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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- STANDARD. Y ,59 he was to have any hair left on his inspired head, and withlD eighteen months of the time when the For and About Women. and if he was to save his mor 1 reputation as a ilormon authorities publicly promulgated polygaof of one doctrines to as sacred be must the the done church. of my prophet, something get him out fore the Wo marts National Anti- -' the scrape into which his spiritual wife iniquity And worse still, I am informed by those who ought Miss Broughtons new novel, had brought him. Accordingly he set his wits to to know, and who, as I believe, do know, that John Polygamy Society at their work, and with a shrewd cunning that savors of the Taylor at the very time he made this denial had four Second Thoughts, is about to be Union Meeting , Sept. infernal regions, he devised the trick of pretending wives himself ! Now I want to know If the iMormon have-- a revelation from heaveu in favor of are williug.to be led by the nose all the rest to people polygain a Russian form by 12 thy 1880. my, which made it his duty to have many wives. of their lives by this class of prophets and teachers? published in a falsehood would tell This was the cloak with which he endeavored to If Juhn Taylor public Moscow firm of publishers. cover over his terrible immorality. lie pretended France when he thought it would be to his adMrs. President, Ladiks and Gentlemen: if I to receive this new revelation on the 12th of July, vantage, by giving the French people to understand Mrs. Young wo man wants were not heartily in sympathy with the work 1813, and under this cloak, together with the plausithat polygamy was not one of the doctriues of the and object of this Society, I would not be here. ble plea of making them his spiritual wives, he Mormon Church, how' do the Mormon people know know what is the best way But I am convinced that the ladies who are carry- began to make immoral approaches to the wives and that he would not tell a falsehood in Utah, if he to work in the right Leave the baby ing on this Society have gone daughters of so many worthy citizens that the thought it would be for his advantage, by declaring mark table linen? way. They have adopted the plan which, in all town was soon full of scandal and uproar. Mean- that he knows Joseph Smith received from heaven efficient for the over- while two citizens, whose wives hd been insulted, the revelation in favor of polygamy? Before I can and a blackberry pie alone at the ages, has been found mostand despotism; namely, concluded it was high time to ventilate the spiritual become a Mormon, and accept John Taylor as my throw of organized error that of agitation by public discussion, the plan of wife business. They therefore began the publica- inspired te. cher, I must have such questions satis table for three minutes. by free speech in public meet- tion of a paner, called the Expositor, the very tirst factorily answered. letting in the lightwhat The tongue of a woman inthe organized wrong may be number of which contained the affidavits of six3. But there is a third way of showing the MorNo matter ings. in ecclesiastical favor revelation mon the that slavery, bondage, pretended teen women to the ellect that this pretended pro people political despotism, creases in the same ratio that her intemperance, or that worst combinationtheof all pliet had tried to seduce them under the plea of of polygamy is simply a downright swindle, palmed cover a as to best Smith cloak on otf the curses Now' wives. is other there one upon humanity, polygamy, people by Joseph feet decrease making them his spiritual says a Chinese proway to overthrow it, is to let in the light upon it by thing which polygamy never could stand, and which his own immoral life. And that is by pointing out free discussion. For one I hope to be always able Joseph Smith himself .never could endure, namely the fact that this revelations flatly contradicts the verb, and the Chinese go right on to siiy, and In include in the statement all my own the light the light of facts. He could not stand earlier revelation claimed to have Ween given to the their womens feet. beliefs and Llieuiies: If there is any doctine or creed, the light even which came from this small paper, Mormon Church through Joseph Smith. It flatly compressing And so this pretended prophet of the contradicts both the Book of Mofmon and the Docany social, political or religious theory which canthe Expositor. the Chinese are a not stand the light the light of education, of public Lord, knowing that he could not refute the charges trine and Covenants. Ike Book of Mormon was This proves that 1830. no in And and Smith must world the to and it free criticism by Joseph go down, speech, against him Ajecause of their truth, organized a mob given people of inferior intellect. which trampled law under foot, tore down the news- man can be a good Mormon who does not believe ought to go down. Now the Mormon Priesthood understand the paper office and destroyed the presses, type and that this book is a Divine revelation direct from the A lady at White Sulphur the Book of Mormon positively promerits and the power of free discussion just as well property. The proprietors of the paper went to ,,ord. Now, is what it and Here condemns hibits and obtained warrants polygamy. is compared to the mother as we do. And hence they allow none of it in Garthage, the couutv seat, assosays (Book of Jacob, chap. 2, par. 0 and !)): There- Springs their ranks. There is one indispensable condition for the arrest of Smith and his peoof the Gracchi, because when of being a good Mormon, and it is this: Obey the ciates. Smith .resisted the officers of the law and fore, I, thedo Lord God, will not sutler that thisbrethold. like of shall them my ple after Governor Therefore, the and ordered out no it matter surrendered what of is, the only counsel priesthood, me and hearken to the word of the Lord; asked by a reporter for a descripask no questions. The moment a Mormon begins to the State militia. He was committed to Carthage ren, hear shall not any man among you have save it for there to entrusted was comof the a which of the in freedom protection discussing any exercise any jail I dont and one concubines he shall have none. tion of her dress, she said: be wife, But the was soldiers. if and lie of guard mands of the priesthood, they spot him, overpowered guard whom Behold the Lamanites, your brethien, does not reform, he soon discovers that the priest- by a mob, and in the strife which followed Joseph wear a very handsome costume, but hood are making things hot for him. The priest- 8mith was shot and killed while trying to escape ye hate, because of their filthiness and the cursi gs which hath come upon their skins, are more right- 1 have the nicest husband and two hood act upon the principle that they find the peothrough a window. Whatever may be said about eous than you; for they have not forgotten the comof one latter the is Hence is one the and that the injustice proceeding, thing priesthood. ple are one, children in the of the Lord which was given unto our of the sweetest mandment Smith insist true, namely, that Joseph brought down they insist continually on oneness. onThey one were save should it that head own have, bis fathers, to they one himself fate all shall his by resorting upon that the Mormon people suing, harp Now I dont know who wrote the Book of room. or else go out of the harp business. When the mob violence in the destruction of private property wife. all right for this pretended prophet to at- Mormon in its present form; but Ill guarantee that priesthood say, thumbs up, they insist that all It wms to Savs the Loudon Truth: Probab-l- y seduce the wives of the men who published Joseph Smith wrote that last sentence that they the people shall say thumbs up. xnd when they tempt for reason wife. one were save it should My in to expose his all have, say, thumbs down, if any of the people have the th s paper, but is wrong usedthem but few persons have had so the logic Such by the priesthood. thinking so is that there is no other American audacity to exercise their freedom and leave their conduct! so into could much cram awkwardness that author of marriage as Lady thumbs up, they are pretty sure to lose either their Such is the man who invented polygamy. Such are one short sentence as Joseph. The Mormous say many proposals thumbs or their heads, and may consider them- the circumstances under which it was invented. we Gentiles do not give Joeph Smith the Burdett-Coutt- s. I was talking, a selves very fortunate if they do not lose both. So Now I am not giving opinions. I am stating historic that is to I him. which there credit is of which belongs iccord record presume matters the that far is this oppression carried, people hardly facts only thirty-si- some truth in this, and so I propose that on this day or two ago, with an eminent v ears old, not' old enough to get into the region dare wink without having a council of the priestwre do the man full justice, and at occasion, or From least, a these for facts such tradition it of to them mystery. simple hood called permission give I myself, lie said, have is one that there thing for which he deserves al- widower. will be seen that the pretended revelation on poly- say movement. a as for That most undmited credit, namely, this: to her, for I regard this as Now no friend of his race can look upon such a gamy was nothing more or less than a swindle, a all the authors that proposed state of things without having his sympathies trick on the part of the pretended prophet, to cover literary genius he surpassed anything about in these latter days, by a duty that every man owes to his stirred in behalf of thc,oppressed Mormon people. up his own immoral life. The Lord had nothing we know of bad grammar he was able to use to amount the of do the to with them the more to origin And the tirst step toward securing polygamy than he of fatUue. family. freedom which we enjoy is, through such meetings had with Joseph Smiths bogus bank in Kirtland the square inch, without any visible signs 1830 and of back to the Now revelations Mormon as coming the before assoon them And just as this, to give them iutormation, place people become A colored widow in Lexington, Joseph Smith declared that he received the facts and set them to thinking. This is the way educated so that they can read and think for them 1843, which be noticed that the it from the let Lord, discover will if directly these Mormon are that For facts the the to overthrow polygamy. people selves, they Is now drawing a pension knew the facts connected wtth Joseph Smiths pro and they will lllng polygamy into the barnyard former condemns polygamy and the hitterIf commands Ky., who to he is do? Mormon an What honest it. adopts would on it that where revelation tended subject, they appropi .ately belongs. drop the revelation of 1830 and opposes polygamy, he of $8 a month from the Government 2. But there is another way of showing the Mor it as quick us a chicken drops a mouthful f hot mon people that polygamy did not come down from comes in conflict with the revelation of 1843, which an oiler of mardough tells him if be dont favor polygamy he will be recently rejected So far as the evils of polygamy are concerned, I heaven by way of revelation to Joseph Smith, viz. hand, if he takes his stand riage, remarking by way of explananeed not stop to dwell on them. The picture which by showing them that the very men who set them damned. On the other and favors polygamy, he of revelation the oil 1843, and of as leaders. the people, in Mr. Barrows gave us of the Ind'an and his squaw selves up prophets If I dus, do gubment will in conflict with the revelation of 1830 tion: which he saw this summer, shows us the barbarous regard to polygamy and other matters, are just the comes sharply Now God. a sin makes which Satan chooses against for polygamy his men that servants, and age of society in which polygamy originated and to kind of take my penshun way, an nary which alone it appropriately belongs. A social or not the Lord. If Joseph Smith was a true prophet, why cant the Mormon people use their common from the Lord in regard to sense, and come to the conclusion that there must religious system in America which encourages a and received revelations mgger in Ken tuck is wuff $8 a preman to have three sisters for his three wives at the truth and duty, it is as important for me to believe be something rotten about the origin of two conmonth to me. same time; which encourages a man a to have for in him as a prophet as it is for any member of the tended revelations from the Lord which flatly each other? his three wives at the same time mother, daughter Mo'inon Church. And why do I not believe in him? tradict Let me put the whole case in a by boris a system which must expect Simply because there is abundant evidence to conand It is the fashion abroad for la1 was readof an the substance argument the emphatic opposition of all decent people until vince me beyond all doubt that he was a very wicked rowing not long ugo, and stating it in my own way-i- dies to it is uprooted and cast back among the barbarous man; that he was untruthful, dishonest, despotic ingthe part olf the entire front hair, four following propositions: was a he swindler that and of world where it the of the licentious; belongs. very ages 1. If Joseph Smitii d d receive the revelation cut it off short enough to be manworst type. It may he laid down as a general rule I want no better evidence of the terrible degrada1830 from the Lord, then the revelation of 1843, of of a tion and misery which polygamy secures than that when the people community, where a man ageable and arrange it in thick, in standing up for him and because it contradicts the former, is a fraud. unite for forlorn lives look faces unforof to into the the years, simply 2. If Joseph Smith did not receive the revelation tunate women who are cursed with it. Nor docs it speaking well of him, it is safe to set him down as, curls upon the head and foreof 1830 from the Lord, then Joseph Smith is a fraud, close a man. And on when all the classes when these matter fear whole, the worthy women, through help it. head. The back hair is turned up of the priesthood, stand up in public, as some of of the community where a man lives unite in con- for he says he did receive 3. If the revelation of 1843 is genuine, then the them did in the theatre two years ago, and declare demning him, it is safe to set him down as a very revelation of 1830 is a fraud. over a small flat cushion, and a that they think polygamy is a beautiful system, unworthy man. I have heard it said that this prinboth receive did 4. that he Smith declares condemn our Savior, who was perseJoseph productive of great domestic peace and happiness. ciple would number of finger puffs are added for I say this does not help the matter, for the faces cuted at home. I deny it. The common people revelations. One of them is a fraud, which makesa of these women most emphatically contradict what were always on his side and heard him gladly. It Joseph Smith himself a fraud. And, he being dressy occasions. Many ladies in that both revelations are frauds. their lips say, by their utter lack of that intellectual was simply the leaders who opposed him. This fraud, it follows If there is anything unfair or defective in this this country are already dressing and moral light which beams from the face of every principle can be practically applied to any of our 1 am not aware of it, and shall be happy whom reasoning men about has there been a and division wowoman. But these public free, intelligent happy of to some have member the us to Let inspired priesthood their hair in this manner. it of men who thus openly defend the very system which apply Joseph Smith. He opinion. Let un conis out wherein conclusive. it not j ears in central New York, in the point degrades them, should be sympathized with rather lived for fourteen and set facts to Mormon tinue the the give people of and two Manchester, only two Palmyra villages than condemned, for they never would do this exto thinking for themselves. Let us show good them His and life character were miles of known well Odds and Ends. for the apart. the awful pressure cept despotism by to all the people as is the case ol everyone living in will and sympathy to those who have honestly bewhich the priesthood control them. victims of the curse of polygamy, and Now, whil it is undoubtedly true that there is a a small town. What do his neighbors say of him? come the to out them the more excellent way. And behis after point 1833, in in Mormon con revelation the Church that does Well, pretended strong minority this cause of Society has those objects in view, let every of his old Mormon, sixty-twnot believe in polygamy, and would be glad to see cerning tl,e Book In one of the Rondout churches American hid it Godspeed, until, by such public true honest free farmers, from on the mechanics, merchants, the Church curse, the other hand, neighbors, we have as of discussion in all the all Territory parts a minister from the majority sebm to believe that polygamy is right. men representing political and religious creeds, had here the entire Mormon people shall on a recent Sunday, before the proper They honestly believe it to be a religious duty, and signed their names to affidavits after stat- discover, what many of them leave already discov-a New York, after listening to the the women seem to be far more sincere in this belief magistrate declaring in so many that polygamy has no better basis than than the uimi. Now, the practical question to ing that they had been acquainted with the Smith ered, wretched swinule imposed upon the, people by a fine anthem, said : for that which I would direct your attention is this: How family years, Joseph Smith, Sr., and his own and for their perlying priesthood shall we reach this larger class, and convince them son Joseph were, in particular, considered entirely corrupt have had their that polygamy is wrong? My reply is, by giving destitute of moral character and nddicted to vicious sonal ends. He was known as a dishonest, man who commence the them information and showing that instead of rest-- . habits. and every reading man knows ing on a religious basis, insteal of being a revela- never paid his debts, On election day go fearlessly to worship of God by singing the 911th tion from the Lord, it is simply an outrageous swin- that he ran away from lvirtland, Ohio, in the night, for trial avoid the to on his dle imposed the people by their priestly leaders swindling people by bogus the polls, throw aside your dread of hymn. to further their wicked schemes of power and lust. bank. Now the Lord does not choose habitual As soon as the Mormon people discern that this is swindlers and villains for inspired prophets and priestly tyranny and espionage and A story in some of our exchanges the fact, they will drop polygamy quicker than a teachers of the people. And when I am asked to child lets go of a hot potato. But how can this be believe that Joseph Smith, as a prophet, received vote for Allen G. Campbell, the called A Heroine After All. from the Lord a revelation in favor of polygamy, my nominee of a done? Very readily in three ways: party whoso platform Not 1. By showing them tirst how, when and where reply must be that Smiths whole life and character having read the story, we such a revelation from Satan embraces the of liberty of polygamy originated in the Mormon Church. By show that he obtained principles how many of them she caught. showing them that it did not come down from and not from the Lord. It wassimply anothershrewd uncontrolled by priestly say heaven at all, but up from the other direction. Not- trick, like his fraudulent bank and the pious nonsense thought When a heroine gets after all. it is withstanding the babbling talk of the priesthood, about Urim and Thuminim, in order that he might and educafree universal the better bondage, the and the attempt to make their sensual faces assume people. impose upon to let a sign that she doesnt intend an air of wisdom and mystery, whenever they disBrigham Young was another prophet of precisely . res- a and law, proper tion, marriage And now kind. same all after the of the is no cuss this subject, there exposure without impro ving mystery at all about G. leap year slip by Allen cruelty, despotism and licentious toration of dower right. polygamy in the Mormon Church. It dates back his dishonesty, P her chances. years not far enough to strike ness, if there are any people still left in Utah who only thirty-sevein of a party such the their hearts a b lieve man that was is of a nominee The Lord had promore mystery. Campbell any region nothing Unto an Oxford professor, marto do with the origin of polygamy in the Mormon phet of the Lord, the only proper place for such who want to deprive a man of the Church than he had with tlie Mountain Meadows people is a lunatic asylum. Missacre. Polygamy originated in the depraved Then take that other pretended prophet, the presto marry three or four wom- ried late in life, a child was born. power and sensual heart of Joseph Smith, and there is ent head of the Mormon Church, President Taylor child has now advanced to the abundant evidence that he practiced it on the sly In 1850, seven years after the pretended revelation en and raise children by them, so That A of three years, mature long before the pretended revelation of 1843 was in favor of polygamy, he had a debateon Morinon-Lr- that he will not have the opportu- chnrmim age with some Protestant ministers in Franc-- , who given. This pretended revel tion, in favor of polylittle fellow! say al tlie gamy, was simply a cunning and devilish trick on drove him into a verv hot corner by declaring that of saying to the nation, there the part of Joseph, devised to get him out of a bad the Mormon Church was trying to overthrow all nity s friends. Yes, yes, scrape. It came about in this way: Prior to 181:1 decent marriage by its lustful doctrine and practice are several women who have borne he liad become wickedly intimate with bo many of polygamy. How did this pretended prophet get children to but I have onhj one plies the learned man dejectedly, women in Nauvoo, by taking advantage of their out of this corner? By imp uently standing me, up and fanatical belief in him as a prophet, and by disguis- declaring that there was no such doctrine or practice Women of Utah lean you but I fail to see in him the least ing his diabolical purposes under the pious fraud in connection with the Mormon Church! A friend wife!' of making them hisspiritual wives. I say he of mine in this city was well acquainted with the be in doubt as to leaning toward the exact sciences. or hesitatate, had become wickedly intimate with so many woFrench lady who translated this impudent denial men in this way that it began to make serious of Tay'ors into the French language. And this which candidate it is your sacred trouble for him in the community and especially denial was made seven years after the pretended in his own house, lie suddenly discovered that if revelation in favor of polygamy had been received, duty to support ? See notice of Agents Wanted. Remarks by the Rev. R. G. Me Niece Be- -- g x nut-she- grand-daughte- ll r, o t, I cant I .6,. n n Pyfessr |