Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-08
FROM SALT LAKE.
TIE BEAUTIES OF THE PoLYGAMIc
SYSTEM,
Did Brigham Young Die9-The FalIacy
Of the Benefits of
Polygamy.
Correspondence of the RECORD UNION
SALT LAKE CRY, April 3, 1882

polygamy, has not as yet affected the
preaching or practice of that tenet of the
Mormon religion. Every Thursday the
Endowment House has large business in
greasing and sealing men and women who
desire to be really married and safely
started on the read to heavea. Once
sealed, they are declared inseparably
united for eternity, and it costs 50 in hard
coin. 1t used to be done without fee.
but as the business increased it was found
that the quantity required even of the
cheapest olive oil to be obtained diverted
too large an amount of the tithing fund
from its legitimate receptacles- pockets
OF those behind "the veil !" hence the as
sessment. The incongruity of the teach.
ing, that only sealed marriages sustain the
raYsges of time, and endure through the
limitless ages of eternity, appears when it
transpires that any Adam or kve who dis
covers an incompatibility Of temperament,
or more desirable Adam or Eve with
whom to pass the aforesaid ages, can, by
divulging his or her grievance and paying
$40, be declared
UYsEALED
In black ard white, with John Taylor's
autograph included. The husband is
ordered to take care of the children,
but Mrs. Eve receives no alimcny. The
simplicity and cheapness, likewise the de.
lightful privacy OF this method of divorce,
will be apparent TO the most obtuse intel
lect. Some of the mothers in X;on have
adopted plan to insure a legal marriage
when the daughter is to he first wife.
The young couple are allowed to 60
through the Endowment House and pro.
cure their celestial robes (the only creden-
tials given from that institution, and in the
evening a civil officer ia called upon, who
ties the knot with the usual marriage GER
ti6cate. This is very common practice,
especially among the polygamous women.
who realize that no law recognizes them as
wives. One of the apostles recently deliv-
cred to an immense audience congregated
in Central Assembly Hall casually desig-
mated by Gentiles as the Hippodromel.
sermon advocating the
PRACTICE OF PoLYeAMY
In the strongest possible terms. Health,
happiness, prosperity and long life, he
said, were only few of the blessings God
would hestow upon the faithful Saint who
obeyed that one of His commands given to
His prophet. He declared that in "no
spot on Gods earth do women enjoy so
much freedom to be happy as under the
protection of the Latter Day Saints. Why,
If woman falls in love with man who
is married, she can go night to him and
tell him so, and he is IN duty bound to-
marry her or if his wife wants a woman
to help her and be sister to her, she asks
hey husband to marry that woman, and he
does it. 1t is right and proper for woman
to ask any man to marry her. That state
mens may be of interest to some forlorn or
hopeless damsel who world Ike to emf
crate from the Golden State. He claimed
that the offspring Of polygaaous marriages
would be marvels of health, beauty and
morality, while the fact is that even the
Mormons will admit that there is hardly
respectable man or woman among the
fifty four who called Brigham Young
father when he died. His gons have been
drunkards and libertines, and some of his
daughters have become inmates of houses
of prostitution. The sons OF the various
DlSHOpS III tB8 cases Oi
seduction and desertion which are so nu-
merous here as to attract but little atten-
ton. The ruined life, or untimely death,
of many a poor girl who could hardly
speak the English language is the result of
the religious training of these thrice bap-
tized sons of polygamous gaints. Their
deeds of heartless cruelty are often too re-
voting to be related as truthful statements.
gaR SENSATIONAL s=aRY
That Brigham Young did not die, but is
living in retirement, that he may appear
in the role of resurrected prophet, is be-
lieved by many who think tbs Church will
soon need something equally marvellous to
prop its crambling foundations. But that
bsastly blaephemer will neveFmore offend
the earth with his presence. His death
has been described to this writer by one of
his relatives By marriage, who was present
during his illness and witnessed the final
struggle. No grief was felt at his demise,
and no jpy would gladden. any heart were
it possible for him to return. John Taylor
was the regular successor, having been
President of the Apostles when the vacan-
cy occurred. Age determines the prece-
dence in that body, and Taylor hadi
already enjoyed his three score and ten
years before being called 70 the higher po-
sition. 2t is said that Taylor's wives have,
all left the Amelia Palace, which was 80
handsomely finished and furnished from the
church fund last fail. The horrible groana
and sh1ieks. slamming of doors and smash
ing of furniture, indicates too many unin-
vited guests holding their nightly reveis,
regardless of the nerves CT the ladies. The
favoribs wife of Brigham, Amelia, for whom
the palace was built, sold the unfinished
structure to the Church and built fo9 her.
self a smaller though very handsome house.
A few months after becoming the nlne-
tenth part of widow she 90 went N SEQ
ond to another saint.
THE SEMI ANIMAL CONFERENCE
Coavenes in the Tabernacle On the 9th
instant. Already the city is beginning to
show the influx of the farming Peasantry,
who gather far and wide to listen to the
latest bulletin reported by jean directly
from Headquarters Every body with his
wagon load of wives comes st that time.
1t is their Mecca, and they spare neither
time, hardship nor money, often travelling
hundreds of miles, camping on the way,
and in the tithing- house yard after
they arrive, TO listen to the instructions
and commands of their leaders It is sup
posed that they will at the present session
receive instructions concerning the Ed
munds law. There are muttering, all
along the line, but no Mormon ever thinks
audibly except at the dictation of the
Church, consequently no definite idea of
their intentions can be obtained until John
Taylor tells them what sentiments fill
their minds and what words they must
speak 1t will be an interesting season to
both Saints and Gentiles. SYLVIA.