The New York herald., 1870-08-21

Chnss coincs and gives an exposition q the law
Of Aoses-comes and rlves an ekro~ltlon - sone OF
And then his references 90 the records OF mo~e-
simply prove thls thai whAi Moses has sald o.
as Ihe, were eisea arnla tue tsanacrs Of Mount
sinai and you nnd tnat ne ~ wfitlrg commentary
upOn the deCalogue, ana bringing Oui fis hi4de1
n,eaniug ani saying 20 us Ihat not oaly saan
is an aduifercr who narrles n0fe than oae woman.
but he VINO looked VITA sal1cions in.t rioa a
Christ Now it a this book thsg ~e are 10 a-cuss.
the O.d Testament and ise Neei NO sadi fe.cit
ton mas been made 20 the latter Day nAtlisi taf "a
not ID be Droagni INTO thls coIrrotcsxy. A. n not
the question IA dlspuic whciher aVstFh Naisii 90
any other member oi the tnnrCA ol LATER Day
SAINTS has had a revelation from Goa. Sactl u the
holy canon Wa, c4oael Dy the alOfpAc ieftiitioa
OF John ON the Isle OF ra'nios tsen ibai question
Is not 10 b. dragged into tnis CoatfDteol. Neiiaer
the Mormon BDie, nor the !loOk ~ cJfolans. nor
revelations oi to-day Jestcfda or aaJ 0.cs day;
but the grand question T. that h0Os. lead ga oid Ing
land read IN Wales read IA iielanl read in Norway
and sweden, read m the Llad oi LIOerty. read all
over the world, does that book SANCTION pJygamyY
NOW we come 10 ano.Gsr ana important NOIJ.
namely, Does the Bible sanctlon--by The term
ton we mean coinnilid--the authority ol positive
written divine law. or Whatever may De reasonably
held as the equivalent o such lawf II follows
fore that toieration s not sanction; saleranco u
not sanction; municipal legislation u not K.ilc-
ton; historical statements OF prevailing Gus
toms Is not sanction the remission OF penalties
Is not sanction: proyident,u blessings pe-
slowed upon general principles aud ior aa
Interior purpose Ii not sanction. The only adc-
quate idea OF sanction IL the divine and positive ap
PROBATION plainly expressed eitner definite statute
or by such forms OF continuation constitute iull
equivalent IL is in tins sense tnat We take the term
sanction In the question before the next word
In the question 49, ''DOes the Bible sanction poiyga-
my 2" by which we mean as II now sands not as
1t once was but rs 1t now is that Is, the Bible taken
as whole The question Is not "D,d the Bible Tor
merly sanction pOlygamy r'' Dut whether IL does al
the present day authorize and establish aud ap-
prove poiygamy? just as We may say 0f the constl-
tuition Of the United States, not dd II SANCTION
slavery, but does 1t now sanction slavery for At ls
a well known principle OF Jurisprudence that N any
thing has been repealed In the supreme law OF the
land which that law once authorized, then II does
no longer SANCTION the matter IN question: aud so Il l.
here precisely For let US suppose Tor moment that
the Bible once sanctioned p0lygamy IN the SENSE
accepted, and that this sanction has never been
Withdrawn; then We are bound 10 admit that the
affirmative has been sustained. But suppostng, on
the other hand we can prove that the Bible does not
to-day, as IL Is now, sanction pOly2amy, We nave
sustained the negative OF the question.
There Is anotaer word, ana one OF importance
connection which should be referred TO, anu the
first Is "pOiygamy,' which Is from the Greek potus
many and gana0S tmarrageh meaning plurality
or wives or husbands at the same time. When a
man has more wives tnan one or woman more
husbands than one at the same time the 0nender ~
punishable Tor p0lygamy Such Is the fact Ia Chris
tian countries. But In some countries poygamy Il
allowed, US in Turkey Now there is another word
called .Dolyandry," from The Greek pottts lmany)
ana amer "a mani, the practice Of iemaes having
more husbands than one at the same time
plurality OF husbands, as Webster defines It,
gyny," from the Greek polus (many) and 0tsre
Ia woman or female)-the practice OF having more
wives than one at te same .ime. Ine word. there
"polygamyh signihes a man with more wives than
one or woman with more husbands than one; and
1t seems 10 me that II the man can have more wives
tnan one the woman has the same right TO have
more husbands than one; Tor man and woman are
equal loud applause, much laughter and some
hlsses)
Judge SNow-I VIII remind you that there is to be
no applause
your heart. Then the true WORD lis polyg; my: and
hereafter we will scout The word polygany ald use
the true word, poygymy. This question involves or
supposes two systems Of marriage: what Is COM
monty called p0lygamy and what Is known as mono.
gany; on the one hand q man with more tiian one
wlle, and on the other hand man with only one
vile. You observe, therefore, that there are TWO
systems essentially radically different, distinct one
from another, and especially so In tnis controversy
The material question TO he decided, therefore, ls
which is the authorized system OF marriage, poly
ganiy, plurality or wives; or monogany, winch Is
what is called the one wife SYSTEM
Let US glance for moment at some oil The great
features OF monOgamy, and we VIII thereby the
distinction between the Two systems OF marriage.
Take, Tor instance the design OF marriage as Origi
nay established by the Almighty IN the Garden OF
three fold: companiOnship, pr0creatOn, prevention.
Compan!onship Is nrst; the soui Is more than
Is more than the union of two bodies.
Ere Eve was created, ere she beheld the rosy
mosphere, God had said, 't Is not good that man
should be alone; VIII make Tor hIm q helpmeet.n
the animals had passed IN review before Adam, but
neither among che doves that pumed tnIer pniOn3
in the of Paradise, amid the fish OF the deep.
nor the beasts Of the field, nor the reptiles or the
earth, could u companion be found for man. But
special eXertion OF Divine Power must be put forth
tnat this companion should be made. And how was
she NADER A deep sleep is caused TO come upon
the first man. Here Is Adam upon The anorosial
nOor OF Paradise, and out OF his side rio Is taken.
and out of that rio the woman Was created And
when somebody asked Old Martin Luther why did
not God Almighty make The woman out Of some
other of the man than out OF rib, The answer
was, "He did NOT make woman out Of mans head,
lest she should rule over him. He did not make her
out OF bone OF his loot lest he should trampie upon
her. but He made her out OF his Side that she might oe
near his heart; IRON under his arm that he might
protect her. The primary object OF marriage, there
fore, Is companionship, the union OF two loving
hearts. The next design is prOCreaioD. IL mas
pleased the Almighty 10 people the earth py the of
spring coming rom those united Ia marriage. This
was HIS wisdom; TINS HIS plan. IL is an old
saying that history repeats itself. anu after the food
that swept away the antedlluVians and after tnat
terrible storm had subslded there IN The Ark were
Noah and hIs sons and their wives--iOur men and
four women. IL God Almighty sanctioned polyga-
my III the beginning, ana Intended TO sanction 1t
afterwards, why did not HE save i'll the ARK dozen
wives for Noah and a dozen wives FOR each Of his
sOnSy But one wife lOr Moan aud one vile fof each
of sons; and thus Goa Almighty repeats history
The next design Is prevention, namely, 10 prevent
the indiscrlmlnate intercourse of the sexes. God
loves chastity III man and III woman, and therefore
he has established marriage, Which Is divine insti-
tuition, lifting man above The Drutes lie woutG not
have AZ the male of the brute creation mingiing
mdiscrminately with the females but he establishes
institution holy as the angels, bearing upon its
brow the sgnet of His approval sanctioned by the
good ana great of all ages, that the lines may be
females may be preserved.
And, passing rom this question of design, let us
consider the very nature OF marriage. IL is twofold
IL is an institution, not law; 1t is Il state ana not
an act; something thai has been originated, framed,
built up, crowned with glory. IL Is not an act-tne
mere act Of sexual intercourse-but IL is sJate, u
state TO run parallel with the life OF the married
pair unless the bonds OF marriage are sundered
by one crime-that OF adultery. Then con-
slder the grand fact that there are solemn
obligations In this institution OF marriage. Nay,
tnan this, the very essential elements of mar
rage distinguish 1t IN Its mOnogamy from the 1nst
tuition or marriage in its pOlygamlc condition.
man ana one woman for one man. the census
and when we come to that question we will demon
strate IL clear sunlight; Will prove the equality
of the sexes we Will prove that there is not an eA-
cess OF marriageabe women either in this country
or In any other country. Therefore the command
given by 81. Paul. "Let every man nave MS own wlie
ana let every woman have her own husband NOW,
If the equality OF the sexes be fact, and II every
man Is TO have his own wife and everv woman Is to