Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-31
PeIyGsmy Doomed-The Ed
munds Hi.

PeIygsmy Dccmed--Thc Ed
munds BiII.
There Is nothing connected with
the social welfare Of the world con
corning which greater harmony pre-
walls in the opinions OF mankind than
the great underlying truths which
pertain TO the laws Of marriage as a
civil institution. Everywhere the
doctrine Is received that men and
women should not follow their mere
animal instincts in their social rela-
tons TO one another. The source of
monogamy Is the law Of nature,
whence il has flowed into the munic-
pal laws OF every civilized country
and into the general laws Of nations
II Is the very basis Of the whole fab
rio Of civilized society, comforting the
status Of Legitimacy on children born
In wedlock, with all the consequential
rights, duties and privileges thence
arising, II gives rise 10 the relations
Of affinity and consanguinity. The
institution OF marriage has ever been
considered the particular glory Of the
social system, IL has shown forth,
In dark countries and in dark periods
of the world, a bright luminary on It's
horizon. And but for this institution,
all that IL valuable. yirtuous and de-
sirable In human existence would
long aince have faded away in the
yansral ,atyoorada of tho race and in
the periIous darkness in which its
lows and homes would have been
wrecked topetber. IL ia no marvel,
therefore, that civilized governments
cherish this marriage relation as the
first and choicest object Of their re-
card. and retain the right to regulate
whatever pertains to il in their own
wav. and 10 modify the jpcidents of
The relation from time TO time nj their
own good Measure. That right is alb
solute and unassailable. II ia crys-
talized.
The late MASSAGE Of the Utah Bill in
tho Federal senate has promp,ed
tho foreyoinu remarke. Should the
hill receive favorable action In the
Houss of REPRESENTATIVES, polyyamy
In the Terr;torv of Utah il
doomed. Its ratification can be easi-
10 a,tic;,a,ed from The feeble opposi-
ton To unimportant details and the
overwhelming majority in its favor in
the chamber in which II oripinated.
Tbouvb seeminplv harsh in some of
i,a saa,uraa wa must not forget that
remed,es for chron;c and dangerous
ma,adles ara necessarily drastic. A
LARGO and ponulous and productiye
ar.a IL crowded with leohers and bar-
lota who sael na,liat;op for their
licentiousness In the maudlin rawlings
of nm assuming nrophet. Beastly
concupiscence ia RAMPANT under cover
of religion.
The comparative failure of previous
and tentative and minatory legisla-
ton now imperatively exacts the ut
most sternness and rightly. We
must hear in mind also that Terrific
RES arc s,eciaI wards Of the Federal
Copgress which while permitting
,,m,,ad Tar,itor;al Ieg;s,atiop vet re.
tains sunervisorv nower over the
.a,oo II u Within tho ,urviaw of
Con.rass ~ cancel and annnl all
Tarr;tor;aI la,;slatiop and 10 pour
,non Tho ra,r;tory an aptira hodv If
Laws q, no ann ,,a,ufactura
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Nile no callad in reouisition. The
r5,n,nds,s Nan so callad abolishes
az o,a fell swoon. female suffrage:
ara q, enthusiastic Senator from
Massscb,se,ts onnosed II because of
h;s accsn,r,c v;ews mo, the subiect.
.nd n Tho ,eeth Of the fact that Nor.
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