Mountain Democrat., 1857-10-31
Prom the State Journal
kThe Proposed New Territory III the Great
Basin.

ton to the project Of founding and or
ganizing new Territory Of the United
States within the Great Basin Of the
american ContincntS6 The boundaries of
'this Territory have been fixed by the pco-
pic inhabitiug this region Of our country
about as follows: All that portion Of
country lying between the Sierra Nevada
on the west, the Goose Creek range Of
mountains on the east, the Oregon aDd
| tab line Oh the north, and the Colorado
on the south.
The most Of the people inhabiting the
region here described arc, from the cx-
elusive and fanatical policy of the Nor.
mons, denied not only all legal protection
and security to life and property, but to
the freedom Of speech and the exercise Of
private Judgment in all matters affecting
the religious faith and belief Of man. The
Mormon Church is, from its peculiar
structure, the same in principle and prac-
ticc as that which sprang from the brain
Of Mahomct. 1t knows no liberation,
where it has power, to any creed or sect
Of rcligionistS, whether Christian, Pagan
or lnlidcl. Its teachers and propagandists
| maintain that all other crccds and rcli.
! giouS faith are hcrc.ical as well as antag-
onistc TO their faith, and that they are
commissioned by High Heaven to conquer
and subduc all nations to their rule and
belief The present head of the Church,
Prophets, Apostles and bishops, do not
hesitate to proclaim this from thcirpulpits
| through their writings and private teach
ings. They regard the Great Basin, which
includes a region Of this Continent of
thirteen hundred miles, cast and west
lying between the Sierra Ncvadas and the
Rocky Mountains, and from twelve to
thirteen hundred miles from north to
south, as theirs by divine commission
For this reason they have made final
stand Mt Salt Lake, under the conviction
that neither present difficulties nor advcr-
sites yet to come, will bc able to drive
them from what they consider sacred
ground. Here they expect to hold and
maintain their position by policy, strata
gem and deception, against the United
States, until they can draw sufficient
strength from all nations to conquer and
maintain sovereignty and poiticalsuprcm-
acy over the entire Great Basin.
They 90 farther \ recent revelation
has been promulgated that Brigham
Young, the present head Of the Church.
will not nor cannot die until he has been
made by divine power the President of
the United States. So firmly are some
of his followers in this belief, that they do
not hesitate TO taunt the GcntiIes, by tel
ling them that after few more SHOWS
and summers, they will have no more flag
anI No I,,,A tb,k L. ~,
Joseph, the Prophet, will give them
OF course we Gcntilcs, or non-bclicvcrs
in the faith of Mormonism, know how to
appreciate such fanatical bragadocio. Yet,
after all, our contempt for these absurd
prctcnSions does not lessen the strength,
violence and anti-rcpublican tendencies OF
these opponents Of our people, our coun-
try and her institutions. 1t is not the
desire or wish Of Brigham Young to come
III conflict with the troops of the United
States at present on their way to Salt
Lake City from the other side of the Con-
tincnt. The Mormons who left Carson
Valley, Eagle, JACKS and Washo Valleys,
were not ordered out of the country by
Brigham Young to enlist as soldiers against
the troops Of the United States. The
Mormons will not resist the authority of
the United States for the present, unless
the Government should attempt to arrest
the person Of Brigham Young and try
him for treason. In such case, the Nor
mons would resist, and fight desperately
for their Chief The most of the Nor
mons who left the Valleys above named,
intend to go to Salmon River, in the Brit
ish North American possessions, where
they expect to found llourishing colony.
The most effective mode of annoying
and resisting the people and Government
of the United States, will be through the
numerous Indian tribes who inhabit that
great region of the globe. Already have
the minds of many Of these Indian tribes
been poisoned and rendered hostile to the
entire non-Mormon-bclieving population
of the United States. On theehiefroutcs
Southern, Central and 1t isa
well known fact that the Aria-
bly, enquire of cmigraIl elers
whether they are or are d If
:hcy answer in the affirmal new can
pass on unmolcstcl; if in the negative,
they must defend their scalps. This is q
well known fact to thousands of Gentle
citizens living within the Great Basin and
the North Pacific For the last three
years no Mormon trains have ever been
molcstcd by the Indians. Even during
the same time solitary Mormon Traveller
has been able to pass through all these
hostile tribes unmolcsted, while Gentiles,
Of hundred in number, have had to dc.
fcnd their lives in passing even from Salt
Lake to California. This picture is but
impcrfectly drawn, yet it presents some
of the main alarming features of the
condition of that portion of the coun-
try over which it is proposed to erect
n new Territory. Under these circum.
stances, We cannot help uniting with
the people living there in appealing to the
parent Government at Washington to
grant them the favor they ask. =
Now for the country per Sc. The ValN
leys number from two hundred to two
hundred and fifty, and range in size from
ten to one hundred miles in length. They
arc all alluYial, and arc the best grazing
and agrlcultural lands on this cUKvYKtht.
Comparatively no metals 6fmHncfafs have
yet been found in them, although it is be-
lievcd that many of them contain both.
The foot hills lying throughout this Ba.
sin, as well as the mountains, are known
to possess gold, silver, "copper" lead, zinc,
iron, coal, and many other metals and
minerals, as we'll as precious stones. Al
ready many copper, gold, silver, ron, and
coal mines are being workedA Thus far.
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