Polygamy only one of the Mormon Social Evils--Their Social System _a System of Bondage_--Contrary to Natural Law--Contrary to the Spirit of the Age--PERSONAL BONDAGE of the Mormons-- Missionaries _Must_ Go on Duty--Dictation of the Priesthood with Regard to Boarders and Rents--Immigrants Under their Control--All Members Subject to Church Orders--Power of the Church over Daily Business--Mormon Mining Contractors--MENTAL BONDAGE of the Mormons--Converts Illiterate--The Mormon Church the Opponent of Free Education--No Independent Thought--Excommunication of Henry Lawrence and Others 107 CHAPTER IX. THE SOCIAL PUZZLE (_continued_). MORAL BONDAGE of the Mormons--Implicit Obedience to the Priesthood Enjoined--_Crimes Committed_ at their Command-- Murders--The Mountain Meadows Massacre--Lee's Confession--A Mormon Carpenter's Confession--Theft--Falsehood--Perjury--Why was Polygamy Promulgated?--Why is Polygamy Practised? 118 CHAPTER X. THE SOCIAL PUZZLE (_continued_). _Reasons why Mormon Slavery is Maintained_--Hope of Earthly Gain--Complete Organization of the Mormon Church--Prospect of Promotion in Office as a Bribe--Fear of Earthly Loss--System of Espionage--Apostasy Formerly Punished by Death--Mode of Inflicting the Punishment--Social Ostracism--Religious Conviction the Mainstay of the Mormon Social System 131 CHAPTER XI. THE SOCIAL PUZZLE (_concluded_). THE SOLUTION OF THE SOCIAL PUZZLE--Mormon Slavery and Negro Slavery Compared--The Duty of the Government to Break up Mormon Slavery--The Remedy the Same as for the Political Evils of Mormonism--Brigham Young Opposed to Immigration of Gentiles--A Growing Spirit of Restlessness--Necessity of Surrounding the Youth with an Atmosphere of Freedom--_Personal Bondage_ of the Mormons Overcome by Gentile Colonization--Social Ostracism no Longer Dreaded--_Mental Bondage_ Overcome by National Schools and Colonization--_Moral Bondage_ Overcome by the Same Means--This Policy not to be Confounded with the Let-Alone Policy--An Apparent Policy of Toleration--The Alarmist's Cry and its Answer-- The Mormon Standpoint not to be Overlooked--The Cry of Unconstitutionality--The Proposed Polygamy Amendment to the Constitution--The Cry of Religious Persecution--Imprisonment Preferred to Sacrifice of Principle--Law Impotent to Break up Polygamy--Supposed Captivity of Mormon Women a Mistake-- Mass-Meeting of Mormon Women to Plead for Polygamy--_Senator Hoar_ on the Solution of the Social Puzzle--How the Law Should be Enforced and its Probable Effect--Superiority of the Colonization Plan over any Other Plan--Its Effectiveness Proved by the Oneida Community--_The Social Puzzle Solved_--The Duty of the Nation, the Citizen, and the Church 138 PART IV. THE RELIGIOUS PUZZLE. CHAPTER XII.