The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-07-22

sensual portion of such degree. Spiritual
ideas are consequently above his apprehension.
lie can neither smell, touch, taste or see them
and therefore they have no existence in his
universe. His intellectual is the bat of even
ing: he knows nothing of the eagle towering
in his pride Of place" His residence is in the
basement story of humanity: and the univel-
sal prevalence of his system would drag the
mind down into low plane. restore the reign
of panhcism, the dance Of satyrs, and the
balances of syrcns.
With regard TO the institution of polygamy
the author is explicit in his statements and
decided in his opinions. On this point his
views as derived from personal observation
arc not without importance. Polygamy is
firmly established among the Mormon COM
mUnitv. Onc-fuurth of the adult male popu-
lation number from Two to fifty wives each
as part Of their domestic arrangements.
The priesthood have the larg,st larclns. The
custom would be still mere universal but for
the scarcity Of women and the want ofncans
to support them. In 1851, there were G49
more males than females in the territory, and
subsequent cmigrations have not probably
done much to change the proportion. Hence
it follows, that where the chief baShaws have
from ten to fifty wives, the unprivilcg,d elias
ses cannot command the luxury Of even one.
The elect upon POI u'aion is dcletcriouS.
Comparatively few children are born, and
those arc subject to f:ightful degree Of sick
lie IS and mortality. Both wives and chill
dren suffer greatly from neglect, less care be-
ins tAk,n oflhtm than would be given by a
thrifty New York farmer To his cattle. Out
of the Five Points, it would be hard to scare
up a more filthy, miserable, dsorderly rabblc
of children than can he found in the streets of
the Great Salt Lake City. The system of
plurality has nearly obli,crattd all sense of
dcccncy.
| The high priest digntarci Of the Church
are exceedingly skilful i'll procuring young
girls for wives. They inculcatc the idea that
elderly members who have been tried and
found faithful, are surtr instruments of sal
walton tlan the young, who may apostatizc.
and as marriage to one who remains stead
fast to the end is essential to escape from the
fate Of being mere angels, a great many
young women are fooled into this bubbling
and SETTLING caldron of prostitution. Elder
MILFORD Woodruff, one of the twelve apos-
ties, has a singular system Of changing his
hartm. lie takes IN one or more young girls,
and 50 manages, after he tires Ct th,m, that
the, are glad to ask for a divorce, after which
he beats the bush fer recruits. lie took a
fresh one, shout fourteen years old, in March
1888, and will probably get rid Of her in the
course Of the ensuing summer. These ma
no,uvcrs are practlccd more OF less by the
whole gang: the girls discarded by one be-
come sealed to others, and SO travel the entire
rounds; and when they accomplish the whole
circuit, and arc ready to start anew, they
have profoundly 'rcalizing sense of fc
male modcsty, to say nothing of some of its
| adiuncts.
The effect of the plurality system is most
severely felt by the first or real wife. In
Utah, she can seldom live out half her days.
In families, where polygamy has not been i'll
PRODUCED, she is the victim Of a constant APP
pr,hcusion and fear. The expression of her
countcnance even tells the story of her sutltr-
ings. She has sad, downcast, complaining
look; is often the victim Of premature old
/
age; and many sink into an carly grave under
an intolcrablc weight of affliction. The hus-
band, upon setting up a haiem, always be-
comes neglected. of his wife, and in most ca
scs abuses her. All union of affection and in
tcrcst is destroyed. The wife has no longer
Il motive to labor and cconomizc for the fami-
| ly when she finds one Or more intrudcrs to
share the benefits of her cxcrtions The RI
walls, for a similar reason. feel no interest and
make no effort. The wife hates them for in
tcrfcring with her comforts and cstrangng
her husband; they, in turn, hate the wife
and each other and the children of each 9TH
or. The husband hates the wife OH whose
affections he has tramplcd; he hates the III
| '"iS, VI Nioih iiC tiiNo, WIFI IL lItSIl OHc IL
introduced and the children hate each other
as bitterly as band of young tiger-cats 1t
is hate, and strife, and wrctchcdncss through
the whole family circle. The observation of
Mr.. Ferris IN regard to the practical effect of
polygamy thus confirms the theoretical con-
clusion, AS to the evils, which such system
of female slavery is adapted to produce
| True AND BEAUTIrUL.-Icorgc lIilard of
Boston, says
IL confess that increasing years bring it'll
them an increasing respect for men who do
not succeed in life, as those words are COM
monty used. Heaven has been said to be a
place for those who have not succeeded upon
earth; and it is surely true that the celestial
graccs do not best thrive and bloom in the hot
b.aze of worldly prosperity. Tll-success some
tines arises from a superabundance of quail
ties in themselves good-from q conscience
too sensitive, taste too fastidious, q self-fo-
getfulness too romantic, modcsty too rctir-
ing. | do not go so far as to say with iv-
ing poet, that 1.-THE world knows nothing of