Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-23
THE NEW MORMON STATE.


practical sense and wise philosophy when 'hey
have exhibited in their civil acts, on the dis'an'
banks OF the Great Salt Lake The spectacle
is imposing and gratifying. With every induce
ment and temptation 10 adopt the most restrict
ed religious tesls we find them hosting Inc
bright banner Of religious freedom and conse-
Grating one Of the grea, principles OF our happy
institution. Their fanaiicsm in religious mat
tiers, it was thought would naturally have
tempted them TO extreme and sectional views
on the slavery question but, 10 the surprise
and pleasure Of all patriots, they have on this
point brought 10 bear their old Mormon motto,
"Mind our own business" and deliberately de,
clared that they do moi wish to NEEDLE with The
subject of The Wilmot Provi,o slavery, &C., but
TO leave that question to the operation Of "tme
circumstances, and the common law Oh! that
our Northern brethren, who boast OF their own
superior enlightenment and wisdom, aud snecr
at the Mormons. would show small portion oil
the common sense, policy and sound principle,
which the wanderers in the bosom Of The wild
Rocky Mountains have manifested in their
acts The following very interesting items we
find in the Northern papers:
LATEST FROM TIE estate Of DssEarT."-In
regard 10 The Wilmol PIoyiso Slavery, &c. we
wish you distinctly 10 understand that our d. sire
is 10 leave that question 10 The operation OF time,
circumstances, and the common law; that We
wish not TO NEEDLE with His subject, but leave
these 10 their natural cou,se. Political parties
that breath creates and that a breath DESTROYS
cannot affect us, particularly when We are SO lar
from The scenes OF strife. il cannot be expected
that we, in this distant reton, should as fully
participate in mere local divisions as you, how
ever much our interests mil be affected
Frontier Guardian, Sept. 90.
The anniversary OF thu arrival of The Pho.
neers, July 24!h) was celebrated with great re-
locings, a procession, firing OF cannon, martial
music, splendid dinner let, The tables spreading
mil: and a half in lt,ytk al which seven
thousand persons were tested, and over the
| head OF which hoaled The national flag, from a
liberty pole l04 feet high. The marshal of The
day, Horace S. Eldridge, ppearad in military
uniform, and in The professor were II officers,
called Bishops, [answering we presume, 10 our
Aldermen bearing The baners OF their wards
TWenly-lour young mel dressed in while,
| with white scaris on their light shoulders, and
coronels on their heads, ech carrying in their
| right hands the Decara,ioDoi independence ard
| Constitution Of The Unite States, and swords
shealhed in their lett handsome OF Them carrying
| a beautiful banner, nscritd on it 1.-THE Z'on
of The Lord J" wilhlwenly-lor young ladies, dress
ed in white, with white scaris ON their right
shoulders, and a wreath okhile roses on their
head, each carrying The Bible and Book Of
| Mormon, and one bearings very neat banner,
"Hai TO our Chieftain."
The ceremonies on The ec2sion consisted Of
religious services, speeche Ioasls, &c. The
following We find among lh loasIs;
The Wheat o! the Valle.Wurlh more than
the gold dust of California. happy The man lha,
hath his garner FULL
FESTIVAL AT KNESVILLE.
A festival was held al GAINESVILLE on The 9Th
September, on occasion Of ne arrival A Bah
Bit, Esq the delegate tn Congress appointed by
The Legislature Of the SIalet Descre'. Mr. Bah
| btu made a speech al lhelesiival, iTom which
we extract The following:
ave want 10 build up d Kingdom OF Cod
that Object has carried on bIe'hsrn 10 The VAL
lev. | was present on u 24ih Of July, when
they he'd the anniversarybt The entering Of The
Pioneers in'o The Valley il was like the land
ing Of the Pilgrims on Pknoulh Rock; they ar
rived there destitute, andvhcn they had raised
bread enough to satisfy u demands OF nature
| they rciuiced, and rrjoici with them; they re-
joiced and shouted "1osana; !" and my soul re-
Joiced exceed ngiy. reaccd in view oi The fu>
lure.
e'rne Lord has openeulnio Us The windows oil
| Heaven and bestowed ounliluliy the lruis of
the Garth. Two tables erc spread one mile and
a halt in length, and SEN thousand persons sat
down 10 the least. The.ibery Pole was raised
| one hundred and sifty-Fe feet in The air, and
! the Banner foated siYty.hee feet. | report then
| a place where the honea.an live in the enjoy
mcnl OF truth, &c. miit say much on The
Storm that has been burs;y over The nation for
the Two years past norall upon you 10 sus.
tain the little Stale Of Deset, that il may be ad-
| ded star On the Banner ttle Union.
| This is neither A poica nor religion i,
| speech; bn, such an one a.hc circumstances D
the day call ollh. This eople has given the
| greatest proof 10 our govnment OF their truly
republi an feeling IN their icrihce.; having offer
| ed fathers, sons, and brolhs upon The ALTAR Of
duly, who, alter gaining faheir country Terri
| tory highly important boIhs 10 wealth and COM
merce, many have again e-enlisled TO support
the American flag in tina country. hope 10
hear from your honorable bmmiltee And may
| God bless you, is The prayeof your humble SER
want"
Brigham Young, Heber; Kimball, and Will
| lard Richards, write lrol The Valley 10 the
| CLuich in Pouawalamiesn Iowa, as follows:
Tie Saints live mp 10 lie Old Mormon motto,
aud "Miud their own busitss," by which The
valley Of The Grea, Salt Lae is bursting into
| city Of habiiaIons. Lawsis and mobs are far
| from this valley OF peace, al may they ever re-
main co.
awe came 10 this Vallel when there were no
| house nor fence and no coflnor wheat save what
| we brought with Us, and OF every nerve and all
our energies will lie eIerledto sustain ourselves
10 build h uses, fences, andfaise grain, which,
| from all appearances, muslcommand as high a
price rs from 81 10 5 no er,ushel Tor wheat, AID
| from So 10 ST Tor corn andother things in pro-
porllon.
"When H. So small milers OF juurneying
mere than 1000 miles overhe savage plains, and
| settling and preparing 10 i've and sustain our.
selves with the common ncesSarieS OF lille are
overcome, then The poor sail feel our helping
hand 10 assist them to remve 10 This valley"
The train Of thought, aciled by these Curl
! Gus and pleasing events is so we'll expressed
by the following article iron the N. O. Crescent /,
lha, we give il entire. 1 more noble proof OF
The blessed influence oil u, American ConstiIu-
lion and free institutions ca, scarcely be found in
our annals:
II is rare that there o'cars an event SO well
calculated 10 impress haosophic imagination
as the forming Of The new Norman State in the
neighborhood OF The Gea. Sau Lake. A day
| or Two ago we gave skelch Of The constitution
Of lhe Stale Vi Dssert, and its provisions are
almost as remarkable a. The strange and anoma
ous people by whom il wss formed.
The inhabitants Of Deserel are almost entirely
Mormon; and The Morm]n superstition is one o
The widest vagaries in which The human mind ha:
ever INDUCED. Believers in new and altogether
ndefinabIe religious revelation, these enthusiasts
partly driven from our mids by The behe,,s OF civil
l.Zation, and partly attracted IL The soliudes 81 The
Great Yves, by The sui,ableness oi lis scenes Il
their excited imag inaioas, have formed society
and instituted goyernnsnl in one OF The wildes
portions Of the Continent. Every Circumstance
IN their condition is caculaled TO eyall The imag
NATIVE facullies-almosl 10 the pitch OF frenzy
and yet 10 FIVE days they have formed Cons.ilu
ton which might excie The envy and The admira
ton OF Partisan wis and transatlantic legislators