The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-06

or eVcr Will nave. Under his pros
life pen and preaching Mormonism
grow immensely in Britain.
PRATT THE FIRST PRopoUNDER OF
PoLYaAMY.
In 1862 tho practice Of polyga-ny
i'll Utah, which had up to that time
always boon donied abroad, could no
longer be concealed, and Brigham
selected Pratt for it's first expound-
er. The precious document, called
q revelation from tho heavens, which
had long been locked up in Brig
hams desk, was now carefully taken
from it's pigeon hole and conveyed
to "the Bowery," thoir summer
place of preaching, with all the
solemnity duo to the crowning of o
monarch, or the reading Of q decla-
ration of war. Thousands Of Saints,
young and old, male and female,
wero assembled at the Bowery, and
Brigham's clerk, Thoms Bullock,
read tho revelation slowly, with
great forco and clearness. No ono
before this had furnished an argu~
ment, an excuse or a defence. An
obscure glimmering only had been
gathered from tho Biblo that some
anciont rcvered name in Israel had
had two wives. Brigham knew his
man, and "Orson Pratt was called
to the stand" to make "remarks."
He was thoroughly prepared for the
task assigned to him, and for two
hours he dilated on 'pllual mar
riagcs." The Bible, Malthusianism,
tho great social evil md stock rails
ing were all placed under contribu-
ton, and that poor, ignorant mass
was fully convinced that the worlds.
Wow of marriage WAS all wrongs.
Poor souls! They needed argu-
ment to strengthen their own guess
tioning heads; but little did they
know that the joyof their present
relief from suspense was only the
forerunnor of life of after misery.
But the work for Pratt had Just
begun. .r
SENT TO ENLIGHTEN CONGRESS AND
AUSTRIA. ......
Eighty Elders we're called to 60
on a mission to the Eastern States
and Europe to defend the revela-
tion on celestial marriage, and this
Pratt was to be the fountain and
source of their argument, and with
the .>ldness characteristic of Brig
ham he ordered him to the seat of
government, and under the very
eyes of Congress he was to propa-
cato the doctrine of plural marriage,
and claim for tho Mormons con-,
stitutional right to practice it as
principle of religion. Orson Pratt
did so, and, in Washington, D. c.,
he openly preached and published
in his journal, The Seer, that de-
moralizing doctrine. Again Brig
ham called him home "to enjoy
tho bosom Of his family" for sea>
son, and agoin he despatched him to
Europe-to convert the Austrians
to polygamy and she Utah faith
but Orson's mission there was short
lived, and ho found it moro COM
Portable to spend his time in Eng
land, where he was laboring At the
outbreak of "the Utah rebellion"
With the leading Utah elders then
in Europe, ho sailed from Liverpool
for Now York, under o false name,
and remained in this city for several
days concealed in the homes Of the
saints, possessed, as they oil were,
with the absurd apprehension that
the government would arrest them.
They were afraid to cross the plains,
and to avoid arrest they made the
long detour via tho Isthmus to San
Francisco, and passed. through tho
south of California incognito on to
Salt Lake. aa@"aH
HIS sTRIFE WITH BRIGHAM. fa
The apostle Pratt had attained to
popularity everywhere, and Brig~
ham was jealous Of his infrence.
From the closing Of tho "Utah war"
till Brigham's death the prophet
never let pass an opportunity Of
grinding him to the dust. He has
tried to live by teaching branches
of education for which he was emf
nontly fitted, but no was always Pc
culiarly embarrassed. He had only
been successful in polygamy. The
death of Brigham is q relief to him,
and never will he submit again to
mortal man. He goes back to Utah