The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-05

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urged that Abraham married hia haff s;.s.
and The guessed he had Just 8 much riel
- Abraham The point was knotfv. IL
sausc, il Abraham's example itutifes n1olvr
my evidently his example must iustiE sn S
marriage. The girl was rather handsom
and 90, to settle the whole matter s6ectuall
ana 70 spare the Necessity Of George Watt
being still more Abzahamic than hin brett
rem, Brigham tool her k6Dss{n So far, {
veil hut he was not contented; and 40 al
ter all, there was much force in Watts ar !,
ment and AbrahamS example; ana he toll
Watt that he might take her then If he wisl
ed. OF course be wished and Brigham di
vorceo ner In order to effect this conyenien
compromise. Now, Mr.. George Watt is on
! OF the faithful saints, and quite prom
nent person in the community Since thi
unfortunate confretemps, which was unpal
| atable to the toughest conscience of them al
brigham has declared that he will take n,
more wives, as his family is large enough. >
This deciartion does not save him from be
ing asked by many ! remember one youn,
lady who is trying TO pine herself for tn
love Of Brigham
"Sighing and weeping for love of him."
and although she has been directly refused
is Just as obstinately determined to shope a
gainst hope, and says "Shell have him o.
NOBODY She 10 proving her faith by hel
works
We bow to the ladies; and Brigham con-
ducts US, by a narrow passage, into his lior
house We enter on corridor with room
doors at each side. He opens one, and we
peep in, and see very neetly furnished an
artment We notice that everything is ir
the best order, and dazzingly clean. He CD
ems another door, and We observe this apart
ment is the aJsct counterpart Of the first
With slight gesture and smile as he indi
Gates the row of doors, says he, Gentlemen
they are all just alike' These are the
sleeping apartments of his wives of which
they have one each
we are then conducted to noisy part OF
the house. Here in busy work room, is a
bevy Of industrious ladies-some at looms
some at spinning wheels, some at quitting.
frances and hi IA above the clatter ofbattens
shuttles and wheels, rises the sound of wo.
man $ voices. They hush into silence on see-
ing Brother Brigham, who then tells us how
many pounds ofwool they have spun, knit
ted and wove; the yards of linsey, flannel
ana carpeting they have made Stockings
and quilts are ct quite a premium in this
private factory. Brigham makes all his la
dies work. They have to be examples to all
the women of Utah, and Youngs hobby cry
is, There must be no idlers in Zionr He
Is working man himself, and they must be
so likewise. "lf woman cant do more
than her share in sustaining herself" saws
ihis domestic economist, "she amt of no
account" Expensive though his family
might otherwise be, they are thus made in
reality, productive of wealth. Dressed in
calicoes, or, on extraordinary occasions, in
musiins and deafness they are not very ex-
pensiye to their lord and master. Indeed.
Brigham has The conscience to believe that
the prophecy Of Isaiah should be literally
fulfilled. (See Isaiah, w., ~
The number of women belonging to
Brigham is not really known by any one ex-
cept himself He has some trenty-fce a.,
round him. These live in his two houses,
and in some adjacent cottages He intends
to see them all once q day, if possible; if
not, then at least once week. Should he
be sick, however DESTROYS any of his wives
might be to attend on him, Of course they
have to be excluded. Twenty five women
IN sick chamber would be no trifie for de-
ranged nerves! They generally eat at one
table in the dining hall and that dining hall
IS curious sight He keeps no female ser
wants the women have to be his servants
and their own. The domestic labor is shared
among them; cooking, washing, repairing
and dairy work is distributed according to
Individual ability, or, in case of difference,
tho absolute dictum of the prophet is APP
pealed to, and that is 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 share in his "glory'
hereafter; although, distributed among SO |
many, it can only come in homeopathic doses
o any one of them. That they are sincere |
n their faith, their sufferings and privations
vince. 1t cannot be RIGHTEOUSNESS that in
iuces twenty women to share one husband;
o have their womans love neglected, their
yomans heart crushed, their woman's zeal
'usy constantly aroused, and yet continually |
titled. Deluded-outrageously, monstrous-
y deluded-they are, but their intentions
md conduct are pure
lie necessarily must have had many chill
lren, but, for he'number of his wives, his
amily is comparatively small Very many
# his children are dead Hardly one Of
smiths children by his extra wives has sur
lved 1t was SO with Mohammed, and it is
o with Young. 1t is Natures argument
gainst polygamy. Brigham's houses arc
lied with his women; their offspring are in
heir graves. OF those surviving, he has
everal married. Boys and girls surrounded
y such Industrious examples, constantly
earring the most shameless conversations
nd illusions, cannot help but be precocious.
hey hear and see till they think and think
i'll they try to initiate. Some remedy has
D be adopted Brigham has adopted that
t early marriages. 'Boys ought to lie mar
led at fourteen and. fifteen; girls at thirteen
nd fourteen, says kimball "Boys should
e married and still live with their father
avs the patriarchal Brigham. That ne
lect of offspring, inability to provide for
nd educate them, great mortality among
he children of these Juvenile polygamists
lould be found, is not surprising. They
re the inevitable results-Nature's PENAL
es for the attractions Of her laws
As he not only initiates, but far exceeds
Judaism in polygamy, so Brigham attempts
surpass Judaism in adopting the institu-
on OF negro slavery. On this subject he
pointed and characteristic Isaac. very
mart coiored man, was one day holding a
vorite horse of Brigham's, who remarked, |
There's my horse, and there's my niger !
re horse is mine and Ikcs mine too; and |
ould just as freely shoot the rascal who 4
ould attempt to persuade Ike to run off as t
would were he to attempt running off my
'rse. Brigham is very fond of talking Z
bout shooting. He once remarked, Il al
avs carry two loaded reyolyers on me, and I
. man who touches me, to take me as a Q
isoner, dies. In the name of the Lord @
I'VE spoken it, On another occasion. he v
4 man named Albert Smith to i
lear out of the Territory, and that right
caight, too, and threatened most brutally o
kill him if he refused to comply. He p
niidently anticipates trouble, and boasts, e
We are raising up set of boys who will c
rry blood and thunder to the very gates of
e Capitol, if needs he" e
We are struck by his coarse but nervous h
wild way of talking; but vet N
inirc the practical cast of his mind when 0,
ion is involved. Deceiying himseli--a a.
grader of women, and conspirator a. t,
inst his country, he still certainly evnces
genius of a strong character, Al
y