Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . re anon. In my first rambles about the city I found the Mormonsrather communicative, and quite ready to enlighten me as tothe peculiar features of their faith; indeed, rather anxious toprove the superiority of their institutions over those of theGentile world. Of course, like all new-comers, I looked uponpolygamy as the one great evil, if not the only evil of Utah,and our discussions oftenest turned on that. Their argument 218 POLYGAMY ; OR, THE MY
Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . re anon. In my first rambles about the city I found the Mormonsrather communicative, and quite ready to enlighten me as tothe peculiar features of their faith; indeed, rather anxious toprove the superiority of their institutions over those of theGentile world. Of course, like all new-comers, I looked uponpolygamy as the one great evil, if not the only evil of Utah,and our discussions oftenest turned on that. Their argument 218 POLYGAMY ; OR, THE MYSTERIES consisted of lengthy details of the causes they think are de-stroying the human race—that is, in monogamy. The detailsare more suitable for a medical work on marriage than for thisbook; suffice it to say that if I may judge from my own ex-perience, the Mormon doctrine as to the physical nature ofwoman is even wilder than Mormon theology. I was particu-larly amused at the way they turned the tables on Gentiles bycharging all the vices and crimes to them; and even more attheir parody on the average high-tariffite argument: O, thats. ORSON PEATT, LATE MOEMON APOSTLE, all very well as a theory, but in history and actual business thefacts are the other way. I have often noticed that this is afavorite assertion of those who have some peculiarly crankytheory to maintain. In due time I called on most of the Mormon dignitaries:first on Orson Pratt, the only man of even tolerable learningiu the church. At once the poorest, proudest, most learnedand most devoted of the elders, he literally crucified himselfand wife on Mormonism. Brigham Young systematically AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM. 219 ignored and snubbfed him, yet could not dispense with him; forhe needed Pratts sermons and writings. He was always putup in the tabernacle to impress Eastern visitors; and while thebest known man in the hierarchy, he was constantly in troubleand on the ragged edge of starvation. He was foully outr
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