The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23
THE MAN WITH FIFTEEN WIVES.
Brigham Young ON the Polyg a my
Question-He says he has q Dozen or
Ftfteen Women, "Perhaps Few More"
He GiveIh the Bachelors q Little Adj
vice.


He Give,h the Bachelors a Little Ad-
vice.
At meeting held recently 10 the Tsberna-
Gle at Salt Lake City, Brigham Young delivered
himself to the following effect:
Ihave thought great many times would
like to ask the sisters question upon another
subject entirely-that subject they are always
thinking about-nsmely, plurality OF wives. !
have thought thousand times would ask
the Se male portion OF our community whether,
If It were left to their opinion, they would re-
tain the practice of this principle in our midst,
or whether they would have it obliterated. i
want to tell them little about it-namely, it
is principle that always has existed and that
aiwlys will.
LOOK AT NEW YORK.
An argument used by men and women
about az many M: as there are women. Sup
pose that to be 30. Acknowledge that propo-
sltion to be true, and say that there are no
more women than men, and that every man
should have q wlte. What Of it Men will
not be righteous. and women are LETT TO desc.
Istion 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 TWEEN
ty-ope years OF age, Perish annually IN the
cutters, on the sidewalks, on door steps, or 10
the novels arouud. This is no worse than it ls
in other places where prostit ltion preVal's.
Many would like to prostitute the women OF
Utah, but pray they may never be able to do
it. so fsr as the nero number o: wives ls con-
cerned. do not care whether have one,
d.zeD. or forty.
BE THINKS BE HAs DOZEN Oh FIFrREN WIVES.
A great many ask me how many wives
have, but to tell the honest truth l never
thought enough about it to stop and ts'pk
everybody 80 that they may stop asking me
these questions. suppose have dozen OF
hfteen that I am taking care OF; perhaps q few
more. do not know, and care nothing about
it. 1 try to do good, and try to save the peo-
pie and say do not let lady come to de-
struotion. 1t IS grievous 10 me to think that,
right in this city, there ehould be any necessi-
tY ior ladies to marry wicked men, which they
would not do II the Mormon" elders would do
their duty. It looks as though our Young mon
are lndoient and slothfu and do not under
stand the principles Of life. As an excuse,
however, they will say. My dear friend and
Brother Brigham, cannot get married; why,
il l get me q wife she wants Q carriage to ride
in, q birei girl to wait upon her and piano
10 the parlor to thump upon when she pleases
and cannot sustain it." am Borry to Say
there ls too much truth In this. Now, you
young women, tell the young men you will
work and help them TO live; tell them 30 that
they may marry you.
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.
There are . great many single men in
our midst who ought to have wives, and q
great many young women who ought to
have husbands. There ls Q radical wrong
somewhere.
Young man. 20 and gel. You partner; get
al yn1o ont an
trees and fruit trees. Land is plenty here,
you can get 1t without money and without
price" You have the privilege now, it you are
q citizen OF the United states, oftaking up one
hundred and sixty acres, and it will only cost
You ten or 6fteen dollars. Can not You get .
homer Yes, you can, right here IN the midst
Uf the saints. Then 60 and do 1t, and DO not
and Kve-to repleaish, subdue and beautlfy
the earth.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE?
Now, sisters, what shall We do? Shall we
take moro wives than one, or shall We not3 II
We do not it Will not help the case with those
who do not take any; they will not get any be-
cause We have only one, and We should see
hundreds and thousands Of our females with
no home, Lobody 10 protect them nobody that
they can call husband and they would wander
of. Shall we do this or not? II the men WILL
be righteous, all will be right.
CHALLENGE TO THE YANKEES.
They have said q great deal in WASHINGTON
with regard to our having more wives than
one. have said in public. and have written,
that if they will cease their wickedness, and
each one get q vile and be true TO her and
strictly virtuous, and then will cause tie nation
to take the same course, We will submit to their
wishes and will have but one wife. Here ls q
bargaln-t you will i've no more than one
woman we will not. But the thing is here
they want women, but no wives. We take
many women, but we make wives and mothers
Of them and they are not cast of; aud their
children have the privilege Of bearing the
names OF their fathers instead OF being cast of.
say God will damn the man and the nauon
that viii act 30; Goi will damn the nation in
which women, with no arm to shield and pro-
tect them, are seduced and left to mourn over
their lost, fallen and degraded condition. God
bless you. Amen.