is known to be a graph- People within few said the have ranks past fluence 0f polygamists. The ques- - to meet the unfaithful Mormon vot-daic and entirely account that if there were plenty of Lions naturally arise in the minds ers who would not obey their lead- of the Mormon Endowment ceremo- soldiers here the Liberal vote 0f ap interested people, how many ers, and rush into disobedience of nies. In order that this number would be considerable larger, for persons liable by age to be voters, the laws of our country, knew the that the when as be circulated as people poswidely may he affected by the recent regis- It is true that a rush has been business meant Government sible, we trust that all our subscribtration, or how many through po- - made lately into the courts, by of them, especially the will be disfranchised? ties to be naturalized, in order that ers will order cxtra copies and disclass would come out jygamy disaffected What will be the result at the next votes may be obtained for the ly tribute them among their friends, of and side law order. on tne election to the American party and llvimmin Church. Thev have been . also endeavor to have their local Be this as it may, the coming of itg candi(lates for ofBce? We have counseled, advised, induced, en- Missionary and other Societies take would blue a be in moic boys no written statistics on which we treated, and paid to secure that a number of copies for general cirlocalities welcome various in Lan sight culation. In order that every one reiy. an(j even the census of our great boon. Bishops, teachers, and a would and Utah, go in gieat ways Territory is not correct, because of missionaries have been may feel able to contribute to the engaged, the fact that tne the reluctance of and in exemplifying exfurnish and shall we all entreated opposition by who have the object desired, have unam- of the country people dictaunder the fie)eret 20 of a right, to enter into the tra copies at the following rates, ghost relic of the and spoken, mously to tion of assist the relationship of jol)n Taylor, for $1, 10 for 50 cents, 5 for 25 cts. down. must barbarism alien go officer Government to obtain the es have been paid, Please send on your orders immediWe can only promised to them; because the necessary foots. ately, as it will be necessary for us of the XwemUr SUM-Taenty mpita circumstances and ap- - Church knew that now the to know in time how many extra dard, containing the Endoicmene House JU(ge s proximately. 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