New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-10

kft the place before tue birth Of sAe child He had
made 90 provision either fa her % Der mother. TIE
| mother had reoe bb taken B0rme.e husband
called one day At Q nouse where wa Burmese
funeral. large congregation had asse nbsd and
among the crowd noticed white child abou: year
old. II wa. bitter cold morning for tits pantry
TIE poor child was bare-beaded and bare-foc,ed and
covered only with thin calc s through and nnder.
which TIE bitter east wind piercing ~ The little
chung % the bo-om OF her mother q thm dea ate
girl Of eighteen. iu9 ired concerning the father Of
the child, aud was; 0h tn Il il father Capt. H,
who left the place about yeu previous For the
first few mon IA he sent the mother a small pittance Of
40 rupees er month, but she entirely de-
pend Mt upon her labor for the support OF herself
and her verse than fa1heress infant. This Capt. H.,
let j. be rema ed, had an Euglsh wife and family,
whom lie left in Bengal when be came this coast.
How many similar iegtimste children he has lef: in
his track over the country, God only knovs presume
the man himself could not tell; perhaps half a. many
a. he b8s SepOys in his company.
might continue these narratives Of facts 20 almost
unlimited extent for daily these victims Of
strained lust wandering unsed for through the streets
Of the city; but enough has been said, think, ID
show that ubrnage in India is sin OF less mag
nitude than polygamy in Utah. And here, while deny
anything ike uphOldiDg, or in the least aroloc'zns
for pogsmy in Utah, let bring the two eide by SIDE
and compare them with each other.
MormOnlsm : consistent with lL-eli. No MoIbph -
allowed to take second OF third wife unless ne ran
sk0V that he is capable Of supporting her properly,
and Of course her Children and the second thfd ana
so on 10 the Hitch, N lu5t az mDch NIt w |NS
Mormon sense as the fret and the husosnd y ooiseo
TO supper, all with their children. But ~ lndla, q
man of Chr.sian education gentleman by proiesslon
and an officer of the Hon. Fast India Company or OF
the Britsh Crown, ill his harem WITH women ana
the streets with iegtimate children and turn tnem on
at pleasure 10 seek support from the cold chaH;e- VI
the world while he aunts at his ease SITE IN Ms e1
ecutiye chair returns to his native lana 20
the thanks OF Parliament sno me 1PPia"@e % LIS
country , -. ,u,
with feelings Of parental love. lie lives WITH them,
eats with them, knows them, and IS known by the n
But an English officer who changes his concubiue
once in six months seldom or never sees h children,
ard would be ashamed TO be known "a their father;
in fnct, many know not how many they nave. NOR
mon father may look forward to the time when h.s
daughter will become the second, third, or fourth
wife Of d" brother saint while the English officer
NAV look forward if he will give himself the trouble,
10 the time when his usbters will become the
cubines OF brother officer the wife OF an Idoa-
trous Burman. Mormon can :" divorce wife only
for adultery; hence Brigham Young and others can
count theirs by scores but If the truth were spoken
there are men in India to-day. who have had more
concubines than Brigham Young has wfes. The only
difference is, that while supports hls, win all
their children, and keeps them together, the o'her
lesves his to support themselves and their worse nan
fatheress children. While therefore, English jOurn-
asts are at liberty TO condemn the unhoy and pro-
fame practice OF polygamy in Utah. had they no. bet
ter direct their force OF the artillery against more
deadly and heaven provoking sln, which exists IN
II reason ls now sought why an all-wise Provi-
dence has permitted such Ofmuny, raplne and
bloodshed to stain the fair soil of Indawhy He has
suffered Mohammedans and nloos to dye their hands
in the blood of Christian men, women and children,
and change into wild and frghtiul chaos the once
smiling and vouptWus Empire of lndia-the pride
and glory of the British crowns there not reply
Could We suppose that the eye of a holy God would
always slumber or that vengeance, long held back,
would be forever restrained No! The day Ci
retributi0n must come, and come in Gods own ap-
pointed time and way And although the sin Of con-
cubinage alone is enough call down the wrath OF
an offended Deity, it may with Justice be remarked
that this is but one OF the many sins that might be
charged against the Government of India Its con-
niyance at idolatry, it, sustaining the arrack and
opium trade, which spreads devastation, moral and
physical death in its track, crying sins against
heaven, and enough enc would think TO MI up their
cup of iniquy Should, therefore, an al-mercful
God in whose hands the destnes OF nations, per-
NIT the English again 10 restore tranquility TO their
distracted and disorganized provinces let their firs.
object be to remove these daring sins against heaven
lest a day of tiercer wrath await them.
And let America learn lesson from these fearful
ysitatuus tire hlishty e-S Vioa, i,oI skirts rom
the sin of Slavery and polygamy, lest they also fall
under the displeasure of heaven and in the day OF
visitation, be swallowed up in the vortex Of He
wrath JesI9s'