Surely its disturbing influence is again manifest in his vote on the Bill to abolish Polygamy in the vast Territory of Utah, where Brigham Young with his forty wives repeats the scandal of a Turkish harem within the jurisdiction of Congress.
Sumner critiques the influence of polygamy in Utah, comparing it to a scandalous situation.
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