The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-23
THE DAILY DISPATCH
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Pslysamy IN the Church.
The New York Tribune, which goes In Tor e'v
rythins that going. and was disposed 10 ex.en"A'.
the late abomination Of .rree Love, has Ja'' -
hold of biz Of information which has SET ON !.
ecssaeies, and which II eagerly parades oe,'''
publ,c a. development of the same pr'neipes ~
practices in a quarter, and under anspNes ~.
unexpected There has lately apPo~, - r
T,sh,,. ,vork on India, written oy Das" r.
,,,..,o,.,v of the American Board
s,r .-.nsv.aye years In India A nos'ee OIL TINS
= z,,,,,. Herald. Methodist newspaper
,..,., =, poSton. calls attention TO the follow ing
.... =, {, On tho subject of polvgarny. a. in'lnl
"a t. he the converted members Of the Indian
missionary churches:
aSovr what shah To done in resnac, :" s," , ~
ans fpolygamisssI when they rive ere.n'' ,,,.o
- - ea,son., ,,e.x anf geek admission h''"
.be Chris,ian Church No casr 1T tins k ,s. ,aa
rcd In my own missionary exp"rirns.., ae;cu,sy
cases have occurred in India. ana w of
win nrcur In numerous instanr"s w = q ,ha eoo
the Cosnel The subject viii aiso nav. ....
s;d...,,a, .na aeci.,on Of the hiohest an."a'"'
ecclesiastical and Judiciary IN ih'ia ~ ;ss;o,s
Wy opinion Is that fhe r"nnraI ~
i'm respect 10 sueh cases wiz 'e ~ :, lie a.
a m q d.
,i,on, he h.s heen legally married wishes 70 ne
admitted into the Christian ehurrh be WIN ne re-
ou,red IN make free and fuil statement III hs o.r
n,estIc reIations. He will he ner"itfed 10 re,s,n
bis marital connection with all his wives ana ms
narensai relation all his children. snhieet 70 we
di.cinIine of the church for the proper governmen
of his honsehold Whether he mav or may MOI
enbabit with his different wives vii, be ieff. "'
lieve entirely him and to them. to act accarding
10 their views Of dntv At the same time the ma
ture If the married relation. according ~ ',,r
Christian dspensation and the mage ut the cnu''a
and the rrason whv such cases are for wnhe '"'
Grated. will be fuilv explained No man inns sn
mitted while A polvr snist can he ordained ohr'S
fian teacher In this wav poiveamy VIII have tne
testimony Of the church against u I: ana rs Do =,
Christian man ever become polveamis'. Hn
such viii cease with the lives OF those 'hus
admitted" -
II aiso sppears from document In the appendix
To Dr. Aliens book that the snbieet he's come nnder
the consideration of the Caieutta Missionary Con-
ference, composed of the missionaries sustained
in that city bv the various churches Of England
and America. and including Episeopalians. Pres
byter;aus. gaptists and Congregationalists. and
after frequent resolutions and much consideration,
they came unanimously to the following conein-
sion: .e.s
e "If a convert. before becoming a Christian, has
married more wives than one. in accordance with
the practice of the Jewish and primitive Chrlsuan
Churches he shall be PERMITTED 10 kfep them 0n; Du'
such person Is not eligible to any once IN the
Church"
All this. however. does not apply to Free Love
which is regarded among oriental nations WIN
quite az much adherence as by the civilized and
Christian nations of Europe and America, and
which was forbidden by certain commandment in
q decalogue which formed the moral law OF ma
ton which practised polygamy.
ban hen IL quotes
the above TO extenuate the creed Of Joe Smith.
We have no doubt that Old Joe and his brother
elders will be in an ecstaey of delight when they
find the Tribune coming to the rescue with these
decisions of the Eastern missionaries. large
emigration to Utah among the Tribune's readers
may be shortly expected, perhaps with the white
coated philosopher at their head-an event greatly
to be desiderated. But, how will Abby Kelly, and
Lucy Stone, and other champions of Woman 4
Rights who have hitherto found shelter under the
wings of the Tribune relish this somerset OF their
ehampion into the ranks of the eneRyf Well may
thew exclaim. e, tn Brute. which being literally
translated into the language sometimes addressed
bv women to the lords of creation, might be rem
dered, o, You brutei After being induced by the
Tribune to believe that the time is at hand when
they shall wear the breaches, and the husband be
the obseauious servant of the wife, how will they
relish the idea of being made not only the inferior
half but the quarter, perhaps the eighth, may be
the fftieth of one man-reduced, in short to a
homeopathic and Observation-Disclosures of the connu-
bal circlei If Greeley does not bring upon his
head shower of broomstcks more awful than the
weapon of that "border rufian." Rust, he may con-
slider himself a lucky man
The best answer, however, to all that he has
said in regard to the sanction given to polygamy
among nations which have always practsed 1t, and
with whom it is not as with the Mormons an inno-
walton upon the laws, customs and spirit of their
country. is that which the Tribune has itself an
ticipated but has failed to answer, viz: that
clear distinction exists between temporarily toie-
rating an admitted evil, with the design and inten-
ton speedily to got rid of ii, and the rentroduc
t,on of that evil where has once been abolished
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