The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-07

an e4 2a1nsS regard plural marri Latter
GOOD ID 'e resOIt OF an the prlvile%sse as
mar morriaa aeSuiIS arising from and
the n9dania tds not every wSntsage
honor uh hIe IH;to right to HUMAN
Ing the end of her creatioD moI fulfill
the circumstances of life and aug dOnet
prove this to be impossibiau u statistics
monogamic system? And under the
the acknowledged Law Of Weefe this
' ..H it not lay the ak at thu il' land,
the the greatest evil that has ever CIV CIV. q
tne lan9! II the same ceremnnCC urseG
eacn Wlte to her husband, nav ny. seals
family De realization of the haaoor,each
picture OF one father and one Dcaou.u1ul
sach tne equal of the other ';iO y,
--1Hiiiy, napri;yy in the conscic.--t IL mat
mutual and eternal Affections o.
aoout the hearthStone an rear
Ilgent and God-feariDg familv2 H TI
raising OF ar intelligent and Inc
Tearing family is the yerv Uou-
sence OF the reason for e. f.
revelation of Celestial n,arr;t we
for God has said she will raise 'I all Ilase
TO himself a righteous seed.T C Sp IN
children OF men who daily non s4e
themselves in the society of 5LSGiiute
women be a righteous seed? V Tea
wives love, honor and be faifbf,IN s a.
ausbands they absolutely know o "
falthIesS to them! Thank God that 1 Is
virtue OF woman's inherent go0J I. II
wives in the monOgamy of the VS. VS.,
are more faithful thousand tn "V na
than the husbands! oue
And pertinent question arisos :
speaking OF abandoned women, IF u
had been possible for them to becnn,a.
loving ana beloved wives, would t6a-Se
be so many abandoned? The fideiitrv'
the hali0Wed sacredness and dignit; ~
each Wlte's family hearthstOne can ~ "
abundantly verified among this peonIa
| The marriage covenant is eternal aTc;
is equal to each wife in all its blesSinsSs
powers and privileges, as each e
equally faithful and worthy. nj.
union for all eternity is the keystons
sentence OF the ceremony. T6s
bonds, then, of these plural families
are true, virtuous, eternal; welded Nv
power given of heaven, and what "Coa
man put asunder." 1t has beaU
nit without further mOleStatiOn al
those plural family relations which
had been formed up to certain dataH
valid promises would be given tbsta1
! further relations of this kind Wonld
cease. This is generous from ora
| standpoint, but the grounded and fixed
faith 10 the divinity of the origin of t6s
commandment - the blessings and
powers expected as results in futurs
eternal existence are of such a mature
that every mother who is willing Ia
grant the privilege to her husband win
be anxious for the same blessings IN
descend to her sons and daughters
Our faith and confidence in thec6
and pure motives of our husbands
fathers, mothers and sons are such
that we challenge the production
| of q SItc.ttAr system of marriage and the
records of more mora or pUrer lives.
Hand in hand with celestial marriages.
| the elevation of woman. In church She
votes equally with men, and peliticaIy
she has the suffrage raising her from
| the old common law, n onOgamic seri.
dom to political equality with men.
Rights of property are given her 50
! that she, as married woman, can hold
property in her own individual right.
! Women are not thrown off in old age
as has been most untruthfully and
| shamefully asserted. There is nothing
i'll our plural marriage system that
countenanceS any such thing. The TeT!
nature of tn covenant forbidS it. It
is binding through all time and lasts
throughout eternity. If any T0maH
at an advanced period of her life
wishes in measure to retire from her
husbands society with his consent
this is her own individual privilege
with which no one has the right to il
terfere. Instances of wrOng-dOiHg may
be found in familieslof plural house
hold, but the exceptions are not the
rule; the weight of good results OF Inc
majority should be the STANDARD Oh
Judgment. 1t cannot be true as as,
serted, that plural marriage is entered
! into as rule from sensual motives.
is self-eyident that it is not the case
with the women, and it is unreaSoaa9e
to suppose that men, would 9rln4
upon themselves the responSl0u-
ties, cares and expenses OF
plural family, when they c(u!d
avoid all this, yet revel in sin, anu, IN
| the language of distinguished man o.
the world, . be like the rest OF Us
The Supreme Court in the Cannon
case declared that the Edmunds Jaw
was not designed to pry into the Sc.
cretS of the marriage chamber VIA.
an exhibition of despOtiSm eau U
| more absolute than the compelling d
the legal wife to testify Without lfl
husbands consent against him,
Utah courts the construction Of u.
law is of such cham leon nature Ina
the people are fain to believe they llY5
In a world of chaos. 1t IS ca4ngeu
with every different case. 1t has alsv
been shamefully perverted. Cnasle anu
honorable women have been taken
alone into room with fifteen men auu
been baited and badgered by prOSst
cutting officers and forced, on pam
imprisonment, to answer the most IL
sulting and indecent questions con
corning their personal condlIlvui
their expected maternity alr
their private relations Win Lnen
husbands Children of tender yea.s
have been snatched from the Pule
home circle and piled with qaeS-iyH
concerning their fathers marital rem
lions quite beyond their years, ul.H
they tremble with open-e eyed WOnuyt'
Thus the sanctity of houe is desecIa
ed and the secrets of the IlaIIiAsC
chamber are dragged into puDliciy Y!
those who pretend they visa 70 p.e
serve the home and promote the mt
rity of the f1mily relation. Some ~
bic women, rather than reply TO IlSso
improper questions, have submllieG ~
under the most tI:iD7