Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-03
THE moRmoNs.


The following incident came un-
der the observation Of Mr.. J. @. Jo-
seph, of this city, while he was so
| journing in the city of Odgen Utah
Territory, and illustrates the means
adopted by the Mormons to practice
their nefairious doctrine Of polyga-
my under the garb Of religion, the
same being published in the Ogden
Pilot: !
Yesterday when the Union Pa
cific train arrived, bringing in nj
teen car loads of Mormon emf
grants. there was much hustle. and
Deople were seen running hither
and thifher in search of expected
1 friendss9 Many scenes OF interest
were witnessed, where relatives met
and shed tears of joy together after
n separation of many years. but
| there were other meetings less attec-
ting and more in the shape OF busl-
ness. One case will illustrate how
the old polygamists enter into the
business of bartering for the trans
portation and purchase OF young
girls to become additions to their
/ harems. and enter into pOlygamy
and life of wretchedneSs in the
name of religion. Missionaries are
sent by the church to proselyte In
| Europe for converts to the shrine OF
| MornanisLn. When a suif1clent
number are persuaded to leave the
How walks of their native MONIES
and come to Utah, where they are
promised an earthly paradise, they
are gathered together and slowed
aWay in vessel and sail for Amer
| lea. Their trip across the ocean and
| thence by cars from New York to
Utah. is made under the direction
of some of these missionaries, VINO
look after the matter of transpOrta-
tion and keep, if possible, members
of the crowd from straying. These
missionaries are of the shrewd class,
and know how to act the part or
shepherd over the flock and at the
same time make the most out OF the
business. They, too, are very ac-
commodating and ready TO take
charge of special cargoes OF girls.
When the train arrived yesterday
thatold reprobate pOlygamist living
down Weber river had no trouble
in finding the returning missionary
who could point out to him the
fourtenn-year-old Swedish girl who
had been imported especially as an
addition to the harem OF TINS 0id
gray-haired saint. Going up to the
girl he greeted her in a very busl-
ness-like manner, and taking her
by the hand went wandering among
4 the crowd and around the depot.
The girl was not specially pleased
with his appearance and preferred
not to accept him as her fractional
husband. but then her fare had been
Daid all the way from Sweden by
1 him and she had been shipped on
! the condition of being his upon her
i arrival. and she felt that she was
bound and must accept the situation.
The old brute, in his attempt to
console her and make the situation
pleasant, put his arm around her
waist. This was too much for the
Young girl, and in her innocence
She broke down in tears. The last
seen of her she was in wagon with
motley crowd and by the side OF
the old sinner, travelling towards
his home. and we presume she is to-
day more of slave than ever was
any of the colored race in the south,
for the breaking OF whose chalns
came the long and bloody war oi
the rebellion.
Such cases as this, we presume,
are far from being uncommon, puI
the actors in most OF them possess
too much discretion to permit q
public expose. When girls are Sc
, ffected III Europe in the same man,
ner that fine stock is, to be shipped
to America, as was the case in TINS
: instance, it is time that the natloI
should arise and crush out the hel
lish system which carries on its dis
gusting business in the name OF re
ligiOn.