7 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. CONTENTS. PAGE 9 MONOGAMY AND POLYGAMY ON BASIS OF DIVINE LAW AND OF NATURAL LAW 9 MARRIAGE, MONOGAMIC AND POLYGAMIC, ON Basis of Consti- I. CITATIONS JUSTIFYING POLYGAMY II. DR. FRANKLIN'S APOLOGUE, OR LESSON OF RELIGIOUS TOL- III. Laws 'OF VIRGINIA, OCTOBER, 1785, 10TH OF COMMON- IV. Text OF SO MUCH OF CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE'S OPINION AS . 69 TABLE OF CERTAIN MATTERS HEREIN. PAGE 35 CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENT By Rev. DR. MADAN . 31 DIVINE LAW OF POLREASE} 16-20 18 27 21 12 26 . MARRIAGE MADE A SACRAMENT 16 26 64 17 33 29 30 . |