Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-25
w. ID. WALLACH.
MORMONISM,

Mr.. Greeley, in his last letters to the Ny.
Tribune. gives report Of two hours conyer-
sation with Brigham Young on the peculiar
tenets and prae:ices Of Mormonism. Nj G.
sums up his conclusions MS follows: - E
Such is. as nearly as I can recollect, the sinh.
stance of nearly two hours conrersatiop. " hero.
in much IVES said incidentally that yould mo,
be worth repea-i7g, even if / could remember
and reproduce 4. and wherein others bore a
part but rs lOung is the first minister of the
Church, end bore the principal part in the
conversation, have reported his ans wers aIor e
to my questions and observations. The Others
apPearei uniformly to defer to his views, and
to aci GleSee fully in his responses and explapa
TONS lie spoke readily, not alwsys with
s!amHai.cal accuracy, but with no appearance
OF h@SI-alioa or reserve. and with no spparept
desire 20 conceal anything, nor did be ren,I
any OF my questions as impertinept He VI,
very panty dressed. In thin summer clothing
AMI with 10 air of sanctimony or fanaticism
In appearance he is portly, frank. goo5 -na
tGred rather thick-sa: man Of fifty-6re. seem-
ing 10 enjoy life, and be in no particular bnrr,,
q get 70 heaven. His associates arc pIain men
evidently born and reared to a life of labor
and looking as little like crafty hypocrite. or
sEindlers as any body of men ever met. The
abseEce Of cant or shuttle from their manner
WAS marked AID general, yet think / NAV
fairly say that their MOrmonism has not inn.
p3ye.ishei tEcm-that they were genernIIv
poor men when they embraced it. and are row
in very conf rita bic ecircumstances-as men nv.
eraging three or four wives apiece certainly
need be.
If | hazard any criticisms on Normon;sm
generally. reserve them for a separate letter
bei2g determined to make this a fair and fnIi
expose IF the 'ioctrine and polity in the very
words q! saG Prophet, so far as can recall
hen. Bat have T; GIT to add here; because
/ said IL 70 IL assembled chiefs Mt the close of
the ea!',qs that the degradation for. if Won
please, TIE -tstTiction) of woman to the SINGLE
cfi-s Of chii2 bearing and its accessories ia n
Inevitable consequence of the system here mar
an urt l have not observed sign in the
'Tee!S, "a advertisement in the journals. of
tais Mormon metropolis, whereby n woman
proposes 10 DO anything whatever. No Mormon
Las .Yer cIted to LIZ his wife's or any woman's
OPINION On t1g su0jsct; no Mormon womsn has
Heen lLLE.'atcst or las spoken 10 me; and,
though & ,Te -'eea aSked TO visi; Ainrmons in
their houses, 10 one IrsS spoken of his wife for
wives des.fiS l. s"c me, or his desiring me to
MAKE E'r -ssE) acquaintance, or volunta-
riiy lncIcaiei 'ne existence Of such being or
beings VIII not attempt ~ repo-t our talk
OF This subject, because, unlike what have
"c''e gwen, II assumed somewhat the charac-
tt'r CT d,sru'e;i,u, and could hardly give it
lLlParuel!y; rGt one remark IN ade by President
Young 1 ;niIk can give accurately. and II
may serve as sample of all that was offered
On th4, side. 1t was in these words, think
eSac'Iy III did not consider myself CONNIE
tent 10 transact certain business without TAX
ing my wife 5 or any womsns counsel with
regard to 1t, think ought to let that business
alone. I6e spirit with regard to woman. of
the entire Mormon, as of all other polygamic
systems Is fairly displayed in this avowaH. Let
any such system become established and pre-
ysient, and woman will soon be confined to tho
harem, and her appearance i'm the street with
unveiled fsce will be accounted immodest. /
JoyIuily trust that tie genius of the Nineteenth
CentGTy tends 10 solution of the problem of
woman sphere and destiny radically different
from this