The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-01

TIE MoRNoE ABoMrsArIoN.-A correspon-
dent Of the Philadelphia Christian Observer,
under date Of Camp Floyd, utah Territory
July 9th, writes as follows.
You cannot surelv know the high handed
crimes which this people commit in the name of
the most High God.
The basest passions OF the basest men have
full scope OF qualification in the name OF rel>
gion. In the name of religion, arson and mur-
der are committed. To save the souls Of men
who have apos,atized, their throats are cut. II
women refuse to become the secoud, fourth or
forieth wife OF some lustfu saint, their th.oats,
in many instances, have been found cut in cold
murder, and the report started, committed
suicide Tor fear OF the wrath of God! Ali
these, and more, are done 10 the name of the
Lord, and by and with the consent of the heads
OF the church p!) The Judge of this Judicial
District (the FIRST )informs me there are now over
one hundred and sixty murderers, many of
them known and ackno wledged to be such. run
ming at large, and in full communion with, and
protected by Che Mormons,-a large number Of
whom are Bishops and Elders and other church
dgnitaries This is the district in which were
committed the Mountain Meadows murder, the
Parishes, the Jones and Forbes, and Others.
Brigham Young, q few Sabbaths since said
ing a revelation from God commanding his
children by one wife to intermarry with his
children Of another wife, to secure pure priest
hood. +e-I -g8
This people have pretended prophets and
revelators, who pretend . revelation for any
emergency. commanding the perpetration Of
any crime that may be desired, to accomplish
any end, in the name Of God.
All their wives are taken in accordance with
pretended visions, dreams or revelations
Should the woman object, abe is asked to reflect
with care, and admonished to obey counsel
This admonition 10 obey counsel is ominous,
savoring of throats cut, pretending suicide
But poverty here is 90 dissressngly great, and
women who are wives have 60 little liberty
together with the fact that many more women
tnan men are members Of this pretended churc
that women hardly ever object 70 becoming
the wives OF any men who can in any rise assist
in their support, careless how many wives the
men may already have.
And herein is found the excuse for polygamy
on the part Of the females, though they NAV
pretend to receive the institution as from God.
The men profess to marry wives wholly as
religious duty, claiming more wives as religious
light and knowledge increase! ! opine an ex.
cass can be more easily found for this abomiua.
bic polygamous habit.
know Of seven men who have the mother
and daughter to wive. And one, who has the
mother and her four daughters 70 wive. and
children by eli Of them. This man has ten
wives. The reporter of the Tabernacle services
having Eve wives, has his half sister 10 wife.-
They have three ,children. One man in this
district. an elder, refused to seal ts bis son
spiritual vile, but had himself sealed to that
same woman as bis tenth spiritual wife and
lived with her as such for two months. then
divorced her and sealed her to that son in
que stion, and as such they now live.n