Show HISTORY OF R M 0 IN I 1 S 51 s written for to the COMM Corp KE ant I 1 c A true and account of tto the etlou of 0 terror in ceib LD I 1 antii or on a lie he xan no ire fiat ufa tien tin tile itic titi mon Uon or of morality nral ily rf til nj ime lie le libut 1131 11 31 1 an oen 0 on letter to wm S coddo cl 7 i birau sin I 1 write you over a non cac c plume lut but pledge you my open name ii whenever hen you demand it I 1 in confidence after you yon bave fully aill finally withdrawn vilh drawn yourself fiant ilia institution ini poleg amy I 1 ll 11 you I 1 li MY iny blunt nna otAh of u willing I 1 aing it is 13 my lily stylo style permit rile me to I 1 assure you thit IS aliat flat I 1 have haac to my eny eliell lia be sam sail in sl all brotherly kindness viL hout malice tind and with a sincere desire to further the of tho truth in ill bour allread of at july in tr opeal 1111 i ang of tho the comparative virtue of tile the cormon aco I 1 le lc you fill fall in to tho the same saino error that brig bant young lina bas fallen fill cn and arora vi kritich lie iio deduces ilia hii ret pet argument in favor or of liis his pe culiar institution namely the comparing of horizon ormon hares harems with willi uta the brothels of ilia world illicit you substantially do in this you a as aa a certainly wrong bee nuge f ft t theeo brot brothels hols are riot not institutions of any chereb prostitution has haa tit ia nil all ages and pro 1 valulu adway t will it is common to nil all countries lut but finds its natural liotus in great centers macre teore is is a ernnt preponderance of it mm anti anil among polygamous nations where it is as estates a form not fit to lo be mentioned see second ihry iro fire liable to contain ani io 10 contain mormon girls is as well as ai others it is is ho weyer lilt but just to remark tant of ill abole miles mats of these poor a way ini bit T it ay iy v f sv vid nd led hil H il brought up under it cartful C lisbian guardianship third there is no Chri church that recognizes N horo dorn as tin an institution of that church nor in any other sense except st a the most abominable and most moa to bo be abhorred of all the jark ways of ein from you can tm lice at once tile tho unfairness of polygamy with the cowed lowed anil and most degraded aled type of fiden bu humanity manity represented only ly by ou cats front from virtuous society holding li the same earno to be a part of ChIA C LIAll inon agamy fiig gesti that the com pariton to be made should be between the marriage mar ringe tys lys torn cm of tho the mormon church and that of bome other oilier church to I 1 would mould eny eay lilio it there standard of morality and virtal in ilia of tile iha tile alio monogamy of tho ilia church hur cli does docs ilia iho of mormonism conduce coni luce to tc pence peace ay quilt nt contentment and affection affe clion in tile the family circle in a greater degree than tile ilia monogamy of f does hie io tend to holiness holin ct of heart nail a genuine practical irac lic il Chii thin I 1 arc fj 1 iii I a greater degi cc than the alida lire the jut ions ion to ne ilia anade mill il bell anade polygamy got I 1 to tile all 11 among the reasons you pava gave why hy a in dinall in not put ably nw ay iy liia ilia polygamous not vives vas taa one greatly grei itly rne me namely on account of his ch ildron sow now tir fir to my tho ilia great vat VA and natt eat I 1 t 11 that lutt lu tt oon lia be raised to the twin relic it i tile bringing up of children in polygamous bouse household holda and in my opinion iono any man in stalk living with nith more inora tian llian one ona wife who vibo hns blis outgrown liis its faith in brigham Eri glan young and his doctrines should riot not hesi titia it tiny lay to put anway lils his concu blies for its his childrous chil drons cilc if fur no other reason I 1 use he term concubine not as implying nn noman but it 1 ii niter after alit nil tho ilia proper 0 one tie to lo be used in this connection for the alic reason that in it a full and proper sense no liomin enn lie n wife that gliatis is not lawfully so and the common law as well a tile statute estt restricts lots tho the ul arriage relation to one NN ife tile won idea of bringing up lip children under iha be of in n they reo co so in n y thing they should not see sec and hear so much they should not hear is tho the most ft of the institution is ij mailer fur for thought your long and elaborate discourse was clen fly tin apology for polygamy hut but it was tin nn ideal polygamy and not tile institution in ili it exists today to day it iri utah you treat it with willi faultless FIVEL you speak real and af affliction a s existing between a mormon and liis wives iiama you not hoard board the I 1 high agh ex or of I 1 mormonism llor monism timo time and again publicly instruct the women not to love their husband lius band boci iiii love ove was acal ous anil and could not bear a rival polygamy ii fiatal ant il to won lonians wo inana ians loe to the concubine con cubina it is tell to tile lawful wife ailep de despairs spairl air anil and your fino C io words f full foll force of religious influence 11 1 lofty enthusiasm liuo iffa tiou fico from froin sensuality lived in amity together 1 1 9 feelings p of confidence anti love lie brait entwined fogard anil liis his vericie twaddle ld of ono alio lias has so far out greti poly amy AS 19 nt at least ebeo AV 11 lillY to have da areil its ila failure an N institution of being a ed look fit at the old polygamous of utah cotona kot one of them no sir however kiy sek to ic lacci troubles to ta and ami boWle jer pleas pleasant ant and good n d they anity appear in public 1 and not no t 0 one no tint that lias has oat a little hal of iti sufficient to burn buris and daroy I 1 the last part itlo of conjugal J lot loyt hail had any existed scarcely one eliat lias has not a or of greater or less mill ignancy existing between ilia tromon ingmen anil and also the iho children t vi nho ho naturally hymna laiza mij id ta taa a 0 sides willi will their in olbers these funds air up ill and loop alivo angry pa biens ani tender it truly pious frame of ruin c is neither love lova nor in ill brigham bri aliu youngs religion yr you with a disingenuousness unexpected in writ wm S goabel leave these plair filis in ili the iho buck ground your ideal colo celestial marriage marri ige mako make it to represent tho the teal leal then alien give giro to it i an undisguised cd and treat it with gravett gravest awl most respectful consideration tion it 4 i a fact can not bo be unknown to you me polygamous mies in utah tire arc tile tho harlest worked se st J lin is romily even in polygamous turkey a man c can ai riot not marry a second nifa until lie he has bag endowed the fra yitti I 1 property in her ber own right s faient f fui clent ent to support and her hildren but bat here biava been settled d to nien men without regard to their ability to support either them or tho ilia in lawful fill V viiga ifo and nii alint flat is more the liiva havo been bulli both publicly and privately taught to libor fur their on suit port tile tho support of their chi children luren and for lila support of their husband there are ara mon men now ahing ii silt salt S lake cit city y and county aiho ha life lifa here by domi ailing asio or three women peili aps lis in a single room anbo ho by the united labors labor of the tha farni family fy by tile the most pinching economy ind nil by tile rio rie in tile ihu of I 1 ical cal aro are now in ili acce ic cc ce if there be ba a hardship in broiling I 1 up polygamous household it would mould bo be in such cases yit as tho ilia romance of cel celestial estill marriage has willi will then them long since passed away its is they havo have never seen a lay day without strife fes discords or heart burnings of tome sonic hind ns as there is no of domestic happiness in fit their present relations here 13 i tile has liand d ship in an honest inn inan saying to those 11 our tire ara unlawful tire not right avav ely I 1 ivill support you ind and elio until you iii iimori arey y latter you ire free I 1 to do aud and if you marry you can call if choosy send my children to ta ilia 1110 and I 1 will support and ducato therit them or I 1 will now deed you certain property and give you the lie children but for our good the apparent relation of husband and wire car can no longer itinger exist be neen us titus thus by his voluntary iffert lie ho can do oil nn ad act of justice to elioe women and their offspring liff pring which under other stances lie may inny not bo be permitted to do As an illustration lot let us its suppose oisO that mrs godbe should prefer before ilia court n i charge of adultery against you her liui band and pursue it to conviction and ins tit ison malit it v would bo be a way to it a divorce with vic the espito and arild the children tit nil aos then thea poor bragar and would lie be at ilia inerny of sarah with a bottle bottie of ater lor for an inheritance grave duties sora liinus cs regime yet a sacrifice fico to it requirement of light apil ana to clear appreciation op ol of dilta gives pleasure rather lhnn pain because it i 1011 abild 1 I sati blies tile iho conscience ili I 1 his connection con I 1 but bola to tny say that there is iii not 1 I 1 in is salt liko LAII city io clit can think nt it nil but abat upon his lii aal within ills his heart unit that nari man ingo ingell his has becht in principle a wrong unto himself liin mir and in practice tin nn coltra ou trigo go aplin pui ili niec u ives 11 ibert ns AS for tile women by such voluntary act put iut aitay n ay jo do ou ot think they would breal their beatti about it not tol nt fit nil it why ar ir if in utah mere ero put ail tild ind to to day and without any prop alion nr ly by the die wi of tho morann to the ilia laws of congress while hile it w would per litins create ait ail indifferent lost of pain in some ins taneo would give tiny any amount of i satisfaction to tho ilia deceived enla enslaved ved overworked spirituals and nd would be bet 0 what a triumph to a of lawful wives including your own who have fur for years borno borne a burden of impossible to describe it II it is RVilla ft bato tO of time limo to speculate alpon how low these extra women ore ire to get along without Abr abraham alinn ilia great majority of the them have more mora than raid paid their way thus fir L ind and if need cell 1 c can still themselves I 1 an am that there iro are women irk in utah who in the pre presence tence of others will deny ny my propositions dibilo in in secret communion with their conscience will weep bitter tears in acknowledgment of their irrefragably truth inith I 1 know a most moil excellent lady a spiritual vw vi gifol I 1 of one oneff of the high dignitaries of church who u or on A certain occasion manifested area great zeal in davenie da fenie of hor position poti tion I 1 ard asked asic 1 lier her fly she was so eo barnest in her remarks rc m arki to that gentile Gon lile slie she knew my lily sentiments ti ments sho she replica replied kow could I 1 do other otherwise wito litters iw my ity I 1 honor bonor was called in question then added as the tha tears teara stalled ya something tells mo me all tho ilia time that I 1 ant not living light li elit if you hava haro any sympathy for those women nomen to lo unfailingly placed in ft a falee position c express rass it for them as they now are arc nil and waito no issue in speculating as to what their future avs condition biffl be because fl short hen freed tron front their present enslavement they will stand in but little neol of your I 1 congratulate you that you have taken a position against ilia continued tio of polygamous Eca Ec aling lingg I 1 do so ilie more earnestly because it is tho ilia flost st practical stop its yet tadeu j anat illation and will to bo be tile entering that fil burkt tho the rotten lo 10 log a icide w ida open yet allow mo me to inquire u is it any moro morn of it ft edimo against woman against morality against tho the law fyr fir a man mail to anke a concubine today to day thin it vats ia ill n the law against polygamy wai you certainly knon that hint after antiro I 1 ire mul gation of that law B Brig harp yong yo ag tool took another concubine and rain ded her through the took her ilis pa panics tie to ill tho theater llie ater llio tha territory ind and boasted orthis opp dimanco ivanco of tho ilia law and by his example pla creadel quito a revival in tl the 0 o scaling n bu iii iness it becal becaro lle a common thing to see tile ilia lechers lechars hasten with now new victims to tile tho sealing altar expressly it if they nera tu to be je believed to show choir contempt of the act of congress now kow why fly should not all such parties bi be held to ilia came ama account as those violating lo lating the law at the iho time lime there is moro more matter fur seii oin thought thong 1 upon the abole clr godbe it ui ivil 1 l ito well to under understand stana that in this entire anat roetter wo we ire arc dealing de illing nut not with questionably question ablo itlo sentiments but with nn an ugly fact and ill in this as well as in other matters matl cra 1101 is i 1 the best liolich it as clan la jiin 07 on baclaa to tit itt once and forever away with his unlawful manner iriner tit ur i living making such provision as may bo be ample or within his i power for ilia su pinit of thom v ho must bo be p pat it away a ay respectfully arbre |