Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-11-12
Are the mormons Going P

ter-Day Saints from Utah Is ono OF
the possibilities of the future. Des-
potism thrives best in lonely soil.
The pressure of s'Gentiles" forced the
Mormons from their home on Lake
Michigan, from the sacred city Of
Niauvoo On the mississippi, and from
their Missouri settlement. The same
pressure is now making itself felt on
the shores of the great Salt Lake. Brig
ham Young selected Utah as the site
Of the new Zicn because the reports Of
Fremont and other officers sent out on
ex ploring expeditions by the Govern
| ment declared that the locality was
inaccessible, shut out from the world
by hundreds of miles Of desert. The
"Prophet" knew that his system of
legalized lust, to sncceedi must be be-
yond the bonds of civilization. He
placed it where he thought it would be
secure in its loneliness. But certain
rude civilization has reached it and
made its fate sure. The discovery of
the rich mines of the neighborhood,
mines that were probably knoWn long
ago to the Mormon chiefs, brought
thousands of Genties to Utah. The
completion of the Pacific Railway has
annihilated the deserts that cnce sur
| rounded this bit Of barbarlsm. The
perfection of the machinery of Federal
Courts in Utah, the erection Of fort
that commands Salt Lake City and
that could blow the Prophets sLioh
House. and herem into nothingusss
within halfa hour, and the ease of
concentrating any numbe: of troops
there within a few days at the farthest,
have made the maintenance Of the
Mormon faith, in its ex-stronghold,
sheer impossibility.
Emigration en- naassSe may save the
decaying creed. The remedy would
not be new one. The faithful have
already moved in body at least three
times. The possibility Of repeating
this heroic cure of evils too great to
be borne has been discussed at Salt
Lake city fer seme years. Men haze
been sent to Mexico II Investigate the
chances Of finding heaven and hea-
ven of rest there, where marriage by,
wholesale could be safely pfac'ieed.
1t was reported, some time ago, that
Brigham was negotiating with the
Mexican Government for the possession
of the fertile State of. chihuahua
This plan, if it ever existed, has been
abandoned. A new land is said to be
the present goal cf Mormon hopes.
DR.. Menning, the general Manager Of
the London Tract Sceistys rri:es frcm
Utah that Palestine will probably be
chosen and the new Zion placed on the
soil sacred to the old one. One Of the
last acts of the late George A. Smith, ,
FIRST Vice President of the Mormon
Church and State,-or Church-State !,
was to vieit Palestine. Vie was ac
sompauied 5y ths Mermon superinten-
dent Ct pablic Works, Treasurer, and
Stpefintchde.: Of Emigration. They
were received il fsse-Aly Hsy by the
Pashay wstc is believed to eafor the
project. The tssidett MeYss nmsasns
would not oppose it, fer tke5 consider
Mormcus az much .eafeF the tt.e
faith .sas thg etainarg Christian sects
are. ,Fhs IsatetAidea doubtless appeals
to the Turkish ssssssfs. P6lygamy, de-
MED to both Ms'rmot! ind NJ ehamms'
dan at first, was aec:sstwefas lsasEaea
by especial revelaticn" 20 ths two
Prophets. Mohamncd and Joseph
Smith. The authorities at CONSTANT
nople would sell any concessions" for
little cash, and Brigham Young has
| money enough to buy any priv:ledes
! he may wish. Irrigation would dc as
mucN f6t the Holy Land IS !: would
for Utah, W7tk s2r.se and @sali erd
bl;@a f@aatisfIsu:y to lslr, powerful
State might be built upon the sestsrn
shore of the Mediterranean.
A Mormon crusade to tie Holy
Land would, Of course, not take the
whole Mormon population, but the
fanatics would 60 to man-and to a
! woman The new Church would be
more c5t.tspact a4d sffHrgsr tEsr tire
old, After the Mormoss have gone:
we might persuade the Iadians to emf
grass ecrrs1nsre, and ssesr tke west
would be rid of two stSong elerferss
| of horhar;sp, nb5cnoo Tribunp,