The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-30

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xamy-Nsughty Men and slavisn "o-
men-she Is Ashamed OF her sex ana
wants to Die-W m e N must Rido
Astride Hereafter.
Brigham Young's seraglio is subject OF
great interest to strong-minded femininlty.
They are ell anxious to get q peep into the in
side working Of that mysterious household.
They approach it tremblingly, as though it
we're den of wild beasts, and few have ventur'
ed within the perillous precincts. A French
woman Madame Olympic Audooard - who
doesn't stand upon trifes, was the first who
dared to cross the magic threshold. She last
wear crossed the ocean and bAAved all the dig
comforts OF the overland route, before the IA
oific Railroad was completed, to safe her curios-
. ity by looking with her own eyes upon the won'
ders of the New Jerusalem. She saw and
) returned, and though che professed to disclose
what she saw, there was an air OF con-
straint about her revelations as if she had
been put under some kind Of bonds MOTTO De
indtscreet in her talk. The point which seem
ed TO impress her most-or at least OF which
she spoke most-was the existence OF q state
of society which had extinguished Jealousy IN
the female bosom. She could not account foI
It, and instead Of condemning or approving,
abandoned herself to wondrous musings. Re-
Gently, Miss Anna Dickinson has profted by
the safe return Of the fearless French woman,
and has adyentured within the fearful region.
We give below her own account of what she
saw. It appears she was not as favorably i'm
pressed with the wise man OF Utah as the
Queen of sheba was with King Solomon. She
confesses that at one time the degrading
scepes she saw made her wish to die; but she
Thought better Of it, and concluded it would
be more wise to reform the evils that had 90
much affected her. We quote some extracts
from Miss Annals lecture:
soDoM.
1t was at the close of . lovely day in June
one OF those grand evenings on the plains
ihat saw them stretching their golden ex,
panee away as tar as the eye could reach, ana
saw that sapphire sea rejecting the sapphire
sky above and, away of from the city, those
grand mountains with the overwhelming, bril,
liant snow shining above them al; whlle, amid
ali This Glowing scene lay that plague spot
SALT Lake Cifyea foul blot on Natures face, Q
,Shitened sepu!chre without; and within, what9
4 beautiful town, indeed, it is, with Its broad,
cooI. clean streets; with its little streams OF
water in all their mountain freshness ana ICY
coolness. 90 pure and clear that, paradoxlcai
ss Il may seem to you, one can sioop down and
get a most refreshing drink OF the purest water
from The gutter itself. With its picturesque
scenery, its beautiful buildings, its little adobe
huts and all, it is beautiful city in the desert
alovely and pleasant spot to come and fease
one's eyes with after journey across shs aria
mates. SPY their fruits ye shall know them,
ssid the Master OF old. and by its fruits ye shall
know Mormonism, and whether what you see
NJ Salt Lake City is any better or any worse
than what is to be seen any day IN San Fran
cisco or New York. True, in Salt Lake there ID
no noise, no drunkenness. no gambling, no
riots, but order and quiet Gay ana nignt.
There ere no churches save one, ana wnat
one is that. The children you see playing IN
the streets are debased. wretched, unhealthy
looking. bearing in their countenances the I'M
press Of the most brutal passions OF men.
A MORMON FAMuy-MR. SMITH AND THE MRS.
fs- SMITH.
Icalled at { house there, and sat down IN
the parior, and in came man and woman,
'Miss Dickinson, my wife, Mrs. Smith, " and
Smith. and in cams another, ''my wife, Mrs.
Smithh-tlaughter. ] and so on through whole
lot Of them, all '1ny wife, Mrs. Smith," and not
one OF these women came IN as the happy wife
or mother. or as the mistress Of hat home, but
slif SUNK in with a debased servIe air,
looking like tolerated slaves rather than any,
thing else. One Of them told me that she had
six children, another that she had twelve, and
another that she had dfifteen-llaushter,] and
half Of all them were dead, aud looked at the
other half, and when I saw the wretched un,
healthy creatures, cried: My God, the hand
Of death is on them, too"
- BR1eHAM's THEATRE.
Invent to the theatre. ! expected to be dis
gusted. but was more than that. There were
women all around me, and would see one man
here and another there, and each bending over
ten or fifteen women, and was told they were
his wives and as looked around and saw these
women and their degradation, such sense and
feeling Of shame and despair came over me
that cried :" Oh! God, let me die where l
stand" and .hen the second thought came,
and said "Oh, no let me not die, for that
would be cowardly. indeed, but give me strength
TO Withstand and do battle against this.
NAUGHTY GENTLE VISITORS.
came out to Salt Lake City with the best
men in the country-men whom the country
delights to honor and revercnce-and, as we
all knew we were coming tn Salt Lake City, we
naturally talked great deal about 1t. and
what do you think WAS the tenor OF these men,
oonsersaeson Why. after l had listened for %
some time, thought ! should pray for
deafness or cotton to put In my ears.
They thought Mormonism q fine institu-
ton it must be a jolly place where q
. man can havea dozen or two Of wives and
yet be respectable. II must be jolly 10 live IN
. place where divorces can be had for i've dol
lars, and where, il you ges tlreo Of your wife,
you can take on pretty little Mormon and no
one can say word to you. Nice conversation
for respectable men, and al of them n arrled
but two, and they we're the best behaved OF the
lot. "Oh, it was only joke" Well: suppose
it WAS only joke. supposing lot of resp' eta
bic married women were to talk IN the cars
and say. 'Oh, it's fine institution. Mormon
ism. You can have dozen husbands, and get
divorced any time you want for five dollars.
When you get tired Of your husband you can
get rid OF him shove him TO one side and get the
best looking young Mormon you can fiud." Nov,
what would people think who heard them
speaking that way, even "if it all was a Joke ?"
Why. they would think them women who were
lost to all sense Of dignity and hoaor.
EASTERN SPEECH MAKERS.
When got to Salt Lake City they were
serenading. It We mt me they wero doing it
to o-tlaughter1-but they were serenading
come of the big.wies that had come along;
and then those respectable" men got out and
made speeches.. Such speeches They didn't
know was listening TO them, but we women
hear great deaf more, and are sharp enough
TO be awake q great deal oftener, when any
thing is going on, than We get credit for.
was at my window listening to them and there
j heard one honorable Congressman and we'll