Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-13
extracts:

| - 'iSt 10 1iofn1OndtIA delivered her lee
inre ON the above subject at Omaha, from
whichthe Republican publishes followin,
extracts:
Ii was at the close of n lovely dav !,
June. one OF those grand evenings on tn,
tlalns-that L saw. them stretching thei
goiueh eNpanse awaya rs far as the eye could
reach. and saw that sapphire sea refiectine
the sapphire sky above, and, away off from
TIE city, those grand mountains with the
ever-gleaming, brilliant snow shining above
them all; while, amid all this glowing scene
lay that plague spot, Salt Lake City0a foul
blot on natures face, whited sepulchre
without; and within, what? A beautiful
town, indeed, it is, with its broad. cool.
clean streets; with its little streams of wa
ter IN all their mountain freshness and lev
coolness, so pure and clear that, paradox
lcal SIS 1t may seem to you, one can stoop
down and drink nectar from the gutter it
seit With Its picturesque scenery, its
beautiful buildings, its little adobe huts
and all, 1t Is beautiful city in the desert
lovely and pleasant spot TO come and
ieast one s eyes with after journey across
the and wastes "By their fruits We shall
know them," said the Master of old, and
by Its fruits We shall kr ow Mormonism and
what you see at Salt Lake City is neither
better nor worse thar what is to be seen
any day IN San Francisco or New York
True, In Salt Lake there is no noise. no
drunkenness, no gambling, no riots, but
order and quiet day and night There are
no churches save one, and what a church
Is that- The children you sec playing in
the streets are debased, wretched. unheaI-
thy-looking, bearing 10 their countenances
the impress of the NEST brutal passions of
men.
A e'oEMoN FAAIILY-MR. SMITH AND THE MRS.
s,rTHs.
/ called at house there and sat down
IN the parlor, and In cnme a man and wo-
nan. allss Dickinson, my wife Mrs
onith, and In came another woman, nv
wife Mrs Smith -(laughter) and soon
through whole lot of them, ''all wife Mrs.
smith; not one of these women came in as
tne happy wife or mother or as the mis-
tress of that home, but all skunk in with a
deoased, servile air, looking like tolerated
slaves rather than anything else. One of
them told me that she had six children. an
other that she had twelve and another that
she had fifteen (laughter) half ofalI
! heni were dead, and 1 look at the other
half, and when saw the wretched unheal-
thy creatures, l cried, "My God, the hand
OF death is on them too.
BRIGHAM 3 THEATRE,
L went to the theatre. | went expeetino
70 bo disgusted, but was more than that
ihere were women all around me. and I
would see one man here and another .here.
ana each bending over ten or fifteen wo-
heii, and 4 was told they were his wives:
ma as L looked around and saw these wo-
men and their degradation, such sense
ma ieellng of Shame and despair came over
aie tilatl cried, ''Ohl Gud, let me die where |
stand; and then the second thought
anne, and L said. 'Oh no. let me not die. |
or that would be cowardly indeed, but give |
ne strength to withstand and do battle 1
against this inquiry"
INSIDE OF HAIEM.
In Salt Lake City went to the house of
Mormon elder. / was told beforehand
,e had two wives, and that they had both
iyed together some fifteen Year,. and were
'erfectly happy aud contented- they lived
oSether IN their house aud were perfectly
with their lot and wonld not
hange 1T if they could. i was not e man.
did not believe q word of it, SO went TO
zee for myself. .alked freely to her: there
vas no hindrance to that asked her how
ong she had been married ..Seyenteen
ears" Married here?" "No." sNIar-
led in England?" "No." "Where were
oa married, then?'' In st, Joseph"
asked her il she was satisfied with her
resent hfe-if she was willing that her
lus band should have more than one wife?
'he replied, 'Yes, Iwould not change it if
could But was still incredulous. and
etermIned to get at the bottom of that wo-
mans heart.
commenced and questioned her about
er English life, and painted the picture
! the little cottage at home, and the court
mp, and at last the marriage to one whole
onled, honest husband; and how they
'ould live together. and how she would
Tait at the door of their home and watch
DR. bis coming in the evening: and I asked
er If she could not be happy there. And /
he put her handsome hand to her face md
owed her head and cried .'Oh, my Godl
ouidnt !" And then, 1t was plain, il was
asy to see, how that woman really thought
nd felt.