Show the arnon question how hostilities A ay P are to be carried carrie d on A washington correspondent of the N Y times thiis thus writes conc concerning concertina ernina the mormon question guestion k tio ri al st L lauis ua nov 23 I 1 1 I find that the probability of biggham youngs leading his followers from salt lake to thelex the mex nex ical jhai province of Sonora has attracted the attention of our government and become a point of k serious consideration in the discussion of tile the 0 policy to be pursued towards the rebels ain aln air buchanan nanis is anxious to acquire the province of sonora from mexico but bat if the mormons cormons once to get settled there it would put an at end add to all hopes of success for public senti mentin in the united states would never consent ft othe acquisition of any foreign territory how low bove kove bever r valuable on which the norm cormons mormons ons ous had llad taken up their quarters once cut out of the united states ithe uhe fihe the country would no more buy th them emback back into nour bour ila lla jurisdiction ur is diction than it would pu purchase delhi in in uhe atha hands ds of the it becomes import important im ant ani accordingly to prevent a mormon hegira to sonora if impossible possible i y but on the othe other r hand it ia feared that this the mexican government would entertain entert airl with favor hi a proposition from froia briham brigham young to settle the province and protect that hat border erom from irom the indian t tribes who ho now devastate it encroaching every I 1 kjear further and further upon the domain of 0 civi 0 1 nand driving its inhabitants towards the tile interior Be besides sides bides the mormons cormons would defend the fromang from any filibuster dp approach in that direction X I 1 n and pay a large annual tribute to tle the tie government ern ernt nent ment of 1 F mexico while they enriched themselves by working the valuable mines of the country j tf t fr f i the he policy of making california tha iha base pf af operations against the mormons cormons has been ur A ivoti ipoti the executive among amons the arguments in its favor is the fact that the valley vailey of salt lake ican rican be approached at all seasons from the pacific i through the he lower valleys and passes nor c can ail all A the ifill ehi efi entrance trance to the mormon country from that W rf dire aire direction ebion he be successfully defended against entile troops an army of twenty thousand men could couii I 1 ti senter benter tenter salt sait lake valley in mid winter 1 hy the wa way y 4 offos angeles and san berrin bernardino except for bythe fad tad that there is a s bletch of country I 1 in a which for a distance of one hundred and twenty smiles there is po no water except a bitter sp this difficulty it is thought may inay be overcome by establishing the depot for the army at the foot of rahe great kanyon hanyon of stile title colorado which is east I 1 odthe desert referred to this depot it is proposed r ose d greach lo 10 reach byth bythe gulf eGulf of california and the colorado olo r ado liver diver which is supposed to be navigate i in n the vicinity of the depot suggested it gill will will wili 4 lieutenant J C ives is low louv 1 en engaged in an exploration of the Co colorado lorada it 13 early eavy eary intelligence will be received djoi atom ehlin him on the 9 general beneral subject of the that stream from the fact that the salt lake country is 0 so o open to attack from the pacific side it is urged trial it operations against the mormons cormons are conducted thence their object may be attained with less bloodshed than if f the contest is waged iu in the narrow passes and kenyons kan where the mormons cormons Mor mons frum froin from their supe superior rioe position cail can hope to force the assailants 10 lo to retire and call can be certain of making serious havoc among the troops what everne y ati er ultimate result re uit the tile alternative of a large and N well weil ell eil disciplined army in in open neld held would be likely to induce the monn Morn ions lons to r t yield far fr more readily but in addition to th ese eze advantages of ope operating from california the esris evris A presence ence of so large a force in that count countey Y would iove tOve overawe and nd terrify the tile numerous hostile indian t s tribes there who are becoming exceedingly troublesome ia Ll bl esome while it would effectually cut off the mormon retreat towards snora an object really r of great importance independent of leons lions connected with any purpose of acquit acquitting ing AI aliat Pro province ince for it is eminently essential to the not only of the united states but of ibe ahe civilized civi clyl laed world ahat that mormon abominations should be effectually checked by b the arrest and f punishment instead of flight of the leaders of the oe rebellion mr mr Waihing washington to n correspondent of the N Y times why ysl bif did YC you it rio tie not fully 11 exis expose the lillish hellish thoughts of your black ii heart eart abid and ivorite write af AT I 1 I 1 instead of punishment 1 in your last sentence for that is what you wish to see accomplished but mr correspondent what abomination bomi nation is is I 1 more moro more abominable than aiding and abetting abetting 1 the shedding 11 of innocent blood be pleased to read the bible if you have one and practice its teach ings iest lest in in your present course you prepare yourself f to richly merit 1 depth of future punishment |