The New York herald., 1870-08-21

arranged the law OF allinli.es between the man and
the woman that companionsnip can only be secured
by the exclusion 0f u tnird person. On what =
pleasure % Is for a man when away from nome to
think 'iil return 10 the bosom Of my vile and
ana p ner .res return" And upGn he ny Knee
lfom afar to embrace that wlle. And then
sac % psri @ Of % the % woman w Whose / susSaSa SSoa
ls far away to say, ''IIe Is coming / viii
watch his returning footsteps. He Is coming me,
% my embrace. TO my home prepared lof him.''
Win what pride anu the busy housewife ar
everything vs. The bouauet Of owers IS On the
table, the best OF the viands are spread upon tho
ooari AMI everything In the house is prepared with
the utmost care. But, oh what gloom comes
down upon That wonans soul when she Knows that
he returns not TO her, but TO one two three four,
twelve. twenty, thirty, iorly or lifty wives! loud
applause aud much aughter)
judge HAwLry-There must be no applause; one
OF The rules Ofbsds H.
Dr. NEwMAs-Then how this system works
agalus, the next design-namely. procreation It Is
a lact that IN poygainc countries one sex or the
other mas the prepnnderance in numDers Some
good authorities say the females preponderate; others
say the males. do not care rush which preponde.
rate. Al that say II tins, thnt good and reliable
auihOr.ues say that IN poygalnic countries, marK
you there n a preponderance of one or the other,
while uiOnogamic nations the great law O equality
h brought out. 80 what Is the tendency Of pOiyga-
myg According 10 somo authorities 10 make all
lnaies: accOriins to others TO make all iemaes-and
n either follow, then the destruction Of the
race and wi.bin hundred years the earth Is de-
populated and ~ bowling wilderness. Take the
tnnnence OF polyganiy upon what may be properly
termed the rights oi marriagc-and those rights are
twofod; authority on the part OF the man and pro-
head OF the family; the high priest OF the
lamny. the legislator and the executive OF the ami
~, anu he Is to have reverence from his VIE; she
10 ooey him. never perform the marriage cerem0-
ny without include those words when address the
is 0 G,ds authority, @ ' and % evepy asaf' iras tras
aud loving wife viii obey her husband the Lord
accordingly as rhe oteys the Lord Jesus Christ But
whne nan is the legislator and the executive, wne
he is endowed with authority AZ hls right, so, on the
olner hand, protection belongs as natural lnaten-
all ris.f Sac that Ivy artt vlpng
sturdy oak. That grand Old oak has sent down It's
roots 10 take hold on the very foundations OF the
ivy how IL entwaes Itself gcaty, sweetly, beau
uiuily arouni the old OAK. "a thing OF beauty is .
drills OF her aiicciion-around man, and what must
be the depth OF depravity TO winch that man Is lalen
afection. What The Ivy the oak woman Is to
man. II man, In mis- pride and glory his
arm y proes a wonan right e so 60 !" shas
man Tor protection. But how ~ II possible under
the system OF poygamy tha; these great rights snail
he preserved II s,rue the man retains his right or
authorlty-ay, this system augments and multlplies
his authority. This system IS system OF usurpa-
ton, extending a right over larger number than is
included m Gods law But the other hand,
where - the right OF woman TO protecti0nY whole
soul for a whole soul a whoie body Tor a whole
body, a whole lie for whole lie. Just like the
shells OF the blyalve, they correspond with each
other. Just Ike the two wings of the bird, male
and female so precisely this great idea or reciprO
cliy ana mutual affection and reciprocal love Is de-
veioped In tins idea Oi moLogamous marriage. But
y,
this right OF woman. In other words, it
divides the protecting power of man
proportion TO the number OF wives that lie pos
sesses. Aud it to that, ia view OF the dis
proportion OF worldly goods in this life, man can
can tax a whole people, kings VINO can build pal
aces andrear pyramids kings VINO can marshal their
war. they may have their army and their plurality
OF wives; but the poor man. doomed 10 toll, with the
sweat Of labor on his brow, how Is 1t possible for
him 10 provide for more than one family? fetn the
king III hls glory has rignt to nave pluralry Of
wives, 50 also has your poor man who Is doomed to
toll the same right Yet God Almighty making
this law-if he has made It, which, OF course ques-
ton--has not made provision ior tie execution OF
that law; in other words, for It's immunl-
Ii is law exclusively for naboos, Tor kings AID high
priests, Tor men In power and wealth, out not Tor
you poor taborcr. The Alnighy Il IA just God.
He looks down with compassion and the King before
Him is no more than peasant. The meanest OF
His creatures as well as the highest are all alike to
Him; and ask you to-day, would he enact law
sanctionlng, commanding plurality OF wives with
out making provision that every man should pe IN
such financial circumstances as TO nave plurality
OF wives and to enjoy tiemf See therefore. how
these TWO systems 0 marriage are antagOnistic aud
IL Is for you TO infer alter hearing this exposition OF
the nature, the elements, the rights anu the nun
msnts OF marriage IL Is Tor you , TO lner
In the beginning. MY distinguished friend
hastily reviewed many passages OF scripture, all OF
which my friends, shall norice. | VIII slit them
TO the bottom My only regret is that my dlstin-
guished friend, Tor whose scholarship have a
gard, did deliberately take up and exhaust
one passage at time, without giving us passage
alter passage and simply skimming them over with
out gong to the bottom and showing their relations
IN their Dhliology, history and practical bearing
upon us. When nay friend shall give such
exegesis, when he shall give US sncn an analysis
Whether he quotes the Hebrew, The Greek the
Latin. promise 10 follow him all through the maZes
OF his exposition anu Will go down 10 the very
bottom OF his argument.
felt bound to-day, my friends, In nv opening
speech To give this analysis Of tie question. and TO
present to my idea OF marriage In cOntradstinc
ton to the idea of marriage held here by poiysa
mlsts Now, presume that may pass to con ider
a lew passages of Scripture. Gurnng one OF the
umpiresl-How much tine have |, sirs
UMPIRE-Eieven minutes.
DR.. NEWMAN deter, therefore, the exposition.
and will take up lew oi those salient points which
my learned opponent threw out. Let us On the
text az brethren dwei togerher ne wandered
back, and II was difficult for me To what relation
the antediluvians and what relation Adam had to
tnis passage But he referred To the antediluvians
refers to Lamech. And who was Lamech9 He Is
the first polyEamist on record, the first recorded
the irst two thousand years OF the history OF the
world He had two wives. And what else did he
haye2 He had murder IN his heart and blood
his hand; and aver tina. whoever anayzes the case
committed grew out OF his having plural wives; in
other words, grew out OF the p0iygamy which he
attempted TO introduce and dld Introduce INTO the
world This is clear from his address to his wives
81 have Slain q man 10 my wounding and young
man to my hurt.n
Bat my friend says that Cain wasa murderer: that
he went down to the land OF Nod. He dId not eX-
acty know the geography OF the land OF Nod, but it
was somewhere; and there he found q woman and
he married her. affirm thls that when Cain
killed his brother Abel he was not married.
that he did not go down to the land OF Nod
then. Therefore the murder which he conf
mitted did not grow out OF monogamy.
Ii had no relation to monogamy but II grew out OF
this fact, that these two brothers came before the
Lord to present their offerings Cam was DeisL.
He was morast-that Is, he had no sins 10 repent
Of and therefore he dId not bring little lamb, u
sacricia Offering, TO adumbrate the Lamb OF God,
which should take away the sins OF the world, but
he brought the first fruits OF the EARTH thank Of
1erng; and he comes ana says, al have SINS 70
atone for but here am as Thou hast created me. 1
am dependent upon Tnee ana therefore ] present
to Thee the first fruits Of the so. But Abel
with his sin Offering He brings his lamb and lays
1t upon the ALTAR and that lamb preintiraated tlc
coming OF Jesus Christ, wn0 Is ''the Lamb OF God
that taketh away the SIN OF the word.i And n
there is record that Abel brought thank Oering
IL Is principle III theology. Is truth In Scrpurai
exposition, that the whole includes the part,
Just as, for instance, when St. Paul says, ~ be-