The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-23

tpted. But for this one crime the Lord said unto
| tribe vi Benjamin." and the next day ne said eco
again and night against the tribes OF Benjamin, and
the next day they were commanded by the Lord God
Almighty To go forth against benjamin. and they ala
80 and cut on all the tribe except 900 that ned
from the not wrath oi the children Of Israeli What
~ the mattcr2 Why. the destruction of almost o
tribe OF Israel for one night OF prostitution. Com
M s h purity mat enlisted In ancient
| evils and every other species OF abomination and
inanucide. practised In all the cities OF this ma
! tlon, and then because very few in
dvlduss In this mountain Territory are prac-
Using lawful marriage, under Bible authority,
| With determination; We must be incarcerated into
DUNGEONS, our families must be torn from Us and
port. whya Because or the piety of civilized ma
lions, with all these swarmlng evils In their midst
| iIarning to the umpire, How much time have
uMrIRE--one minute IIaughter.l
Mr. PRArr-You can't bring forth much OF an ar
guunent IN one minute But 10 close this argument
now cail upon the reverend gentleman before us,
whom highly respect for his learning, for his elo
quence and for ms talents laying before the peo
| PIE those great beauties of marriage between the
male and The femalcI ca,l upon him to bring forth
PROOF TO reIute the passages that were aid down in
our argument to substantlate and sanction poly
gamy. ask him to prove to this people that those
laws were limited, II they were limited.
Continued Argument of DIR. Newman.
DR.. Newman Immediately arose and spoke as
foll0ws:- Messrs. Umplres, Ladies and Geptlemen:--
l understand the gentleman 10 complain against
me that did not answer the Scrlptural arguments
| winch he adduced yesterday. II | ala not the re-
| sponsiblity Is upon him. He being in the anirma-
tive should have Analysed and defined the question
under debate; but he failed DO that. It. therefore
fell to me, not by right but by his neglect to do his
duty, and did it to the best or my abilly. 1t was
| OF the utmost Importance that this audience, 30
attentive and so respectable, should have a clear
| and definite understanding of tho terms of
the qucstiOn. And / desire now to Inform the
! gentleman that had before me the answers TO the
a md huAl haIa
hour would have produced the answers then. win
| do II to-day Now my learned friend may take out
his pencil, for he viii have something 10 do tins
| afternoon.
passing remark-a word in regard to Tie original
samuel or by the prophets. You sit down to write
letter to friend; you lake it into head TO copy
c sars Letter you do copy IT. the original draft you
have the copy. what care i about the
two tables OF stone on which the original law was
written, so that have true copy of the law9 A
passing remark IN regard to mother Eve. Twill
! defend the venerable woman II tue lai came By
the influence OF one woman over one man, what
| would have happened to the world II Adam mad had
more wives than one9 u.aughter And more:
| III one woman brought our woe Into the world, ana
| she was q nlonogimist, then a mOnogmnist, tue
blessed virgin Mary, brought the Redcener into the
word. so THINK they are even
| My friend supposes that the Almighty might have
created more women than one out OF Adams ribs,
put Adam had not ribs enough rom which to create
| nity women. My friend speaks against poiyandry--
the right u women 10 have plurality of husbands.
| gency Science aiirms that where poIygamy or
poygyny "a plurality OF wvesl prevails the tendency
Is toward prepOnderance OF one the other,
either ali men or all women, which amounts To The
determination Of the race.
In due time will reply to the gen,leman's re-
marx In regard to Gideon ana To other Scrip;ural
passages, and especially his remarks in regard to
prostitution, or what Is known the social evil.n
| Now what was the object Of the gentleman yester-
dayY IL was to discover general law for the
ton OF poygany. Did he lind that law deny it.
What IL laWf Law Is the expression or the lecisa-
|
forned 1t Is the law oil gravitation that al things
tend TO common centre. 1t Is a law OF flowers
| that
| They open their saulixe leaves to the HIGHT,
| Ana close them beneath tho kisses OF night.
What is civil law Simply defining how the citl-
lining the moral conduct OF Gods subjects. Laws are
mand aory, .prohbitory, permlsslve; commanding
| what Should be DONE prohibiting what should not
| be done, permitting what may be done. And yet
where has the gentlemen produced this general law
when he spent an hour searching forl And then
member that TINS law must SANCTION polygamy.
Perhaps IT. IL not Necessary y repeat our definition
whom have respect. agrees with 10 the def
milton OF the term 'sancnon;" therefore we need
not spend solitary moment lurther touching these
two points.
There Is another vital point in reference to the ma
ture Of law. In iegisating upon any subject there
must be great organic central principle mandatory
or prohiotory, In reference THAT subject and ali
other parts OF the particular law as wei as the gen.
eral code must be interpreted in harmony herewith
NOW propose CHS afternoon TO prodnce "a law
IN Gods Holy Word, Levitcls Xviii, 1s:-"Neither
shalt thou take one wife 10 another to her, to
uncover ner nakedness, besides the other in her
| lIelme" Neither" repeating with empha-
sls), ''neither shut ihou take one vile
10 Z. vo another IL 70 yex her, to uncover her
sation But II Is said thar have read this as il is
IN The margin, and that as 1t Is III the body of the
| text II reaas, "Neirher shalt thou take wife to
her sister to vex herr to uncover her nakedness be-
sides the other In her letime.n IL is SAID there
Very well--argumenbuna ad honsine1n-i draw the
argument rom che speech OF the gentleman yester-
day. Mr. Pratt said IN his comments upon the text
III bretheren dwell together" NOW il IS well
enough In reading this to refer TO the margin
as we have the liberty believe to DO so.
word "brethren". IS also translated NEAR kins
men" I accept his mode of reasoning He re-
iers to the margin and refer to the margin; aud
II Is poor rule that Will not work both ways
poor rule that VIII not favor monogamy as it
layors polygamy. Such then, is the fact stated ia
this law. Now 1t is necessary for US TO consider the
| nature OF TINS law, 10 expOund 1t to your under
Interpretation as given III the margin Is sustained
by the most eminent Biblical and classical scholars
IN the history Of Onristendomby Bishop Jewell,
Dy the learned CoOks0n, by the eminent DR.. Dwight
and other distinguished Biblical scholars, 1t Is an
accepted canon OF Interpretation that the scope Of
! ol any portion VI the law; and II IL
equally binding upon us to ascertain the mind Of
preface Is given. The first ve verses OF this chap
Ter are PREDATORY and in the third IL is stated
% LITTER the dongs Of The land Of Egypt wherein
land OF Canaan. whittier bring you. shall ye not do
neither shall ye walk in their ordinances" What
were their ordinances? Both the Egyptians and the
| Canaanites practised incest adultery sodomy and
| polygamy. From verse six to seventeen In
elusive the law OF consanguinuity IL laid
| down, and the blood OF relationship is de.
lined, within the limits OF which persons were
| forbidden to marry But IN eighteen the
law against polygany is given:-.Neither shalt thou
take wife TO her sster;' or az we have given IL in
the marginal reading, 'Thou shalt not take one wife
| TO another" According to DR.. Edwards the words
which we translate, "a wife or slstern are found in
| the Hebrew but eight times. In each passage they
| Tim
cherubim, lemons, nortjces, &C. and signify coup.
ing together one to another They denote the exact
likeness OF one thing to another. and here forbid ns
she margin expresses II, the taking OF one wife TO
another IN her lifetime. Such. then Is the law Such
were tne ordinances forbidden which the Egyptians
and the Caanantes practtsed.
NOW we propose 10 push this argument q little