Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1879 — Mormans in North Carolina. [ARTICLE]

Mormans in North Carolina.

For several months past a large number of mormans from Halt Lake City and other portions of Utah have been settling iu Cborekee, Clay, and others of the far west counties of of this state, endeavoring to obtain a foothold, and. as the people of this vicinity fear, with a view of controlling the localities in which they settle. The leaders of Brigham Young’s desciples at once set about inculcating their peculiar and revolting religious ideas, and seeking to convert the rude but honest people of the mountains to their views of martial relations. These efforts directed especially to the female members of the communities in which the newcomers have taken up their abode./ This so enraged the men that meetings have been recently held, and the mormans notified that they must quit within three days. Failing to do so it was intimated that suck-mpans would be adopted as would linUre their speedy removal. The people are thoroughly aroused, and seem to make things so lively for the lecherous carpet-baggers that they cannot remain. The Mormans appeal to Governor Jarvis to frotect them in Lheir rights as citizens. n answer to this appeal the Governor has promptly communicated with the authorities in the counties in which the complainants live, directing them to see that everything is done to protect the rights of these people as guaranteed by the laws of the state... This will no doubt', quiet matters for a short time, but it cannot stem the tide of indignation felt by the mountaineers, at what they deem a gross outrage that is sought to be perpetrated by the Mormans, in settling in lheir midst. They will evidently be driven out.