OCR Text |
Show "MORMONS" IN HEX1C0. Eeiltn ot the Trials Eadottd In tbt Eirlj SttllemenL rnr.si.sr riiosi'imrv ami ritus-i'i ritus-i'i at. 1 Compute Map (r th Colony llraTltJ 1 sprclalty for Hie "lincrit im" WlieD tin history o( Hi flrnt two yearn of the clllcment of tha "Mormon" "Mor-mon" tfOplo In Mexico shall Lo writ ten, It will form ono of the moit Inter edlng leaves In theaunalsof hardship anJ tlent endurance. Uptothoclosaottho year 1811, Hi illbrtaof tli l'lnt Presidency or Hi Church to establish settltnionts In till) country had Wen directed to tli lands occuplitl by the Veul Indians In thu Htato of Honor, hut after the. return ol thu edltlou headed hy Atle JlrlRham Young Isle In thntyiar, thu Idiawo s;lvcnu, and Ihclr attention was turned to thunortliweslern corner of the Hutu of Chihuahua. Accordlnijly, fl'. McDonald and Christopher Iay j In pursuant of instructions from .'resident John Taylor, started on tho New Year's dayofUM ty rail from Ht. Uavld Atliona, to look out it fettling fet-tling ptacu In thla locality. U.n reaching Kan Jose, n small station on tlio Meslcau Central nllroad, rilr-jut elk-lity mllea south of i:i 1'aio, Tx, they found In advance of them hero John V Caiiiputll, Josridi Hocer, John I-ovlng and Titer itlcilrldf, som of (hum with mini hauling salt. A trip of tnsiiefl tlun waa made from there to Corralltos, Ascinsloti and Jaiioa, and favorable n-nrt forwardtd to President T) lor Kit lotatlone cniitlnulnif, the old Mux hantown of Caeaa tJrandta anit tho Corraha basin, whero racheco la now located, werti visited, mid a farm of three) hunlretl ncres was rented at Corral tt. and a crop put In Meantime, a commltte of five, con fitting of AposlhtMoHs Thatcher, A. F. McDonald, Ut Hmlth, Jesse N. Hmltli and Chrl.tophtr l.ayton had btetiapptdnled to irchae lauds In Mexico, and wordi were coiiviytJ b those who wished to make homes In thla country that the way waa o-rii. and the movement bt can. Tho first ofaserle or trouhlua reaching reach-ing over two year, conirntncedoti tho 7lhdny of April, ISS1. while thelin-mlirratiouviaaat thelin-mlirratiouviaaat Ita height, about six weeks after the flrat arrival In thu country Tht re were at the time J rob nbly three liundrtd and fifty aoula In ramps acatterod tin and down tho Casa (Jralldea Itlver, Tiro par Ilea had been formed mar thu resent alto ot Dial, one about it mile directly fouth of the present loca tlou of the town under thu tllrectluu of liotnud -terse N, Hmlth, and another, I resided ovur hy Parson Williams, In Iho shade of the trctaoll the tiankaot thu river thriu mllea lothit, num I .-ring In all about lhlily.il v fauilllee. Theru wt re located at Corrslltos rob-ably rob-ably twelve or fifteen families. About theaamu nuiuler had rented fanes ou Hi wwlbankof L'saaa Uraudra liver llreiullia north of th old Mexican town of Casas Clrnndcs, whllo four or lire fainlllca had cropa growing lu thu flrlla Just eolith of toon. All weru waiting forlaul to ho urchased ujon whlih Iboy might muTe, additional companies were arriving every day, and antlrliAllon ran high at tho pro 1 jeilaof thu happy home the soil and sky promlaed thtm, when notlcv waa received Iromlhe (Jo rrrnor or theBtate fur evely ou of Hum to leir thu country at once. Thu Jefu Politico of Cahaa tlraudia hail been Inatrurted liy thu tlovrrnor lo convey the order to thu colutilata and to enforco It 'lh Mexlcaua fia well aa th "Mor mona" roao up In I rntrat agalnat the action and thu IUtlto waa n-r-auadetl to slve a. revpliu of flftevu day, l'ttltlonv were thereujioti drawn up and alined by both mttloa and for wanleiTto the Uovbruor, aa alao to thu l'lesldeutof the republic. Confident In Itulr rlKht to prolettlou, Ihoae of th "Mormona" who had gardena growing, w ent on attending to thcin aa If ii'dhlng had hapned, rjo vliroua weru the ellorla of Hit, petitioners that nrdera were rtcelveil from l'realdant I'orflrlo Dlaionthulaitday of the llltren for thtifjovernor to allow the "Morniona" to remalu fit Itnat until their uo-a weru itatheriHt. Hut pirelitlng fur Nmu rauao In hla iletermhmtlon that the "Mormon." mutt go, Hi (lover, nor, befuru the time had rxplieJ, waa removrl from olllce. Inth rainf, menntlnif, numbera weru nrrlvli g nhnot every day, locat lue wltli one or another of luxe nl ready formed and taking up the dutlee, rellgiouaand othcrwl, lmrU atthu aeverul placta of gathering. Thu oilo lain toictthrr eath morning . at thu ahiiuil and alter thu alnglng of a " liymultieaaaaijiblykiitltliiriyerte furu airaulog thu avocatlulia of the. day. Many had routed wild linda of thu Mexlcina and v, tru buay nttendlug to their cro, whllu ronivoccupleil their thiio In freUhtlng aud other team work for thu tolc, many of whom ruined wirtlcularly nuxloua lo an) ply thu wanta of their new nelghbura. Oiiuofthuliitereatlnit expeilcnrtaof thu coloulita waa to note the change their exatut la mad In the w at a of the natlvia. When thu liiinilgiauta llr.t arrived, they found thu agricultural utiplu working under great dlaitdvun iagea. Tor pUwf, two atlcka weru lm rrovlaul, one for n heftni nud nuother uuiwerud thu pur.ioaii of tith handlu Kiel eliarr, th lov. tr end of Hi handlo eurvlng hi rake thu aurfaro of tho ground. To the further end of the team waa attached a rawhtdo roio whlth waa tlel from thcro ton rough tllck fattened with Ihonzatothe horiia of the oxin, aervlng aa yoke. Com nonweight or tin of thwurnntrlroiici a would he ociVM'11! In rt Held of about ten aero, that area being the limit one mm coull expect to farm. 11111114 mpect and In many othera uotlceiiblo Inn rovementa were brought nbout lu tho waa of the Mexican to lu. Aftirtlu ailthmeiitol Hiuiiutatlrin natothilrrlghttortiiialn lu Mexico, thu ieup!u for u Hmo weruronlderibly relluveil, but thlr truiihlu had in.t commenced. Only IIiojm who have watihed auJ hiiul and wkltolcun know th anility with whloll Hum-jilutieers Hum-jilutieers looked fur Ihu annouiicenit ut that thu nutli looted urrlia.u or Ian I had bten flniilly conclu Itil, Indeu.1, aalftoadd to thilr meiiu, thuliu in unci nieiit waa made ahnoat every weel. andaactt n contra llctod. Many had loft their former homra Ith little 1 rojwrty, aud uuw found theouelvei in a nw country where a laboring man could cam but fifty or Mrenty.flr lenti a day and all other meiiit or aup lert. except manual labor, eihau.t". Andao ruaaed tho entlrs rummer of IS95. Afany becamo illacouragiil and tuinml brtcx. It waa, In fact, In Juno of 19)0, before any permanent nltlu mentwatmade. A purchaau had by thla time, however, Wen male; and it corporation wna Afterward formed mi der III law) of tho State ot Colorado, with tho name of tho Mexican Agricultural Agri-cultural and Colonlxttloti Company, oigatilfcd for t'v liiirpwo of holdiug title lo Hi land purehaaed and to conduct con-duct tho bualncu of colonlilllou In Mexico. With th aauctlou of the executlvo otthe nation, A. r, McDjntld.oiiKeb. :l, 1833, at the City of Mexico, bar galnud with Hr. 1'arlclo (looiex dil 'aiiiioforlM,'HMAPrei of land where Dial It now alliiited, raimo 43,4 llnrna at the prtaent alt of Juaiex, and nb mt Oi,IKiaacrea, conalatlng In great part of tlmliorUnd, In the mountains at l'a checo. Ai soon na the aurvoya hal been made, HioteiitiandWAgouathat had nil thla thu In moat ciaea aerved thu color.Ula for homia, were rim ived to the chosen IUf or Juarexand Dlax, aud Hi work of redctitnliig tho deavtt commenced lTnder Hi regulations of Hi Mexican Colonltttlon and Agilcultural Com l-iny, tho towne weru laid out In bloxks aliouttwenty.foiir rods ttiiiare, an I ou th outer rdg of the platlid town farming lota trero surveyed, varying from five to twelvo acrus, aud tolimhu weru permitted to choose n tbey 1 leaned, whether lot or n block lu town or A farming lot, or liotli. For Hers adimi t r - H ids. Illng parclpltated It tNta them eehet, this rlg..l . H aj'-avr t.nlu a gleat ltli ice ect 'i .Ivr.laU to make homes li. u Urrl lory. Hlncti their org. . ,. ' Dial and Jilarex -li u'ti' progress, and to their it. Ivt ndiletl Tacheco, surveet 11 - , ei'l i UuMaii, Itld out lor settlement ' ISVd by (leorgo M. Drown. An Idea of th rapidity with which Mexico la lelng settled hy the Mormons may b Rllna 1 rrora the tut that though the other colonies htv received considerable nci.easlona or now corners, tbe lunula Hon or Dublau, nearly all of whom hav arrived lu th Jttt eight inoiitha. Hill now numlier about Hire hundred And euvetity.fiTe souls. Itlaexieoti'd that tho trltlimcut of Falomas, which has tiren laid out for aome time, will U mad ttiu "ipply point for all th Mormon retth nirnta lu Mexico, ani the graders onlheMexl. inn Northern l'aclno Italltvoyal well. Th mAtiufactutu at thla ivolnt of Shu nud hoots and of lralher is Alto In con Icmiilitlou. The nxpocts ar that lu tun )enr from today the colony so mbly planttil In 1S4J will hvvegrowu to bo n prosperous prosper-ous cnmmouweiltli, In tlioenjoniieut of nil the blcstlng-a thu soil can yield or liberty bestow. However, one may consider It, Mexico Is an Interesting country. Whether thu tophi U the people or Ilia floverDtnrnt, therols rtumttlilug about I altogether unique. riiough Mexlut has not occupied an enviable position In the cum nt o, Inton of tho United mates slncu thu war ol --mi: . m....yf).....:;j.... i ! t fym- ):irBou;iD.-i.iic fi (m. ' K-. i 113 i.' J .JiA ; lJt i 'i ' ,xffhr!iiume. THiL-i. tl & JL J5vtfjtv mtit jr iionaoa simxnsrs ncticu mm vim mux, mtrM, truaas, tousi his )iii.i. iu inn ul or mi. luiiii'tii m.w lkixu ct.xim.cirn. socht and iylltlcal reasons It has la-uu thought lst hy tlio corioralois nut to illvirt Ihemirlvti of Hi till to th land In favor of auy et tho roloultte, hat rutin r to glv them a racthAlly erpttunl kate ou what liny wish to make uauor;and, to avol 1 having thu llttln ni trom thu company by j roicrlptlon, n nominal rental of liny or suventy-llvu centa ir annum Is tnargeil foreaotilot. If a coluulat wlslii a at any time lo leave, hu innysell Ills leax, or, If he traugrt'se thu ruh s of thu compiny, hu may hu obliged to vacuto th promises, after receiving a f ilr price, to buditermlned uHin by arbitration, for his Imnrotc-nients. Imnrotc-nients. A number ot thu acltlers at UlaxcxpreassomudltsalMarlloual not lug ablu to obtain titles til their homer, hut It Is hvllcvwl that a ma Jnrlty of thcolnnlils prsfer the ru lit Arrangement to Any other. Thiru Is, hoMover, plenty of laud near any of thu tsttlementa to which n clear Htlu moy U obtained for thupurrhatlng; and, Initio settlomtut of Hut lau, the Htlu to all Ihu land will, It Is uxpeclud, le held by thu Indlvllual settlers, i.s will nlso lie tho caso at thu proMed soUlemeiittontlio lloca (Iramlo tract north or DUr, and ut I'alomai. In tin, It Is ii4Cted Ihst all Ihu laud owned by Hon. John W. Young, comprising com-prising nearly threu millions olacns, will tmillsiKMed of by his niteut, Wm. D-rby Johnson, Jr., at regular, stlu to lettlirs, rtirtherniore, thu tnlouhu mailing homiH ou tho I inda at n sunt nwind by linn. John W. ouiig, will rciilvo privileges from Ihu Mixlcan govurnmi nt In thu way of land and cuKtuiiia dure. Dut to icconi ll,h th ntlect In view, an I, In dulng to bring Hi corporation under the Una of trui hacienda ufMrxl(0,the Mexican Colonliill.il aud Agricultural I'ltu-patiyrellnimlslied I'ltu-patiyrellnimlslied thu dilutions or Ihu pickl ooutract, and, by this in-ans, man olltet thereto, havu the right hi purs upou th moral status of allnt- 18)0, tho muh-rly wn in which the lints of her llcy huvi, lm drawn slncothn death of the l.mptror Msxl mlllaii, Is fast lacing hi r tu tho racu for lh preferments nf lehtleal great-nees great-nees against All Hi world. It will I o an Interesting study for th sociologist of thu future to nute thodlllironcute Iwieiithe triatmeut Ihu natltii ritiei have recilve I, Inthta country nnd our own. incorporated Into tho polity of thoiifttloii, and aometlmea nt tho foro frontorthu goviriimint, the Indian raLuorMexhohasproilucod a number of men who will lakw rank among Ihu first statesmen of th turth. With the knowludgo that In whatever what-ever thu nation Ins don for lndcifti dene and Improvi mi ut, thu irt or thu ahorlgltius Is Lousplcuous, It neids only to ghnro over thu records of Mixlco's achievements, to l fully convlnce.1 of this. Tlio stateorafl uunlfeitHl by thu Mexican govern mentlnthn construction ot Its rail roads, gives ouiiHinu thing of nn Idea of thu genius of lh i eo te, and from a study of thu method pursued ono may gut un Insight Into Hie dlitrtbutlou of iiowi r under their conitllutlon. The first rallroal of Mexico, tho Mexican, louneclliig tho City of Mex lcowlth thotatlern atitiionrd, ut Vtra Cms, wast-otutletiit ou January 17. lift, aud slncu mat Hmu the railroad building of thu country hsa forth" most part been carilnl on In Airord nncu tt Ith a prt ditermlned plau, uiuler tho ha't of thu gotrriimeiit. It was considered 1iecesary hy thu leading minds ot thu uatiouthat, in order to give thu country the proper outlet for thupurjioschofi'oiuiiiurcu and to ion nei t thu population tenters that troopt could bo sent to the reat of any pwlbli! Inhurnctlon wlihnut UeUy, theru shiiulltio nlnu systumt of rallvta)s, illstrlhtiteil over tho tountry very mnoliaawe II ml them today I Thu Mexlcau railway, giving tho 1 capital counictloD with thu w r 3 it.. a' ,li nine o1 i ready comr A j cor eetilon y' ria-i in i.hi for tho building i !' tiiC'iilrtltrunl rU.... -ersl.s. tl,, ,.m " ry rrom I' - Vlil north lo 1.1 l'o, is, 1 , to thu sa urn I i .l ' u 'Jiersldc. In I .l.if 'hfea Ml' sidy ."! selonsWeieiM,', l 4 ' tlw Mexl 111 Si . HallWiV, poising f'.. Hie eusitrn side ut in plstei.u, aii'l t.nnectlug Ix;edo, Texas, with ttir Cllv or Mexico: another hi th Inter national and Interoctanht Hallway, crossing tho Isthmus ol Tehuantec, Adlslancu of one hundred mil foity tulles, from ocean to ocean; and a third was obtained hy th ucral tirant, for tlio Mexican rioullirrn, from I'uoldo to OsxacA, Mrvlng as a contlnuatluii of the Mexican 'enttal along tho mlddlu counlry to the south. The roal next In older eiihsldlu-l crom-a the courlry from Hi hailior At Aeaailcu, on thu Pai Iflc, to Vera Crui, on the Atlantic, through tho i-apltal, and Is known a the I ntermi-aiilo. From Hciumi, Ail-fonn, Ail-fonn, lutlutyniasonlhe wlern sea-board, sea-board, ihaonorolUIIay gives easy ncceM to the Facl flo coat on the north-wtst, north-wtst, while Hi Monterey . tlulfltill way cover the coast, on tho Atlantic side, from the uorthentt loAlrnvalo, south ol Vera Crux In order tuoorn-tletuA tuoorn-tletuA grand national sjtlem, or network net-work of rallwa) r, crossing the country at convenient distances from sea to sea, lis nnd wret,Aiid with lines running rallel with nnd near the coi't ou either tide, one III the mlddla of the con ntry, and one ou tteh sldo at t Ither odgu cf tho tat le land, It Is only necessary neces-sary toconi!te the line Along lh western edge of the plateau, and Hist Is Hie work now being done by lion. JuhiOV .oiiug. Tho ui w rood coin mourfsat Dtmltig, Jt'c Mexico, and assea along th" wcsti rn i tge or tho MuxIcaii labia land lor six hundred miles, whin It descents lo tlio 1'nnllc Const At Tofololiamio Hay, Ihenco larallellug tho roast lo Una) mas. Kach of thrsti roads renins neon sIJi rat.t sulsildy from the government; I nt, when thu contract for MMIng Hi Mtxhan Northern I'acllh' lttllway was entered lulu, thu execiltlvu lie dared that no mora railroads should l tiibshllfrd In the Itepubllc. The entlro Mexican ml I my syt tern was complettnl There ore other railways being built InMixIco, but only tlioM inenlloiuil lu Ihufor-going Ihufor-going account are siilnldlied ly the koveruiuiut. Another thing of which Mcxh-aui an-iulto as proud as or Unit rallitay lulldluv, Is the lurolo iniuutr lu which th givernuiciil has mil and nvt room lha Inlluiuc ot the Catholic Catho-lic Cliurcli. Dy number or movements move-ments covering Hie years from 1M7 to 187.1, a truly pralaemulhy otolutlon was carrl I forward In the lleptihllc lu this rcsprtl uuder Hie ln, tritlou In great put of llrnlto l'ablo Jusrix, a full bloodtnl Indian Atlheroniinenceminlof tho move meut for In lendence under the pri. nil constitution, the C-tholln cliurcli was ibu established religion or Mtxh-o as ol Hpaln, nn J tho m leslasllcal till.-uiialst-xeriltuil the right or Inlirf.r-rue Inlirf.r-rue with th ndmlnlttratlon or Justice. Jus-tice. Tho lvudod prorly of thn cliurcli Amounted tonts.ut one-hklf cf allthurealtttatiiln Mexico, anil thu country was fairly ctitbrallod lu let ttrsaud dntkntss.1' Under the ncognlllon of the United Htatee, I'rusldenl Juarel vtea enabled, In Pull, to carry Into tl. ct an act alsilUhlug tho i hutch tribunals, and cnnflsoitlng tlio land of tho church to Hi service of lh Watt. Hut the Int. ter movement w-a not accomplished UI, out Incurring thu dlsrleasiiie of rnglitnd, Hln an 1 Framv, whose ariulnt weru at once jiut lu nctlou to malnUIn the rights of their cltlnnr. Inrolvi-l In her tlvll wor, thu protest of thu United rilalet coull not Induce Ihewllhdranal of tho French troo, hut I'.ngland nnd Himln recclriil mt-tloment, mt-tloment, and calltI olfthalr turns. It turuu lout that thu reparation or thu wrongs orhla aullnts, has only a pro Uxtlllider which Nal'ileou HI Hlshe.1 to isW.llth In Mexico m hen-dltary monarchlalgovrrmmut under a IVi man t.'atholla emperor. Archduke Maximilian or Auitrla acicilttl tho trown, but was dtteatud And shot lu 1507, by the Ilepuhlloiii luity under Junior. With thu exct tlou or alight Interval dlssnloua durlug thu nine years suctsisllng the execution ot Maxlulllan, thu civil authority hoi Uiit. mprenie In Mexico, nud Cath oil. Ism and militancy alike Imve bten relegated to th background. Itut along with the riallnesa to heroic Action, thcro runs In the MuxIcaii MuxI-caii charaiter a childlike simplicity an i n proneuess to nsort loexiedlentx, not At All rrassutlug to the welhwlshes of thu Jti-iHit.llc. All this, however, to th contrary iiotwithstandlug, onu cannot but aru that Hie Instltiitloiia of Mexico do not rest for stability ou a "aptr" comtltutloii; but the history of herstrugglee for lndr endrucr, and Hi herolo ttlorU to hold thn ritat apait from Iho i hutch, show thilr foundation to be laid deep down In tlio hearta of the people. vnl we k here today simply Indicates the plaint pla-int status of A people III the process of a rludhtl evolution from savagery hi clvllUttloii. At lh rile of regress Iiijtdo lu Iho last lirtien years, liircu ilecadts will )laie Mexico with heA Irliudly relations with tho United Htates, her untioiiudnl rcsounw, hiii thosiMcepilbllllyof her ioplu to tin prnvimeut, lu the front rank of thu great siwirs of the earth, Thu nat uiul trend ot In r commerce Is toward Hi north, for sh net-da our machlutry our Agricultural liupli'inunU and thu products of our miiiiulactnrlu;atid shu lias to txchaug for thtse, unlimited wealth lu lead, slhtr aud gold, whllo her increasing induction In cotTee, cocoa, sugar, Indigo and cothlutal, from unlarorahtenttt orcllmatc, cannot can-not hu suppllel lu or own country In uuantltlta atallupi reaching our moils. '1 here Is, hoirevir, rood ground to anticipate, an-ticipate, and ono ay mturthor Judgu from thu fruitless eir.nlsot 1SV,, ns well ns from thu iiigotlatlons now so long pending, that she dots not teu tho grtatest goodlo her inmniercu lu re cIpriH'lly, lluttovliataver turns Hiu multifarious consldrrst'oiis may had, thla nun fact Is clinr, Mexico is u'vom-Inj" u'vom-Inj" country. I A. Wiiao.Nj Ims I'Alania, Mtxlro, via: Dcru ln., Nlw Mexico. WH. |