Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-07-28
Mormon Immigration.
We some time since alluded

VIC oOIHt tlulo Since dlluuou TO The
prospects of very large Mormon i'm
migration the present year. The ar
rivals at New York thus far of ves-
sells almost entirely laden with Nor
mons, and the announcements of an
ticipated arrivals made in the Nor
mon paper published at Salt Lake
City shows that these prospects will
he very fully realized. But for Great
Britain as recruiting ground, the
Mormon leaders would fare hard for
followers, for it is a notorious fact that
most of the new recruits annually re-
celved by the "Saiut-" at Salt Lake
are from the British Kingdom. Nor
mon missionaries have long devoted
themselves to laboring in Great Brit
ain, and it is stated that some of the
immigrants who will come to this
country this year have been connected
with the Mormon Church for twenty
five and thirty years. 1t is now thirty
one years since the Mormons carried
what they blasphemously term "the
true gospel to the British Islands,
and the persons in charge of the pros
elyting operations there write home
that their prospects for gaining con-
verts in large numbers were never so
good as now. Articles in the Nor
mon paper to which we have already
alluded, contain plain limitations that
lit is the intention of the Mormon
leaders in Utah to transfer the Brit
| ish and foreign converts to this coun-
try as fast as possible. Several sail
ing vessels have been chartered for
this summer, and there will be IN
questionably a much larger addi-
ton to the numbers of the people in
Utah from immigration this year than
ever before.
The Government and people of the
United States cannot ignore the fact
that the Mormons are seeking to
strengthen themselves by numbers as
much as possible, and this is fact
which ought to carry with it ample
suggestion as to our future policy in
regard to this barbarism, which seeks
to conceal itself under the guise of
religion. 1t has long been consider
ed thai the thing would die out of
itself, and that, it will be remember
ed, was once a favorite and popular
theory in regard to slavery. But
slavery did not die as long as the let
alone policy was pursued, and the OBJ
vious indications are that MormoniSm
thrives very we'll under the same pol
icy. 1t has been held that the a6-
vancement and completion of the Pa
cifc railroad would be a death blow
, to Mormonism, but the Mormons are
: to day congratulating themselves upon
) the increased facilities which the par
tial construction of that road gives
them for the quick transportation of
7 immigrants from Europe to Utah.
: And thew are looking forward to still
: greater activity in this business of
= centraiizing all Mormon believers in
e Utah when the railroad shall have
been fully completed. They did not
. favor this railroad project at the out
set, for it has hitherto been one OF
their strong points to keep isolated
. from civilized society. But now that
o the railroad is a fact they seem de
O termined to use it for their advan
tage, and to have concluded that after
all it will be more benefit than injury
l. to themselves and their projects
/ Every year sees the Mormon commu
/ nifty in Utah increasing in numbers
> and wealth, and with their growth il
l these respects they become mere de
= faint of the power of the Government
IL and more bold than ever in violating
J, its laws. The Government has thu;
ii far allowed its laws to be overriddeI
by the Mormons. and even by its owl
al officials in Utah, with impunity, bu
W it is question well worth the conSid
Grafton of our statesmen and legisla
tors whether it will be wise or SAT
to pursue this policy much longer
Boston Journal.