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MORMONS IN MEXICO A Mormon agent from Salt Lake Lak City is i. reported to 10 be b. in Mexico negotiating for permission to 10 establish a n Mormon col colony ony ony in that country under a guarantee of Mexicans not ou liberty The fb are oversensitive on the tb number or character of a mans man's wives and the tho mission is i. ex ox- expected to 10 succeed All citizens of tho the United States Slates will certainly wish wib it mot moL abundant success ucc If It Brigham Young and his bis colleagues bad suspected that the tb tide of emigration could 8 so soon oon reach the tb Salt Lake Lako Valley VaHey Valy thor would wouW undoubtedly have taken akon their people popl into ill to Mexico twenty five years ago ngo The Ibe present home bom of the th Mormons Mormon was then so 0 far out ot of the world and so 0 un- un UI Unpromising that the ex- ex promising ill in every very respects respect safe ue in ill fixing there the Ibe lies les i. i felt perfectly foundations of their strange trang theocracy They rby bey wanted to do as us they pleased with with- without out disturbing anybody else uIo and thought they hey tb had bad found the th right place They had bad suffered so eo much from contact with wib he the Gentiles that bat they were wre willing to tomake tomake tomake make any sacrifice to get gt entirely beyond the he range rang of Gentile influence Doubt Doubt- Doubtless less les ess they now regret their choice of a lo lo- location cation and wish wib it bud bad been bon on Mexican soil oil Such an emigration at that time might have ha changed the tb fate fat of our sister republic for it would have bae carried with wilb it t forces which Mexico cannot originate and aDd which she sho sorely orly needs ned Setting aside aid the lb polygamous proclivities of the tb Mormons and they are or a very valuable addition to any country Brave indus indus- rious triou and uDd thrifty their rare genius for far colonization is i. shown in iD the garden they have tave made mad out of a desert If I they have bavo done so 0 much under such unfavorable cir dr what might they not n t have none non where as a. in Mexico Mico everything is i. favorable A Mormon empire would have lave been quite quit within the tb bounds of pos pos- St. Iy St. St St. Louis Loui Republican can
Object Description
| Title | Liberty Tribune newspaper 1880-01-16 |
| Subject | Liberty (Mo.) -- Newspapers; Clay County (Mo.) -- Newspapers; |
| Description | Vol. 34, No. 36 |
| Publisher | William Jewell College |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Date | 1880-01-16 |
| Format | |
| Language | English |
| Collection Name | Liberty Tribune Newspaper Collection |
| Note | Published as: The Weekly Tribune: 1848-04-04 (vol. 1, no. 1) -- 1852-07-09 (vol. 7, No. 13; Liberty Weekly Tribune: 1852-07-16 (vol. 7, No. 14) -- 1860-08-10 (Vol. 15. no. 13; The Liberty Tribune: after 1860-08-17 (Vol. 15, No. 14) |
| Coverage | Missouri -- Clay County -- Liberty |
| Rights | All images are in public domain |
| Contributing Institution |
William Jewell College (Liberty, Mo.) |
| Copy Request | Contact Curry Library at (816) 415-7609 or libinfo@william.jewell.edu |
| County |
Clay County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Liberty Tribune 1880-01-16 Mormons in Mexico |
| Type | article |
| Date | 1880-01-16 |
| Item.Transcript | MORMONS IN MEXICO A Mormon agent from Salt Lake Lak City is i. reported to 10 be b. in Mexico negotiating for permission to 10 establish a n Mormon col colony ony ony in that country under a guarantee of Mexicans not ou liberty The fb are oversensitive on the tb number or character of a mans man's wives and the tho mission is i. ex ox- expected to 10 succeed All citizens of tho the United States Slates will certainly wish wib it mot moL abundant success ucc If It Brigham Young and his bis colleagues bad suspected that the tb tide of emigration could 8 so soon oon reach the tb Salt Lake Lako Valley VaHey Valy thor would wouW undoubtedly have taken akon their people popl into ill to Mexico twenty five years ago ngo The Ibe present home bom of the th Mormons Mormon was then so 0 far out ot of the world and so 0 un- un UI Unpromising that the ex- ex promising ill in every very respects respect safe ue in ill fixing there the Ibe lies les i. i felt perfectly foundations of their strange trang theocracy They rby bey wanted to do as us they pleased with with- without out disturbing anybody else uIo and thought they hey tb had bad found the th right place They had bad suffered so eo much from contact with wib he the Gentiles that bat they were wre willing to tomake tomake tomake make any sacrifice to get gt entirely beyond the he range rang of Gentile influence Doubt Doubt- Doubtless less les ess they now regret their choice of a lo lo- location cation and wish wib it bud bad been bon on Mexican soil oil Such an emigration at that time might have ha changed the tb fate fat of our sister republic for it would have bae carried with wilb it t forces which Mexico cannot originate and aDd which she sho sorely orly needs ned Setting aside aid the lb polygamous proclivities of the tb Mormons and they are or a very valuable addition to any country Brave indus indus- rious triou and uDd thrifty their rare genius for far colonization is i. shown in iD the garden they have tave made mad out of a desert If I they have bavo done so 0 much under such unfavorable cir dr what might they not n t have none non where as a. in Mexico Mico everything is i. favorable A Mormon empire would have lave been quite quit within the tb bounds of pos pos- St. Iy St. St St. Louis Loui Republican can |
| Contributing Institution | William Jewell College Charles F. Curry Library |
