| Show A CHRUST ULIN OX OV OF WIVES TT was with no ordin ordinary aty degree of pleasure that we opened a package this morning which the mail brought to us and found jound therein a book bearing the title titie of the history and philosophy of 3 marriage L farri farrl age or polygamy and monogamy compared by a christian philanthropist 1 I 1 our pleasure has its origin in the fact that one owning the name of christian 1 las has as been e n found oun sufficiently u le bold boid to pub publish ish a book in uha uhe tha cl city eity of boston os n in the state bf Massac massae massachusetts huset j on dil this important subject ia ht which comparisons co karlsons parl pari sons are between the bys system of plurality of wives and monogamy A mans advocacy of or ar opposition to patriarchal marriage doe doea snot not affect its t truth th if it were opposed to the laws of nature which are the laws of god its practice byall by all ail the inhabitants of the earth would not mako make inake it true or its effects other othor than hurtful on oil the other hand being true ang ana knipf of heavenly or orin origin in in correct order under which which mankind should live livo lit itT would still be unchanged though all the world should decry and ua denounce it and refuse to admit its practice f rhe che system of patriarch ial lal marriage being the true system under should live if all ail the tho nations of men were to assemble in ili solemn congress and declare that monogamy enforced gods law would still be immutable and monogamy would be found a failure no true M and permanent development and abd progress can to a people or a nation which lives under a law that does violence to mr nr cornea in 16 contact with a law of nature vet it is Js gratifying to every lover of truth in thess days nhep instead of wor worshipping shipping li 1 ip ig G gad d reou b OW down to the at ity to seea see man aman a fear p orha orna declare tha the sincere conviction 0 01 o in ih so dol doi a glie g lie lle d 1 erectly i ir mci mcl tact with tue the prejudices ae d lees ices of the age ne the e arra writ er erpf r thai thal book 00 are re edn con 81 e k ulian anu ana X startling tat tah t lin g but mig he is cred credited ed with sini sincerity cerit hon n G W cunis capro MA M Pro festor of reee recent n t litera cornell and F B san Ban sanborn born al A associate editor editon of th the e springfield republicans n who read the beets of say aay it has the durious curious dis dia of being a ch christian ria ris plea for polygamy but that the author has I 1 treated a IL very difficult and elud delicate subject with knowledge candor and evident Honesty of purpose and aud while it advances opinions with which they cannot agge agree agre they cannot quarrel with if its s spirit and as it state statements ments and arguments are founded on extensive observation and reading it is entitled attention respect and refer itou tiou 1 not to be met with fifth mere luere ca contradiction but with arguments 0 ar 1 I 1 this is fair and an eviden evidence de that the ilic f ia 1 l I 1 I 1 fl wrt i world moves we like this the free discussion of the prin principle ciple of patriarchal ma marriage rr ia go must have the effect to familiarize ill ili arl ari arize ID M men en with the reasons tor vor believing and practicing it it is mens ignorance 0 of tile the subject that has been the chief difficulty tile tilo latter day saints have had to contend with let there be a free discussion of the suba subject act and their position in regard to this prine principle ipie will be everywhere better understood and the abominable falsehoods and misrepresentations which now find ready circulation vall hareno have no believers with the author authar york vork work nto tro say modern wrife writer rf whose works dro dri the ex exponents of r european ea li have hiet hini hitherto hither bither effo fo sald said ganst that social system ivhon 1 permits a plurality of wives and 0 for lor it but they have condemned it agat almost without examination or debate rather because it is strange than because th thesila they thes eslia eylfa nave nate 0 proved it to bo be at fault no one has given lothe lorhe subject the time alid and research necessary to its fair elucidation butash Buta but brt alps sn a i venerable merable institution the social system of polygamy poly amy does oes not deserve such sueh supercilious treatment such treatment beides ie heid ide ca 4 bein being ii unjust is un philosophical and un unworthy wortha a liberal and an enlightened age its IN great antiquity alone should entitle it to sufficient U tr i e lent respect to bo be heard at least in its ltd own defence defense nce nue it constitute constitutes an important part in human history it is a great fact that cannot bo be ignored ignore dand and as such kuch it must be studied and known to ap insist sla sia upon the condemnation of tto ieiri without hearing W it 4 defence ia la 14 1 oppression if we wedis dis approve of their beli believers evers evera in plurality of bf practices we should be prepared to tb mak substantial objections to them and if we wish to teach them our own bwll we should be able to hive tive equally substantial reasons if the advocates of polygamy are in the minority in the christian world let the commod common rih rig of 4 the tha minority be granted them ther r I 1 ul af 1 debate and the tho privilege of protest pi otest and let their solemn p protest retest 1 pe listened to ao with uta ie respect speet and be spread upon the current records of the tho day and or on tho the other iland hand if those who practice this ancient system do constitute the majority cannot bo either uninteresting or unimportant to inquire wha pla has made lt it so nearly universal and caused it to be we adopted by bo many different nations and even different raees races of men amon among whom are no doubt some persons who ane ace ire justly distinguished for their the ir wisdom their piety and their humanity we shall shill extrait largely from this work tp to how show our readers the view sf a christim Ch philanthropist who has spent fifteen years in the paudy of this subjects it will be interesting to them aa as it is to i 4 to see the operation of the truth acco accompanied m acied a it always is by the spirit athe of the lori lord upon a mi mind nd which hasteen has been pursuing its own in independent of and dis from the latter day saints he has been evolving and substantiating a theory which our people have been carrying into practical effect for the pas past 1 twenty twenty sik six years today to day w meshall e shall shail ma make k only niya nisa a few extracts extract saud sand and firstie first we shall shail give t the hb authors authora arguments that 19 i NOT BARBARISM if european monogamists have hitherto suF surpassed passed au other men in id civilization tion and their so lal ial huffiness it is not on account of their monogamy but no na doubt orl on ori account of theli their Christianity i even a perverted christianity a corrupted Christia christianity nitya roman christianity is better than idolatry or mohammedanism what then may we not bope hope when Christi christianity anit antt shall become free and pure and restored to its pristine simplicity and glory an idolatrous nation practising practicing monogamy gabri has hm never been abie able to exist history does not furnish famish one gia dia example alb such nations sogn become so incurably corrupt as to incur cicur th the catli of god and aro are swept wept awa away from I 1 the faco face of bf the earth neither civi civilization nor non bar barbarism arism military power powen or 1 pusillanimity tyranny or freedo freedom ml moni poni monarchy rahy rohy aristocracy aristo hristo cracy or democracy ey lit lw br attire erasure era ture art arb wealth eaith genius ceniu or stupidity has been able abie td save them many such states stales and nations have started ih inthe tha raco race and perpetual empire bui hui laut taut each of F f h beai 9 has comet come to perpetual deda decay by such wore were j the different states of greece a anu ana ap ancient italy mian nian V U thenn theny distin I 1 laed lied for naming having produced ff af the epst t renowned experience in tedi s laim larm a p f wf wan war Crand and several aoh doh achieving eving and ing ingi g vast yasi empires yet they their very koon soon col coi la lapson ei and went to ruid ruin and sync sueh such h kraer wag was the tho difate of thelt nany scores hun huri dreas of the states stalest cfall of all ail eurg 6 before tha establishment of christianity they rose they flourished nourished they bec became amb lice ilce licentious bious they fell wave waye after of the pui er raees races bf the polygamists of asia rolled over them and assumed their places andas and as these in turn fell into their social habits hibits and adopted ed their monogamy and became corrupt they also became 0 extinct X and fero iero succeeded by newer and purer im migrations on the other othen hano han the tho polygamists of asia have haye Q preserved their social purity and alon aion along 9 with it many of their thein nationalities through every age notwithstanding much their idolatry and such are th na of if china japan persia and arabia whose shoie living languages 0 arid and existing ia laws WE dat eback to the th 0 very veny earliest eirl ehrl iest records record of 41 antiquity an intelli intelligent 11 gent gont christian nation practising practicing polygamy has never yet existed simply because the two institutions have hitherto been falsely deemed incompatible a and d irreconcilable c liable the gnostic heresy had so soon corrupted the springs of christian learning and the grecian and roman koman hierarchies had bad so soon usurped their seats of christian authority that the freedom and simplicity of tho the pristine faith were perverted even before uch such s an experiment could bo made as I 1 shail hhall fully demonstrate in the next chapter aid and ald now it is most probable that if such an experiment shall ever be malit mai wiil will bo be on the continent of freed free america the tha course of or 4 mair tail talc s its wa th foun four airy nanca ac s already pa pao pant pani 0 A nf ii cle cie ile me ibe draina wim wlm thiodar v times timed ofra oila prini is the last polygamy is not barbarism for it has been maintained and supported by such men as abraham moses david and solomon whose superiors in all that constitutes tho the highest civilization knowledge piety wisdom and refinement of mind and manners the w wrid arld rid has never known either in ancient ir or modern times yet polygamy though it bo not barbarism has arnost a most always and everywhere prevailed where a in of or society ex sta hta he talks with very great pta pla plain inuss otsa on the PURITY oia 01 I 1 f the tho bible prohibits p prostitution tho the ancient Gr greeks e k s andrri d r mans forbade polygamy ly bac aa but t modern mods mor moi monogamy N vairl 4 ld both but really permits S I 1 a aiso also Is 0 our monogamous morality ty is fh therefore tf spare that of ancient paganism and not that of tho the bible I 1 and prostitution is sti sli as much a lie iio necessary cessa ry part of our social system as it was was wag that at athens at corinth or at rome home our ma magistrates 0 are not ignorant of th the 0 ext extent e nt of public licentiousness but thoy they the do not attempt to suppress it they only seek to conceal it and confine it if possible within its present limits requiring its votaries Vot aries to keep it in the dark our police officers know khow almost every prostitute that walks the street and allows her to ply her nefarious 1 trade trado unmolested so long as she IS is polite and unobtrusive As tho the Spar itans are reputed to have havo said sald to the tho youth of their state in respect to thelt thell steal irit ind donot dorot do not rot be caught at it so the guardians of our public morals say you may bo be as licentious ou as you please only maho make no public d display 9 play of your immorality tho the reason of this th is connivance at prostitution must bo be because our legislators and judges believe its suppress suppression son to bo be impossible and nd with our system of monogamy it is impossible if there must be a multitude of ot women unmarried and for there will be a multitude ot of prostitutes and alad if there are a multitude of prostitutes there will be a multitude of men who like Shake falstaff will decline marriage because they can bo be wetter better accommodated commo dated than with a wife and andio so the evil will go on continually increasing and pr propagating opa gating itself the foundling hospital the five points house of jn industry I 1 F tr Y and the home for eriend Friend friendless les ies andlen and abandoned women must be built alongside of the brothel and their numerous inmates must st be maintained either by public tax or b bt by christian charity most frequently by tha t latter so ss that honest men must support pir t their own wives and children and also the castoff cast off drabs and bas bastards tards tardA of unprincipled libertines if we must havo have public prostitutes let lett us have them ope openly and boldly as the ancient greeks and romans romaus omans did and let them be publicly licensed as the they were under and as they thoy are aro said sald to be still 1 in france and let the state derive at least sufficient revenue from them to bury their murdered infants and to bring up their abandoned foundlings 11 we ca can only give a small smail part of his raa reasoning upon the evils of the mon aga system of marriage jn in the ap api i to his work he hi e bays buyst ili iii L yield to no one in a most profound xe respect speet sheet for Wast chastity ity and ana in iti ia desire desiro to promote it but by aalt asit venerate true chastity by so isu much do dd I 1 detect tec tee t its counterfeit i 1 I have hivo demonstrated rated t ilal lial our present non camy sa co c counterfeit tin lin stin iu lating inting the thid most loath son so SOD devices ie e vices of restitution and b ab trisy ad abc I 1 assert that Vm arine irine annei annel I 1 ii vach social purity and hb esty bitt be ina inh ma stained is by the tha ha utmost fridola fre fri dom doln to marry matry and the tue utmost titi liti nt ity rity 0 or fr arriage allmen allwen karen laren ot alike let jet the t he ebano procrustean tn marriage arriag bea bed if all the eare oare any who aro are re abie able and nd willing dor for the I 1 love iove of god and t tho the hob better service of the church Ch idrell ta devote themselves vesto ta a voluntary tl r life of honest celibacy we hd ye venerate renate renato them for it if there are others who mhd will each honestly and cheerfully content himself with one wife wire and land forsaking all others keep himself only unto her so long as us they both shall live ilvo atthe same timp im avoiding all matrimonial abuse and ee excess we I 1 will respect them but little less th than ta t the he former but again if there thera are others whose measure of vitality is so large larg that they cachot and will not nott be restricted to a single marriage or whose wives vives are confirmed cono invalids and hopelessly barren harren andi and incapable of matrimonial duty uty I 1 would not oblige these men either to m murder ur der niao pilo r to divorce their present wives or to lieveld life of matri matrimonial n brutality or of desperate licentiousness b but ut I 1 would grant them the night eight to mariya marry again gaim galm as the best possible alternative and I 1 insist that the man who should thus openly maintain his natural rights and live livo an honest life would still till be worthy of public confidence and respect such men by taking additional wives would ouid w become tho most efficient public 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