Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-17

aud SO they tie themselves to some old cler-
ical reprobate, and move into his harem TO
drag out amiserabie existence, neither loving
nor being loved, and living in he'll in this
world in order TO get to Heaven 10 the next.
pointed this out to my young friend,
though in milder language, and ne acknoWl-
edged there was something in it." though
he thought this world made up of trials and
tribulations anyway, and the more &c SUI
fered in the discharge of our duty, the more
apt we would be to be saved.
'But do you call pOlygamy dutyT
asked.
ayes, we are commanded by God to
practice it."
"When did God give the commando"
''In special revelation to Joseph Smith,"
"What evidence have you of it?'
"Why, living witnessed just as we have
that the contents of the Book of Mormon
was found engraved on gold plates. Near
Iy dozen witnesses saw the plates, and
some of them are living, and that is better
evidence than we have Of anything in the
Old Testament, although, of course, We be-
lieve in the Bible, and live by it,"
"Where are those plates nOw?" asked
'Why, the angel Of the. Lord appeared
and took them up to heaven"
There was no arguing against this, and
did not try. These MOrmons always bring
you up against that angel and those gold
plates, and you are at the end OF your row.
You can do nothing but founder about and
say you don't believe it, and then you are
asked what you are going to do about the
plates that were handed Moses out Of Heav-
en-, don't you believe that? Is one any
more probable than the other? Where are
your witnesses for the Moses transaction?
7 GU say you believe one and not the other,
and he says he believes both and that's the
end of it. My young Mormon told me that
he had never smoked, nor chewed tobacco,
nor touched spiritiO us liquor in any
form.
THE GENTLE GENTILEs.
"There are few Gentle boys can say
that" | said.
"And there are but few Mormon boys but
what can" he replied. 81 used to assOci-
ate with the Gentle boys great deal" he
continued, 40, they are open-hearted, gen.
erous, and l like them, but their habits
detest. They have of en- tried to get me 10
smoke and drink beer, and / stopped assOci-
ating with them on that account. 1t seems
as though they wanted to compel fellow
to fall in with their bad habits. They are
after one of President YOung's sons who is
at West Point. He corresponds with me
regularly, and in his last letter he says six
Gentle boys (cade s. got him up in cor
ner ole day and told him that he had to
take a chew Of tOba go or die. They had
the chew ali ready, and it was a big one,
He tried TO beg of, but they told him II was
that or worse, and he says that he yielded
just once (he had once underscored) and
tasted the nasty stuff, but that he will ii Int
a dozen if they ever try it again"
"HOw does he like West Point? ="
"Very well, only there's some prejudice
against him because he belongs to such a
big family, as they call it. | don't think
they ought to have anything against him Oh
that account, do yOu?"
Certainly didn't, for if man is to be ex-
communicated because he has exj ensive con-
! nectiOns, what wOuld become Of brother-iu
law Deut and all his brOLher-in-laW?
THE MORMON GIRLS.
You cannot judge Of The Mormon girls
by what you SEE upon the streets, tor they
are not of the sort that go often shopping,
J but you must attend some ball or social
gathering. After that you will acknowledge
that nearly all the Mormon girls are good
| locking, and some of them very pretty. The
young ladies that | saw last night will com
pare well with the same humber picked up
at random anywhere. They are not what
you would call delicate, and for their own
good it is well that they are not. On the
contrary, stOutness is the rule, and too
much Gelicacy the exception. Their faces
are fair, but without surface indications of
chalk; their cheeks are painted, but it is
with the rose Units Of nature; their hands
plump and pretty, but not eXqUisitely white
aud small, like the city belle "WhO tolls not,
neither does she SPIN for the Mormon girls
toll aud spin both, and help their several
mothers do the washing and cooking. They
never tight lace, and cons quenily their
waists are not Of The delicate and waSp-like
proportions Of so many Of our Eastern girls
| who lace themselves into early graves, but
they are fjli and round Just as Nature. who
generally knows whit she is about, creates
them. And not least Important Of all, they
have the freshest, talTest, cleares3, most
healthy compilations l ever saw to the same
number. There is nothing of that muddy
! yellow, bilious, unhealthy hue that you see
so much Of III Eastern cities and towns in
/ diCating that half dozen diseases GEe feed
| ing upon the vitals.
THE MORMON PROBLEM.
By commencing prosecutions e.ainst The
| MOrmOns, we have got medium sized FL
| ephanC on our hands, and the animal is al
! ready beginning to trouble us.
The course of Judge Mexican has beer
that of an intOleranJ bigOt, SO much 50 tina
| no Mormon can get Justice in his court. Ii
| 20 into il is to be Condemned. Sometime
! he rules that his is a Territorial Court, anC
| then that il is United States Court, ant
| then a Territorial Court again, jumpin!
| from one court To the other, and Unen bal
| again, as it may seem best 10 forward tn
/ prosecution.
He convicted Thomas Hlwkins Of com
| hitting adultery with hi own wife, upOl
! the sole and uncOrrObOrated evidence of hi
! own wife, which was a clear violation 0
! the law, as the wife is never a c0mpeten
| witness aga INST the husband. Thus lille.
| gally was Thomas HaN kiHs sentenced Il
| three years Imprisonment and a fine of fivt
! hundred dollars assessed az Iinst him. IL
prayed an appeal to the Supreme Court o
| the Territory, and the fanatcal. one-ideaeC
Mexican fixed his bail at twenty thOusant
dollars, so as to Keep him in prison and pre-
vent his making bOhd. l. will take al 0
/ law A'iIo B'Nk~iNl ~ EhJ Al.o tAiAE3 ~ ALics
be cannot give such enormous bail WheI
the Supreme Court met, Mexican peremp,O
rily adjourned it until June next. as is sup
! posed 70 keep his AcSD late Judges from re
versiug the case, which they will be vtrl
apt to do if they can once get it before
! them.
Let me say here and for all, that while
! detes many of the cardinal principles 0
! the Mormon creed, and think their sO-callet
| revelation is fr,ud and hum Dug, yet |
/ do not for moment -Oubc the perfect sin
| cerity and candOr and good faith of tho
| here who profess the Mormon religion.
! believe they are as honest in their belief a
! we are in ours, and know that they ar
more faithful to their Greet, more self
! sacrificing aud jealous in building up thei
! church than We are in building ours.
The correspondent concludes by recon
mending that Utah be admitted into tn
Union as Safe, abolishing polygamy 70
the future, but allowing Mormons who al
ready have more than one wife to continue
existing family relations unchanged. H
believes such a compromise would be &C
cepted by the MOrmOns, but rather than