Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-21
IS THERE NO PARALLEL

The Neags of Saturday evening, says
there is no parallel between the cases OF
President Taylor and Bishop Sharp. We
cannot agree with the News, and below
we give in parallel columns the statement
that President Taylor made to ex-Attor-
nay-Ganeral Pierrepont, and the state
IN mt that Bishop Sharp reld in Court
on Friday last:
PRECEDENT TAYLOR: BISHOP SHARP:
Mr.. Pierrepont, per- hold myself amen
NIT me to Introduce able to the laws of my
you to my sister, who country, and IN what
is rny housekeeper. Itever degree l may
is not lawful for us to have infringed upon
have wives now. And the provisions bnefe-
when the Edmundsof. am ready to meet
law was passed the penalty.
looked carefully over am the husbano
the document, andof more than one iiv-
saw that if / was tolng wife and the
continue to live in the father OF a number OF
same house with nv vchildren by each of
wives that | should them. The most OF
render myself liable my children have ar
to that law. Ibid not rived at their ma
wish-although con- jority.
sidered that law in l respectfully sub
famous-to be an OBJ NIT to this Court that
structionist. or act the marriage covenant
the part of a Fenian, that / entered into
or of Nihilist, or of alwith each of my wives
Kuklux, or Commun- was made at a time
ist, or Molly Mcguire, when there existed no
or any of these secret Law upon the statute
societies that are etbooks which made an
on foot to produce the otfense OF the plural
disintecration OF soci- marriage relations as
ETY. and disturb the contemplated IN oul
relations that ought to religion, and that We
exist between men entered those marri
and man, between age relations ano
man and woman, or made those marriage
man and his God. Icovenants with the
desire to place myselfmos profound conVlc
in obedience, or in ashton that we were
close conformity asobeying the law Of
practicable to the law, G cd. Furthermore
and thought would from the time We
wait and see what the made those sacred
result would be; andlcovenants to the pres
that if the nation can lent, we have SuS
stand these things 1italned the most de
can or we can. Theselvout reverence Cor tht
are nv feelings. Men sanctity and divine
and nations and dlegis- origin of that law, ant
lators often act fool we have not design
ishly and do things edly placed ourselves
that are unwise. and IN conflict with an.
it is not proper that aIof the laws or ou
nation should be con- adopted country IL
demned for the un- embracing this cardl
wise actions of some nal doctrine of ou
few men. Therefore religion.
have sought to place Your Honor cal
myself in accord with readily conceive m,
that law. l said to my discontinue and tina
wives: "We are livinglof my wives when W.
in this building to-llearned that Congress
gether. We were quite had enacted what j
comfortably situated, known as the Ed
and we might SO have munds law" which
continued, but l said not only subjected a
to them that under thelto political disabili
circumstances, it will ties, but also forbad
be better for me or for ius the right to live to
you to leave this place;Igether as We had dom
you can take your for so many years. b.
choice. They hadIthis new law we ar
their homes down made transgressor
here. which they now and deprived of man,
inhabit, which wereIof the privileges O
quite comfortable. So citizenship; and while
[ said to them, you'll consider this harsl
can 90 there and IIlaw, yet it does not, a.
will stay here, or you understand it.. no
can stay at the Gardolas | understand it t.
House and will poIbe construed by tn,
there or somewhere courts, require that
else; for 1 aUish to con- shall disown th
form to this Edmn,ds mothers of my chill
taV as much Gs Ildren as my wives o
cnn.'' abandon them to tn