New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-19
THE TWIN ABOMGNATIONs.

THE TWIN ABOMaNATIONs.
Most men would think polygsmy to DO an
ofense carrying with it its own punishment
If the tendency Of even homogeneous simplicity
be TO tfs aud treakfast-table debates, what
must be the magnificent wrath of patriarch
who can arraign q score of wives upon an In
dictment Of cold tea aud half-baked rolls; but
who is still compelled to withdraw bis charges
by the rafting musketry Of twenty nimble
tongues brigham of Utah is represented to
be stout creature, with quite On oriental talent
for administering the affairs Of bis sernglio;
and We will do him the justice to say that, to
our knowledgc at least, he has never sacked
any insubordinate spouse in his Salt Lake
Bosphorus. But the mild and truly affection
ate Government Of the United States is quite
tight in taking it for granted that Young, who
is getting to be little old, requires relief;
and in proposing to take from him ninety nine
Der cent Of bis uXOriOus embarrassment To
our utter astonishnent, tie Mormon objects to
this proceeding, is unwilling TO part with one
single individual rib Of HE whole magnificent
collection. and must be mildly persuaded, for
hi, own good, through the potent logic Of an
indictment. 'Tis curious world. Here at
the East, hundreds of wretchcs are clamorng
TO the Courts to rid them of one spouse, and
there at the West Brigham and other much
married Saints are struggling for assorted lots.
numbering from . dozen to gross, OF the
sane article. Thus it 10 that human nature is
most inconsistently asinine. Thus 1t is that
the barbarOas Mormon Bible, which is not0ri-
ously pack Of lies has taught to its admirers
patience which, in too many instances, the
highest Revelation has failed 10 inculcate in its
professors Wonderful is habit, and the world
is really indebted to the Sultan Of Salt Lake
for q new proof Of its potency. Mithridates,
breakfastiDg upon bsHadonna and lunching
upon arsenic, was fool to him.
We shalI await the result of this curious
Experiment. in social ethics with conside rable
interest; for if the Government can put down
a prluar,ty Of wives in Utah, who will doubt
ito ability to put down the Rebellion In
both cases, We confess that we entertain q
lively hope of the most favorable results. In
both cases we have right to anticipate the
triumph Of that inperious civilization which
makes no terms either with LOCALIZED
brothels or barraco0as. There is restraining
poser somewhere which forbids man 10 60
backward. and efectually prevents the recon.
structiOn of barbsroas institutions. Tho Anglo
Saxon race is as likely to discard its coat aud
breeehes, and, oblivious OF gun.powder, to be-
take itself in its own painted akin. to the
spearing of game, ~ 10 sustain II society hay-
ing Tor its bass either Polygamy or Slavery.
IL is one of tho diyinest things in tia economy
Of this dvinely created world, that there is no
resurrection for u convicted and executed and
buried falsehOod. There is no consolation for
us, i'll this chaos OF conflicting moral eie-
ments, except in a steady faith TINT whatsoever
things are unjus. bear but limited life. 1t is
not in vain that 80 many Of the Incorporated
blundcrs Of mankind have already tottered and
tumbcd into tomb from which there can be
no resurrection. II is not in vain that our
eyes, placed in the frontal regions, must look
forward. That was no hard command which
directed US to forget the things behind, and to
press forward.
Polygamy claims the same divine sanction to
which Slavery makes pretense. 1t is Pa
triarcha Institution. IL bottoms itself upon
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 1t sticks closely
by tho historical letter Of the Old Testament,
and that too upon points which the Jews
themselves have, in Difference TO the difference
of ages, wisely abandoned in practice if not
in religious theory. No Israclite, however
opulent, astonishes the world by a magnificent
and multitudinous concubinage. Rothschild, in
such display, might rival the traditional glo-
ries Of Solomon. But tho synagogue has dis
carded IN institution inconsistent with the
social phenomena Of the age, to the bastardiEed
Christianity Of Brigham Young; while the
Christian STAKEHOLDER, cOntemptuously overleap-
ing the gap which divides the Old and New
Dispensatons, claims, as an eXtenuaton Of his
crime, the authority and example Of Moses and
the Prophets. Polygamy is an oiense against
rcas on, decency, policy, and the enlightenment
of tho times; but in the system Of Human
Slavery, the most indecent aud revolving fea-
lures Of Polygamy are included. Each Of these
systems tends to the qualification Of uphalloweI
ga.