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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- 74 History of Palysramy as found in the Bible and Book of Mormon, with Comments. The Y STANDARD. Three days thereafter, sister II. evil to none, and may God bless others. Mr. Cannon claims that summoned before the authorithis effort to all who read, is my the Mormons are building up the was kingdom of God on earth, but does ties of the church for trial, excomearnest prayer. delivered over to not explain the way in which it is municated, and The End. Mrs. Pad done. Residents of Utah the bufferings of Satan. being: O Casual dock in the Womans Journal . can learn for .themselves. Mormon Polygamy visitors, on the other hand, especwith face to face Pic! urea of Utah. Upon coming ially men of distinction, are reMormonism as it really exists, many ceived by the Mormon leaders with are surprised and shocked. Some great consideration. They are Upon a sandy, barren hillside Others once. at faith renounce this feted and flattered. The iniquities overgrown with sagebrush lies our unso but withless courage, submit, concealed effectually from their city of the dead. It is not a place evil eye view. the attract to as graciously Many of them return to the covered with waving grass and trees Nevertheless, of the priesthood. East believing that they know all and flowers. A more desolate spot swalto learn most of the converts about Utah, and that the Mormons could scarcely be imagined than low every doctrine, however rank, are not such bad fellows after all. this bare, bleak burial ground with of such flavor the and to appreciate The Fortnightly Review. its hundreds of unmarked graves; seasoned. most as are highly and yet with what longing eyes the When the missionaries aboard, in SweWoman Suffrage in Utah. women of this beautiful valley have numa collected have instance for den, looked toward it! How they have to them take be what asked induced It ber of converts they may coveted the rest of those who sleep a the where men of Utah to give the right there! To the sea board, ship provided many, very many, of the If them. of is the to inferior church the waiting Suffrage beings by n wives sacrificed on the are whom save can of damn or perat altar of celestial money, they they possessed marriage, this rest missonaries the to action it The of the saints has been suaded to give pleasure. granted. The city of the for safe keeping. The latter prom- in this particular has a precedent in dead is populous. It is a marvel to of the it. that of Southern statesmen of return Many the the ise to stranger how it could have of desirous huwho made their living past saints, century, poorer gathered so many tenants from this inculcated as in man count chattels to their the privilege estimating up sparsely settled valley, but to us several have of basis the to the which priesthood, representation by who know how many women, killed hovel that and States their in were entitled in Conwives one hovel, the horrors of polygamy have When the great mineral by with but one room. That yoom gress. been carried there with their little and kitchen as wealth of Utah first was of course, serves, published children, the marvel is that room and to room Gentiles the the came into has parlor. world, bedroom, dining been found for all! But even Mormons prefer harmony the Territory in such numbers that Is it Oh, my conutrymen! in their own household, and as rapid- the Mormon prophet feared they nothing to you that so many thouse to would be will soon able means the permit they ly as their ands of your sisters are dragging inat or saints. fear was which this It a least, house, separate provide out the slow years of a wretched a distinct apartment, for each wife. duced the Utah Legislature to pass life in the midst of tortures that When this has been accomplished an act giving the right of Suffrage to causes them to pray daily for with lives The he women. Gentile a at saint, emigrants by prosperous death? Mothers, is.it nothing to each one for a week at a time until that time were chiefly men, and as that multitudes of young girls he has made the circuit, when he the immediate effect of the Woman you are into woman-hoois Suffrage act was to double the Mor- just budding anew. Nothing commences Chrisdestined for the same fate? known in polygamous families of the mon vote, the prophet congratulated tians, is it nothing to you that all inestimable blessing of home. I himself upon having made his these women are destroyed, body mean home strictly in the American throne secure for another decade at and soul, in the name of religion? sense. Each child looks to its mother least. A woman crazed by her wrongs, A couple of incidents which serve alone for advice and sympathy. Many all the sweetness of her nature men do not know their own children to show how we conduct elections turned to gall, her lips uttering and it requires a ver wise son to under this act may not be out of curses, her heart full of jealousy know his own father. Recently a place. A Gentile of my acquain and hatred, is not a pleasant sight bishop was passing along the streets tance relates the following experi- to look upon, I admit. Yet there of one of the cities of Utah, when ence: are many such wromen in Utah, and As I entered the City Hall for he found several boys quarreling have been made what they are It is a the purpose of voting the Liberal theya and disturbing the peace. by system which has grown up shame, he exclaimed, in righteous ticket, I overheard a Mormon elder under the shadow of the American indignation, that children should remarking to a companion, I have flag, and in the very heart of the be left to grow up in this manner. voted all my wives and I the greatest, the most enWho is your father? We belong to would have voted my mules tco if I freest, lightened and the most Christian could. so I was the turned without S, away you Bishop reply, nation under the sun. Letter to And depositing the ticket I held in my Farm and Fireside. had better leave us alone then it dawned upon him that they hand, I could not vote against were his own children. The offspring mules. ONLY FIFTEEN CENTS. Mrs. H of the first wife regard the child, a personal friend of ren of the others as illegitmate. mine, came to Utah a devout. MorWe are desirous of introducing They look up on the later wives as mon, but her husband married her women who have robbed the first servant girl soon after they were the Standard into new places where one of her husbands affections, and settled in Salt Lake, and the do- it has never yet been, believing as no better than lost women. The mestic unpleasantness which en- that persons who have not seen it second wife by a plural marrnge sued, not only weakened her faith will be interested enough to subrevenges herself by flaunting in in Mormonism, but caused her to scribe. To this end, we will send the face of the lawful wife the fact rebel against the priesthood the the paper three months on trial to that the younger enjoys a much ruling power in the Territory. any address for the small sum of fifhigher degee of her husbands favor. When the Gentiles became strong teen cents. This will also be an exNeither does harmony prevail among enough to form the nucleus of a po- cellent way to bring the Standard the later accessions themselves to litical party she thought that the to the notice of Representatives in the harem. The youngest, and gen- first step toward freedom would bo Congress, as well as other public erally the favorite of their common to vote the Liberal ticket, but when men who may be interested in gainFifteen lord, is looked upon by all the she presented herself at the polls ing legislation for Utah. others with malicious envy. When with the obnoxious piece of paper cents is a very small amount to each they live in separate houses, the in her hand, the presiding officer individual subscriber, yet it may be head of the family can generally exclaimed: the means of accomplishing much You have made a mistake, sister good. Let every one of our friends maintain discipline; but when they That is a Gentile ticket. send the Standard on trial for three meet frequently, abusive language, II No mistake at all, was the re- months to an and the use of rods acquaintance or to and fists are the result and the old ply. It is the ticket that I intend some public man, and they will find wife who has out lived her useful- to vote.' it bread cast upon the waters You cant vote that ticket here. we trust ness is coolly given up by the husmay be returned ft"'0, to the band the malice and cruelty of said the incorruptible official. before hianv dav ,.vi -- BY ELDER CIIARLES DERBY. ( Continued from Xo. 8.) In conclusion, let me call, the attention to the fruits of polygamy and concubinage in all ages. The, latter brought discord into Abrahams family. It caused Sarah to be despised, until in the bitterness of her soul she cried to Abraham, thy wrong be upon thee; the Lord judge between me and thee. In Jacobs house it was the source of envy, jealousy, deceit, and falsehood. In Elkanahs house it wounded the heart of Hannah, and was a constant scourge to her troubled soul. We are not permitted to look at the discord and strife that must have reigned amid the families of Gideon, David and Solomon; but we learn from Malachi that it was the cause of tears, weeping and crying out for anguish of soul until the noise of it reached to Heaven and covered the altar of the Lord, so that he would not accept their offerings any more. And from the book of Mormon we learn that it hardened the hearts of men rendering them callous and insensible to .the tears and pleadings of their wives, wronged and broken-heartemaking them dead to honor and virtue while it wTrung the hearts of their lawful wives with grief, insomuch that their cries and tears, like those of Judahs daughters, reached to heaven against the perpetrators of the unnatural crimes. It engendered lust, and was an incentive to murder, as in the case of David. Idolatry was its boon companion, as in the case of Gideon. Is it Let the vales of changed Utah answer. t Listen to the stifled cries as I have heard them. See the domestic broils and the terrible bitterness, envyings, and heart burnings that are manifest daily, but sought to be hidden. Yet like murder, they will out, and then, dear reader, you will know that polygamy is the same, man the same, and woman the same, in all ages; and hence the degrading practice bears the same fruits it ever did, and ever will do while the monster lives to crush the hearts of women, or harden the hearts of men. Ye women who fasten the degradation upon your unsuspecting sisters, you may gloss over the hideous monster, and assume a sickly smile while you parade this shame before the world. You may boast of being the polygamous wives of prophets and apostles, and assume a sanctimonious air, and even pollute the holy name of God with blasphemous pretensions that you know it is of God; but after all it remains as it ever was, an abominable monster in the sight of heaven, the offspring of sin, and unless you and all who have embraced the monstrous evil free yourselves from its evils by a life of godly purity and virtue, it will drag you down to final, eternal .degradation and shame. Finally, let me say, if I have written plainly, it is because I am in earnest. 1 wish good to all, and , ! d to-da- y? heart-broke- out-vot- d to-da- ... hair-pullin- g, y, . |