National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-25
Brigham Young Interviewed.

A couple OF Oriental princes are visit
ing Utah, and exploring its mineral re
sources they are the Prince Man
nockjee Poojiajee and Sir Chutney Jee
jeebhoy. They paid their respects tc
Brigham Young recently, and a report
of the interview that followed is given
in the Utah Mining Jonnat 1t is suf
ticiently interesting to reproduce:
"Brigh m congratulated himself on
the pleasure afforded by viei' by dis.
tinguished representatives peo-
pie in such happy accord h the
Saints in many things, and especially
plural marriages and social relations,
and expressed the hope that all of India
would soon be fully received into the
bosom of the Mormon Church. Devout
missionaries had been sent to the East
to convert its noble people.
"The Prince-Mr. Young, no devout
believer in our holy scriptures could be-
come Mormon.
"Brigham-Why not, Prince =? Do
you not believe in the blood atonement
and in plural marriage?
Prince-We believe in the full
atonement for original sin by the blood
of the divine Christina, shed once for
all, but no believer and doer Of our
holy scri ptures would practice polyg-
amy.
"Brigham-But do not your people
practice polygamy?
Prince-With the blush Of shame l
confess that many of my poor deluded
people practice that bestiality, but it is
in gross violation OF the divine Vedas.
Our holy scriptures say: Every vir-
tuous woman will have but one husband,
and every honorable man will have but
one wife.
Brigham-But you have always
practised polygamy.
Prince-Mr Young, you greatly
mistake our history, sir. For ages our
people practised only honorable mono
gamy, and respected women, and we
were free and happy. But through
long ages there grew up n lecherous
who degraded women, and
stupefied our people, and we are now
the humble subjects and tributaries of
the little homogeneous island of Eng
land. The quicker way to make slaves
of men is to degrade the women, and
does this by crushing the
heart and blotting out the soul of w.
man, and making her tears to flow. Our
holy scriptures say: THE tears of
women will draw the vengeance of the
gods on him who makes them fow.'
We believe in the transportation of souls
until trey are fitted to enter the realms
of Brahma. And the re-incarnation of
souls on earth are through animals
whose habits and passions the mon have
whilst living. For instance,
a wicked and vicious mans soul will
be incanated in the body of a tiger or
hyeno, bocauee these are wicked and
vicious animals. And the soul of q
who has violated the divine
Vedas will enter a quadruped, and this
incarnation will be repeated till its cap
raj propensities are subdued, when it
goes to the bosom of Brahma.
Brigham-Sir, this is an insult to
the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter
lay Saints.
Prince-Be calm, Mr.. Young.
nm giving you synopsis of our divine
'eligion, and mean no disrespect to
yours. For our holy Vedas teach that
| man ought to honor his own faith
,nly, but he should never abuse the
aith of Others
" Brigham-But we have n divine
'evelation through Joseph Smith, COM
plural marriages.
" Prince-That may be so; but 1
pine, Mr.. Young, that had yourprophet |
Joseph had less prominence behind the
'ars and more in front, he would have
lad no such revelatioH-a type, Inotice,
# many of the chiefs here.
1.-The conversation on the religious
spect of the Mormon people was here
acitly dropped, and after the Prince
nd invited Brigham to visit him in
Bombay promising him hearty and
honorable reception, the distinguished
isitor withdrew. :"