Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-03-28
WHOLE NUMBER 6O2.

forward. That was no hard command
which directed us TO forget the things be.
hind, and to press forward s st ~
Polygamy claims the same divine sane.
ton to which Slavery makes q pretense -
1t is Patriarchsl Institution. 1t bottoms
itself upon Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
1t sticks closely by the historical letter Of
the Old Testament, and that too upon.
points which the jews themselves have, In
deierence to the difference of ages, wisely
abandoned in practice II not in religions
theory,. No lsrealite, however opuleut!
astouIshes the world by q magnificent aud
multitudinohs cohcubinage. Rolhschild, ia
such display, might rival the traditional
glories Of Solomon. But the synagogue
has discarded an. institution ineonsistsnt,
with the social phenomena of the age, to
the bastsrdized Christianity Of Brigham
Young while the Christian STAKEHOLDER,
conremptuously ever leoping the gap which
divides the Old and New Dispensationp,
Claims as an extenuation Of his crime, the
authority and example of Moses land
the Prophets. POlygamy is an ,oHepsei
against reason, decency, pulley, and abe co.
llghenmeut of the times but in the sys-s
TEN ot Human Slavery, the most indecent
aud revOltmg features of Polygamy are in-
cludpd Each Of these sytems teudsto the
Qualification Of unhallowed Iasts, TO the
pollution of woman, to the degradation Of
The marital relation, to the DISSERTATION Of
home, 10 loose aud promiscuous associa.
ZION OF the sexes 5ut these Odious pecnl-
arlties Of Slavery are mixed with othera
which are 80 much more revolving, and
which appeal so mnch more directly 20 hn.
man sympathy. that we forget the lesser
wrong (H there can in such cases be any
eompaHlsou) in our Indignation at the,
greater, Bighams polygamous inssitu.
tion il bad enough at the best but Il ieI
fee from that taiut of remOrseless and eal-i
calating selfshness which makes Soutbera,
Slavery an almost uumiligated evil No.
body can calculate how macy children call
Brigham Young by the eEdearing title CT
father but we must say this for him.
that however numerous they may be, he9
has brought none of them TO the anction
block. He keeps no market for The sale OF
bis own flesh aud blood He does not ad-
Vertise The bone of his bone. He makes
no merchandise of bis little boys aud girls.
And 6nnlly. il may be stated, for the satis-
faction of gentlemen disposed to dabble in
ethics that all the youthful Youngs are
indubitably white, aud present to the world
a bleached Circassiau aspect. For the
soul of US, We cannot help regarding Nav
worm preaching from his tub as a, far more
ag eeable character than luke selling his
Yarico for filthy dollars
There are sundry good Samaritsns Of
the Uopperhead variety, who cannot speak
of the wrongs which the Mau-owners have
! suffered without bursting into food of
tears Slavery is established by positive
law, and it is cruelty unjust o meddle with
it so much as by mere mention of its in
putty. Wen concubinage is established
by the positive law Of Utah, backed by
the authority ofthe Mormon Bible. Will
the husbands of one wife, here and else.
where, convene to sympathize With ths
Husband of Many Wives? We shall see