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The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], A. J. Donnellson
A. J. Donnellson on the existing crisis.
--Andrew Jackson Donnellson, candidate for Vice President on the American ticket for 1856, was addressed, a few days since, by Gen. Foote, in a letter inquiring as to his political views.
In his reply, Mr. Donnellson says:
"My plan of action for the Border States is to meet in Council at Frankfort, or any other central point, by the instrumentality of delegates, who will represent the wishes of the people, whose duty it will be, after due consultation, to unite upon some measures which will secure their rights, and that this measure shall be submitted in kindness and good feeling to our brethren of the other States, including those that have seceded; and that it shall be made a part of the Constitution, as an amendment, if it be accepted by them.
"If this effort should fail, and not be accepted by our Northern friends, after they have had a reasonable time to examine its provisions, then there is no other alternative for the Bo
The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Statistics of Mormon population. (search)
Statistics of Mormon population.
--The Valley Tan copies the following statistics of Mormon population:
The population of Mormons in the United States and British dominions in 1856 was not less than 65,000, of which 38,000 were residents in Utah, 6,000 in New York, State, 4,000 in California, 5,000 in Nova Scotia and in the Canadas, and 9,000 in South America.
In Europe there were 36,000, of which 32,900 were in Great Britain and Ireland, 5,000 in Scandinavia, 2,000 in Germany, Switzerland and France, and the rest of Europe 1,000; in Australia and Polynesia 2,400; in Africa 100; and on travel 2,800.
To these, if we add the different branches, including Sarengities, Rigdonites and Whitcites, the whole sect was not less than 126,000.
In 1857 there appears to have been a decrease in the population of Utah, the number being only 31,622, of which 9,000 were children, about 11,000 women, and 11,000 men capable of bearing arms.
There are 2,388 men with eight or more wives; of t