The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-10-20
NUMBER 81.
The Mormes Ahoninasieu. 4


The Mormen Ahoninatien. Il
A correspondent Of tho Philsdslphis
Christian Observer, under dats n OanP
Floyd. (Utah Territory July 9th.
writes as follows: s.,a .iis d Saidi
You connot surely know ths high
handed crimes which this people commit
in the name Of the most High God.
The basest passions Of the basess men
have full SCOPE Of qualification in the
name Of religion. In the name of reli-
gion, srsons and murder are committed.
TO save the souls Of men who have
apostatized, their throats are cut. II
women refuse to become the @secoad,
fourth or fortieth wife Of some lustful
saint. their throats iu many instances,
have been found cut in cold murder, and
the report started, committed ,uicide for
fear Of the wrath Of Godl All these snd
more, are done 10 the name Of the Lord,
and by and with the consent of The heads
Of the church (D. The Judge Of this
Judicial District (the lst) informs me
there are now over one hundred and sixty
Murderers, many Of them known and
acknowledged to be such running atlarge
and in full communion with, and protec-
ted by the Mor,nons, "a large number Of
whom are Bishops and Elders, and
other church dignitaries. This Is the
district in which were committed .the
Mountain Meadows murder, the Parishes.
the Jones and Fordes, and others.
Brigham Young. few Sabbaths since
said in the Tabernacle. that he (Young)
was expecting a revelation from God
commanding his children BY one wife to
with bis children Of another
wife, to secure priesthood. .,.,
This people have pretended prophets
and revelators, who pretend q revelation
for any emergency, commanding the
Of any crime that may be
desired, to accomplish any end in the
name Of God. ..,,.,,.,l, rS
All their wives are taken in accordance
With pretended Visions, dreams or revela-
ions. Should the women object, she is
lsked to reflect with care, and admonished
o obey counsel. This admonition, to
,bey counsel is ominous. savoring of
hroats cut, pretended suicide. But
poverty here is so distressingly great and
vomen who are wives have 90 little lib
,rty together with the fact that many
more women than men are members 70
his pretended church that women hardly
ver object to becoming the wives Of
ny man who can in any wise assistin
heir support, careless how many wives
he men may already have. 49,,
And herein is found the excuse FOR po-
ygamy on the part Of the females, though
hey may pretend to receive the institu-
on as from God. The men profess to
larry the wives wholly as religious du-
7, claiming more wives as religious Eight
nd knowledge increase! opine an ex-
use can more easily be found for this a.
ominable poligamous habit. ss''qF'%s
know Of seven men who have the
lother and daughter to wife. And one,
ho has the mother and four daughters
!, wife, and children by all Of them.--
bis man has ten wives. The reporter
the tabernacle services having I've
ives has bis half sister To Wifas They
ave three children. One man in this
strict, an elder, refused TO seal - his
m spiritual wife, but had himself seal
to that same woman as his tenth spir-
,al wife and lived with her two months,
en- divorced her and sealed her TO- bis
n in question, and as such they now
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