New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-30
UTAH.

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6Ry.r SALT LAKE CRY, U. T,}
July %, 1859. }
v..x>, ,hrcush tho streets Of this cafy with
%.,a -,o !, tpjksr With tie population, and you
IN not mes. girl on the verge OF womansooo'
M h VII Dot tell you IL married 70 somebody
ala enough 10 be Der father, or perhaps Ter grand
haaer. This very day have seen at least ten, the
snsst 10. eighteen, most Of them carrying little
AsSee in heir arms 1t ia the policy Of the
Church 70 force women into mstrimony at the
sasbeet possible age On the principle that the more
children q husband " raises to the Lord, the
ueater VII be his glory 10 the Celestial Kingdom.
The fate Of girl born here, Of Mormon parents
iurhle in the eeclesiastieal scale, is the most
ssel.neloIy ca1 imsgiae, although even TO her
A,ler and mother il may, and often does, appear
happy and honorable. Accustomed from her cradle
10 sights and sounds calculated to give her pre-
s~eicus Development in some respects, she natures
rspidly ard desires marriage at fifteen or sixteen,
or even earlier She looks around for husband,
AID realizes that # she marres young man OF her
swn social grade and becomes first wife, IN course
Of time other wives will be likely to become asso.
sn.ed with her. She concludes, therefore, that IL
q az well for herself (if she can get the cnahcel 10
Aeeome spiritual" Of a Bishop, or Presiding
Elder, or President Of a Stake, WIN
perhaps half n dozen wives already, rlch, capa'
ble OF feeding his family well and clothing them
Secehtly. SO she pluDges INTO poiygaihy at once
To woman the consequences OF such step are
ret utterly irretrievsble. She may, WITH age ana
4 tlo& oha hos haa laH
into sinful error In such an event she must feel
,Ae deepest modification and cOntrition; but il is
possible for her then to separate from her husband,
with credit TO herself and without injury to him.
The United States Courts, even u they should
reeopnjzs polygamic matrimonial rites as legal
(which, under the ruling Of Judge Eckes, they
NIL not dO would surely not hesitate now 10 grant
divorces literally, and TO extend protection to the
divorced wives. But when a man has become
polygamist, he is bound TO Mormonism forever. IL
would require the utmost moral courage for him 10
break the bond-and 20 much courage IS rarely
found where it has not been fostered by pous fam
ily education II is easier for the man to smother
the dualms OF his conscience, and drft with the
tide. He is surrounded by thousands, polygsmsts
hike himself He is on the strong side 1t Is easy
for preachers IN Boston, Cincinnati, aud st. LOUIS
TO denounce Polygamy from their pulpits as he-
nous sin; but let some of those clerical gentlemen
viii run the risk of martyrdom.) Should be apos-
tatize be would be compelled TO forfeit business,
property, friends, and TO face this community. lie
could not like woman, seek immediate secluson
and protection. His incentive to apostasy, also
alas for human nature lis weaker than the womans.
His is the consciousness of be 0g the wroDger; hers
the consciousness Of being wrnged.
But believe that the greater part OF the popull-
ton belong to those classes Of society whose minds
are naturally stolid. So far as can Judge from my
own observation, and from the testimony OF both
Mormons and Gentiles nearly one half OF the people
are English and Welsh, and at least two-thirds
foreigners. In the best-bult aud tmckest'scttled
portion of the city, that adjoining Temple square,
he business part of the main street. and Bingham
and Heber's corraiS there are few residents who
are not Americans. But in the streets on the out
skirts an American is rarely to be found. One
quarter of the city, the southeastern, Is occupied
almost wholly by Danes. The proportion OF Amerl-
saps s also snrey greater here than in any town IN
the Territory There are some stakes III the
valley whose inhabitants are all foreigners.
have made repeated endeayers 10 torn an III
tellieent Judgment of the population OF Salt Lake
CITY before the late emigration, but have been
unable 10 do 30. The estimates Of persons who
have lived in the Territory for many years, and
have been nqristive and observant, differ as much
m 5000 But by no estimate which have oD-
tanned did the popu alton exceed l4,OOO OF ial
short Of $500. II is probably now less than two
thirds what it was last July. Some OF the streets
on the outokrts are entirely ntenanted the houses
Jismsutled and the gardens ch0ked with weeds.
Their former occupants will probably never return.
If monogamy prevailed, the population could readily
be ascertaned by computing the number OF houses,
and assigning to each that number OF occupants
which is the average in the larger frontier towns ol
Iowa or Missouri. But the existence OF polygamy
renders such computation imprachcable. have
been pointed 10 three houses each little ADOBE,
ope-storied with only two or three rooms, which
/ am assured are tenanted by families numbering
from two 10 four wives and seven to twelve children
am inclined to believe that the number OF The
wives Of Young and Kimball has been exaggerated
Nebody probably except themselves Is aware oi the
exact number. In respect TO kimbalIs Children
we have his own testimony. Ia sermon delivered
on July 20, 1857, he said:
al have had altogether about fifty children, ant
one hundred years won. pass away before my pos
terity will outpumber the present inhabitants OF the
state OF New-York.
In the came discourse he remarks in relation tC
his wives:
Plurality Of wives have good many wives
Hev much would you give TO know how msny II
were 70 tell you you would not believe 1t. suppose
many Of You have not believed word we have ssid
to day. Suffice II TO say, have good many wive;
and lots OF young musiards that are growiogi ano
they kind of fruitful seed"
The latest official announcement coucerning tht
extent Of Brigham's family, which have been able
TO discover in the published disceurses OF the church
leaders, find in sermon preached by Ezra L.
Benson, one OF the Twelve Apostles, on the oath OF
hast January. He is detailing the particulars OF
visit which he paid to his brother IN his native
tewn-Milford, Mass.-and the various questions
Yropounded TO him there concerning Mcrmonlsm.
He says:
"The rext man who csme TO the carpet wsated
krA hA~u ID -. D.l
Dlied have net come here 70 lay before this people
the domestic affairs Of my Governor; IL ia question
never asked him myself, for never took the psns
to inquire any thing about II; but still ss am au