. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . hey are in so far encouraging its presence, andrendering it daily more difficult of eradication. For the tide of evil that set so strongly in those terribledays of 1856 has never been stayed. It still rolls on withall the added filth and abomination which it has gathered inits course, until it is one reeking mass of the foulest im-purities. Incest, murder, suicide, mania and bestiality are the chiefbeauties of this infamous system
. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . hey are in so far encouraging its presence, andrendering it daily more difficult of eradication. For the tide of evil that set so strongly in those terribledays of 1856 has never been stayed. It still rolls on withall the added filth and abomination which it has gathered inits course, until it is one reeking mass of the foulest im-purities. Incest, murder, suicide, mania and bestiality are the chiefbeauties of this infamous system, which are so glow-ingly alluded to by its eloquent expounders and defenders. And George Q^ Cannon, one of its ablest apostles,—himself a practical polygamist, being the husband of fourliving wives, three of whom he grossly neglects, — goes toWashington from Utah as Congressional Delegate from thatTerritory, and helps to make the laws which send GeorgeSmith, of Massachusetts, to State Prison for three years forthe crime of having two wives ! Is it that bigamy is a pun-ishable offence, and polygamy is not? If so, George Smith21 322 BIGAMY versus Apostle George Q. Cannon, Member of Congress. [Has four wives and thirteen children ] has only to take two more wives and he can, perhaps, enjoythe confidence of the government and the protection of itslaws as fully as the Apostolic George Q^ If the gentleman in Mem-phis, Tennessee, who hasrecently been indicted formarrying his deceased wifesniece had only married sixof his own nieces, he mightnow be enjoying his libertyand his youthful brides so-ciety, with all the freedomwhich is accorded to BishopJohnson, of Utah — that is,if he, too, had lived amongthe Saints in Utah. The relation betweenmother and daughter, whenone becomes the rival of the other, is by no means thejileasantest in the world, and it is usually the case tiiat themother has much the worse time. She sees herself neg-lected for a younger and fairer woma
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