The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-12-12
Extract of n letter TO the Chicago Tribune-
4 q Other Chapter On Poly gamY.

MORMON EXPERIENCE BY MORMON
When | came to Deseret, there were not
many who were in the enj ,yment Of more
than one wife, and many or most OF the new
Corners were opposed to il. But as they saw
how beautinl and Unanimously those families
lived where there were 2 or NOR wives. their
prtjudices gradually give way, end among
no class was this change more apparent than
among The woman. AT the present time,
il vo'e were taken upon the ,ubjact,
ven ure TO say that nine out Of every ten wo-
men who have lived here two years, would
sustain our present solid system in this par.
ticular. They are more for il than the men,
for upon many Of the latter it entails heavy
burdens though the truth is. our wives in
Deseret make no pretensions to being fine
ladies', their highest ambition being to held
their husbands, and their poor brothers amp
sisters in the Lords Ceurch. There are very
/ few men here who have more than five
wives, and a large part have but one, while
some have none. For myself. have three
Sarah Ann, your cousin, whom ! married in
York State, has the largest share of may
/ affertions, and takes precedence i'm the man.
agement OF the hosehold. Two years ago
married Miss 81, formerly of Ohio, and she
has charge of the education of the children
and attending to the clothing. My other,
which took three months ago, is from near
Hamburger, Germany. She is larger than
either Sarah Ann or Elizabeth, Che name Of
my second wife,) and, | say il without in.
vidiousness or improperly, is decidedly very
hands, me. Her person OF good size, very
round, full chest, bright flaxen hair, and q
soft blue eye. She enters into the duties Of
her new situation with wonderful alacrty,
and is very happy, as are also Sarah Ann
and Elizabeth.
There is none of that jealousy-that dispo-
sition to tear out each oil er's hair-which
you have probably imagined would show itsel II
in such cases. We are all looking forward
to the time when we shall be together
constantly in our little Eden, where we can
work Tor eich other, aud raise our children
in "the fear aud admontiion Of the Lost." "
You may be surprised at this; but you Will be
still more so, when | assure you that all
my present wives are anxious that ! should
get another-one who is fitted by edu-
cation, and physically adapted to take
charge OF the business Of the dairy. -
With such an arrangement of my
Household, every department., on a pairiar-
chal scale, would have a head to il, and be
governed in order. | have no incai,tion to COM
ply on my own account, as l am well salts
t, fed with those / now ha c, but il | should
do SOFT will be entirely out of regard for
them.
My daughter Laurah is eng ged to be mar.
ried to a man IRON Pennsvlvana, who has al.
ready wife and three children. II did not
entirely meet my appreciation, but did not In.
: terpose u single objecti, %, 50 long as she was
satisfied, aud the marriage would be in d
| hon Ia har al
Gus in a worldly view.
Now, my dear sir you will say, what is to
. CD of all this! Let me tell you what hat
8 come oft. In Deseret there are no liberiine:
with their paramuurs. no houses of prosttu.
ton, no cases Of seduction, OF those which
. disturb the peace OF families in the State.
under your laws. Here every woman can
5 have what God intended she shon!d have
y a husband-and every man that wants to
, may have a wife. And the woman that is
: the wife OF man who has one or more 9th.
: er wives, is more fortunate than il she W, re
the only one, for in case of plurality the du-
!, ties of the house are divided. The children
here are pretty numerous, must admit, but
this should and does contribute happiness Il
8 the true followers Of the Lord, from whom
we have learned that our duty is to multiply
and replenish. But mark this, there are no
8 illegitimate children in Deseret, no children
I. of shame who are ashamed of their mo, hers
and disgrace to any but the loves, society
shall not enter into an argument TO at.
tempt to convince you that your sentiment.
in regard TO the marriage relations are the
results OF education and wrong. wi.h you
3 could live here year or two, howe er, and
have not a doubt your acts would show you
had changed your opinion.