The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-18
IN THE MORMON HOMES.
How They Bolster up Polygamy
by threats in Their Creed
From ,l.e IAN Francisco Cl.r.nicl".

rom vac An i-liit8>ts Z iTs'DlrG'-
When a good Mormon dies who ha,
lived up To- his religion" and ha> had :,
dozen or two wives and fifty ar sixty chill
ir.n. h. docs not become a mere angel like
an ordinary chrislian-he becomes god
with a world uf his own "a reign over 4
Mormon wife who oppo>cs the polygamom>
marriage al her husband goes To- hell and
il DESTROYED" \ Mormon who obcvs the
the mandates al the church i'm most IT.
spocts. but ncgicct> la ''gu into polvgamv,"
bccoIIIcs 4 mere angel. who must be kind
al celestial servant la the gods and either
angels His vile must share the same
humiliating fate The doctrine al 'blnul
at"ncmeni' l. simpiy this: That il an
aposIaic'> throat i caI, the splitting ni hi
blood upon the ground will save hi soul
Ii h- j. lett Io dlc "a natural death hi, >uml
will go la he'll. \ great many aI",>iatc>
souls have been saved In Utah. This in
substance. l. The Mormon religion. It,
vagarics, however, are constantly branch
ing ont i'm every direction. ami In the
course of time an enormous intellect will
bc required To comprehend and exp"und
the entire system.
One of the oldest citizens Of Miners
willie l. Judge Rollins, who passed some
time al California i'm The very earliest
DAYS 81 itS settlement and WAS formerly
the pos,sS"r of a handsome fortune. which
hc lost i'm mining operations. lie l. an
American bv birth, and i strongly at
tached la the Mormon faith. II INV mem
orv serves me right, be has only two wives
with whom le dwell> ia peace AMI con
Ienlmcnt. ! WAS surprised Ih..I Il man al
( hi intelligence could believe I'm all the
! Mormon iarg"n ab"ut visions angels. rev.
Citations the casting ont of devils mIracII-
Ions cures, the LAYING on "i hands, etc
lie WAS firm I'm the faith, however He
took me over one evening to wituc>> q
meeting of the choir of the Mincr>vill,
church The structure in which the LITTLE.
cony"calion WAS held WAS plain and un-
pretending, and might have bccn mis-
taken Tor Il Methodist meeting house. The
Mormon> pay great attention 1" the mu-
steal department of their religious scrv-
Ices. The Young people" present were
gay and light hearted, AMI in no wise dill
ierent III appearance from similar gath
ering IN 4 Protestant community. They
sang tie songs Il ii n" with effect, and
evInced great interest In the musical art.
Evidently the female portion of them give
little Thought Ia the dark future which
polvgamy uniold.d before them. After
ward. al the Judges house, | met Capt.
sam, an Indian chief, who was ON a beg
ging tour. The Mormon> are liberal I'm
their dealings with the Indians. invaria-
bly, treating them with great kindness.
regarding them a. the descendants of the
Lamanites, who conquered the Nephites.
Considerable success has also been met
VII m tl.. Iuls
tire Navajo tribe are said to have bvcnme
Mormon>. ! saw delegation from this
tribe at Beaver CITY. The chief was
decked out with feathers ANA gcwgaw> in
a manner Ia quite come up To- the standard
OF one of C"oper's copper-colored heroes.
The humber membcr> al the party were
also well adorned. and all were well armed
and well mounted. They were = line body
of red men, and, in answer tu an inquiry,
stated that they were on their way la Salt
Lake City Ito ask President TAYLOR Il
question"
Al the hotel i'm Frisco | met 4 very in
telligent gentleman who had passed half a /
lifetime IN Utah, and had Travelled through /,
almost every portion of il. In the course /.
oi an interesting conversation he said:
Il was intimately acquainted with the /
late Joseph 4. Young, Brigham's most /
talented son. lie WAS man of noble per
sonal appearance and of the most brilliant 4
talents. i have heard him preach with an .
eloquence that drew tears from the ewes of 4
his Mormon listeners. In the pnlpit he .
WAS the embodiment of dignity, grace and !
intellectual power. Then, after the audi /
ence had departed have known him TO /
laugh and make Sport If the deluded Great
urcs who mad been listening tO him. To |
me he made no secret of the fact that he /
WAS an inhdrl of the most pronounced
type. He took me INTO the library once
and pointed out elegantly-bound volumes
Hume, Noltaire, Paine, Nolney and other
distinguished writers of that school He
believed IN no existing religion. | re-
preached him Tor continuing such decep-
lion. and urged him to 20 forth into the
world and win the noble name his abili-
ties entitled him 10. "Pshaw." he re-
piled, with a smile, the human race loves
10 be humbugycd. Somebody will get
their money, and | might a. well have a
share ui IL IA ANYBODY else" His mental
splcndor> were clouded by an unconqucra-
ble vice. At times he drank TO excess and
made great trouble for the church. On
one occasion, when under the influence of
liquor, lac pointed 10 q party of MurmoIi>
on their way Ia labor in the fields, and de-
risively remarked: There 60 some oi nv
fathers slaves. His contempt for human
nature MAS unbounded He died pre-
mature death al Manii from the effects Of a
proiracted spree. He was the only really
promising son in Brigham's family.
III there is no legal method OF dealing
with Mormonisn, an extraordinary method
should he adopted Martial law should
* proclaimed in Utah; every poIygamisi ,
should be compelled to choose one wife,
and the rest should be- taken away from
him. The surplus wives should be car
ried out OF the territory and supported by i
he government until remarked. Then ,
ct il be distinctly understood that the
next Mormon who goes into polygamy'
hall he hanged the next u orning. \