Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-05-29
PolygafnY Defended.

Vi '"c ahecuonS and attentions ana SYM
pathies Of 'liege lord" who reveIs in
the blissful association and tender love Of
eight fine, large, rosy, talkative, and Of
course, interesting "be1ter hdlces," and
f'centy; foe greasy, plump, squalling li.tle
Pratts. has written letter to b2r sister
Mrs. Lydia kymball, of New Hampshire,
defending the life she leads, and the hab-
Its OF the polygagist. Her letter is char
acterised by an artless belief in the scrip.
'ufal purity Of polygamy, and expresses
.le hope that her sister will be converted
to the faith, and permit her husband to
realize the joys of half dozen wives. She
enters into an interesting detail of the
family associations and hearth-stone scenes
depicts IN glowing colors the ardent at
tachment Of all the wives for their hus-
band, and his for them, and theirs for each
other. The perfect unity in the feelings
and sympathies Of all the children are al
luded to, and the general happiness and
contentment of the whole muss IS a theme
held up in rich fancy. She vindicates the
life as religious duty, and brea,lles an
atfectlonate prayer for the deIiyerance of
this country from the sea Of spiritual dark
ness, in which 1t lis buried. The writer
is evidently in great earnest, and defends
her position by reference TO the characters
Of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Nathan,
Solomon, David, &c, and says that in
order to renounce her present belief as
'licehtious, beastly." &c., she must dis
claim the precepts Of the Bible, and sink
into the deepest hell, the wise and the
good men who IN their lives were exam
Piles Of virtue, and in their leaths, glorified
God. and received the reward of the
righteous. She argues from policy and as
a means Of promoting virtue in men and
women, that polygamy is right. FOO fire.
quently it occurs that men violate the laws
Of our country, destroy the sarcity of the
marriage pledge by our system of connu-
bal conjunction, which give rise to murder
inianticide, suicide, disease, remorse, des-
pair, wretchedness, poverty, un.imely
death, with all the attendant train Of zeal
ousies. heart-rending miseries, &c. She
says Until the laws Of Lew Hampshire
yield to the light Of the Bible, and par
take Of the spirit of the doctrines therein
enunciated, she can never come to see her
kindred for she could not think Of max
ing visit to her friends without being ac-
companled BY her husband, his seven 9TH
er wives. and their twenty-five children!
She looks forward when this grand mil
leneum IN the customs OF our country will
occur. She says the star Of Jacob is already
in the ascendant; the House Of Israel is
about TO be restcred while "Mystery
Baby lon," with all her institutions, awaits
her overthrow. She argues that the poll
ey Of the Bible is sufficiently foreshadowed
in favor of polygamy, by the edIct that
man must 60 forth, increase and multiply
his species. Another very forcible argu-
ment which addresses itself 10 The female
sex exclusively. is. that where now youth
and beauty is "born to blush unseen and
waste its sweetness OH the desert air." the
searching eye Of man in pursuit Of his
dozen or more wives, would penetrate and
snatch from life Of loneliness, tempta-
ton, unrecipsocated affection, and single
misery. many fair daughter Of Eve, and
elevate her to the enjoyment Of his aflec-
tons divided by twelve, and to the society
Of twelve tongues hung in the middle,
which move at both ends. and the bliss
of the delightful music which arises from
the delectable lungs Of one dozen Cross
babies.
Altogether this is one Of the most re-
markable letters we have ever read
Written with considerable ability, it car
ries on its face the evidence of humble
sincerity, which cannot but arrest the
readers attention. 1t is very lengthy, but
not too much so no; to be read witt una
bated curiosity. 1t certainly will strike
the females Of this country rs remarkable
in the fact, that it announces woman can
live happy in the knowledge Of having
eight or dozen rivals Such circum-
stance has neyer before been demonstrated
in the civilized age; ana we must award
to the Mormon females degree of grace
and amiability not to be found with the
tender sex among US. Truly, we live in
progressive times, and truth is stranger than
fiction.
We pity the man whose delosion has
entrapped him into the belief that happi-
ness is to be found with plurality Of
wives" and consequently plurality Of
children. The man who can please one
woman, meet her endless wants, and pro-
vide for the legitimate offspring, rs con-
sidered to have enough to do. But he
who eau make smile dazea women, in
the same breath, call them all "my DEAR"
and deport himself in such manner as to
elicit their united commentator and affec-
tor, must indeed be sainted being. The
MoymOns lead SINGULAR liyeS-are a singu- !