MARRIAGE. MONOGAMY AND POLYGAMY ON THE BASIS OF DIVINE LAW, OF NATURAL LAW, AND OF AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, BY ONE OF THEIR OF THE SUPREME COURT IN Reynolds vs. United States, 98 U. S. Supreme Court Reports. BY A CITIZEN OF MASSACHUSETTS. Religious Freedom, not Persecution, solves the Mormon Problem. JUSTICE vs. INTOLERANCE. "And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."-TERTULLIAN. BOSTON: JAMES CAMPBELL. 1882. 4/26/55 JMS PREFATORY. UNTOWARD circumstances have prevented the publication of this letter, which was written prior to the passage in Congress of the so-called Edmunds Bill, until the present time. Believing that in a republic only fair dealing — not oppression can promote general peace, prosperity, and happiness, the writer, who has hitherto voted with the Republican party, views with abhorrence its proposed unjust and tortuous legislation in respect to the Mormons, and hopes that certain considerations in this letter, though late, are yet not too late to be of service in solving the Mormon problem. APRIL 6, 1882. LETTER CONTENTS. MONOGAMY AND POLYGAMY ON BASIS OF DIVINE LAW AND OF MARRIAGE, MONOGAMIC AND POLYGAMIC, ON BASIS OF CONSTI- IV. TEXT OF SO MUCH OF CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE'S OPINION AS 69 |