The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-03

this he makes good point II II were only true; but
In this he IL mistaken IN toto. Either ne or the
types have made another bunder, but this time, /
think, the elder Is IN error He reIers me to page
"a. United states Census for ls6O;' but there Is
such statement on that PAGE either In the compen-
diuin or larger edition. Supposing he may have
meant page 46 Of the Introduction; but on turning
TO that ind IL treats OF "mute5 ana idiots" Per-
maps ne quoted from some almanac; at all events,
his quotation Is not where he sad 1t was But this
error IS OF little moment had Mr.. Pratt given us
the correct figures. Figures are game at which
two can play. Pity that ne did not give the whole
truth. Now let me quote from the same census, and
he shall s'ooS here upon this picture, and ths.n
Mr.. Pratt Is wrong IN liking tAe manageable age
or American ladies between fifteen anl twenty This
may be true OF warm climates, but 1t IL not true Of
our latitude The manageable age OF our ladies' IL
from twenty to thirty. And now, If The elder will
turn to page SOP OF the large clifton or tine for
1860 he Will find that there Is an excess or 81, lis
males, between the ages OF fifteen and thirty. And
for argument / Will concede an excess OF 0,044
females between the ages nf,een and twenty, and
with this large concession will prove HIS numerical
argument Is without foundation For, II we take the
relative proportions oil males and females in the
United States and Territories in $780, between the
ages OF ateen and thirty there Will still be an
Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New
YORK. where there is an excess OF females; but re-
Ter MIN TO Alabama, Arkansas California, Delaware
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
Kentucky, louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota Missis-
ssppi. Missouri oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin.
Of New Mexico. Colorado, Dacotah aud Washington
In all OF which there Is excess OF mar
rageable males. And the census gives Us this
fact asO that more femaes die between the ages Of
fifteen and thirty than males fear Mr. Pratt Is not
good In arithmetic for he has made mistakes Is to
Canada and England. Instead of u surplus OF 3,687
manageable females In Upper and Lower CANADA,
there Is an excess Of 2 1865 males between fifteen and
thirty and instead OF surplus OF 297, 70l females
in England, there Is less than 000 and these
figures disappear when the 900 soldiers in che
British army are included in the problem. (See page
Al Introduction OF U. s. Census for 1907
suppose there are IN the Unit ii States $4,000 more
mar. iageable females than males TO population of
40 0O0, 900. that agatelle not enough
around MIR. PrlttS ssQOO0
men" We're we all Mormon elders, some poor fel-
low would ne doomed, by the scanty provision OF
nature, to one wife. Suppose there 10000. 900
marriayeabe men In the United States and 10 600 900
manageable women, and surplus OF $4,000 OF the
the two hundredth part OF another vile 10 tae same
man; and granting his ngures OF surplus or so, 900
females between fifteen and twenty, this would In
dictate wise provision or nature, by which society
could be supplied with domestics nurses and school
THE CHIEF END OF MARRIAGE.
According to Mr.. Prat.s the0ry the chief end Of
MARI age offspring; but the Creator declared that
companionship takes the precedence. BEFORE II,
gave the command to ''mutlpy" He said, at Is OF
good that man saOuld be alone; Will make him q
helpmeet'-Gelesis, H., 1s. In the marriage union
communion Of immortal souls Elder Pratt places
the beautiful women OF Amer ca on the footing with
cows and other female brutes, ana decaes he chief
cease to bear like COWS, they must be led to tae
slaughter. poygamy is str ctive OF ali the nncr,
noOer feelings or womanhoOd. God made her the
social equal OF man. and such she is Ia tue eyes OF
all rght-minded men. For argument grant the
chic end OF marriage is ofsprlng-tlls end Is de-
feated by poygamic marriages. Will take my facts
FRO Mormonisn itself and prove MI. Pratt theory
failure. Mr.. Brigham Young mas TWENTY-FIVE actual
whom fail in their great life mission He Is SAID to
be the father or but fifty children by the tea
WY to the average V $sovn IN oe v families
and no children. 1t Is historical facO
that homogeneous nations increase more rap
idly than poygamous. Compare the Greeks and
Romans with the Egyptians and Persans; compare
the Germans, Irish, English and Americans with the
Turks and all must admit that homogeneous nations
have risen to superior glory In arr and sciences in
law and governments In philanthropy and Chris
tianIty And 1t Is remarkable that Q gentleman APP
chargeable with the anachronsm, that tour fore
fathers derived their mOnogamc laws from the bar
is news TO- the Christian world. We all admit that
God established mOnogamy in Eden but we did not
know that Adam and Eve were Greeks and Romans.
POLYGAMY CONDUCIVE OF STERILlTY-A WORD FOR
OLD MAIDS.
Mr.. Pratt invites the "Od maids' Of America to
percentage Of sIeriity among the Mormon women
than those who live elsewhere IN the sanctlty OF
10 Ronan age acre Cobb
lawful husband, but who went to Utah and married
Mr.. Young, mas had none since her marriage with
up 10 pubic ridcu!e this portion OF American la-
diesy They are the angels OF our households,
ing holy viglls in the last OF dear one
waiting for the coming Of the angels They are not
single because good men are scarce. Nlne.tenths of
them could before the clock struck high
But 1t Is dlcult for them to choose from tie large
number OF those who seek their hand. From the
very nature OF the case, rom taste, from domestic
circumstances, from disease from the choice OF
some high and holy calling, there will always be a
large number OF ladies who Will decline marriage,
and IN this they are Justified both by God and
1t Is deep and Od0us insult which the Mormon
elder Offers to our American ladies' when nc invites
them To the lascIviOns embraces OF Utah pol "a.
mlsts He patheically deplores the evils OF pr0st.
tuition, but what is his remedy? IL is worse than
the disease. To save the degraded few all woman
hood must he degraded, The ev1l is partial, the
remedy LII universal. 10 rescue few from ruin all
must be sacrificed.
MoNOGAMY AND PoLYGAMY AS AFFECTED BY MUIR
The elder comes to the defence of Lamech, the
first polygamst and the first murierer on record
e coz aes' BY ' Smech Is inc argument aaet
against poygamy, then the MURDER committed
BY Cain Is an argument against lmonogamy;
make, but unfortunately there are two historical
facts against his p0int:-Frst, we have no infurna-
ton that, aG tue time Cain Killed Abel, Cam was a
married man; second, the murder which Cam COM
mifted did not grow out Of mOnOgamy. but rather out
OF his envy OF MS brother beca God had accepted
Abes sacrifice and rejected CAMS olerlne. But 1t
Is fact that the murder which Lamech committed
did grow out OF plurality OF wives, as his speech to
has IN 1t neither relevancy nor force and The fact
mains not dsprOved that the first polygamist men,
years OF our race was murderer, and his crime
grew out OF his polygamic marriages.
THE CASE OF ABRAHAM.
In my first argument asserted that Abraham was
In no sense polygamist: that When called to his
great life mission he had but wife; that his con-
necton with Hagar was a proposition Which came
from Sarah; thai Sarah, like Rebecca supposed that
some means, good or bad, must DC employed to AID
the Lord to Keep his promise that Abraham should
have numerous posterty that she repented The act,
saying "My wrong be upon theen--that is the
wrong which have done, did for Thy sake, and
now that tine evil is come upon US, thou must bear
the blame-"The Lord Judge between Inc and thee. u
MIR. Pratt has not dtSDrOVpu this statement. IL
mains in all Its historical strength. But 1t is said
the Lord appeared unto Hagar III the wilderness, sc
also He appeared unto Cain the murderer. But it Is
said That the angel f0ret0ld that Hagar's pOsterty
should be numerous; so also he preuicted that Ish
mae should be a "wild man." that his "hand vii
hm'-Genesls xvi, IL. These are merely historical
statements of events which would occur, without
God expressing therein approval dlsapproval OF
the same. No one Will assume that God approved Of
Ishmaels hand being against every man and every
mans hand against him so no one suppose that