Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-20

= POLYGYMY IN UT H.

h'Tsce ureeley communicates another letter
70 the Tribune IN regard to his observations of
the working Of pOlygamy in Utah. We make
the following extract:
since the foregoing was written have an
Jcyed opportunities for visiting Mormous and
studying MOrnonim, in the homes of its yotn
, rieS, and OF discussing with them what the ont
side world regards as its distinguishing feature.
IN the freedom OF friendly social intercourse.
In one instance, veteran spOs;le of the faith
having first introduced 70 me q worthy matron
oi hity-hVe or sixty-the wife of his youth, and
the mother OF his grOwn-up sOns-as Mrs T.
soon alter introduced young and winning
iady, Of perhaps twenty five summers, in these
words: 'Here is another Mrs. t. This lady
i recent emigrant from cur state of more
than average powers Of mind and graces of
person, who came here with her brother rs a
convert a little over year ago. and has been
the S1xth wife IF Mr.. 4 since a few weeks after
her arrival The intermediate four wives of
Elder l. live on farm or farms some miles
diSiantl The mauner of the husband was
perfectly On-hand throughout; but | could not
wen De mistaken III my conviction that both
ladies' failed TO conceal dissatisfaction with
their position N the eyes vi their visitor and
Ot The world Their manner toward each other
WAS NEST cordial and sisterly-sincereIy So. |
Quot not-but this is by no means the rule
Gentile friend. whose duties require him
10 oiraTci Nldcl over the territory informs Inc
that be has repeatedly stopped with Bishop.
some hundred miles south Of this, whose two
wives lac has never known to address each
other, or eynee the slightest cOrliality dL-ipg
the hours no has spent in tnoir society. The
bIsn"P mouse consists Of yo Rooms; and when
my informant stald there Hith tientile friend
the Bishop being absent. one wife sept in the
same apartment with them rather than i'm that
O;'1pied by her dOutIs L presume that an
ex eme ease, but the % rit which impgIs i; il
not unusual. met his evening a large party
ot Iung peop Q, consisting in nearly equal
numbers of hus banGs and wives; but no hu.
baud was attended by more than one wife and
no gentleman adputted or implied in our re-
peSted and animated Ji>;ussiOns of pOIygamy
ths' he had more than CEe wife And I was
aga struck by the circumstance that here as
heretOfoTe, no woman indicated, by word or
look her approval OF any argument il favor Of
poly Sdmy That many women acquieSce in it
: as IN ordinance of God and have been drilled
int mechanical assent to the logic by which
it1S upheld. believe; but that there i not n
woman ia Utah who does not in her heart wish
that God had not ordained it. | an confident
And quite number of the young men treat il
IN conversation a. q temporary or experimen-
tIl arrangement. which Is to be sustained or
lui ASIDE "a experience shall demonstrate its
utility Up IafSclIcf. One old Mormon farmer
wI-h whom / discussed the matter privately
admitted that ii was impossible for a poor work.
ing I1sn TO have well-ordered, well-governed
living mothers occupying the same ordinary
dwell ing. On the whole. conclude that po-
lygaIny, as il was a graft on the original stock
Of M0rmOnISnl, will be Outliyed by the root;
that there will be a new revelation ere NAM
years, whereby The saints will be admouished
L. love and cherish the wives thev already
have, but Not - marry any mcre beyond the
natural assignment of one wife to each hus-
band
regret that have found time and cppor-
tunity to visit but one IF the nineteen common
schools uf this city. This was thinIy attended
BY children nearly all quite young. and IF the
most rudimen-ary aJt9Inments. Their phre-
no.J2 al developments were, in the average.
bal, q. say this with freedom since have stated
that those Of the adults as | noted them in the
Tabernacle, wore good But | am told that
III O-lc or mdliIrmed children are very rare If
not unknown here. The male saints enpba
size The fact that a majority Of the children
born here sre girls, holding it a proof that
Providence smiles on their peculiar ilstitu-
tIon; L. on the contrary. maintain that such
Is the case in all pcIygamous countries, and
proves SIMPLY prepOnderance of vil:Or on the
part oil the mothers over that of tie fathers
wherever this result is noted. presume that
nsJority of the children Of Old husbands Ly
young wives IN any community are g;rls