Show ehe THE ayt ayr Sl EXICO THE tiie missouri republican of a recent date contains an artice artico on monnon emigration to 31 mexico exico 11 for some reason or other the opinion has gained circulation of lato late that if the people of this territory were hard pressed they would make another exodus and this time in the direction of mexico it is only a few days since once that we published an extract from the mexican correspondence of the new york berald herald to the effect that there was some excitement in mexico in anticipation of an emigration on the part of the people of this territory to that land what foundation those who circulate these rumors imagine they fley have for these id ideas em we cannot divine certainly the people of this terri tory tony enter entertain tammi no such thought we have no wish to move froni from here until the time shall be favorable for us to go eastward when that time shall arrive artive we shall move willingly but until then where could bogo we go and find a country so admirably sul aul suited ted dobur to bur wants as this we now ilow possess with such ch as the people of this territory rito exhibit it would be impossible to filma nind find a spot on this continent where we could remain secluded or isolated the perseverance and industry which have peopled tho the barren wastes of the rocky bocky mountains and made thema them a delightful 0 habitation for man would in a short shor t time timo transform any country however remote and inaccessible into a blooming andl andi attractive land and bring the people who performed these wonders into nto prominent whether we remain here or go elsewhere there is only one method that we can adopt to escape notice and anabe be shunned that is to apostatize let the eople people deny the faith and turn to the tho beggarly teg beggarly garly ganly elements of the world and they would soon become only conspicuous for their littleness and the contemptible temp tible obscurity which would inevitably follow apostasy Apo stacy brings a deathe ly blight on individuals and it would have the same effect on a community if they fell into it but while the people remain latter day saints and steadfastly pursue the path in which they have trod for the past forty years they cannot remain unnoticed however modest and unassuming they may be their works will give them fame the republican assumes two things first the inhabitants of salt liko like are not going to abandon the central feature of their social system under compulsion and second they do not intend to fight if the cullom auhorn bill hill shou should id therefore be carried to its logical conclusion there is only the alternative of voluntary expatriation it thinks left on oil this point we give the 18 own words for the easy accomplishment of this ado sign mexico offers every desirable faaili y the journey from utah to that republic is comparatively short and could be made without the one hundredth part of the danger and suffering endured by the mormon pioneers in their memorable memo rabie pilgrimage from the mississippi to their present abode and once arrived they would be amply rewarded for the transit the soil climate and the vast mineral resources of mexico are too well known to require comment bothi nothing coffed but industry energy and capital are ne needed e to make the ancient realm of the aztecs azteca an earthly paradise and these elements the mormons cormons will bring with them the cl ironic chronic anarchy which prevails there would have no unfavorable effect upon the emigrants from the fact that they t ey will go in such large number numbers sas as to form acom a community of their own not only oni self support ing but self protecting anz ant and in ia case the should arise young could muster an army strong enough to gho tho country from the bio rio grande to the frontiers of california but there is little danger of any trouble the juarez government would willingly cede code lands to a brave and industrious people who only ask to bo be let alone and whose perse perso mentions by the united states will naturally lead them to resist to the last extremity that absorption into lato the federal union which the mexican ean can leaders so much dread what that religion would become in fifty years with an art infusion of two or three hundred thousand anglo saxons who have already changed the tha barren valley of salt lake into a fruitful garden and achieved in irl the language of mr air seward a marvel of or civilization we leave our rea readers e rs azine agine certain it is however that mexico opens a door of escape for the mormons cormons Mor mons and through that door they will surely g go if our government is insane enough to attempt their conversion by the cullom method |