Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-24
Protest Aga,n., PoIyr.mv.

A female correspondent Of The Sun Lakt
Videiie, who says she is MJrmJn. sends a
communication 10 that ,uruaI, from which tbs
following g IN extract:
In our ward meetings our bishops aud
teachers are urgiag be meu TO take more
women, and the young men TO lie moe
energetic 10 securing the hest looking auG
most int, l,lligent glrls. The folio. ing i,
part Of u di.cou. Sc l listened to the % hes
evening: These long winter evenings ar,
a gtod time to visit the listers, aud co1rt
es,ly aud lac; ifyou do MT, the curs
Geuliles aud soldiers w,ll get The bes
boxing. lu spite Of the holm IS Of our
'elIg'on and The Ievelot ons Of the Lord
h'ough our liophe's, our most 10 elhgent
giiJs aud "tmeu iebrl Tley dou'i under.
stand il. that nothing good ia itself eau
be enjoyed without sacr fee, aud that God
| has gwen them Il cross 10 bear. Also, to
the Old aud young nen l say. be more
attentive 10 these watering sisters; lake
them out sleigh riding. to tie theatre, anu
he suie aud invite them to our social par les.
BE wide awake, for the devil is after your
best looking women, as he was iu the
Garden of Eden; aud they, poor silly fuols,
shut their eyes lo the light shining out OF
on, und are continually, iu spite uf cur
tenchiig aud di eci conmand. Of the
Prol het and Go', 'u' ming utter tho for rLid.
den II iui:-Lut every one that does SO will
surely go 10 LeIl.
II yvu outsiders notice, you will see
that al thuse women who are eating
loose Il ON polyg"my are having m IRE al.
,eDlion fr,m the brethren than ever be fore !:
aLd y,u have no conception Of The Je. uit
ical power # the Church Of Lut,er Day
SAINTS (which mean B ighan, Heber & Coz
IN the unwIi'len life of the people: TIE
women VI Mo'modom in their iDmost souls
shrink with horror f,om the degrading
revelation which prostitutes the forest aud
most Inspiring of our SIX. 10 sarisfy the
beas;ly lusts Of old, fat. greasy. gray headed
Ssin's. tO'teiing TO their graves.
With sona, these S4iu 8 aud teachers
are meek und qpiet, as .Ipmbs; with others,
they rail like madmen, aud hIeaten the
vengeance Of heaven, always temperirg
their talk according to the power they may
have over the poor, deluded sister, who
must have o resolute spirit to Withstand the
Willy agents Of the new revelation and
.x ltutiou Of a set Of h'ck necked, leche.
rous men, attempting TO d,ng woman from
the high aud holy position she occupies in
America as q wife, mo her. sis er aud
daughter, 10 that position worse thau
slavery or death, which she is forced
10 accept if she consents TO pblyg.ny
These sclf styled p ophe's, falling TO fiud
any law or code of morall y amr0g civil
ICED naliuns to Justify this Disgusting eg
rsdistiou Uf wou,hn. have the uublushing
wick, dness to pretend j. is Divine revela.
tOn! Tits is worse than tiIi--s thing ST,
repugDan' aid al hoirent 10 J,seph Smi' b.
thai he said when" twas revealed to hin
he pleaded with The Lord three days
against the immortality Of such revelation
but the Lord said, ,evral, reveal it to IN,
people 'his not orse than blusphem,
Every woman in Utah and the civil e.,
world naturally shiiOks from such desra
dug destiny. You we'll said, in one O
your edi olals, The humlest girl 10 Ss,
Lake Was too noble To I've the uni stress of d
| Geutie, or uuCcr another name, the sam,
To Saint So we i,el, but you cahuo,
understand the power exercised over us b,
these Gends in human Iosm. We look for
wuId with Wild hope to the Guy wecu vi
eau raise cur hearts III grateful prayer, unu
rejoice 10 the removal Of this gtea wIong
joUe 10 woman, aud which was precipitat.O
upon us OF u time Wheu we had no help
and our night was SO dark, We gave ~,
10 despair.