, 1870-08-20
NOR M ism,
Does the Bible Sanction PoIyg.
amy7
Deoate Between 0rson Pratt and the
Rev. Dr.. Newman,


wa u"s coRRKSfdSpESI,1
SALT LAKE Ctr, Aug. II. 1870.
aNEwAL OF TEE ptscrss,os
At Tue appointed hour, four thousand or
n'e thousand people gathered in the Thar.
naele' expecting to hetr Elder Pratt pso n,
sesmah up completely. Apoatle R;cb.nds
delivered the opening prayer.
F2A7T's RKnAaKs,
Elder fsatt began by insistine on h;u mint
OF Yesterday that the original maauscrints At
me 1aote we're not in existence, and. sucl, being
she case he would ratter take the tranal.,;on
o1 hins James, made BY men OF learning, mn,
~ "no we're acquainted with all tue msnnscr;nts
.aen IN e1astence, than his own or anybotsv.a
Judgment AZ to controverted texts. H. a;;lr,,.
o'spafage tho Bible in this he sccentp5 II AZ
II s1anas as proof aud evidence in rer.r1 ~
polygamy. s''@A" ~
Inc assertion OF hiA learned friend that
Sii's'' ~ commenting on the decalosue, con.
oenpeo man who married mora than ma
"omAn az an sdulteter, lie denied, and chat
lergel The proof. ~''.'-
he admitted the full force and ,no.n;n, of
the term "sanction," as given br hi. onno.
neut yesterday, and claimed that on that orc,.
sion he had adduced passage after p.ssaee frn,
the Bible, plainly and positively commsnl;n1
rolygamy under pain Of the hesy;ea. cnrsa NJ
the law il they did not obey, to which cnrs.
all the people wero required to s.v amen t.
tms Was not sanction, than certainly be could
understand neither Webster nor Neum.n
He had waited In vain, pencil in hand So-
tomething destroying the force OF these ras-
sages, but, instead, had heard nothing. for The
lrst dfty minutes Of bis friends hour.
bat no" OF oratory+ Than lie did rcfsr to
one OF The passages .aauced, but only to pass
testimony untouc.le4l.
~ reference to Catn and Lamcch, whether the
ntss Was married or not when lie slew his
brother, Was not to tho point-it had no c1,n-
necs!on with tho form OF marriage. III,
ta;sS. maESef simply proved that monogamist
tirst polsgamist sp.,kcn Of in tbe D,ble. l,ut.
lot az re Know, tnero uay have beeo thous.
auoa Of them. There ,Fere only throe nonn-
sanists spoken OF ip the Bible, he be1iores.
during the first 1900 ye3rz OF tho world. buf
mere must nave been teEs OF thousands Of
them. neTertheiess. II va assorted that
Lamtch committed murder iu.deseusa Of no.
iySxny- He denied it and called for TIN
proof. At all events it had nothing 10 do With
the EreAt institution of polye,my established
0! the Almighty II TO, what should be said
Of homogeneous Adam and lis wife. who, by
their tsansgression Of the law Of Gci. SLEW al
mankind. Witness Paul, AZ in Adam Ill IH Rave v.
died, etc This had nothing to do with the
form OF marriage. but Nhen atguments Of this
kind WeEe brought against pulygamy. by its
antagonists, It Wss we'll enough to examine
them in the light Of tho Scriptures, at reason.
OF souna s5Egent n;e +. sna sls son1i Judgment
said about marriage, with this dtifcrsnce-he
claimed that it applied to plural a. Hsll IA
-iuSte marriage. Fifty women cnu,5 hola
presist.y the same relation to man A. onn
or one as fifty. IN respect Of marriage.
As to rolyanasy, which his opponent held
to 10 AZ unsuitable as polygamy, God had
net grantedi it to woman to have mora hus-
more wives tlan ona, according to tie
Nstle. And III ressoo, how WAS it: The Lord
instituted marriage for the purpose Of multi
plying the human species. Would . woman
~i'h hfty husbands DO moro in tha. line than
woman via; one: [sonsation.] On the con-
moreover, the father would be unknown.
iscnsation-J In rolygamy, the purpose Of
marriage procteation-an the great p.inci-
nle of parental responsibility, on tho part of
siif 1afheF, were both subacrvcj- 4 good and
holy maD, with xumter OF wives, could mall
than he could by ono wife. Look at tIat
great, good, and holy man, Gideon. who
sercnty-tTo eoos, aud he knew not hoy many
daughters.
c.s,ld any womsnio po1saudrv haze broaght
te1:h 70 many soma !: Possibly there might
be some virtue in mandrakes that would
onntle her to doit. I.augh;er.l God de-
lighted moro in the marriage OF many women
~ few hoiy men, wlo would bring up their
children right, than in the marriage Of thu
wicked, one man with one woman, WHO would
lead their children to destruction on1v. Tho
Scriptures supported him in this assertion.
See tho 37sh Palm The seed III eyil-luers
shall be rooted oct Of the enrth, Wills the
seed Of tho righteous shall inherit the earth"
ctc- II the ccnsrB returns shall SHOW thst
men and women are born in equal numhess.
the argument that God blce~ss tho righteous
:ud curses the wicked. would reln.t it. He
does not distribute His blessings equally.
Hence, to one righteous man, rnauy wives 10
msny wicked men, none.
LIE had expected to hear GONG argument
refutiIg tue passages Of Sctip;uxcs brought
fnrtll+ yesterday. to sustain the validity Of
show lhat their application was special, then
plurality stsnds Oh formulation ~ firm "a the
Eoek 2! Asss-as finn - tho throne q the
could Re addneod. then. perhsrs,
ths burden Of proof would rest o.,
man among n, oyertlowsng 9ith ph,1anthro-.
ny, to to speak, come to teach uS the beau-
tics Of Christian civilization. It vas better
than to enact laws for our Incarceration in
Prison three OF five years, deptiEing lit Of our
right TO project our wiEes, and leaving them
to suffer. lie was thankful 10 tha learned
Dz. Newman and his ffic.ds for their eane1-
osity- He *nted nine hours 10 prosent hi,
argument He wished he would take nine
yeers-become missionary among U.S. visit
our poor people, who love the 1xMe, and re-
Of civilization. Much might be said of the
enormous corruption existing in CHRISTIAN so-
eiety tLAt ought 10 crimson the check OF any
one. Females hy tens Of thousands we're de-
bal:hed. night and day, in the Christian citv
mirts; It was part Of their civilization to
have but one W1fe, AMI then deb,uch thcua-
solves and etllcTs n these dena Of iuiouitr.
They conn,itted tin enough enough avery
sWents-four hours to ssnk them to
were ee4e AGon SausbeS neT tue tribe ia Of Bsnsmia
.tansgressioa Of this kind. .All elaln but co,
who fed, and thus escaped. Comparc tf,n
purity Of ancient l"rael with tho pollution aud
infazticide Of THE nation. and thon think
tiat few individuals practising Bible mar
1isEe IN these mountains arc threatened with
determination becsuse Of the ..icty OF this civ
ilizea nation, With all shcss crimes seethiue iu
liz uaidet-
lie now called on lis distinsnished oppo-
acut. whom he highly respected for Ills leasn-
ing, to lay before tho people relutation OF
thvse passages ad1uccd yesterday which sauc-
s:on polygsmy, aud asked him to provo that
.hose Law. were limited il they were limited in
their application.
Here time Was called. anil Elder Pratt
sulr,ded, hasing, in tho Judgment OF ali IN
tellisent l's.eaaEs, badly scattered his weak
charge. ZEE.
EEMAnK4 or Dr. NEWMAN
M1. Newman began by earing that II he did
ret answer tha gentleman d argument yester-
dag, it Was his fault. He bad tho Affirmative.
and he should, therefore lave analyznl tho
inv ,v&Aox IL A1,4$r r. faEn l.
aud be. the speaker, consequently had to. He
Lad the answer to those passages lefore him
then, aud would have delivered them hsd tune
served. He would do it to-day. ISensation-1
Tho gentleman might get out his Feucil for hs
would hare something 70 taxa down to-day.
.bont The original manuscripts Of the lhb,e
You write ktter 10 ! friend. yuu copy il (:
that then do you care for the originate or
| what consequence are the original tables OF
stone, VIC having true copy Of the law writ
ten On them2 4 word Also in lefcnco OF
world th, ough tho influence OF one woman
uver Adam, what scould hare come with a
dozen or tHenty to iutlnerce him? Aud il 4
snoMogamist wonaa brought death iato the
9orla: mouosamiss woman, the Virgin Mary.
brought the Reacemer. Az that it Was al ,as
.ven, ho thought. His friend Pratt had told
them that God could IL well hAys made atty
women - one. But Adm didn't
have nbs enonsh to 80 round anoae htty
women. As. Pratt haa inveishea aesins,
| rolyandE.: tecaase i did not tsnd 10 multipIs
! lie human spesies t.ster than monogamy, ar:
pasens1y forgetting. sha. polsgsmy causes i
psepon6e,s"ce O. births of one rex, aad thu.
Of the race, but would enaure, IN titne, could
it be generally ptactise1, its extiuctioa.
Nj. Newman then. saying he would reply te
htu friend in inference to prostitution aud .hs
FRA. men Of the Bible being rolygsnists ant
= begett1ne 20 many aons and daughters, u
tie Scriptures for yestarllay? EritientIs