Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1877 — Brigham Young’s Future. [ARTICLE]

Brigham Young’s Future.

It is again announced that Brigham Young has made up his mind to move Mormondom out of the United States. But the public has read that piece of news so often, only to find that nothing came of it, that it will probably decline to put faith in this last report-. The people of the United States would be exceedingly glad of the opportunity to speed Brigham and his flock on their way out of the country, but they will not believe that the Mormons intend to move until they move. But it is to be said that the news this time seems to be more reliable than usual. It is a well-known fact that a couple of shrewd, sharp-eyed Mormons, high in the confidence of their brethren, have been spending their time for the last year or more inspecting the pleasant places lying between Utah and Northern Mexico. It is now reported, on apparently good authority, that Brigham has made large purchases of lands in Northern Mexico with the intention of taking possession in the fall, or, at the latest, next spring. It would be little wonder if this or some such programme -was carried out. For it is clear that peace and tranquillity are no longer possible to Brigham in his present fair domain. The Mountain Meadows massacre was the death-blow of Mormonism in the United States, That accursed “religious” system we read is still flourishing, and from that fact a strong argument is to be drawn in favor of the total depravity of the race. But it is a refreshing thought that it will soon flourish entirely without our borders, and that once out there is no chance of its return.— Albany (N. K) Journal.