Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-29

l heard one honorable congressman
and well-known representative stand
up and pledge himself, and pledge his
companions, to do their utmost tC
support and care for the interests OF
these people.
ATBRIGHANrsTAB ACLE-A WE'LL KNOWN
CLERGYMAN AMONG THE MORMoNs.
went into the Tabernacle, and. /
expected to be disgusted there. too
and / was. There seated in the midst
of lot of "elders,n was a reverend
gentleman, a well-known and much
talked-of divine with white neclltie
the Rev. Thomas TOdd-and while ]
was there this most reverend gentle
man stood up. and he made n speech,
and he told little story in which, if
he didn't directly illustrate it, at any
rate he gave inference that AIormons
were Just as eligible for heaven rs any
one else. And all this was Just tvpe
of how the world outside treat of Nor
mOnism and gloss over its abuse.
SHAMEFUL INDIFFERENCE OF CONGRESS.
Congress has no time; its commit
tees have no time. But they have
time to scamper across the Continent
and spend public money in seeking
sights and doing nothing. And there
are the newspapers, they have no timeI
their columns are filed with anv trash
or stuff, but not a word on this And
in the pulpits, day after day, the cler-
gymen who fill them speak on reli-
gion and reform, but not a word do
they say on this. And the women of
| the land, they know how their sex
are debased and degraded in this sec
ond SOdom. and with all the influence
and power that women possess, if they
only choose to use it, they do nothing;
they sit in elegance and comfort, and
they say not a word.
SLAVERY OF MORMON WOMEN.
1 asked why, and simultaneously
with the question came the answer.
and l saw why. In this second Sod
Om-this Salt Lake City-is sanction
ed openly what is tolerated in San
Francisco and New York. The idea
is nothing more than this: that
woman is mans property all over the
world, his to hold and to keen, she to
be humble and to serve and he to be
indisputable lord and master. L stand
here to say to you tonight, to YOU
men who listen to me, that a woman
is just as individual and responsible
and capable of action for herself as a
man. stand here to enter nv pro-
test as a woman against such a BIAS
phemy as this: ''that a woman is
made for man," "that she is his prop-
erty, goods, and chattles,n "that be-
side him she is nothing, myth. That
is what is being thundered from every
pulpit in every city, what every news
paper in the land says and every man.
Woman is to abject and debase her
self and humble herself and lose all
her individuality, and if she rebels
society viii only increase her misery.
Men want to control in everything,
they want to be the masters of all
They have always had themusele and
the force, and now they want to re-.
vive the old brutality, the old serfdom
and slavery that characterizes barbar-
Gus and uncivilized people.
INSIDE OF A HARESr.
In Salt Lake City 1 went to the
house of a Mormon elder. 1 was told
beforehand he had two wives, and
that they had lived together some fif-
teen years, and were perfectly happy
and contented-they lived together
in the house, and were perfectly con-
tented with their lot, and would not
change it if they could. l was not a
man. I did not believe a word of it,
and so went to see for myself. |
went into their house, and it was a
magnificent one. Here in San Fran
cisco it would be a fine house, and
there in Salt Lake it was a splendid
one. Magnificent, furniture, fine
rooms, fine gardens, and numerous
servants. 1 and my friends sat down
in the parlor and in came one of this
mans wives. She was a fine, good
looking, healthy English woman,
who could not speak ten words of
grammatical English to save her life.
l talked freely to her; there was no
hindrance to that. l asked her how
long she had been married. "Seven-
teen years" Married here ?r mo"
Married in England ?" mo. -
"Where were you married, then ?"
"In st. Joseph" Her husband began
to fidget, and sent her out to get
pieee of gold, or quartz, or something
of that Kind. / understood it all. She
came back, and couldn't find it, of
mence where we had broken of, and
her husband Immediately wanted
something on the top Of the house.
When she got back again, l tried to
commence again where we had left
off, and he broke in, miss Dickinson
came to eat strawberries and cream;
now, Maria, 90 off and see they are
ready" I understood it all. Yes,
every word of it. By-and-by in came
another sad looking but handsome
woman. / looked at her; said / at
once Madam, you are the second
Wife" and so it turned out. She also
was an English woman, and the two
of them were the handsomest women
1 saw at Salt Lake. But she appear
ed sad and worn. There was no 'tjoy-
Gus happiness of married life" about
her. There was piano in the room,
and in came the littlegirl of the house
and at once the father said something
about music, and was evidently very
proud of his daughters capabilities in
that line. So 1 asked her to play, and
she did. and made q hOrrid din, and, |
under cover of the noise and din, l /
had my conversation with the wife,
She had not understood their doc |
trines. l asked her : "Did you know
when you married your husband that |
he could if he would, marry another |
woman ?u HNo.u Ibid he not tell |
YOU so at the time ~ mo, he did not. |
Our missionaries and preachers when I
they 90 out never preach that" $50 |
you know nothing of ?" Nothing /
at ALL" But when you come here and |
saw it was so were you not greatly dis !
appointed and chagrined?" "No, 1 |
was not; 1 was sure my husband 1
would never marry again." but he
did," said I. "Yes," she answered, /
and a sad, narrowed look came over
her countenance. Eyes, only year
after he married again. "And do
you like that? do you like him to
have more wives than one 2" "Oh,
yes, / do L wish he had six or seven"
/ saw through it all in a minute. ]
understood the state of that wOman's
mind at once. But was not surpris-
ed. I looked blank and went back
on the old tack. / commenced and
questioned her about her English life
and painted the picture of the little
cottage at home and the courtship,
and at last the marriage to one whole
sOuled, honest husband; and how they
would live together, and how she
would wait at the door of their home
and watch for his coming in the even
ing, and I asked her if she could not
be happy there. And she put her
hand to her face and bowed
her head and cried, "Oh, my God ]