The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-02-13

He still storms and raves, and hurls
naughty defiance against all the outside
worlds:
PoLIGAMY ACKNOWLEDGED.
"True we have more wives than one,
and what Of that? They have their thou.
sands Of prostitutes we have none
But polygamy they are unconstitu,ionaily
striving 10 prevent; when they will &C.
complish their object is not for me to say.
They have already presented a resolution
in Congress that no man in any Of the
Territories Of the United States shall be
allowed to have more than one wife, I'm.
der penalty not exceeding five years
Imprisonment and five hundred dollars
fine. How will they get rid Of this aw.
full evil in Utah =?
HOW 1T MAY BE GOT RID OF.
"They will have to expend about three
hun.red millions for building a prison,
for we must all 60 to prison. And after
they have expended that amount for
prison, and rooted it over from the sum.
nit Of the Rocky Mountains to The sum-
NIT Of the Sierra Nevada, we will dig
out and go preaching through the world
A voice from the stand - What will
become Of the women? Will they go
with So Brother Hobcr seems con-
cerncd about the women's going with us;
they will be with US. for we shall be there
together. This is little amusing"
AN ARGUMENT FOR MoRMoNIsM.
"Momonism is true and all hell can.
not overthrow it. All the devils ser.
wants on the earth may do all they can,
and, as Brother Clinton has just said,
after twenty six years faithful operation
and exertion by our enemies, including
the times when Joseph had scarcely a
man to stand by him, and when the per.
secutlon was as severe on him as it was
in the world, what have they accom-.
plished?"
HINTS ON THE FORMATION OF AN INDIE.
PENDENT NATION.
'Thcy have succeeded in making us an
organized territory, and they are determ-
ined to make US an independent State or
Government, and as the Lord lives it will
be so. The congregation shouted Amen.
! say, as the Lord lives, we are bound to
become sovereign State in the Union,
or an independent nation by ourselves
and let them drive US from this place ii
they can they cannot do it. do not
throw this out asa banter. You Gentiles
and hickory and Eastwood Mormons, can
write it down if you please, but write it
as speak it."
BUTTERMILK AND POTATOES RECOMMENDED
AS DIET FOR ELDERS.
81 want TO see the Elders live on but.
termlik and potatoes, and when they re.
turn By more faithful. But they 90 as
missionaries Of the kingdom Of God, and
when they have been gone year or two,
many OF them come back merchants, and
how they swell how popular Mormon,
ism is,-we can get trusted in St. Louis
for ten thousand dollars as well as not
and in New York Bro. Brigham's word
is 50 good that we can get all the goods
we want,-Mormonism is becoming quite
popular, &C. Yes, and so are hell and
the works of the devil. When Mormon.
ism finds favor with the wicked in this
land, it is gone into tho shade but until
the power Of the priesthood is gone, Nor.
monism will never become popular with
the wicked Mormonism is not one far.
thing better than it was in the days Of
Joseph"
THE TROUBLES OF A MORMON PATRIARCH
ILLUSTRATED.
"lf | would suffer it, | should have to
lay out $500 yearly for morocco shoes
and bootees, at from three 10 five dollars
a pair, for a woman could not wash with.
out putting on pair Of fine shoes. How
many times have told you these things?
They are on my mind all the time, and |
cannot get them off; but must keep tell
ing you until my mission is complete
(oresee the consequence Of an unwise
course as plainly as | see your faces to.
day."
FATuERLY ADVICE TO CALIFORNIA EN-
GRANTS.
:" 1t is reported that many are going
away. | say, gentlemen and ladies', you
who wish to go to California or to the
States, go and welcomed had rather
you would go than stay. wish every
one to go who prefers doing so, and il
they will 60 like gentlemen, they go with
my best feelings; but if they 20 like ras
Gals and knaves, they cannot have them.
| have never requested but two things OF
those who leave, namely. to pay their
debts and not steal. 1'ha, is all have
required OF them
A friend that buy with presyou.en;s car
be brought from you.
The man who made an impression o,