, 1870-08-16

tho grnat pnph:..s. and all tho great apostlea.
On tue other hand, tbs polygarnists Lanech:
jacob, David, solomon, Il al, vera s:aiasd
with other great and terrible crimes. Ila
same y. lno Of arS'iraent tiat would prove II an
that it sanctions idolat1J. murder, adalters,
.ncest, everything We hold to be wron6. For,
u 10 sasd, {. g., Ged did not teuonstr7tS w,.a
jacob sgsinst his polyg1my; neither dta "
ret9onstrate aEainas his lying to hsa old oAnd
and svind]ing his father-in-law out Of his cat
tic. Shall We, therefore, conclude these tntnFs
met viii, his approval, and aro right: 0n
luis ground, I'll moral distinctions twou!1 be
rcItoucded. TIE sacred writer's record MS
tory n It il, and Of its ethical enn-
trest I pr;ociplas ' e1seDhsre ~ lsid down. Eoz
will it do to say that tho sAIne reasoning N11
condemn mnnogamy, for We have other 4na
explicit proofs ct its laHfulness, and Ara not
s11pendeIlt on the example Of \ few prominent
u,en for fA vindicAton. Polygatny II likewise
ing to statistics, ono msn to one woman, in hu-
Tbe seventh and. ninth propositions wore
st4n4tautiated by \ mAsa Of statistics Whioh l
cannot give. Ihe abs=noe OF prostitution in
Etah wls accounted foE on the ground that i
Wa now country, consequently not rich aud
lu.u1ious; llat 1t Is inhabited chiefly BY peo'
rs naturally re]igiously inclined; that it IL
oily e.tabyiahed By ct pdTte evidence; that il
il npcria1lv attempted for the 64ke Of the asBu-
.nriN; aud, finally, that poiygAmy is eahssi-
tut.s for It. The eighth WAS tnaintained on the
ground th1t polygamy is not, and cannot he
c;nst:tuted, religious rite, and i it could. II
wtuld still require restraint ani constraint.
Condemned b: God, and nature, and his-
tori aud experience. II violAtive an
=ubretrive Of true marriage, which il tn
foundation Of Christian hozioty, the g1Arante
s,f E},NTfE 4 ad in tNA
tion cannot lbe invoked for its protection.
Even II it could be dressed Of its essentially
reprehensible features, in intent its evil effects
remain tho same, and from them the State
must and will project ITSELF There Is no such
thing as absolute religious liberty: The young
mln grows to a certain stature and there stops,
although be continues to eat and drink.
The tree grows only to = certain size.
II there were no Limitation, its root. would
stsorb tie earth, md lts branchea sweep the
r'ars. So religious hborty has Its limitations.
Sfe could not suffer tho Hindoo women to
throw their femlle infants TO the sacrel croeo-
dies, not their widow 10 bum themselves on
the funeral pyres Of their husbands, even
though those acts we're diyeAted in the perpe-
tratofn of the essential elements OF murder.
Neither can we permit tho e1iltence' and
a,owth Of polssgnEny, with ita deloera.s degrar
engaged in pezpetuAting it. The hope OF tht
uatiop and tho prosperity Of the Church de
| ynd largely upon the purity Of tho family
! Society ia the segregation OF families, zud- Il
| aye the families, 80 will be society Tha mu
| al love and happiness Of husband and wife
the education and training Of chiidren. Can bs
tS.s secured BY the sanctity OF monogamou,
marriage. Both the spirit and letter of til,
,lisine law condemn polyGauny ns Sin, aas
tho social and national evils which have 70
aultea thazefrnm, wherever the evil hAs pre-
VAILED, uneHneiy poin.. as to the pat
and wli suppsosa 1t. hope no surerin
'heSefrom will fall upon tho women All
hildren. II such share must be, let it fall o.
the men, But practice, ruinous to domesti
purity and La7pinoss, cozroptinX to the pub
lie morait aud subyerniye Of civilization itself
condemned "a We kaye sccu by revelation IN
nature. b. God md man, 9y human tradition
and experience. by the di:latea Of rcsson au'
uf pure religion, must be stopped At II
hazards
! Such il N abstract Of the argument. Mex
day the city Papers published part OF tho cor
ham Young, vomiting themselves and mis-
representing and abusing Mr. Newman in til
mtEt Outrageous manner. Tue ansi-polygam
ssts here, having no organ, fblt unwilling t
Lear this, and some Of them Joined in lstte
20 Mr. Newman this morning, askin
him 10 siye them the coTcapondence oetwea
rhow thai he did 5ot decline lie iscnssio,
Ar charged by the Mormon press. Thiao7cn
ually led the way to Mr. EavmAn's reopcnitt
the correspondence with Mr.. Young bg SEM
! ing him challenge 10 publicly dlsca=s til
question with him. To this brigham repliet
} ascert'ng the challenge to debate, not for hin
Mr. Newman answered that lie thought, Nri,
| ham having declined TO meet hin, persouall
iu debste, he might rest Lis case hcra. b
t.,:, il Pratt aud Taylor were disposed to tai