Deseret Evening News | 1892-03-29 | Page 4 | The Chihuahua "Mormons"

Tin: cimiUAiiL't ".loitMins." Ix referent e to tho "Mormon" col. onlea la Chihuahua, the .lnyIo..l,iin'. can, sjblished lu the City of Mextio, gives some Interesting particulars with favorable lantmrnte. The number of our Iole!li Chihuahua la placed at fWOO, aud the fact la emphasized that they own thi lr own land In severalty, "entirely Independent ol Ihe Mormon Church." The Anglo .Imertounedds' "The colonies hate recently pnrchsed KKI.uiU acres ot land near tho In ad of the Concho and Han 1'edro rlvtrs. Tho company orgsnUlng tho settlements Is IticorporaUid wltha iihnl of I,juO,UHI and Is a purely business entwrprlso. o dais or religions distliutlons are made, and rloofall faiths are free to locate among the colonists and may worship In any m inner that their consciences die tato. The main principle of tho Chunh la obcdUuce lotho laws of the land which Ihey Inhabit and rcspoUtotherulersand governors of the coiiulry. The Mormon Colunlea sro not accustomed to Interfero In Ihe politics of Mexico and will only dovoto themselves to cultivating tluir lands an I Improving the portion of tbo republic w here Ihey are living. "1 ha beneficent Inlluuico cxcrelsodhy such a class of people on discommon wealth may bo aaen tit a glsuce, anil the got eminent may bo asiurod lhat such a class of emigration will lend lo Increase tho wealth mid j rosperity of the country."