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Show PRACTICAL POLYGAMY. this the Mormon points so triumphantly as evidence of virtue. But if they are a virtuous people, even admitting those living in polygamy to be, it must be from some differ ently understood meaning of the word from that as usually-conceded when referring to the relations between the sexes. How they reconcile their acts with their teaching, that adul tery is a mortal sin that can be atoned for only by the shed ding of blood, is a mystery which I can solve only upon the supposition that sin is not imputed to them as sin. I have information, from what I consider very reliable author ity, of the practice of adultery by men well known in the church, both at home and abroad, when on missions preach ing Mormonism. For children to be born in the household of an absent brother who may have been years away on a mission is considered a fortunate circumstance for the absent one, as his kingdom in the eternal world is thus increased. I am told that such is of frequent occurrence among the more vulgar and honest. What all Christianity would re gard as sinful and criminal, I must infer is considered a Christian duty by the saints ! Polygamy in Salt Lake City, has extended its baneful in fluences throughout the adjacent country, outside the pale of the church. I have never visited a locality where women so little regard virtue, and men are so devoid of a sense of honor in their relations to the other sex, as in- Utah. This is frequently spoken of by the Mormons, who make invidious comparisons between their people and Gen tiles in this respect referring to the outer life of the two classes. They fail to see all this immorality as the fruits of their iniquitous system. Large numbers of soldiers, and others, thrown into this country during the last four years, and cut off from the re straining influences of home associations, are here exposed to the corrupt ones every where existing, and are morally ruined. While I admit the absence of public prostitution in Salt Lake City, I must assert its existence, in another form, among women whose ideas of morality and virtue have |