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4 juch that has been said of them lately, and shall not there- 
sre remain altogether silent on this subject. 
The English view of the Mormon question is very different 
om the American one; and as Utah is an American 
Grritory, not an English county, we should certainly con- 
#der the question from an American stand-point. In the 
irst place, I deny the common assertion that Salt Lake City, 
tting aside polygamy, is a moral place and that the Mormons 
A Mormon Family. 
€ a moral people. Is it likely, in a community where 
hen have almost unlimited license, that the women will 
actise strict fidelity to their masters (husbands) ? Poly- 
my and strict morality have never up to the present time 
ted in company, and my impressions of Salt Lake City 
me to conclude that the Mormons are no exception to this 
e. Why should the Mormon elders mysteriously hint at 
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