The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-02-25
DOWN WITH POLYGAMY.

ana from the tone OF most oil u
speeches delivered and the remedi
recommended for the evil of polygam
show that they know not what they a
talking about. Like true Christian
who strongly believe in the creed the
follow, and fanatics that they are, wi
fear God and are not willing for 9th,
people to worship Him unless they do .
under the respective denomination whic
they themselves belong, with the Chris
ian spirit that marks the fraternal fee
ing and brotherly love that one denomir
alton has for another, they, in many in
stances, recommend the determination Q
the Mormons, all for the love of God
This is the true feeling that prevail
among the pious people Of the East. Pc
lygamy is beastly, and ought to b
stamped out. But let us draw an i'm
partial picture of the beastly practices o
the ignroant and lowly church people o
Utah and those of the highly educated
and refined church people of the East
The Mormons indulge in polygamy, mar
rying from two to twenty wives OIL
more. When the wives live together
harmonious, and do not "double-up" on
the old man, several of them are per.
mitted to reside in the same house as
company for each other; but if they get
to quarrelling and dispute the old mans
right as boss, they are separated and
each one placed on a ranch by themselves.
The children born to these women all
know who their mother and father is,
and the polygamous wives of the father
are generally known as "aunty." Then
polygamy, as practiced in Utah, in many
cases has the tendency of keeping fami.
ly together. We know of many instances
Of men marrying widow women with
several daughters, and as soon as the girls
would become OF sufficient age, they
would marry them too, thus keeping
mother and daughters together, until
separated by death. Many of these fami.
lies become prodigious, and we know of
Stakes" or towns, where the whole of
the inhabitants are related to one another.
As we have just looked upon the Utah
polygamy teachings of the Latter.day
Saints, we will now take a peep at the
religion an carried on by the enlightened,
moral and good people of the East. As
New York is the greatest State in the
constellation forming the Union, contain
ing more institutions of learning and
religion within her borders than either of
the other States, it is but just to take
the religion, that is practiced in New
York, as criterion. There is religious
society in New York called the Oneida
Community" composed of industrious
and very religious people, and as class,
are far more intelligent than the Utah
people. They are owners of large factories
and vast estates and are thrifty and
make much money. This is all well
enough, but what are the morals Of the
people OF this society who so zealously
follow the teachings of its religion. They
are worse than beastly. They practice
the variety business. None of its mem.
bers are married, neither do they live to.
gether as man and wife, but nightly the
men and women have different com.
panions as bsd-fellows. The offspring of
this kind of cohabitation is taken care of
by the woman that gave it birth, and
upon its arrival at certain age the
child is weaned, then taken from it.
mother and placed in big nursery for
children, which is under the supervision
OF women detailed to attend to it.
After the child enters this nursery it
ceases to know its mother, and she
knows not the child again. These are
nice character of people to hold up their
hands in horror at polygamy as prac.
ticed BY the Mormons, or even the people
who permit such society as the Oneida
to exist and flourish in their midst. TAX.
look at the morals of Brooklyn, "The
City of Churches" among the religious
people, and what do we see. A father
OF devout and religious family comes
home in the evening fatigued from bust.
meas, picks up the youngest child and
presses it to his bosom calling it "my dear
child" The next morning the pious
head of the family arises, and after the
morning meal, he rushes off to business,
and is absent until evening, when he re-
turns. During the day, while the head
OF the family is away, the sanctimonious
pastor of the flock calls, and the big
hearted man enters the house for the
OF looking after the spiritual well
fare of the family. He picks up the same