The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-20

had brood of little folks playing about her Knees
Still the manner Of her proposal told us tnat she
was not in the habit Of daily intercourse with nor
sister-wife.
It is an open question in Utah whether it is bet
tor for plural household to bo gathered under one
roof or not. Young sets the example OF Unity, 80
lest his aet9 wives YES ana aaS
to him for heaven, whether in his own name or IN
that of Joseph dwell in cottages apart; but the
dozen women, who share his couch, Who are the
mothers OF his children, live in one block close to
another, dine at one table, and join in the family
prayers. Taylor, the apostle, keeps his families IN
separate cottages and orchards two Of his wives
only live in his principal house, the rest have ten
ements OF their own. Every man is free to arrange
s eonsnen and the e @ 1b
ssHow will YOU arrange your visits when you have
won and sealed your new wife ?" asked my TREND
" and communicative elder; ''shau you adopt tne
oriental custom Of equal justice and atte94Gh 70
the ladies laid down BY MOSES anu py Mohaiu-
med?" %
scorn, sno man shall tell me what to do except"
giving the initials of his name. :,
sYou mean you will do as you like! {"
''That's just it.
And such believe, is the universal habit Of
thought in this city and this church. Man is king
and woman has no rights: She has, in fact, no
servant and companion Of her lord. Man is
master, woman is slave. cannot wonder thaG
girls who remember their English homes should
shrink from marriage in this strange community,
oven though they have accepted the doctrine OF
Young, that plurality is the law Of heaven and OF
God. s.I believe it's right said to me rosy
English damsel, who has been three years in Utah,
and think it is good for those who like it; but 1t
| is not good for me, and will not have it.
| ssBuf If Young should command YOU!
ssHe won't!: said the girl with the toss OF her
golden curls; s'and if he were to DO so, would
not. girl can please herself whether she mar
ries or not; and I, for one, vii! never 60 INTO
house where there is another wife"
"Do the wives dislike it2"
sSome don't, most do. They take it for their
religion; can't say any woman Likes 1t. some
women live very comfortably together; not many;
most have their tiffs and quarrels, though their
husbands may never know OF M them. s NO No woman
A Saint would tell you that such damsel as my
rogy friend is only half Mormon yet; he would
probably ask you to reject such evidence as trum-
pery ard temporary; and plead that you can have
no fair means OF Judging such an institution o. M
noygamy until you are able to study it's effects in
tho fourth and fifth generation.
| Meanwhile, the Judgment which we have formed
about it from what we have seen and heard may
be expressed in few words. 1t finds new place
the society of England and the United States II
transfers her from the drawing-room to the htch-
en-. and when it finds her in the NURSERY it LOCKS
her in it. We may call such change a degrada'
| tlOn the MOrmOnS Call IL u reLOrLaHou. VIZ oo
not say that any of these Mormon ladies' have been
worse in their moralities and their epirtuaites 6y
tho change probably they have not; but II
every thing that concerns their grace, order, rank
and representation in society," they are unquest!on
ably lowered, according to ocr standards; Male
Saints declare that id this city women have become
more domestic, wifely, motberly, than they are
'among the Gentiles; and that what they nave iosl
in show, in brilliancy, in accomplishment, tney
have gained in virtue and in service. To re, tn
very best women appear to be little more than 40,
mestic drudgos, never rising into the rank OF rea
friends and companions Of taeir lords. Taylor,s
daughters waited on US at table; two pretty, ele.
CANT, English-looking girls; We should nave asv
prcierred standing behind their chairs and heip.
ing them to dainties of fowl and cake; but the
Mormon, like the Moslem keeps o heavy hand
| on his female folks Women at Salt Lake are maze
to keep their place. girl must address her father
as Sir" and she would hardly presume TO sl'
down in his presence until she had received his or
| ders.
ssWomen," said Young to me, sswil be more
easily saved than men. They have not the sense
| to 20 far wrong. Men have more knowledge ano
more power; therefore they can go more quickly
and more certainly to hell"
The Mormon creed appears to be that woman If
not worth damnation.
| In the Mormon heaven, men, on account OF tnen
sins. may stop short in the stage Of angels but
women, whatever their ofenses, are all to become
the wives Of gods. s.,I-