New-York tribune., 1872-09-18
ARRIVAL OF MoRMoNs FROM EUROPE.

The MOTmOns who arrived in the steamship
Minnesota, Monday afternoon, were landed at Casue
Garden az 10 a. m, yesterday. They number 6oO ana
include English Swedes, Danes, some Germans d Ie"
Irish and Scotch, and occasional Frcnehmah' liey
have much the same appearance ordinary emgrants;
poorly dressed and have little property n 10"
days notice was given in England that company oi
Mormons would sail, which accounts for the unusually
large number on board Minnesota when leit LVer
pool. Sept All Of them depart for Utah lihheui"'ey
most Of them to-day. They express much impatehce 10
reach that promised land and TO be about he rather
business.
Aniutelligent looking man told reporter that he had
been for more than 80 years believer in the faith nc
conscienously believed it 10 be the WORK o1 Gou lho
Mormons were strangely misrepresented every day ;
were Mormonism all that 1t is often represented 10 DC
the speaker would leave 1t In moment bat ls enemies
were very bitter against it.. The Mormons were Qute
numerous in the Old World but widely scattered Ihey
believed that America the destined country gwen
TO their foreahers that there the saints were to be
delivered in the last days from the plaques and pes
lenee let loose the nations as all the prophets had
foretod They believed that Christ would come before
the present generation had passed away THIS must DC
the case continued the emgrant if the Scriptures could
be depended upon for it had been said that the genera
tiOn which witnessed the Jews gathering TO the Holy
Land should pass away till the Savior had appeared
and the Jews ocking there IN great numbers
Ut
same way would Zion be built up on this continent IN
Utah. The speaker believed that Joseph Smith was
great apostle, and had revelations and visits from
angels HIS people held TO the apostolic Gospel
Faith repentance baptism, and the laying on OF hahds
for the gift of the Holy Ghost, were the foundation
principles of their religion Poygamy he believed 10 DC
instituted and approved by the Creator 1t was sane
toned and practiced by the patrarchs Although II
was not sanctioned by the New Testament yet recent
revelation TO Joseph Smith had shown conelusivey l'
il had the Divine sanction at the present day foyg
ANY, however could only be practiced in one piace'
that was Utah elsewhere it was sim the elders nc
| said went about preaching without purse or SCRIP
They never had "A salary. but trusted that Goa Wouu
raise M friends feed and clOthe them. -, ~.
Another Of the new arrivals said atnouGn ne Htu the
religion and could conscientOusy perform ms reIglous
duties he would not persuade any one else 10 atep l
He Thought IL the only true religion and II was gaming
| rr0iind rapidly Still another thought polygamy an
| integral part Of the salvation OF the human family
Christ would soon appear, but first there was great
work 10 be done. The persecution and abuse whlch
M0rnonism received helped far more than IL hlndereu
the cause Poygamy, part and parcel OF the renglOn
was thoroughly believed in by young ana od' rleh anu
poor man and woman. Another founded ms Denei IN
The Justice aud right OF poyRany on the TACT that tne
PROPORTION OF to men in the world was as hVe 20
one q statement which he actually believed lie th0uGht
Joseph smith one of the greatest men that ever nved
aud that Smiths mantle had fallen on Brigham Young