Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-04

asSluitS OF the SOclal lOrces aIi"seu
against 1t.
Already, since the railroad was com
pleted, a schism has grown up In the
Mormon church, which Its President
seems powerless to heal or subdue.
They have given the women the ballot;
and however the Mormon wife may
vote now; however she may vote 70
maintain her social status or minister
to her physical wants; however re-
ligious convictions may impel her, or
iron circumstances restrain her; how
ever Ignorant or poor she may be,
sooner or later the assaulted, impris-
oned, outraged instincts Of human
nature will arise and vindicate them
selves. The house will be overturned
upon the heads of the captors. POSI-.
bly,, indeed. they who but now have
given the ballot to the women OF Utah
have led a blind Samson to the pillars
of their temple.
oh, but this bill proposes that the
Secretary of the Treasury shall appro-
pirate or expend the sum Of 100000
for the relief of the 10000 concubines
to be taken from their protectors
about g so each! A munificent ap-
propriation Enough, with economy,
to give them about three days rations
each, And, sir, what will you mako
of these 10000 women whom 1t Is pro-
posed by this bill to take from those
who now protect and support them?
| What position will they occupy?
Which Of you will open your doors to
them, or invite them to cit by your
| firesides. or even labor In your kitch-
ems? The fiimsy barrier that protects
them from the very depth OF social
degradation Is the fact that they are
wives by 4 custom existing In Utah.
It is q pitiable position, but 1t Is better
than that Of their unhappy. sisters
whom necessity rather than vice has
driven to the streets Of your cities and
the wards of your hospitals and
prisons. Sir, this is not the place to
discuss that social evil which keeps
pace with the stately steps Of ciyiliza-
ton, and bears aloft its p~utrescent
glow by the side of her starlit path
way; neither Is 1t the time to legislate
for that smaller social evil which eI-
cites our attention because 1t 10 the
only vice which stains a community
otherwise most virtuous, most peaceful
and exemplary. Take tho children OF
Utah and scatter them homeless and
hopeless waits through the arteries OF
your ere1' Ji..e "Io N liz s,Iendid
etail anu Ri"ee .ne.i ~ ~ 30 ~
lens thaG me Ile "
Boston, New 19rk' Dan
tlniore anu Masnilston '1no ~
OF utah, return them 10 the AIialltic
States, ana make Inem casual on'
TONERS OF tno.e whom tley NV sui .IpI
port ana pro,ect, anu NJ" niuen VII
Cnrstiailit! nave guuieu, aom h"n.
VIII socie,y haSe oeei 1e. ~.
much Will U nonor anu Pomer " anS S
hatloh nave oeen 'i ~
stTengtneleu: u.
Mr. opeaker, uo not il.S saI t ha ~; ~
POSITION upon .lis ni..er % " no,
represented Ily Sons.ituuss ny
country. 1 reSatu poIySaIhy
eIli TO De aisconIageu anu = tioidttol'
OF law wliGh should De. possipie,
prevented. i sln1piy 9ouot .he mt tHa,
OF tne hiealis seiecteu W "5i s.na
result. for tue Soelsioli anu n1p
resentation n lrau with Wllch tue
Mormons have sometimes sought 10
carry out their purposes, there VIII
come a day or reckoning ana repent
ance. For the murderers OF MOUNTAIN
Meadow the God OF JUSTICE holas III ms
hand some terrible retriDntioh. but
because Of crimes some OF nat people
may have committed IN tne past, nor