The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-06

that runs the harem But they are
kept in subsection by force and fear
the fear of the assassin, more than the
fear of the wrath of the Lord-hence the
institution brutalizes men and women
and shows tearful!y upon the rising gen
Grafton. Then again the men being so
given to lust and the women kept sim
ply to bear children, and taught that
their whole daty is to "multiply,' it
dcadcns and destroys all the finer feel
ings and scnsibilities of their natures,
debases their minds, darkens their
hearts, and makes both men and women
nearer brutes than any other people
living, and this too is showing plainly
on the rising crop. never saw as
much ofdcformty, ug!ness and idiocity
in children us | have seen here, and
there is cause for it. Their parents lose
their natural love and feeling for their
offspring, neglect them and debase their
minds and sympathies in their very
infancy. Then again they marry even
to nay sisters. Yes, | am told of one of
the sctcctiHcn "a muck muck among
them who married his half sistcr-the
children are All unfinished set Of spoons.
Again a bishop marries his suii : widow,
who is mother 10 one OF his other wives,
has children by both--what relation
are the blots to each other. Marrying
full cousins is frequent-so of aunts and
uncles. There is no restriclion--so IN
all. Such blinking, blind, deaf, mis-
shapen, lop-cared, cross eyed, stammer-
Ing, suffering and !inping sets of brats
/ never did see before. And the chill
dren have no love or affection for each
other. / met one lady that said she
did not even kaoU her brothers and sis
tiers when she saw them, and didn't
give cent for them any how. Ask
bishop how many children he has-he
guesses at it Ivy dozens, tens or twenties
lie don't give q cent for them either.
Reckless and Indifferent of their chill
dren, who could expect any thing bet
ter, and this fearful institutions is s,ts-
tained by the L. :. and kept in life here
by the fear of assassination.
Yet there are now and then some
pretty young women and interesting
children, but they are always the prop
erty OF some of the better class of
"saints.' 1t is said here that all the
best looking of their girls run off with
the Montana boys in times gone by
As this town grows up and becomes a
refuge and protection to the oppressed of
Mormonism, hundreds Of women will
flee hitler and work for their bread;
hundreds more to lead lives Of shame;
hundreds more live separate from their
husbands. ! hear of many of the old
first loves-wives that have lived alone
and supported themselves by hard work
for years, while the vagahond husbands
were lavishing upon several new loves,
sealed to them, all the tythings and
stealngs they could reach. 1t is noto
rious that the last wife is the favorte,
and gets all the attention and new
clothes bought for the whole family, and
if she be Il bishops wife, gets all the
contribution made by the people for the
relief Of the pOor-as all such charities
pass through the bishop.
AS IL socia! evil polygamy Is worse
than the lth, 9th on 18th wards Of New
York. for it is telling 80 feartulIy upon
the moral and intellectual natures of the
young ard spreading such direful re-
suits among the people. 1t is disgusting
to every one newly acquainted with it,
TO see to what an extent reckless men
Will prostitute their better natures for
the purpose gain and gratifying their
animal passions. for it is then two
things alone that ordained, introduced
and now su~tai.is polygamy.
More anon. WELLS SriCi:R.