Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12
INpINANr MORMON WIVES.

Most of Them Hate the Edmunds Law
and Those Who Yield to IL
A Salt Lake correspondent, writing to
the New York Sun, says; The first round
between the United States government
and the polygamous Mormons having
come TO an end with tSenty-eight or
thirty Of the latter in prison, the saints
who have not yet been apprehendeu are
doing their best to stimulate the
faith and courage Of each other.
Bishop Clawson's grandlloquent re-
mark on receiving his sentence, that he
would rather take Imprisonment and
honor than freedom and dlshonor, is now
heard on every hand, and few Mormons
fail to repeat 1t at every opportunity.
The great majority OF the women are
furious enemies OF the government and
they have made life a burden to the saints
who have weakened. Brigham Young
once made the remark that man who
would not go to jail for his wives did
not deserve to have one wife, and the
polygamous women repeat this as an
aphorism
Speaking In conference the other day,
Apostle Lyman said: "Trlals will come
to all OF us, sooner or later. These trials
Will COluC uubl NC uIC tOuuu w Ot LIut
We have wives given TO us. They are
for time and eternity. God gave them to
us, and man cannot take them from us.
God has given our enemies power on this
earth, but, thank God, they can not
right TO have one wife until he Is quail
fled 10 have several and fulfill the law.
We can't turn away from oar wives, be-
hot 6A In hot
dures forever. No power can break us
away. We cannot be driven from the
land. The Lord will sustain and keep
us.n
Apostle Richards got of this: "When
a man takes new wife, when IL Is
mutually understood between his wife
and the new one, want TO know who Is
injured When man takes new wife
without the consent OF his old wife 1t is
bigamy, but when man goes into
polygamy as we do it is no crime. Only
those ound worthy enter the covenant,
and I'd like to ask whose liberty we vio-
late. We are not very badly scared.
What have we to fear OF all the hosts Of
the United StatesY In New England
child under fifteen years Is never to be
seen on the streets. .Whyl Because the
women will not bear children. / call
around my Thanksgiving table every year
from twelve TO fifteen children. God
never made law in violation Of the law
OF the land, but men have made laws I'M
violation of the law OF God.n
Addressing meeting just after his
release from the penitentiary, Mr.. Mnsser
told the people that they had nothing TO
fear ''rhe country is going TO the uogs,"
he said. "a million devils are holding
high carnival throughout the land, while
peace, cOntentment, happiness, Joy and
progress reign only In Utah. These
Eastern lepers come out here 10 tell US
what we shall do. We saints are not
children, while the people of
the East are dong that very thing, and
they are 80 stupid us to compare the life
multiplying system OF the saints 10 the
heathenism system which they practice.
The saints should 20 on and raise finer
boys and girls than ever SO that there will
be more faith and less preachlng.n
Alfred Best, one OF the convicted digui-
iaries OF the church, has persuaded his
mother to turn his two daughters by his
lawful wife Into the street because they
testified against him. The girls are
under eighteen, and are quite attractive
In appearance. Both are opposed TO
polygamy. They have been living Of late
with their grandmother, but Best ordered
them away, and they were finally cared
for at a hotel.
Among the recent arrivals OF Mormon
converts in this city we're several people
from East Tennessee. All were ignorant
and not more than one or two Of them
seemed TO have any idea about the real
character OF the Mormon church, On