Excerpt from Plural Marriage: The Heart-History of Adèle HerschN view of the action of the Mormon authorities who, last Fourth of July, hung the proud ¿ag of our country at half mast, during that day of national rejoicing, we may say to our National Legislature, You have scotched the snake, not killed it, and it may yet sting you vitally for these Mormons swear in the Endowment House To obey the laws of the Mormon church, and all they enjoin, in preference to those of the United States.The strength of this people would be materially lessened if our immigration laws were so amended as to cut off this great in¿ux of the ignorant, almost pauper, emigrants of the old world. Let America he henceforth for Americans. The struggle for bread, for life, is becoming too severe here, since the country has become so filled with adult aliens from abroad. We need the room - shut down the gates!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.