The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23

vice.
AT meeting held recently in the Taberna-
Gle at Salt Lake City, Brigham Young delivered
himself to the following effect
have thought q great many times I would
like to ass the sisters question upon another
subject entirely-that subject they are always
have thought o thousand times would ask
the fen male portion OF our community whether
if 1t were left to their opinion, they wopld re.
tain the practice Of this principle in our midst
want TO tell them q little about it--namely, il
is principle that always has existed and that
always will.
LOOK AT new YORK.
An argument used by men and women
against plurality o1 wives s, ihaG there ute
about as many msn as there are women. Sup
pose that to be so. Acknowledge that propo-
sltlon to be true, and say that there are no
more women than men, and that every man
not be righteous. and women are left to DESC
lntion and destruction. Read the staflstics of
such matters in our Eastern cities. In New
York, for instance. from eleven to fourteen
thousand young women, from sixteen to twen-
ty-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 it is
Many would like to prostitute the women Of
Utah, but pray they may never be able to do
it. SO tar as the mere number OF wives is CON
cerned, l do not care whether / have one, q
dJzeD, or forty.
Hn THINKS HE HAS A DOZEN OR FIFTEEN WIVES
great many ask me how many wives /
have, but to tell the honest truth l 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 me
these questions. l suppose have dozen OF
fifteen that am taking care OF; perhaps tew
more, do not know, and care nothlnR about
it. l. try to do good, and try to savo the peo-
rle and say do. not let lady come to de-
Struction. 1t js grievOus o me to think that
right in this city, there should DO an, necessi-
ty tor ladies to marry wicked men. which thev
would not do il the s.Mormou" elders would do
their duty. It locks as though our young men
stand the principles of life. As an excuse,
however, they will say, MY desr friend and
Brother Brigham, cannot get married; why,
It get me wife she Wants a carriage to ride
~ the parlor to thpnp upon when she pleases,
and cannot sustain it, I am sorry to saw
there ls too much truth IN the. Now, YOU
Young women, tell the young men you will
they may marry YOU.
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.
There are great many single men in
onr midst who ought to have wives, and o
great many young women who ought to
have husbands. There IS radical wrong
Young man, 20 and get you a partner; get
you q little house, then. plant out your shade
trees and fruit trees. Land is plenty here
you can get 1T without money and without
price," You have the privilege now, If you are
q citizen OF the United States, Of taking up one
hundred and sixty actes, and it will only cost
you ten or fifteen dollars. Cansnot you get q
home? Yes, You can, right here in,the midst
OF the saints. Then go aud do 1T, andR3e not
neglect the first commandment given tosAdam
Al anu Eve-tr repeaish, subdue and beadtify
Ia u IVln n lIs SfaaAk tEfes
WHAT SHALL BE DONE? W
Now, sisters, what shall we do? Sha1l VIC
take more wives than one, shall we not? II
we do not it Will. not help the case with those
who do not take any; they will not get any be-
hundreds and thousands Of our females with
no h0me, nobody to protect them. nobody that
they can call husband. and they would wander
off. Shall we do this or not? If the mon will
be righteous, all will be right.
CHALLENGE To THE YANKEES.
They have SAID o great deal in Washington
with regard to our having more wives than
one. have said IN public and have written,
that ii they will cease their wickedness, and
each one get wife and be true to her and
strictly virtuous, and then will cause the nation
to take the same course, we will submit to their
wishes and will have but one vito. Here Is o
bargaln-lt you will hive 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 arc not cast off; and their
Children have the privilege OF boaring the
names or thclr fathers instead Of beng cast Ctf
l say God Will damn the man and the nation
that will act 80; Goa will damn the nation in
which women, with no arm to shield and pro-
tcct them, are seduced and left to mourn over
their lost, fallen and degraded condition. Goa
bless you. Amen