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Show AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE - POLYGAMY QUESTION- i The London correspondent i.f di ' bin Fraueiaco Cn'on '', writing t 1 that journal "about polygamy' say: The United States interlcrouee wit polygamy is condemned as bigoted an i . ' alien alike from the spirit of tbefatbei of Amcriciu independence, as it is oj , " pocd 10 the advanced political ides of the time. It U generally &aid tha if Brigliaia Young is to be prosecute lor lascivious cohabitation, every rak . iu the United States should be equall prosecuted, that in lirighaui Young' 1 v caso tliere is no hiuiviouicohaLitaitui that tho;e vub whom be cohabits let uo ciite are nut disrespected, but 0 the Louirdry, by the laws aud cusioa 1 of Utah, aro wives, aud arc honored ; such. Brigham Young, it is said, guilty of no treachery to his spouse c ' .1 pontes in taking an additional wiii for, from the outset, that has been a underst-jovl matter betwixt them. II polygamy is not clande-urno, nor is other than an open and above-boai iutitution. However distasteful sue ; practices may bo to the American pe pic, they are held by enlightened jc . " ists here to be strictly of that class ' , jura pru'ittet int- r -, which so wi and all-erabracing a government as l United States might tolerate with r danger to the national fabric. Op:i ions and practice have changed on ee ibaey, monogomy and polygamy, an may further change; but to proeccui V ibr such opinjom aai practice u simp jotoieraocc |