Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-06-02
mormonism and Greelerism.

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The following is from the New York
Tribune Of the Goth instant -
Elder Erastus Snow, writ.
ing from Copenhagen, esd March, says
chat the "work of the Lord" is progress.
ing rapidly in spite Of the determined 10.
sistance of the priesthood and nearly all
the influences of the country. In Copen.
hagen the sSaintsn occupy one Of the
finest halls in the city,. and the whole
town is divided into districts and parishes.
under regular ecclesiastical establish.
ment. They have met with much perse-
cution in various parts of the country
The number of "Saints" in Denmark, in
good standing is put down at 600, beside
a few in Norway and Iceland. Over
TOO have been baptized, and 45haye emi-
grated to Utah. The Elder, with small
party, is now ON the way to the promised
land. Twenty eight Danish Saints were
to sail from Liverpool for New Orleans on
the 9th inst SD
In India, also, several native Christians
have been baptized by the Mormon Priests,
In France the book of Mormon has been
stereotyped and published, and arrange
ments are concluded for its publication in
SGIIlau ~ Is hlICduN
ed in Danish. In Italy the progress Of
the cause delights the Mormon Saints, who
found their first converts among the Wal
denses. The Southern European Mission.
aries, at whose head is Elder Lorenzo
Snow, hope to penetrate Turkey and the
Russian Empire via Malta. In the Socie.
ty Islands, at Tahiti, there are thirty mem.
bers. Brother Addison Pratt writes from
that place
at seems to me foolishness, that Ed.
ers should come so far, and then turn
round and go back, because they had not
got Ann to cook for them"
The French Cypress the Church in the
Society Islands. ...-...-.-..
In South America there is branch of
the church at Valparaiso, Chill, consisting
of the missionary with his wife and bro
Their. We quote the following from The
Millenial Star of February l. published
in Liverpool:
"The Ellen Maria is appointed to sail on
Friday the 9th inst. and will be the last
vessel we shall send on this season loaded
with Saints"
The New York Day Book says.-Mor-
monism and Greeleyism had their origin
in Vermont. That sainted horse thief.
Joe Smith, and the equally sainted char
latan, Horace Greeley, were both born
in the State of Vermont, and we presume
were near ncighbors and perhaps kins-
men. At any rate they were both rocked
for time in tho same cradle, for Greeley
says he was ''cradled in poverty" and so
was Joe Smith. Now, We don't know
which Of these rival saints has been the
most successful since they left their "na-
tive heath" Both have accumulated
large fortunes by means equally honora-
ble-but, then, Saint Joe, has got to hea-
ven, and Saint Horace has only been TO
Congress, and avery sorry figure he cut
there. Mormonism is the most extend
ed, and Greeleyism is the most concentra-
ted.
"The disciples of Mormonism are the
most numerous-.bose of Greeleyism tho
most active. The progress of Greeleyism
and Mormonism are evidence Of the
worlds motion. Men equally intelligent
are disciples of both. Those who swear
by Saint Horace, have nothing to boast
disciple of Saint Joe can take disciple
Of Saint Horace by the hand, look him in
face, and call him brother"
1 Ill uUCp ~ u ulluCulG W StTlkc u UulNuco
and say which has been the most SUCCESS
full. There is one thing, however, to be
said in Greeley's favor. If Joe has gone
to heaven, Greeley has borne no malice,
but has acted the ncighborly part since
his departure. lie has taken charge of
Joe's flock in the absence of their shep-
herd. Greeley ''pcts and patronizcs" the
Mormons on every suitable occasion. He
is in favor of acknowledging their indie.
pendence as q separate and independent
government, it they choose to set up for
themselves. We suppose that, in return
for this patronage, the Mormons will vute
for the next abolition candidate. 1t is by
this species of log rolling. that fanaticism
is propagated through the land. Nor
monism votes for Scwardism and Gree
lcyism, and Grcclcyism and Sewardism
patronize Mormonism. Anti-rentism is
the handmade of abolitionisn, and aboli-
tionism sustains anti-rcntism. Land re.
formism, Bloomerism, spiritual knockcr.
ism, Fourierisln, socialism, atheism and
agrarianism, hold close communion and
are bound together by the strong bond Of
common interest, and mutually support
and sustain each other" =
A BRAVE LITTLE BoY.-A few nights
since, at the Potomac House, son Of J.