The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-21
Brigham Young and Ncw Mexico.

l1l,Jfl. lnf'N ttlitlltl' llul lit Ni'iNlbu 'ih-
prc founder Is gay dcccivcr and that the |
truth s not in him.
Two or three years ago IL was rumored !
that BRIGHAM. alarmed mt the Utah polyg-
amy prosecutions. aud the encroachments oi |
Gcntilce uron hs domains. had resolved to |
pull ny the stakes Of hi Zion, and to quit !
pcscrct with bag and baggage. According 20 |
one story. the new home predostincd for the
saints was in some far-On island Of the Pa
ellie. but according 10 others it was not
moro distant than Arizona on New Mexico
This possible inroad of Murmundom has over
since been the hugbcar of New Mexico, and
IT may grove more; it may affect her terms
Of admission to the Union of States.
What particularly troubles the New Mex
leans il a grave suspicion that their Gov
ernor, :. Il. AxTELL. Is in the plot of Nor
mon emigration. OF AxrELL's connection
with the New Mexican Ring. THE sun 5 read
ers We're long ago Informed through its cor
respondents. That matter, however, con-
cerned territorial acknowledgements; but the
charge that AxrELL is an emissary and tool
of BRIGHAM YOUNG opens new consldera-
tons.
II BRIGHAM Is secretly aiding the scheme
for admitting New Mexico as State, so rs
to use it in building up Mormondom, this
must bc because he imagines that under
| state Government he could secure n toler-
ance such as he can never be sure Of in n
Territory subject ~ the supervision Of Con-
| gress. We are not TO suppose that, If the
astute BRIGHAM has any such design. he
wishes to let his hand be seen in the appica
ton OF New Mexico for admission as "A state.
He would rather keep entirely alOof, doing
nothing whatever in the business, except to
prepare for an overwhelming rush of Nor
mons into New Mexico the moment that II
becomes a State With a clear majority of
Mormons in New Mexico the way would
then presumably be open, under free suf-
frage and State rights, to establish the Nor
mon Church on tirmer basis.
Now, some Of the New Mexicans maintain
that they see such preparations. In the first
place, they point TO the new Territorial land
grant laws and the statutes hasteung sales
Of property for non-payment Of taxes. They
say that these statutes were passed So as TO
drive the embarrassed land proprietors out
az the Territory and allow the Mormons TO
take their places. Admitting this conclu-
sion To bee somewhat far-fetched, We come
next to the relations of Gov. AXTELL to Nor
written to THE sun.
Some months ago the opposition TO AXrELL
took the shape of an application to the he
facio Administration at Washington for his
removal. The charge. against him were
not only Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., hut Of alll-
ance with BRIGHAM NoUSG for Mormon
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and Of being a baptized
member Of the Mormon Church. IL Is well
known that for five on six months prior To
going to New Mexico AXTELL was Cover
nor of Utah. The papers filed last month in
the Interior Department allegc that while
AXrELL was Governor Of Utah he was hap-
TIED 10y BRIGHAM YoUNG, that he frater-
uizod with Mormons in their social and re-
ligious gatherings, and that he was made Il
Bishop Of the Church of Latter Day Saints.
II IL also asserted by these documents as
our Washington dispatches have shown,
that, a year ago last September, AXrELL,
after arriving in New Mexico, wrote letter
TO the sat Ldke Herdid, signed III Obispd
(the Bishop, containing illusions which
show that, in becoming Governor of New
Mexico, he was doing 50 in order TO spy out
the land for Mormon advance. The first
part Of this famous letter which created a
great stir both in Santa Fe and Salt Lake, l.
a picturesque and instructive description o
the country through which FL OGispo hac
been Iourncying, which was the Canadian
river valley with its crops, its grazing re
sources, its climate, its supply Of cattle
sheep, and game, its timber, its mils-ir
fact. all that settlers would desire to know
All this was straightforward aud clear bu
when he began to write Of b" the famous
L.. fl
saying that he event into the subterrancaI
council chambers Of this wonderful people
and interviewed them thoroughly upon tht
, great question Of the hour All, how
i, ever" he added, THAT / am permitted t
p reveal at present Is that BARKls IS thor
, oughly willu'.' Had it not been for the pre-
. mature movement on Corrinne, have NJ
. doubt but the determination would have
been cOnsummate1 before Christmas \
the end of the lettor he again said somcwha
, mystcriously: Il think this will be th
, place, as it can be easily approached from
:, the southwest corner Of 'our territory, Ii
every angle, square, and hypothenuse, | re
main respectfully, III Obispo."
II is not surprising that, in solving Thu
puzzles Of this letter. the New Mexican
papers concluded That BARNS meant tn
. Pucblos Indians; that determination re
ferled to thrpiesent settlers Of New Mexico
that the Mormons were seeking to strike NJ
an alliance with the Indians, and that T.
ObiSpO, whoever lac may be, was spy sen
forward into the new Canaan. Thus fan
however, only an unsuhstantiated guess o
Inference has made III ObispO identical witt
AXTELL. In order 10 prove that ANTELl
was baptized into the Mormon Church
letters were sent TO Washington 10y Rcgistc
=, CHARLES NJ. HOWARD Of the United State
= Land Onlcc, at Beaver City, Utah. and b.
y the editor Of the SAL Lake Tribune, alleging
that NoUNG had publicly declared that II
had baptized AXTHLL Register HOWARD
- letter. copy Of which appeared in tn
u, Washington dispatches Of HE Sun Of Jun
81 u, was as follows;
~ "ng,r SIN Yours Of tho ID inst toJ BlRNrs, lai
Receiver tut directed To- Register is received AMI 0pcne
hN Inc Mr. bAHSts - wh,re In the Big Horn tnu
10 Try OF the Black llnls Some time last iAll BmGHA
d, NouSc WAS In Beaver think in November stopping
~ Bishop JonN r. MuRpOcns Mr. B,gNLs called upo
O iousG. ON his return hr repeated his Wit