, 1859-05-20
Rrtaa Trihtt1tt,


THE MORMON IMmIGHATION~
a very noticeable feature in the foreign i'm
mleratlop ofthc present year is the transit Of
European converts to the gospel delivered
unto Joe Smith, across the continent to the
slcas den Of Popular Sovereignty in Utah.
1"o days ago some seven hundred Of these
0e1uoeo "fetchcs--mcn, women md children
-faprcsenting half score Of nations and dia-
1octs' passed through this city en- routc for
oa1t Lake. Is might be conjecturcd, the
female section cf the caravan prcdorni-
mated in the ratio Of about two to one,
sao some Of tho more godly disciples Of tho
masculine persuasion had from three 10 Fix
concublnes eacl under their religious tuition.
All seemed to be in earnest, all conteutej, fan
htlcal and polygamous They are travelling tllo
road WHICH hundreds have YEARLY and pain-
tvllr Travelled before them aud seeking tic
grim destination which Lundleds are hopeless
y striving to cscare FROM At AL aggregate
cost Of not less than seventy thousand dollars
they are carrying whatever right principles may
hare been born into or cngraicd upon them.
toa moral furnace-a majority Of them in tile
full belief tliat Utah is tile consccrated ground
whence tic saints shall inheri, the earth.
That these persons, measured by any known
Standard Of sense. moral social. political or
economical, are stark idiots. it is mere sur
plusage to declare Their province in the
economy Of things is to illustrate tie truth
that no theory or doctrine eau be put forth, Of
such amazing fraud, such Incredible lack Of
Wit, that it will not find disciples in every
quarter Of the globe, civilized or savage.
Nlst|or Joanna Soulhcote proclaim
herself big with the promised Shiloh,
or some luuat;e 6x tho day for the
second Advent By computation from lie
Square root Of tic cost Of Ezekiels cllari-
OF, it is all the sa1nc--tlcy count t)clr tol-
lowers by thousands. But the faith which WAS
delivered to Joe Smith On golden plates dug
from the earth-the said plates lying upon the
devil in the s.lapc Of toad, which said toad
stralshtway took the shape Of Apollyon AID
kicked Smith in the rear for meddling with the
said nlatcs--t!lis strange fifth has the power
Of drawing its disciples thousands Of miles
from their civilized homes to a secluded, uncu!-
tiyatcd and, to them unknown land, and uf
consolidating 4 State which assumes to be in
dependent Of tie world. How far the unity,
.',e integral character Of tho Mormon Terri
'ory, may depend npon its seclusion, or low
firmly it might resist the pressure Of 1
Christian civilization if it could change places
geographically with Kansas or Nebraska, We
cannot say with certainty, though we believe
it would disappear like aa iceberg in tie
tropics. The policy Of It's leaders seems 10
lave been copied after the movements Of the
aboriginal tribcs-fet;ug at the approach Of
civilization, and placing high mountains and
tr:achless wastes between themselves and The
outer world. THUS protcc1cdthey have grown
and are still growing to ugly proportions. Ent
the walls Of American empire OIL the East
and West are last closing upon them, and liz
solution Of the Mormon problem is nca'
enough to call for the earnest attention Of oul
statesmen.