Litchfield enquirer., 1876-06-08
The Mormon Move.


 There is more truth than fiction in the report that the Mormons intend virtually abandoning Utah and emigrating to New Mexico. Yesterday morning Brigham Young, Jr., and First High Councillor Daniel H. Wells left St. George for New Mexico, via Arizona, taking with them A few of the chosen ones to spy out and set tie upon their new domains in New Mex ico and make the necessary preparations for general hegira of the saints to the promised land. Brigham the prophet has been at St. George several days. The new temple has just been finished at that place, and on the return of Brigham iuni- or and Councillor Wells it will be dedicat- ed, and the programme is to proclaim young Brigham president of the church and the successor of his father. Emigra- tion from the southern portion of the ter .ritory to their new Fl Dorado on the headwaters of the Little Colorado, New Mexico. will then begin in earnest, under the auspices of young Brigham. It is un- derstood that the purchase of the large body of land from Mir. Waddingham by tho prophet has been concluded. and now that the spring season has set in and the roads become passable, they are begin- ming to take formal possession. There they will he as isolated from the Gentle world as they were twenty years ago in Utah Evidently Brigham's scrip was placed where it would do the most good in the last session of the legislature of New Mexico, for that body passed an election bill similar to that Ill this territory, re- quiring that all ballots be numbered and the names of each voter placed opposite the number of the ballot. This election IoS 1olo Ca o1 ment in the hands of the church, just as it does here; in fact. more completely, for Ill Utah, by congressional enactment, the governor has an absolute veto, which pow CT was exceptionally conferred upon him for the purpose of preventing prOscriptive church Legislator. The governor of New Mexico is not vested with such absolute power. The legislature can override his veto as in any other state or territory. ex- Cept Utah. For some time missionaries have been at work converting the vaga- bond gzeasers in New Mexico to the Nor mon faith. They being ignorant and su- perstitiorls are good material for the crafty priesthood to work upon, and under the new tyrannical election system, the Nor mons will be able to outvote the few thousands of white people in the territory aud capture it's government. Then will begin the prescription of the Gentle ele- ment-confiscation of property, blood atoning assassination and wholesale slaughter, as existed in Utah in the early days. when the bloody-handed Brigham was ln the zenth of his power. It is not their intention to abandon Utah. They have too much property at stake. But the New Zion will be in New Mexico-free from Gentle innovations Their head r.k>1 r. L n s ham, the prophet, will remain here and fight the devil and the Gentiles the bal ance of his few remaining days Were he ten or fifteen years younger he would un- doubtedly lead the saints out of bondage into renewed bondage, but he has passed the allotted three score and ten years. his health is wretched and rapidly failing, and not he. even thought prophet, can tell what day may bring forth It ia generally understand and believed that af- ter the new temple is dedicated at St. George, Brigham Young, IT,, will be off, fcally proclaimed as the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and successor to Brigham |. The The plan Is then to make kind of trium- phal procession through southern Utah to Salt Lake, preceded by couriers bearing the glad tidlngs of the approach of tho new prophet. The triumphal march will be considered as an endorsement by the people, and arriving at Salt Lake he will be duly installed in the Lion House This may lead to division of the church, or possibly to an outbreak. Brigham, jnni- or, is very unpopular, even odious, in the nostrlls of the great majority of the saints. He does not possess even ordinary intelli- gence, is immoral, incorporate, and bru- tally tyrannical, has labored more for the advancement of his own interests than those ot the church, and is generally ob- jectionable on general principles. He is, however, sound on the pOiygamy ques- tion, having seven wives. That trouble IS appreIend ls apparent from the iacb that. for the past few weeks that ancient and murderous organization, the Nauvoo Legion, has been organizing and purchAs- ing arms, intuition, etc. Meetings afe al- most nightly held in the various ward school-houses, under the pretense of dis cussing educational matters; but that pre- text is too gauzy, as it is we'll known that the Mormons are opposed to education, and denounce the public school system as pauper education.
 Have your Philadelphia friends said anything yet about your coming on tO see them? They are mean if they haven't but you don't want to aot mean to them. Write to them to come to see you. Tell them you Ve got everything comfortable for theHn and would like to have them stay all summer. It is really necessary. you know, that yon should see yOur Phil. adelphia friends this summer, if ,yon never see them again. This yoh have probably felt all along. t a3er oa sGl.