The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-07-06
M0RM0NISM.

sin that because it has existed
from Adam to now that 1t has a
right to be perpetuated?
Civilized and Christian nations
have, as far as we can find, al
ways stood for homogeneous mar.
riage, while heathen countries
have allowed 1t and practiced 1t.
What, then, and where are we?
We have a spot on our face and
IN our body that does not respond
to the life flow of our nation. 1t
feeds and nourlshes itself and
spreads itself over forbidden ter
rltory, asking no right OF way
and paying no damages.
AS social system, polygamy
is a miserable failure, because it
is founded on law or retrogres-
sion. The chief corner stone be-
ing the degradation of women.
"That which degrades woman,
destroys the sacred relation Of
the family, and becomes a curse
to children" for the effect upon
the children is highly deleterlous.
Where there are groups of chill
dren by different wives, either
the paternal care and authority
is dlssipated among so many as
to be of little account, or it is con
centrated on a few to the neglect
of the others. The rivalries and
contentious among the parents is
shared by the children, and ha-
tired instead of love is fostered.
The bondage under the polyg
amous condition Is worse than
[srael's bondage IN Egypt, and IN
like manner requires the hand OF
God to extricate them from their
down-troG den condition.
Cunnlngcraftlness Is also apart
of their inductive method of WIN.
ming converts, or adherents.
They preach that their women
are in true happiness. Of course,
we know to be deluded and down.
trodden is certainly the right
path to happiness! If we should
compare the sorrowful condition
of these polygamous women to a
lonely nun in a Catholic convent,
who has given up all hope of ma
ternlty, we would be compelled
to choose the latter condition as
preferable.
The testimony Of a few women
will prove very satisfactorily to
US that they are not happy: The
words of q wife, whom another
had crowded out, or supplement-
ed her from her full love of hus-
band. From the day of his sec
ond marriage, she began to be
consumed, at least both physical
ly and mentally, and her friends
said she had the consumption
and was dying from its effects,
buC she SAID 1t was only wasting
heart.
The experience of a young girl,
who was induced from New York
to become a plural wife. She
afterwards said that the happlest
day of her life was the day she
saw her husband LAID IN the grave.
Again, If the prophet saw fit to
have another wife, he had right
to compel her enforcement 20 be-
come concubine to himself.
It's not matter of choice or
consent on the part of the wives,
out they are coerced into con.
sent and later and later they even
married without the consent Of
wives at all.
Another young couple from an
eastern state went to Utah. AT
the time they had two children
and a happy home. Finally her
husband, after much solicitation
from his brethren, was induced
to practice his religion, as they
called it, and wife forced to con
sent. Wlfe's testimony was that
by her consent she dug a grave
IN which she was to bury her
happiness and home. Then a
third wife comes onto the scene,
thereby making hell, or grave,
for the second wife.