The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-01-19

uORNOssAN. N vTs H0YslcAL. AES-
q TAI AND MORAL A1SDH.
The fslsssng = - extract from the san'-
ssry report Of Assistant Surgeon Bartho!ov'
spe Of tbs medical oEeers attached to the
army esrps Which passsd Tie winter 9
ls5f-5s 10 Utah !:
The Mormon, u all tie tunas snimais
nov walking this globe, i sss me-. eul'o.
in sre.y relation. u would Be Gui'e INV
the scops Of this report 20 az sns'siSs =
the political and religious aspec,s 9, NOT
uorism bu. ~ . great sociA solscisD.
s<riously affecting the psiiiieai ssanisa .eo
> "a entail beslsh, il i fell Of interest 10 me
medical phiIosofber. Iselsssd 10 TIE ssf-
Yov ,alls,s Of Utah, and practising we
rites If religion grossly material Of sb.ca
nal,aau, il The main element and cohesive
foree. the Mormon people have arrived Ats
,hJssea! and mental condition, 10 . is.
Year, Of zYsw,h, ssch a. dspseIy -poPalase,d
Communities 10 toe older paris OF The Sor.a,
i.rea,.ayy yic,ims Of al she vices Of eIvil-
ixa,ion. have been ages 10 reaching. III:
condition il shown b. the prepondsrancs OF
female births, by the mortality Of iniantine
life. b. the largo proportion OF albumInoas
saa rsla,.pous iyrss OF constitution, and By
the ssrsx ;ns anifarmisy 10 facias expression
ard ia nhysical Information o. the younger
nor,,on Of the community. TIE peculiar
.n.rfru,ion'' 10 practically upheld by the
older rasn, the elders, bishops, apostles,
and prophets and 80 eager IS toe ssafch
fer Young virgins, that notwithstanding TIE
p-esopaerancs Of the female population,
q large percentage Of the young men re-
main unmarried. To sustain The system,
Girls ar. .sseaIed. a, the earliest manifes-
,s,ions of puberty, and am credtbly m
formed tia, meaps are no; unfreaGeuuy
made use OF 10 hasten the period. The
activity Of the reproductive function, as q
role, is no. diminished by polygamy on
the contrary, tie women are remaFkabiaIo TOT
fseandI,y /: bu, in the hafems the proper
ton Of children arriving at maturity 10 'naeh
less than in tho rural districts OF our conh
try. An illustration oil th.. fact 10 anotuso
BIZ the results IN that chief Oh poiysahis's'
Brigham Yoaag's case: lie mas, .. !eas',
forIy wives. A large number Oh chisassn
hare been born 10 him, majority OF "aoh
died 10 infancy, leas,n. t"ehsy'ieuf, ae-
eorainy to the most re!Iaete acceahs.-
These forty women in homogeneous society,
married, would have probably one hundred
and sIxty children, two thirds Of wbatn,
unisr hygienie circumstances equally favor
.hl.- voaId have been reared. In Brigham
Younv and his wives, We have presented the
most favorable conditions for successful
polyyamv possible in Mormon society, jet,
In this instance, The violation OF natural
law has been speedily eviuc.d. One OF the
most dep!orsbls effects Of poly gamy u shown
10 tha general weakness OF boys and young
men, Ii. progeny Of the "pecuiar instttu-
tIon,p Tha moro obseryant Normons
canno. hide from themselves the evidence
OF these sad effects. One Of their saints,
Hehsr c. k,mbali, 10 recent sermons, has
adverted to this sexual debility, but, with
singular blindness, attributed TO a Vicious
s,yls Of dressing. The sexna! desires are
stimulated to In unnatural degree ut very
ssrly ays, and a. female virtue Is easy, OPP
portuniIies are not wanting for their graft
teatlou. IL is a curious fact that Mormon
ism makes its impress upon the coun'enanoe.
Whether owing TO the practice OF purely
sensual and material religion, to the pre-
matars Development Of the passions, OF to
rotation, there is, nevertheless, an express
Sion of coun,epance and a style OF feature,
which may be styled the Mormon expression
aud style, an expression compromises oi
sensual,,v, cunning, suspicion, anu asmiFS-
ing self eonceit. The yellow, sunken, ca
davsrou, visage; the greensh colored eyes;
the thick, protuberans lips; the low Tore
had the light yellewish hair ana the
laaS, angular person, constitute an appear
aucs 50 characteristic OF The new race, me
production Of polygamy, asto distinguish
them at glance. The older men ana wo'
men present all the physical pecnlarlt'es
OF the natiouaii,ies to which they hslong
bu. thess pecularities are notpropagated
nnd continued in the new race they are
lost IN the prevailing Mormon type.
II Mormonism received no addiiions from
outside sources. these influences continuing,
il is no, difficult to foresee that it would
eventually die out. The Increase OF popu-
latioa, Independently Of large annual &C.
cssslons from abroad, has not been cneqnal
with tho increase 10 other portions OF our
country. The results Of polygamy here are
not 10 be compared, without some iImita.
tons, 10 the results of the same institution
elsewhere it's dccndencs must follow more
speedily. Ia eastern life, wherelt has been
a recognized domestic institution for ages, !
women are prepared for its continuaDce and
do not feel degraded by their association |
with II. The women OF this Territory, how
fanaticaI and ignorant soever, recognize |
their wide departure from the normal stand. |
ard in nil Christian countries; apd, from |
,hs degradation Of the mother, follows that !
of the child. and physical degensracy is not |
remote Consequence Of moral depravtty. |
Mormonism, con- ldered in relation pure.
~ sanitary, presents some Interesting lea.
lures. The Mormon theology contemplates
toe cure Of disease. by miraculous interpo.
s'tou hence the disciples of the healing
art are not held in much estimation. The
church authorities are exceedingly salous .
Of an attempt to cure by ordinary therapeu-
tics, and denounee from the pulpit ans 10
vaston Of their special province. Though
they claim for the ''laying on of hands
eiaeirapsis) wonderful efficacy, the number
Of iefarmities, the result of malpractice. to i
be seen IN any of the popnlous towns, rather
Indicate a necessity far the use of carna! |
mans. The Art II surgery IL NJ ioS cob. |
Ep'3ensis srysipslss of yirulent form Is
reported 10 prevail in this Territory, but i
thus far, no cases Of the disease have fallen
uajer the observation OF the medical OH /
GERS serving with this army. have |
reason TO believe tina, '.erysipelas" is a
term applied TO various dis |
similar affections, IS rheumatism, ery,hema, |
anthrax, etc.
Col. Peara. "Garibaldi's Englisaman."
s,vs nf r,Ha xhaptin, in hattie: sMtrd, ii