New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-20

already reached this country, or are now
leaving their native home, on their way to
Join the colony On the continent OF Eu-
rope the ardent labors of the Mormon MS
sionaries-and we know of no missionaries
more enthusiastic and devoted to their work
seem to be hardly less successful. They
have made brOselytes wherever they have
gone, and they appear to have gone every
where. In Denmark and Sweden we hear
of them, and Ofan increase IN the number of
Saints" consequent upon their labors.
Yesterday there came into our hands the first
number of the Etoile du DeSeref, an Occa-
sional publication issued at Paris IN defense
of their doctrines. Its editor says It "wlll
have the advantage of giving instruction
and some consultations to the brethren of
Italy. of Switzerland, and the Channel
Islands. who understand the French Lam
guage. as well as to the brethren Of France. "
All these proselytes to Mormonism turn
their faces toward the Great Valley as to
the chosen abode of their faith There re-
side its chiefs and its sacred writings are
preserved, and there they can practice It's
observances without let or hindrance For
the present the spread of MormOnism in Eu-
rope tends only to build up that colony, and
such it would appear must continue to be the
case. Nowhere in the Old World would
such a sect be allowed to establish itself,
even in the New it had to seek in the desert
a place for It's habtationS.
The people of the United States can, IN
commercial and political sense, only be BEN
Gifted by the growth of this remarkable
people They occupy a region which, but
for them, would long have remained unoc-
cupied and unimproved. Lying half way,
as it were, between the Atlantic and Pa
ciic, its settlement at this early period Is of
the highest consequence in shaping the des-
TIMES of the Continent, and holding the
East and West firmly united. Through their
means the opening of rapid communication
between the States on each side will be
greatly accelerated And while they are
forced by the eXigencies OF then position,
and their own honorable instinct of indie
pendence, to provide for their own wants by
establishing among themselves the various
branches of mechanical and manufacturing
industry. their commerce will be of greater
and greater value to the seabOard States.
One might almost eXclaim that here Is
great Proyidentlal end of their existence
And whatever may have been the difficulties
attending their residence at NauvoO, they
have since then proved themselves patriotic
citizens of the Republic, and we see not
how, in their present position they are IN
danger of ever being assaied by hostile or
intolerant neighbors. 1t is certainly strlk-
ing illustration of the genius of our Govern
ment, and of the liberal spirit of the age,
chat Mormon delegate VIII take his seat
in the next Congress, and that in due time
we shall see Mormon members in both
Houses. Two or three centuries ago such
heretics would have been burned or hanged
for the culpability of their belief 1t is GER
tainly a more profitable as well as humane
way to leave religious errors wherever they
exist, to time and the progress of intelii-
gence, and to open to the citizen every ave-
nue. of honor and usefulness without regard
Ia the nature of hi. convictions ON SuDpr-
natural subjects.