ENGLAND AND MORMONISM.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 354, 18 September 1868, Page 3

ENGLAND AND MORMONISM.

"We recorded some time ago a strange piece of news, which probably attracted little attention in England, hut which, if it fell into the hands of a quick American writer, might he made the basis of a very interesting work. As it is very short, we may venture to repeat it: —" Six hundred and fifty Mormon emigrants sailed for Liverpool on Satnrday for the Salt Lake by the way of New York. A large proportion of the emigrants were women." Any American bookmaker who wished to do a clever thing had only to go to Liverpool after reading this paragraph, and make inquiries about the Mormons. He would probably be referred to Wales, and if he pursued Wb journey thither he would Boon discover that he had hit upon the large training ground of Mormondom. He would find that "we" rear the followers of Brigh&m Young, and that America gete the credit of them. A

thrilling picture of the frightful state of social life in Great Britaiu might be drawn from the presence amongst us of strange sects. Wales is a great deal nearer to the heart of England than Salt Lake or Oneida Creek is to anything which deserves to be called " American," and an enterprising traveller, gifted with a lithe and sinewy style, might easily delude a portion of his countrymen into the belief that the Mormon nursery in Wales can be afely taken as an example of the relations which exist between the sexes all over the country. If he did this, and did it well, he would deserve to be considered a very "smart" man,for — to use a common phrase—he would have paid us back in our own coin. We send shiploads of Mormons to America, and then write books to prove that Mormonism ia the natural fruit of the loose principles which prevail in America. — Pall Mall Gazette.