| Show new scheme of immigration the women of massachusetts have awoke to a realizing sense of their most destitute and unhappy condition they have ascertained by the census and experience that there are more females than males in the commonwealth and that while in some of the western states males predominate in their unhappy neighborhood there is not one apiece they have been taught that every gill has a right to her jack and upon finding that there are more gills than jacks and that the men are being monopolized they rebel against the cruel law that allows one woman to secure for herself an entire man hence these disconsolate females are P petitioning titio ning the legislature to abolish the laws of monogamy and introduce polygamy into the old bay state for this they invoke tho the old testament doctrine and bring forth solomon and the patriarchs brigham young and the book of mormon for authority and demand a repeal of the laws punishing man for bigamy and to allow him to multiply wives up to the point of his ability to support them the young men run away from massachusetts and leave the maidens ensin in maiden meditation fancy free 1 and the maidens do not like it not being able to get a man nor to realize tee the truth of the tho old distich that every goose may soon or late get some honest gander for a mate recognizing the fact that half a loaf is better belter than no bread 11 they have determined to secure a repeal of the law and go in for an honest divide we do not doubt that this question will meet with great favor from the legislature 0 of massachi sets as it is composed of men and we see no reason why they should not enlarge their privileges of course some of the selfish old oid hens who have been lucky enough to secure a rooster all to themselves will cackle over the inconvenience and immorality of this proposed change and md pretend that polygamy is not in in accordance with the civilization of the age this is all stuff and nonsense was not there double bivin in good old patriarchal days and were not david and solomon and abraham isaae isaac and jacob and moses and joshua all good men dont the bible uphold the practice and do not the turks and mahometano Mahome tans the chinese and the buddhists the parsees parsecs and the Mor mollA still cling to the ancient usage and who shall say that we are in this generation than they of the olden time or thattie that the ggs teachings of the modem christian church are night right while plato aristotle confucius mahomet and brigham voun youn youngs e tire tiro are all wrong there is hi high hili li authority among philosophers III ill lo and alid prophets and anctot ancient lawgivers law givers for this polygamous system while nearly all the poets of ancient and modem modern times have practiced the custom and celebrated it in song but pi pending ending this change of laws in the old bay state and in the possible anticipation that there may be unreasonable delay in bringing about the innovation we suggest to the single sisterhood of massachusetts that in Call cail california fomia fobia we have more males than females let lot them emigrate in this direction where we have men to spare men able and willing to be married we now proclaim to the females of massachusetts that we can accommodate fifty thousand of them if they are young good looking and have enough money to support a husband in good style and are not too particular we have half a hundred thousand able bodi ed men ready to 10 become fond husbands and affectionate fathers of families we suggest an immediate organization in massachusetts for the purpose of emigration to california fifty thousand good looking young massachusetts girls could fil ill find tind husbands homes farms and happiness in this land of fruit and plenty they would be welcomed with open arms we have canvassed the chronicle office and find thirteen eligible bachelors all read ready y and willing to be supported so we can be put down for a bakers dozen of the youngest and prettiest frett irett lest iest W we e give them tham ern era notice however 0 wever that they must pay their own passages si F chronicle j 1 |
