on the same subject representing the coast as a country every way calculated for our use and comfort.
Coun. is much pleased with the description of , he dont care about the barren deserts. Sufficient information has been given to prove that it is a good place for the saints to make a location, that they may build a City on the Coast of the Pacific and carry the gospel to the other part of the globe. This would be a good place for the saints for the time being, there is plenty of cattle and provisions of every kind. We will soon be independant of this nation, and we will be the head and not the tail. He rejoices in the whole thing as it is laid before us.
Coun. made some remarks on the situation of and the policy [p. [192]]
A recent Nauvoo Neighbor report described California as better for settlement than Oregon, as it had “a more fruitful and genial clime” and was particularly productive on the coast and in the region of San Francisco. Other newspapers also described the attractions of California for settlers. (“Cotton in California—The Oregon Settlers,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 19 Mar. 1845, [2]; see, for example, “Oregon and California,” New-York Spectator, 14 June 1845, [2]; and “Cotton in California,” Daily Picayune [New Orleans], 28 Feb. 1845, [2].)