New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-10
POLYGAMY IN SALT LAKE CITY
THE WAR BETWEEN BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE
SONS OF SMITH.

THE WAR BETWEEN BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE
SONS OF SMITH.
A correspondent of The San Francisco Bulletin
gives the following account Of the recent contest In salt
Lake City on the subject Of pOygamy Joseph f. Smith
son Of "HyIum the Martyr" and cousins OF his oppo
nents David and Alexander Smith, sought TO prove III
public meeting that the original Joe Smith actually re
ceived revelation establishing poygamy, and that both
he and Hyrum his brother practced poygamy secretly
and in the face Of their positive denas contained in The
Times aud Seasons, q Mormon paper published at Nau-
yoo The witness introduced to the congregation by
Joseph F. Smith elder Howard Ccray" All who
have read Mary Elite v Smiths book Fifteen Years
Among the MormOns," will AT once recognize tnls
that Of the older brother Howard often men
toned by her. His narrative was somewhat anus
ing but it ended in leaving 10 other impression upon he
mind than that Of disgust for It's mppsncy af PITY o
his wife had dream, IN when JIOtneT InGuIsYJi
sealed her the five points OF fellowship that she told
mart OF her dream TO Hyrum Smith, but felt delcacy
about telling it all; and that Hyrum Smith then ex-
thorizing poygamy He further said that Hyrum Smiths
ssterin-law soon after moved to HyruIns mousse anu
another sister had her house built alongside OF ny
RUNS so there passage to his bedroom Joseph T.
Smith manifested great nervousness anu eNcltelleh
many would run after David and Alexander Smith SIM
ply because they were the sons Oh SS'gp - hold
series Of meetings TO answer the statements OF David
Hyrum, and before they were through Money Iey MUD
who heard IT, and damn any who releoted ~ ne Staten
v'n1 Thai they were the spiritual wives of Joseph
Smith and so continued to the time OF his death that lie
had the evidence OF hundreds Of men who had been
taught the doctrine by Joseph and Hyrum and that he
knew to certainty that his father, Hyrum smith, had
lwo other women while his mother as sun awe As an
excuse for tho published denals OF his fath7 and Joe
Smith, he said: 81 cannot help the position TINS places
my father and Joseph in as TO their denas only KNOW
these facts But everybody knows the people then were
not prepared for these things and they hAa 70 DO C
fious They were in the midst OF their enemies, III
state where doctrine would have sent them 70 the pen
itentary. There were traitors every haho the Ig
hand man OF the Prophet one Marks, was traitor
of the blacklist dye. When Joseph and Hyrnm IeI5
Nauvoo intending 70 come TO the ROCKY MSunahs anu
pick out refuge for the people when the mop were
after them, that Marks and Emma Smith joined IN
writing them letter urging them TO come back IAey
came back delivered themselves up and were
And the blame rests upon that woman IhelI inonol,
Ia upon the souls Of Marks and Emma Smith, ana tere u
will remain until burned out by the ire5 OF he curing
high ptch of excitement and their suppressed breathing
and fixed gaze manifested TO the observer te
wish to carry point accomplish purpose they seek
to the passions OF the people W IeS VI , i
calculated to efectually accomplish the purpose de'
signed. SO the details concerning inc oeath ol one
Of the people and overcome the cooler Judgment
The denials of Joseph and Ilyrum smith referred 70
above were contained in q card published IN me Imes
and Seasons February 1874 denying that lhey had re-
ceved any revelation authorizing poygamy and also IN
mission In April 1s44 In which he denied the doctrine
and forbade its being preached ARoTt t P Sae ro
Michigan denying that polygamy was doctrine OF tho
church, and these denlals were az puDIsed ~ We
,.H
hamtes IL Joseph f. Smith proved that pOlyedlhy u9
existand think he dd-he thus proves his laAei ana
Joseph Smith 10 have been deliberate liaTs. , 49,,
On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 20, DAVID Snlth pieaSheu
against the errors which he have Deen gIAlted on
the doctrines Of Joseph Smith since h death lhe con
gregaon was larger than any heretofore assembled 10
hear the Smiths preach, and great interest was mann
tested by most Of those present Brigham Young now
ever adopted the plan OF calling upon ~ ou'
OF each ward 90 and I'll up the house III order 10 eh
clude those who would probably become Converts INC
Rrighamte leaders seem be employing against inc
Josephite MOrmOns the same weapons Oh HdicuIe ana
al fb9vc
AGAINST themselves by the world at large On sunday
1enino Toseph Smith, the avOwcd champion OF pOyB
amy AGAIN occupied the stand He made no quotations
from the Book OF Mormon that auhoiiy pois dhst
him. nor from the Book OF Doctrine aud CoYeahls .a
heing enuay 81; but he quoted from tAe BlDIe, hany
passages in the singular number reer1g 70 ar %
were construed by him TO mean inc pura htso o ,r
I will show that he has not Hed' IncIe a. s, d
difference between telling lie ana hot , teiiins
the truth. Webster says: 'Poygamy a man ha,ip -
seyera wives or a woman having several husDahus ~
t latter mart my father meant TO deny, ana not inc
former therefore he did not lie" Unfortunately nov"
ever for Joseph F. Smiths argument u mas peeh
nv a great many Witnesses some OF whom low leau!hs
men In the Brighamte church, made aIndaVIs 70 .io
fact which were placed on file IN the archives VI 'o
State OF Illinois, and therefore couiu nV' DS
tbem when they fell into the arms OF brigham iouhH
., nromtscous intercourse Of the sexes was carried
on at Nauvoo by Joseph smth ana MS leaqing nT @
that woman had several hnsOas a. Iosephism
ond Rr,ohamism continues and IL IL thOugnG ~ lnJ
"Brighames" well as Genes, ina. ~ T
important results % @ me TsieorgDh
Nphich Uould have the outside worm DeLeNe III ~.
face Of facts that the Smiths are cleaug ~ 90
receiving no sympathy ana ,po or he would not de.
nonnce and Joseph +. Smith would not aIeuo h
the The Brghamites believe the time Is AT maui "ne
the great split long pT0pheelou' VIII '""' f
branch of the Mormon Church
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