The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-09

cupied his box with two other young
wives. Gossip is hard upon Amelia.
She is not over twenty five, if that, with
an intriguing face and decidedly coquet
fish manner; and "they say" she winds
the Prophet about her little finger; that
she alone, of all the harem, knows his
moods and his mysteries, and gets poss-
ession of his private keys. He doats up
and she hates him, and loves another man
TO distraction---only joined herself to
Brigham for eclat. They do say she meets
this other man. o. moonlight nights
How ridiculous, with the police system of
Salt Lake But 1t only shows the extent to
which gossip will run But they state for
d fact that she did leave the corrG5t, and
go to Camp Douglass. and remain two
weeks; but was induced to return. So
much for the fair Amelia.
asked Mr.. Jennings if he would tell
me wherein the Mormons consider Poly
gamy more beneficial to the race than a
strictly carried out Monogamic marriage
He replied, because it gives husband to
so many otherwise unmarried women. A
brilliant and scientific reason. He SAID
Colfax was much exercised to know how
his two charming wives" quoting the
Vice President-could live together SO
amicably. He (Mr G. told him it was
the spirit of their religion, else it were
an utter impossibility-and he appealed
to me if didn't think it must be spirit
of religion. My shoulders gave an in
advertant shrug, as answered." Most
assuredly" Woman must indeed subdue
the flesh and the spirit, cruelty herself,
and turn, her God given nature inside
out, to come TO submit to such a state Of
things. Mr.. Gennings said some sting
| ing things as regards the disorganized
Polygamy of Monogamic marriage, and
he found me en- rapport on that question.
He told me that one of the fathers of the
Collum Bill was caught here in Utah--I
believe in this very town-enjoying the
prioileges of Polygany without mourning
the responsibilities. and that in payment
thereof he left behind him, as he went
on his way rejoicing, a two hundred dol
lar blll--for which his Monogamic wife
in Chicago, and children, must economic
Co make up. Oh, consistency! thou art
Jewel When our system Of marriage is
such farce and shame, how pu rile of
the Government to seek to remedy the
lesser evil here in Utah The Mormon
women are not SO defrauded as are the
wives of some of thuse very NJ C.'s who
| helped pass the Collum Bill through the
| House Their condition is not so pitiable.
| 1t makes me sick to listen to the talk of
women about their Mormon sisters. in
view of the fearful evils in their ownii.-
dividual cases. ss.513 itS.I
Here in Utah it is their boast that that
necessity of masculine existence, and
preserver of feminine chastity house
of prostitution not exist I" Little
need of them," I hear some vehement
opposer to womans rights sheer. Very
true, my friend, but Of two evils always
choose the least-if damned custom
hath left you sense to distinguish. I'd
sooner be Mormon wife than the kind
of thing our Mono gamic marriage makes
Of women; but. "Pd be a dog and bay
the moon" before either RKa
Mr. Jennings says there is no doubt
many live in Polygamy who ought not SO
to live-in that, principle does not guide
them. He says it is a /" hard thing" to
live in Polygany | should think it
would require all the patience of Job.
He spoke with evident pride of the fact
that his two little girls were born a05th-
an three days Of each other! A house was
pointed out to me where three children
were born in one night of three mothers
and one father! Comment is unnecessary.
Ugh What state of things
In regard to many living in Polygamy
that ought not, i very much doubt, as far
assthe principle is concerned. if there is
Mormon of them all fitted to live in it;
and the majority of the people are softhe
lowest order Of English poor, weak,
undeveloped, irresponsible set Of men
and women. And, alas the women
saw them by the hundreds, assembled in
the Tabernacle, and they saddened my
soul with their dullness, their heaviness,
their characterless faces, without a spark
of aspiration or inspiration in them.
Still, we must not lose sight Of the face
that it will require generations to lift the
cloud from so low people; but whether
Mormonism is destined to do it quicker
than any other system is the questions
remains to be seen.
This people has achieved wonders !;
their city is a garden; their valley con-
slant song of praise to God; their moral
ity, outside. Of Poiygamy, a marvel TO the
nations and an example to all men. The
Government knows not what it does to
interfere with them. Let it first clean
out its own Augean stables, under the
shadow of the Goddess of Liberty upon
the Capitol dome.
Ogden, Utah, April %, 1870
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