The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-09-22

mUh women. ..ll "a
Horace, the philosopher, descanis on Polyes.
my in Utah as follows - fH III rrcT
do not believe the plural wife system eau
long endure, yet almost every man with whom
l'converse on the subject seems intensely, fs-A
nuitslly devoted to IL, deeming this the choicest
OF his earthly blessings, With the women, an
confident it is otherwiie and watched their
faces as Elder Taylor, at social gathering on
Saturday night was expitsting humorously on
THIS feature OF the Mormon system, to the great
delight OF the men but not one responsive smile
did lsee on tha face OF a woman. On the con-
Wary, thought they seemed generally to wish
the subject ha 1 been passed over in silence. Pa-
natl Glsn, aud belle that we are Gods especial,
Exclusive tavortes, will carry most Of us greet
way bat the natural instinct IN every woman's
breast must teach her that to be somo mans
third or fourth wife is To bs no wife at slL
asked my next neishbor the name Of a fair, young
| girl who sat at distance from lis with babe
Oh her knee. That 10 oNE OF Judge Smiths 10
| lies, was the quiet matter-ot conrse answer.-
Ot course, no woman spoke publicly--l believe
! noue ever speaks in Mormon assemblage-anh
shall not ask any one her private OPT ion Of
poygamy but thiuk can read an untavoF.
able one on many faces.
| Yet Polygamy is onu main y liar Of the Nor
mon Church. IL who has twI or m,re wives
rarely apostatizss, as no could hIrily remain
| here III safety aud comfort as an aposta,e. and
dare not take his wives elsewhere. have heard
OF but single instance in which u man with
three wives renounced Mormonism, and left for
Caiiornil, where he experienced no diheulty
Tor, said my intUrmi "a woman) che in
troducsd his two younger wives, (sirls OF ~ and
| y as his daughters, anl married th,m both oil
| in the course of six weeks"
lam assured BY Gintiles, that th're ia large
business done here in I'm marrying as well as
| narrylngi somh assure ms thu. til. Chureh ex.
acts leo OF $40 on the marriage OF each w,ts
after the FIRST, but chargs a still h nvier fee for
divorcing. do not know that this Is true, and
| suspect my iniormants were no wiser III the
premises than Lam. BIv it certainly looks TO
he as though rich diguitury in the Church has
freer aud fuller range for this selection Of his
sixth or eight wife, than poor young man of
o: :!inary standing has for choosing his fitst.--
| AMI inter that the m)rc sharp sghtel young
men will not always be content with thls
! have enjoyed opportunities for visiting Mor-
nous, aud studying MormonisIn, in the BONES
ot its votnries, aad of discussing with them what
The outside world regards Us its distinguishing
feature III the freedom OF friendly social inter-
course. In one ins an &c. veteran apostle OF the
faith, having first introduced to m. worthy
ma.ron of So Or 60-ths VITA of his youth, snd
the mother OF his grown up sons --as Mrs. T.
soon after introduced young all | winning lady
| OF perhaps 25 summers. in these words :-'' Here
is aAothar Mrs To- This lady is a recent emf
grant from our State, OF more than average powers
of MUD aud grales OF persoa, who came hess
with her brother as a convert, little over year
ago and has been the sixth wife Of Mr.. T. since
a few weeks arter her arrival. (The interme-
diate four yves of Elder 7. live on farm or
I farms somi miles distant.) The manner OF the
husband was perfectly unconstraincd and od'
hand throughout; but could not well be mis-.
taken in nv conviction that beth ladies' iaiied
to CONCEAL dissatisfa cton with their position IN
the eyes Of their visitor and OF tha world. They
seemed to feel that it decided vindicatlon. Their
manner toward each other was most cordial ana
sister, y-- -sincsrsiy 50, l doubt not-Jut tnis u
by no means the rule. iI
A Geute friend, whose duties require him ia
travel widely over thu T,ritory informs ms thai
| he has repeat tedly stopped with Bishop some
hundrcd miles south Of this, wEoss two wivei
, Nc has never known to addr IS each other, o.
. evnce tha slightest corIiality during the hour
f he has spent in their society The Bishops hsus'
n consists OF two rooms; and whom my informau
\ stad there with Il Gentle friend, the BISHOP
being absent, one wfa slept in the same ~part
q ment with them rather than in that occupied
g by her double. presume that all extreme case
+ but tho spirit which mpes il is not unusual.
d met this evening II large purity Of young people
r. consisting in nearly equal numbers oil husband
= and wives but no husband wss attended b.
4 more than one wile, and no gentleman admitted
!. or implied in our repeated and animated discus
sions of Polygamy, that he had more than on
'. wife And | was again struck by the circum
I, stances that here. ss heretofore, no woman In
i. dicated, by word or look, hsr approval OF an
: argument in favor OF Polysamy. That man
Il women acquiesce in il as all ordinance OF God
and have been drilled into mecha nical assen
.. to the logic by which il is upheld, believe
IS but that there is not woman in Utah who doe
20 not in her heart wish .hst God had nol ordains
d it, ] am confident. Aud quite number OF III
: Young men treat il in conversation as tempo
i rary or experimental arrangement, which Is
j. be sustained or put aside experience shall de
monSrate its utility or mischief. One old MOI
, mon farmer with whom discussed the mat
d privately, said il was impossible for poor work
al ing man to have a wellordersd, welgoverne
!; household, where his children have two or moi
Al living mothsrs occupying the Same ordlnsr
Ia dwelling On the whole conclude that Poi,
gamy, as it was graft On the original stock
I'd Mormonism. will be outlived by the oot--th'
IA thtre will be new revelation, Gre many year
10 whereby the Saints will be admonished 10 loy
" the wives they already have, but not to MARI
~ any more beyond the uatuTal assignment Of on
{. wife 10 each husband.
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