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Show .NOT MOVISU TO MEXICO. Tut. reported purchase of several million acres of land In Mexico to a noted "Mormon" railroad builder, with the inference that a wholesale Immigration of "Mormons" is Intended, In-tended, still occupies the attention of lieu spa per men, and many silly comments are made on the rumor. For instance, the JCew YorkJburai, afUr narrating the alleged facts, remnrks: "The real fact of the matter is, that tbe Mormons want to get away from civilization. Their choice of land, three millions of acres In tbe immediate immedi-ate vicinity of turbnlentand warlike Yaqui Indians,is a proof of this. Their peculiar institution cannot afford to como I nto contact with modern notions, no-tions, lint let them bo prepared to have Mexico, when she has got all tho profit she can out of them, conlly inform in-form them that she cannot allow polygamy poly-gamy to exist within her borders, and proceed to put it donn with a stronghand. Tbentbo Mormons will wish that they had become converted to the teno s of ordinary American riiizenship and had remained at home" Till', of course, is but evidence that tho writer knows nothing of the "Mormonj," their history or their purposes. The Brooklyn, Jf. Y., (X! zen, however, shows much mure understanding and a very clear perception of this matter. It is disposed, moreover, to be Just toward tho "Mormcns" as truthful concerning their situation and Intentions, In-tentions, litre are seme extracts from what tbe VUaat says: "Since tho Mormons have openly and formally renounced polygamy, wc see no reason why tbey should lea.e their present homes, or why their neighbors should rejoice at tho prospect of their going. Outside of their peculiar views on the marriage question, the Motinons have not been an oljectiocable pe- pie; indeed, in industry, sobriety and enduring patience pa-tience tbey have compared favorably with the swarms of adventurers and not always law-abiding Oeables who havo been so eager to condemn their vices, without evincing any disposition disposi-tion to imitato their virtues. Tbe Mormons Mor-mons found tho valley of Salt Lake and the Jordin a desert and they transformed it Into an Kden, making It lhobalfay bouse thirty years ago for the swarms of gold hunters peur-log peur-log westto California. Ifeverapeoplo have won the right to a fee simple tide in the lands tbeybolC it ia tbe Mormons, Mor-mons, for to their patience and industry in-dustry the fertility or Utah is entirely due." 'There will ba no exodus of tho Mormons from Utah. They may be religious fanatics, but they are not f xjls. They know when the have a good thing and tbey will keep it. What if 10,003 do go to Mexico, as it is clalme J; 180,000 will remain back to bold and to till tho valleys they have redeemed from boutbern Idaho to Southern California. Tboy are with us liko tbe negro, the Chinaman and tlie ludUn, and It is the part of wisdom wis-dom to make ihc best of them and to give them all tbe rights of citizenship and tbe benefits of educa ion. "It Is not generally known that one of the mo-t prosperous of tbe Mormon Mor-mon colonies settled at ban Bernardino Bernardi-no in Southern California, and knon n as 'smithies,' are, and ever havo been monogamists, and tbey live peaceably wila and are respected by neighbors of other denominations " 'With polygamy gone from Utah, it is doub-f ul if tho Mormons could be replaced by a people better suited to that peculiar country. One thing is certain their place could not bo taken by their Ocntile associates without a great decrease In tbe output of agricultural agri-cultural products." |
