THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1870.
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MOUHOMSM.
Tnlk with n Mormon lli-li'rntr ln t rlotUm of
the Snlntii Curious Innide lillmpars The
Future of Polyanmy.
Mr. George A. Townsond furnishea the
Chicago Tribune a letter from which v?e ex
tract the following:
"Hid you tuke slaves to Utah, Mr. Hooper?"
"YeR; I was allowed to hold two there.
They had been left to me and were anxious to
have rue keep them. Most of the leading
Mormons were New England and New York
men, opposed to slavery; but I was allowed to
hold thoBe negroes temporarily."
"Have the Mormons any patriotism, Mr.
Hooper ? Do they feel loyally towards the
United States ?"
"Why, sir! wo claim to be the most Ameri
can of all the American people."
"The Book of Mormon is a native Ameri
can Bible. The Mormon's Land of Canaan
was Mexico; what we call the Lamanites are
the American Indians; our Jerusalem is not
in Asia, but to be set up in the United
Mates. "We have no flag but the Amerioan
flag; we have marched under it five hundred
Mormons to fight in the Mexican war.
Why, sir! just as we were driven from our
pleasant homes in Illinois, and were wander
ing about Council Bluffs in search of some
den or cleft to give us refuge, Captain James
Allen, of the United States army, demanded
five hundred men to fight for the flag that
could not protect us. president Young's re
ply was: "Yea shall have your battalion if
we have to take our elders to make it up."
And, sir, the Mormon battalion marched to
Santa Fe, to San Diego, and to Los Angelos,
where it served a year, reoeiving the praise of
fluch distinguised men as Stoneman, l'hilip
St. George Cooke, and A. J. Smith. Some
of these men re-enlisted for the whole Mexi
can war; but while the men were gone, sir, to
fight for the country, the sick, the infirm, and
the helpless were driven to the prairies of
Iowa.
"Loyal to the flag? Why, sir! almost every
leading man in the Church was born under it.
Some of the greatest events in the history of
the country are associated with the enterprise
of the Mormons: the discovery of gold, the
first settlement of the great belt of cities,
euch as Omaha, Leavenworth, and Salt Lake;
which were first staked out by Mormon
wagoners. The Stars and Stripes went up
over the first camp ever seen in the Valley of
Salt Lake. All that is needed to make the
Mormon people the most obedient and the
most patnotio Amerioans is to deal with them
gently."
"Suppose the General Government were to
pass the Cullom bill, and President Grant
were to enforce it, would the Mormons aban
don Utah rather than give up their peculiar
institution?"
"That is a hard question. If I were com
pelled to answer it, I would say that they
would leave their all, submit to exile, to im
prisonment, yea, to death, rather than break
up the homes that they have made and give
tip their religion. My impression is that they
would permit the law to be enforced upon
them; that they would go to jail as firmly as
they have taken to the desert, and trust to
the sympathy they would arouse amongst the
American people for their deliverance.
(Here spoke up the Gentile bystander: "I
reckon, Captain "Hooper, that they would cut
that railroad first about two hundred miles
each way."
The captain made an indescribable wink
and grimace of a very suggestive sort. "That
is what you reckon," he said, "I reckon
nothing.")
"Then do you think that if the Govern
ment should abstain from interfering with
polygamy it would perish of itself ?"
"That I am not intelligent enough to reply
. to. Sometimes I think it would. I should
Bay that if it was of God that it would not
v perish, if of man, that it would die."
"Captain, if the Mormons believe that their
faith is never to perish, and if they are also
loyal to the Government of the United States,
What is the logical conclusion ?"
"The reply to that leading question, my
friend, is this: The Mormons expeet to con
vert the whole population of the United
States, and then patriotism and Mormonism
will be the same. Why, sir, there never was
a religious denomination with the proselyting
energy of the Saints; they have not only
.preached and been imprisoned in France,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia,
Chili, West Indies, Australia, but tney nave
visited Palestine, the Society Islands, Gib
raltar, Hindostan, Guiana, Ceylon, Siam,
Malta, the Sandwich Islands, and Africa, and
they expect to convert mankind."
"Why have you never taken more than
one wife, Mr. Hooper?"
"Well, sir, that is between me and my
God. I suppose that I am not as good as I
should be. People often say to me, 'If you
believe in polygamy, why don't you practise
it ?' That is my business."
"Have you any children, Mr. Hooper ?"
"Five, sir. I have had two wives, but not
&t the same time."
"You are said to be the most prosperous
man in the Territory, Mr. Hooper?"
"Oh no, sir; not at all."
Mr. Hooper seemed to think that the cross
examination had become too close at this
fioint, and he turned me over to Colonel
lead, who, he said, was a much more impar
tial witness about affairs in Salt Lake than
himself.
One of the first requests I made of Colonel
Head was that he point out to me in the
Appendix to the Book of Mormon, which lay
near by, the particular paragraph in Joe
Smith's revelation whioh authorised poly
gamy. The Colonel at onoe indicated it, as fol
lows: "If any man espouse a virgin, and desire
to espouse another, and the first give her
consent, and if he espouse the second, and
they are virgins, and have vowed to no other
man, then is he justified; he cannot commit
adultery, for they are given unto him; for he
cannot commit adultery with that that be
longeth unto him and to no one else; and if
be have ten virgins given unto him by this
, law, he cannot commit adultery, for they be
long to hhn, and they are given unto him,
therefore is he justified. But if one or either
of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall
be with another man, she has committed
adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are
given unto him to multiply and replenish the
earth, according to my commandment, and to
fulfil the promise which was given by my
Father before me iouuaauon 01 toe world;
and for their exaltation in the external worlds.
that they may bear the souls of men; for
herein is tne worK 01 my r amer continued,
that He mav be lorified."
Q Who stands first among the Mormons ?
A. Brigham Young; but he is not regarded
with the reverence paid to the memory of
Jospnh Smith. The people all look upon
'Smith as a prophet, while Young is regarded
as a greater administrative man, dud not as
possessing the gifts of Smith.
Q. Who stands second among the Mor-
lDOU8 ?
A. George A. Smith, the Church historian,
end a native of Ogdnnlurg, N. Y. He is
(15 years old, very fat, and is a cousin of Joe
Fnnlli. He wns a mau of sandy complexion,
but is now reduced to a wig. Smith is the
successor of Hober Kimbnll in the important
office of Mormon antiquarian. In othor
words, be is the Mormon Historical Society.
He has gathered together a great library of
scarce books, showing the origin, services,
and history of every Mormon family. We
have not probably in any part of the United
States so thorough a family record as the
Mormons have kept. Had the Pilgrim
Fathers followed such a system, we should
have known at the present time the name,
origin, and circumstances of every man,
mother, dog, and baby that came in the May
flower. Smith is an amiable man, who cares
nothing for money, and being one of the ori
ginal Smiths, he has in some sort a sacerdotal
character.
Q. Who iB the third Mormon of conse
quence ?
A. Daniel A. Wells, a native of Oneida
county, N. Y. He is not wealthy, like Young,
and he commands the Mormon militia, lie
is a tall, spare, sandy-complexioned man,
sixty years old, and was not a Mormon until
the gathering of the mob at Nauvoo. Wells
endeavored at Nauvoo to maintain the peace
between the Mormons and the mob, but the
mob broke the compromise he made, and
Wells, in a passion, said that the rabble was
worse than the Mormons. Wells resembles
Judge Davis, of the Supreme Court, in his
big horse sense. He stuck to the Mormons
out of sympathy, and was finally baptized and
admitted into the fold. He is a great admirer
of Brigham Young.
Q. Who is the fourth Mormon in influ
ence ?
A. Orson nyde. He is, like the majority
of the Mermons, a sandy-haired man, weigh
ing two hundred pounds, a good preacher
on practical topics, and about fifty-five years
old. He has been over the world, like all the
Mormons erept Young, and can talk as fami
liarly about Ptul3 ud Edinburgh as about
Omaha and San? jcisco.
Q. What Mormon is the fifth in influ
ence ?
A. George Q. Cannon, a native of Liver
pool, in England, forty-three years old, the
editor of the Deseret News, a fine preacher,
and a man of more education than almost
any other Latter Day Saint. He is a Mor
mon of the second generation, having learned
his religion from his parents, who were Manx
men from the Isle of Man.
Q. Is there opposition to Young among the
Mormons ?
A. Yes, there is always more or less oppo
sition. Sidney Bigdon, who was one of the
earliest converts of Joe Smith, fully expected
to have succeeded Smith as the Mormon
President. He was an ambitious man, rest
less of holding a second place, who finally
left the Church and is still said to be alive in
the State of New York, ne retains no prac
tical status among the Mormons.
Q. Is there any other Mormons of consequence?
A. Yes Orson Pratt, fifty-five years old, is
the finest preacher in the Church, very earn
est, and tolerably popular. Hooper, the
present delegate, stands about seventh among
the Mormon peoplo, and he is also popular
with the Gentiles. He was never a polyga
mist, thinks much of his wife, who was a
Mormon when he first became acquainted
with her, and is one of the largest business
men in the Territory, with not less than
$;$oo,ooo.
Q. Which Mormons are most married?
A. Heber Kimball had the most wives
twenty-two in number. Brigham Young has
but fifteen wives, though the contrary is
often published. He probably has soores of
spiritual wives, who are to be with him in the
next world, but who scarcely ever see him in
this. The Mormon women are frequently
united to dead men by spiritual marriage.
Joe Smith is married every day to some one
or two women because they reverence him
and wish to be at his side in the other world.
PolygamiBts give no support to their spiritual
wives.
Q. Do they think that polygamy is on the
decline at Salt Lake ?
A. Undoubtedly nine-tenths at the present
time are not polygamists. The temple is not
opened by Brigham Young to the dissentient
Mormons, who are led by David Smith, but
the enemies of polygamy preach all through
the Territory, and make strength daily.
David Smith is, as you know, the son of Joe
Smith, born of one of hisnrst wives (Emma;,
after the murder of his father.
Q. Have the Mormons any curiosity about
the Oneida Community, and other schools
of polygamy and socialism throughout the
ceuntry ?
A. Not a bit. I have heard them denounce
the Oneida Community as a godless associa
tion of sensualists, without any faith. They
object to being connected in the books with
the various communistio isms which have
settled in the Mississippi valley.
A Pawtucket man.while riding in a crowded
boree oar. put his elbow through the window.
lie told tne conductor that be would pay for
the glass, but had not the money with him. The
conductor said "all right." and allowed him to
eo without even leaving his name. After reach
ing; home, he sent the President of the company
tjl'50 to pay for a new pane of (class. The up
rightness and rareness of the act pleased the
latter so much that he sent him some $3 50
worth of tickets in return. The honesty of the
Pawtucket man is not bo wonderful, but the
llheralltv of the President ib what perplexes ut
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cond mortgage Six per Cent.
Bonds 3,8'iB'OO
88,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mortii(M blx Per
Out. Bonds (r-ennpylvauia
Kallroa-I guarantee) 80,000-00
80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per
Cent. Loan 16,000-00
7,000 btate of Tennessee Six Per
CeuU Loan 4,370-00
18,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany, 860 shares stock 14,000-00
6,000 North I'ennsjlTsnls Rail
road Company, 100 snares
... ock 8,900-04
10,000 Philadelphia snd Southern
Mall Steamship Com
pany, 80 shares stock 7,600-00
840,900 Loans on Bond and Mort-
fflgft, first liens on City
'ropertles 248,900-00
11,831,400 Par. Market value, 11,866,870-00
COSt. Sl.Slft (WQ-17.
Rfftl Estate. .. ., M.000-06
iKOTiyuie lor insurances made... 083,700-70
Balances due at Agencies :
Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued
Interest, and other debts due the Com
pany..... 6,097-M
8tof k, Scrip, etc., of Sundry Corpora
tions, t47iis. Estimated value ,740-3O
Cash In Bank 1108,818-88
Cash 1b Drawer 878-84
169,891 14
11,862,100 -04
DIRRnTORR
Thomas C. Hand, .Samuel K. Stokes,
John '. Tiavlu
William Ii llmillnn
Kdmnnd A. Bonder,
Tbeophllus Paulding,
James Traqualr,
Henry Sloan,
Ilenry C. Dallett, Jr.,
James C. Ilaud,
William C. Ludwig,
Joseph II. Seal,
lluRh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. Bcmadou,
William IT Rnnatin.
Kdward Darlington,
ii. uones uroose,
Edward Lafourcade,
Jacob Klegel,
Jacob P. Jones,
James B. MoFarlanfl,
Joanna P. Kvre,
Spencer Mcllvaln,
J. H. KeninlK. l'lltjihnr
A. B. Berger, Pittsburg,
li. t. morgan, ritisburg-.
THOMAS C HAND, President
JOHN C. DAVIS, Vloe-rresldeat.
nENRY LYLBTJUN, Secretary.
I1KNKY BALL Assistant Secretary.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA.
Januabt 1, 1870.
Charter Perpetual.
Incorporated 179-1.
CAPITAl, 8300,000
ASSETS S'i,7S3,SSL
Losses paid since organization.... 84.1,000,000
Receipts of Premiums, 1S69.. .. 81,99 1,S37"45
Interest from Investments '(19. ' 114,696'74
. 100,334' 19
.l,033,3tfS4
Losses paid, 1S69.
Statement of the Assets.
First Mortgages on City Property
United States Government snd other Loan
Bonds
Bailroad, Bank and Canal Stocks
Cash in Bank and Offloe
Loans en Collateral Security M
Notes Receivable, mostly Mai ins Premiums...
A corned Interest
Premiums in course of transtnisaiea
Unsettled Marine Premiums
Real Estate, Offloe of Company, Philadelphia..
i,m,m
18,708
U7,tH
83,668
tilflM
20.357
86,198
100,900
90,000
84,783,381
DIREOTOB8.
Arthur O. Coffin, i Francis R. Cope,
Bamuel W. Jonea. I Kdwarrf H Tmt.tar.
John A. Brown, Edward 8. Clarke,
Chanes Taylor.
J . Charlton Henry,
Aln-ed D. Jessup,
Louts C. Madeira.
Charles W. Cusoman,
Clement A. Grisoom.
William Brockie.
Ambrose White,
William Welsh,
B. Morris Wain,
John Mason,
Georce L. Harrison,
ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President
CHARLES PLATT, Vice President.
Matthias Makis, Bsoretary.
O. EL Reeves, Assistant Secretary. 8 4
1829.
CHARTER PERPETUAL
1870.
Frantlin Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. 1, '70JL$2i825f73r67
C A PIT A L '. $H),000'00
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS.... a,tl6,731o7
INCOME FOR 18i0,
LOSSES PAID IN I8t,
BBIO.UOO.
LosEEspaiil since 1829 over $5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The CompaDy also issues policies upon the Rents of all
kinds of Huilriings, Crouna Keats, and Mortgages,
lb "1KANK.LIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred G. Baker.
hauiuul Grsnl.
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea.
A urea riuar.
Thomas Sparks,
William 8. Orant,
Thomas 8. Ellis,
Hunts vns 8. Henson.
George t ales,
ALFRED f) BAKKR. President.
UKOKUK FALKS, Vice-President.
J AMFfl W. McAI.LlSTKR, Secretary.
THEODORE M. KEGER, Assistant Sec rotary, a 195
A S B u n Y
LIFE INSURANCE CO , N. Y.
Number of Policies issued by the five largest New Tork
Oompai'ie during the first years ef their existence:
MUTUAL (23 months) looff
NEW KOhK (t8nionthm ionl
Manhattan m months) 03
KMCKKHBOCKEK... (20 months) m
EQUITABLE (IT months) 8b
During the 81 months of Its existence the
ASUURY
HAS ISSUED 2600 POLICIES,
INSURING NEARLY 16,000,000.
Reliable Canvassing Agents wanted throughout the
eouniry.
JAMES M. LONOAORE,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office, No. Bust WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
BAMUKL POWERS. Speeial AgenL 4 I6
JMPEIUAJj FIRE INSURANCE OO.
LONDON.
E3TAHIJMIIED 1803.
Pald-ap Capital and Aocnmniated Panda,
08,000,000 I IV GOLD.
PEEV0ST & HERRING, algent-,
I ti No. 10T 8. TIIIKD Street, Philadelphia. ,
C1IAB. M. FRKVOBT, CHA8, P. HKRIUN9
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