The Mormons, it is said, contemplate another and an imme-
diate emigration. A large number of them are discontented with the supervision of the United States Government, and, they have therefore purchased a hundred thousand acres in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, a table-land believed to be- rich in minerals. Here they will organise an industrial com- munity, and revive the practice of polygamy recently aban- doned. The Mexican Government is said to be favourable, which is odd, as Mexicans are Catholics ; but we suspect, if the new enterprise succeeds, they will find that they have caught a white elephant. The Mormons at heart believe' themselves entitled to found a theocracy, and the moment their numbers are sufficient, will refuse to obey any law but their own. Mexico is much stronger than she was, but she does not possess the force to coerce an Anglo-Saxon com- munity bound together by iron laws, and animated by religious or social fanaticism. If the bulk of the Mormons. follow their leaders, Chihuahua will soon be practically inde- pendent, and struggling for an outlet to the sea.
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