, 1879-03-06

Iast OF hcr own falllcf tho daughter Of Juftf
Etd.cdeo {who's brother Of lioraeo 8. El:
SRlt Lake,, who lad several wives at tho time hu
committed The. crln1u, Has this systcui kept
wnlncn from tho Insane nsyIum und tho atitcidea
Ernvct Has 1t lnadc women cheerful, happy,
ilcalthful wives anil mothers, mi. kept despair
mud utter hopclcssncss from creeping into thclr
hcarta nsu farcsl 10 these questions can say
Mol Thousand times. a,,d know tint what !
say IL true Ia Gods sight. 1t has utterly
CRUSHED THE LIVES ARD pnogEH THE HEARTH
Or TnoUsAKDs or WOMEN.
netl can speak. frum personal knowledge, having
barely escaped i,olng one in tic general ruin.
Nor should .nty one excuse tAe system be-
eauso tl'e women ut Utah arc permitted to VOTE.
have 0ccn atE,azc1 at tic tndorfemcnt, public
a. well rs private, given to rolycatny by prom
tnent women wha f1vnr fcnalc suffrage. They
10 So simply lecause TIC victims Of tic aystcm
vca.gatc what'ciiect ths'r voting has upon ,hsir
welfare. il,c fe!nalo suffraaists uphold and DO.
fend That Wh|Sh itcn!es anil .dcgradss women
almost to thg Level OF tic ,uninn1. Women IN
they vote ''eyad1 ano.har riyst to thc bonds
which already bind them. Tor they voto into
otllcn such men os George q. Cannon, who arc
Using n!l tlcir powers to porrctn4tc roiygamy.
they vutc IN utter ignorance Of what they ore
tloins aud for whom. they arc voting. voted
oncc,-bcslG compelled to- do so by Brigham
YnuuK,-nnd ht codch'nan was. lcnutiZed to
tnkG IHG 10 ttA nUb6 tlall 6nU~ ISl0 l4QT ~ fOtl
His Instructions coasstea In telling me to write
my i,ame on ptoce OF piper, Which no handed
to inc, and to-, this day remain III hlisstl,i
ignorance ct ri,om'1 cast my only vote Tor.
Tbis Instance Il oily one OF the least Of tho out
ragcous abAurdttits porpetratcd In Utah It, con-
uection With tho ballot.
DO yu1 wonder t1aat cannot ally myself With
the Indies WHO hnvc lately met In Convention III
suffrage, and who aceompanicd The two Nor;
mon women mentioned. In' their call upon yuuf
But my failure to do su-my refusal to assert
that the right to vote, pnsscesed by the women
crime Of Polygamy-l,as cost inc, many tniluen-
tial friends. II would hut speak sentence or
two 10 my lectures In taTor OF feman Aut1rnge
In Utah, / should be indorsol by those who
good reason tu believe ti,at such would be The
case, But eannot
WOMAN surFRAoE M UTAH Id a .pEIus1oN
mr., :, .,,n.s 80 r;rot. H.. ,t,,u, ~ rotxron,v
,,n,. hs s,'inct aHn ~ ny oC
@ Nons On ,r,ao t,s snn,us o'eti tor ,~ ,n, hav,
,,aysdn% ray ~" .nan oi1 wn,. .,oar Mainm in vnrr
.suet', n,,v ii, f, .v nniv fn",iy romnrr
mom so, ~ ii,asn ~ f. Fa ;t
eousneemsns naY oe c14Fsa Y .nosu , III ar,t 'mr n
t. Mnr,.,,;a, nmr,rd nj III mr sariv vs.rs
,xos t"nr%t ~ hccvs. ,n ii ,1,d 5e]asc' tSat MI
mnn ~ 49, ~ ga,t Ms na,,od " noTait,om
~. ah ~ o,n,, ~ s1tnhtast dn1mo NJ tc
,nnt 70 uQuuG c1cA tno st'Gtea. III! luG"1 -. H..
~ oso" 1,u sn ai WI H. ter I s'e noIhor hrr,.r.
Srionis ,vcrn al, M9rmnns and ti,r tn,t aide world
seemed d vast, dark, unholy realm OF sin
aut dcsth. But. when, a: last, impclled
bv all uncomfortable horror al Polygamy, broke
| the strong 'chatns that bound nc, ind "cane
out from tho uuclcan thing," reaction took
plncc, and believed thut tic outside wurld was
oil bright, and loving, ind good. thought t1lat
| all pcopc who lad never bcen under the curse
OF Tolygamy must necessarily be good people.
was as trustful, and as ignorunt, too, aa little
child. I thought that every one would be kind
to nc, and give INC uctlye sympathy, anu that
| every man n,ld woman in the outside world
would br my true friend. thought, too. that
| every ono would help ,ne IN tho work 10 which
believed God had called me,-to publish the
horrors Of pulyEan,y, and awaAcn pullic sen
rosrnE s tlatno.. but how disappointed / wal
did tintl frlcnt1s,-ah, how esai1ch and true;
how lovo them, ard shall forever! But found
the ma jority otthe people so indifferent! They
women we're huld fist tn the pttson:ho1sc Of
MormonIan,. The eyes whcl, looked at inc wcre
curious, nut friendly. i was snecrcd at, bruised,
almost killcd by cnlumny. ! hnti been helped
| iu my hour OF ltrest extremity by a minister OF
tho Gospel, and for hts snke untt TINT oI his
faithful wlfe Ibeltcvcd tint all ministers would
meet tue Il, tic spirit Of tic lowing Christ, ald
,y6ni rndIv crnrt their Influence 10 hclp mo In
mr. inb66rs 6t lar tie dcliycra1lce OF my c,.siayci
| sisters. But found that many Of them aecmed
far moro Interested atout the serpent IN tllu
Garden Of Eden than about
r,,r cn,xya tp nu,cuA,, Youya
THE eAlAls of i'sa n'''saAa ssa .oosu ...s,., .u,
usau nv bo,l mipistSrs md iaymcn
t r. ~ W.. hiatnru h,t
Tno ae nc truc som.o1y o :" ~ nS,v ,ov tps pus
navy also 4oIsha Htiluns e"eta se's "'1o' t'ue
fr'ends asla earnest t .,,I heipetss ,, ,,,,,s,o
Earuon nv ~, LIEU p, pstnu"a! a.. ~ ss't
trust they ao not seem % Wno'ly ot ont Of place -.
nave feierfcu !" ''tsG y lsss ..ss { nse
TINT khnW what u u 70 nuIEeE IoE Kl2unGsH
1I1u encouragement Allti 1Lu AMY ll pltJu1lcc