Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-29

will prove whether the Land Commission will make
South Carolina 'an Illinois or an Eastern Pennsyl-
vania.
THE NAN WITH FIFTEEN WIVES.
At meeting held recently in the Tabernacle in
Salt Lake City, Brigham Young delivered himself
to the following effect:
have thought great many times [ would like
to ask the sisters question upon another subject
entirely--that subject they are always thinking
about, namely, plurality of wives. I have thought
a thousand times I would ask the female portion
of our community whether if it were left to their
opinion, they would retain the practice Of this
principle in our midst or whether they would have
it obllterated. want to tell them little about
namely, it is principle that always has ex-
listed and that always will.
LOOK AT NEW YORK.
An argument used by men and women against
plurality of wives is that there are no more women
than men, and that every man should have wife.
What Of it ? men will not be righteous and women
are left to desolation and destruction. Read the
statistics of such matters in our Eastern cities In
New York for instance, from eleven to fourteen
thousand young women, from sixteen to twenty
one years of age, perish annually in the CUTTERS on
the sidewalks, on door-steps, or in the novels
around This is no worse than iti in other places
where prostitution prevails, Many would like to
prostitute the women Of Utah. but pray they may
never be able to do it. So far as the mere number
of wives is concerned, do not care whether have
one, dozen, or forty.
HE THINKS HE HAS DOZEN OR FIFTEEN WIVES.
A great many ask me how many wives have,
but to tell the honest truth never thought enough
about it to stop and think. But will get up the
facts of the case and tell everybody so that they
may stop asking these questions. I suppose that
1 have dozen or fifteen thai : am taking care of
perhaps few more-I do not know, and care
nothing about it. try to do good, and try to save
the people, and say do not let any lady come to
destruction. It is grievous to me to think that,
right in this city, there should be any necessity for
ladies to marry wicked men, which they should not
do if the Mormon" elders would do their duty.
1t looks as though our young men are indolent and
slothful, and do not understand the principles of
life. As an excuse, however, they will say, "NIy
dear friend and Brother Brigham, I cannot get
married; why, if get wife she wants carriage
to ride in hired girl to wait upon her, and pi-
ano to thump upon when she pleases and cannot
sustain it" am sorry to say there is too much
truth in this. Now, you young women, tell the
men you will work and help them to live; tell them
so that they marry you.
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.
There are great many single men in our midst
who ought to have wives, and great many young
women who ought to have husbands. There is
radical wrong somewhere.
Young man 60 and get you partner; got you a
little house, then plant out your shade trees and
fruit trees. Land is plenty here, you can get it
without money or without price. You have the
privilege now, if you are citizen of the United
States, of taking up one hundred and sixty acres,
and it will only cost you ten or fifteen dollars. Can
you not get home? Yes, you can, right here in
the midst of the saints. Then go and doit, and do
not neglect the first commandment given to Adam
and Eve-to replenish, subdue and beautify the
earth.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE?
Now, sisters what shall we do? Shall we take
more wives than one, or shall we not? If We do
not it will not help the case with those who do not
lake any they will not get any because we have
only one, and we should see hundreds and thous-
ands of our females with no homes, nobody to pro:
:ect them, nobody that they can call husband and
hey would wander off. Shall we do this or not 2
If the men will be righteous, all will be right.
A CHALLENGE TO THE YANKEES.
They have said great deal in Washington with
'egard to our having more wives than one.
have said in public, and have written, that if
hey will cease their wickedness and each one get
wife, and be true to her, and strictly vlrtuous.
md then will cause the nation 10 lake the same
course, we viii submit to their wishes, and will
laye but one wife. Here is bargain-if you will
lave not more than one woman, We will not. But
he thing is here-thay want women, but no wives.
Ne take many women, but we make wives and
Mothers of them, and they are not cast off, and
heir children have the privilege Of bearing the
ames Of their fathega instead of being cast off: L