The Kanzas news., 1857-08-15
EMPoRIA, KANZAs, AUGUST Is. ]
preach that the prophecy. of Isaiah should

pressesh tnat the prophecy. OF Isaiah should
be literally fulfilled. fSee Isa. iv., II
TIE number of women belonging TO Brig
ham Is not really known BY any one except
himself. He has some ttrenty-1fre around
him. These live In his two houses and
some adjacent cottages. He intends to see
thena sli once day, if possible; if not, then
at lest once week. Should he be sick,
however desirous any of his wives might
be tceattend on him, OF course they have TO
be excluded, Twenty-Five women In sick
chamber would>be no trifle for deranoed
neryesl They generally eat at one table In
the dining-hall, and that dining hall is a Gu
rious sight. He keeps no female servants;
his 7olnen have to be his servants, and
| then own. The domestic labor is shared
among them; cooking, Washing, repairing
and daiFys work, is distributed according
to lnaiyidral ability; or, IN case of differ
enc The absolute dict0m Of the Prophet is
tdpszssdsd to aad thatSis final.
| OF course Brigham does not love all his
wives equally. and necessarily they are
aware of it, but they all love and believe In
him; and If they cannot share his love here,
| they hope to be able to participate in his
ttglory" hereafter; although, distributed
among so many, it can come only in hom@-
opathic doses t6slny one ef them That they
are sincere in their faith, their suferings
and privations eYince. 1t cannot be hcen-
| tiousness that induces twenty women to
share one husband; to have their woman s
love neglected, their woman's heart crushed,
their woman's jealousy constantly aroused,
and yet continually stifed. Deluded-out-
rageousiy, monstrously deluded-they are,
but their intentions and their conduct are
pure:
He necessarily must have had many
children, but for the number of his wives, his
family is comparatively small. Very many
| of his children are dead. Hardly one of
Smiths children by his extra wives has
survived. 1t was so with Mohammed, and
it is SO with Young. 1t is natures argu-
ment against polygamy. Brigham's houses
are filed with his women; their offspring
are in their graves. Of those surviving
he has several married. Boys and girls
/ surrounded by such illustrious examples,
constantly hearing the most shameless con-
yersations and illusions, can not help but
be pfecocious. They. hear and see till they
think, and think till they try to initiate
Some remedy has to be adopted. Brigham
has adopted that of early marriages. "Boys
ought to be married at fourteen and fifteen;
! girls at thirteen and fourteen, says Kimball.
| Boys should be married and still live with
their father" says the patriarchal Brigham.
| That neglect of offspring, inability to pro-
vide for and educate them, great mortality
among the children of these juvenile polyg-
amists should be found, IS not surprising
They ase the inevitable results-Nature's
penalties for the infractions of her laws.
As be not only initiates, but far exceeds
Judaism in polygamy, so Brigham attempts
to surpass Judaism in adopting the institu
ton of negro slavery. On this subject he
is pointed and characteristic. Isaac, a very
smart colored man, was one day holding a
favorite horse of Brigham's, who remarked,
There's my horse, and there's my nigger;
the horse is mine, and Ike is mine too; and
I would just as freely shoot the rascal who
Iattempted to persuade Ike to run off, as |
would if he were to attempt running OFF my
horse - Brigham is very fond of talking
about shooting. He once remarked, II al
ways carry two loaded reyolvers on me, and
the man who touches me, to take me as a
prisoner, dies. In the name of the Lord, /
| have spoken iti'' On another occasion, he
commanded man named Albert Smith "to
clear cut of the Territory, and that right
straight too and threatened most brutally
to Kill him if he refused to comply. He
confidently anticipates trouble. and boasts,
seWe are raising up a set of boys here who
will carry blood and thunder to the very
gates of the Capitol, if needs be-
| We are struck with his coarse but nerv
Gus language-his wild way of talking; but
yet admire the practical cast of his mind
when action is involved. Deceiving him
self, degrader of women, and conspira-
tor against his country, he still certainly
evinees administrative genius of a strong
character, in his singular arbitrary and alb
solute government over the affections, Gre
dulity and even lives of his adherents.