Show copyright Y secured I 1 I 1 HISTORY OF JOSEPH 9 SMITH 1839 they met again in the evening at T tar leys alanson ripley declined acting as deck and elias I 1 smith aks ws appointed in his stead Ae resolved solved to T o make exertions to remove the families of the presidency and the other othe r prisoners first I 1 several of the committee made report of what had been done by them towards carrying the busi business aesa of the committee commit tep into operation elder john taylor had also been baen appointed to visit the b ranches branches of the church on log and upper goose creeks and made report of his proceedings resolved that charles bird be appointed to 0 go down towards the mississippi 1 river and establish deposits of corn fox for the brethren I 1 I 1 on the roid road and aad make contra contracts ca rr fel ferriage aria te fcc 11 monday ath mr turners Tor ners bill of i january came up for the first reading when n mr arigot moved that the bill be laid on the table until the ath dakof day of july next and upon this question mr primm primin i i heaired the abw aad nays which were ordered and decided in the a affirmative by eleven in majority borit aj which by many was consiA considered ered an approval of 0 all the wrongs the saints had sustained affied in the state I 1 ath and ath the committee were in in session stephen markham started for illinois with wife AUA m churon ph Uron 4 i jonathan k 1 and wife seme time p month there was a conference of the church at quincy of which the ifie following f ng are ae the minh minutes tes at a meeting r of bf the church of jesus christ of latter ly day saints held in the town of quicy I 1 Rebr february uary 1889 to take into expediency of locating I 1 libe jae church in some place when br marks was chosen present and robi J B thompson tham P sap clerk elder er green by request then stated the object of the meeting 1 and stated that a liberal oner offer had been made by a gentleman of about twenty thousand thon sand acres lying between het the mississippi and afis moine rivers at 10 two dollars per acre to pe be paid iti in twenty annual installment instalment without interest that a committee cittee had examined the ahe land and reported very favorably respecting I 1 it and think it every way suited salted for a location for the church I 1 br rogers then made some state statements ments and gave info mAtion respecting the land 1414 beag one of the committee appoint 0 pa examine it presides emt t marks thep then observed th bathe qa lk e was altogether in in favor of making the purchase providing that it was the will of the lord land that we I 1 should hould again gather together but from atom the circumstances of being the other places he almost was led M to 6 the conc conclusion lusio n thit that it A was jot not P that we vie should do sa so but bat hoped thit that the brethren would speak their m minds ands the lord w would undoubtedly i manifest by I 1 his spirit tit br barlow thought that it might be ba in consequence of not building wording according to 14 a nabb the pattern that we had thus been scattered br mace spoke in favor of an immediate gathering bishop partridge then spoke on the subject and thought it was not expedient under present circumstances circumstance to collect together but alio thought it was better to scatter ati into different parts and provide lovide for the poor which will be accept acceptable ade bogod lo 10 god judge higbee said that he had been very favorable to the proposition but since the bishop had expressed his opinion he was willing to give up tip the idea several of the brethren then spoke on the subject after abich it was motioned and seconded and unanimously agreed upon that it would not be deemed advisable to locate anthe on the lands for the present A committee was appointed to draft a petition to the general government stating lZ our grievances rie vances and one likewise presented to ehg the e citizens 1 for the same object tue tuesday aday the committee sent a delegation ts to sister erMarie murie to ascertain her necessities babi darnel 1 el shearer and E erastus r astas bingham hamment went applications for assistance wore were made from sister sater morgan L gardner jer ebisu Mek lefta a family br forbush echoed cheney T D mcarthur ac wednesday voted that T turley be appointed appoint ea to superintend the management me nt of the teams provided for removing the he poor and see that they are fixed for tb the journey I 1 I 1 thursday the persecute perse persecution cut was so bitter against elder brigham teung on whom devolved the presidency of the twelve b by y ge thomas B marsh having apostatize e ed d a and his life was so diligently sought for that tat h he be was compelled tp to flee and he left lefi far west on this fay day for alli Hlin in 0 ois I 1 M my brother don carlos smith had carried a petition edition to the mob to get assistance to help our fathers family out t of missouri 1 I know not how much he obtained but bat my father and aad other mother started tg this doy day far 9 with an ox team the committee discussed the propriety of ki dying ly ing the debts in clay blay c county alanson pley was requested request ed to call on OB lawyer barnet who was in town and make orrange arrangements concerning the matter master A latter of at attorney tomey was drawn up for the brethren who felt willing to dispose of their real estate estate to discharge their debts to sign appointing alanson ripley their attorney for that purpose this was not exactly according to th the e minds of the committee for they only directed br ripley to confer with the person above named for forthe the purpose of obtaining information without ref broce rdoe fco q his hip heng appointee an attorney f for or that chat purpose I 1 in in I 1 deen dependant dependant dant of a any n y other person or persons friday my family arrived at the mississippi opposite quincy after a journey of almost insap insupportable portable hardships and elder markham returned immediately to far west monday executive department city of jefferson feb 1839 9 T to C col wiley C williams I 1 aide to the commander in chief sir you will take measures as boon ao 1 alap anil va rtin atna iana rena erea toy by the mormons cormons Mor mons to be d delivered zm ve re v to the proper owners upon their producing satisfactory evidence of their claims it if in any case yop yon think an improper use would be made of them you can retain such asin using will a sound round discretion in the matter you will call upon captain pollard or any other person who may have arms in in possession and take charge of them and this will be your authority for so doing I 1 am respectfully your obedient servant W BOGGS little benefit would have resulted from I 1 this order even if it had been promptly executed as many of the bro brethren thren who owned the arms had left the state and it would be very difficult to decide what wo would uld beillat be sa is factory evidence of claims tuesday the committee appointed charles bird cato to visit the several parts of the county and wm win huntington the town of far west to ascertain the number of families that would have to be assisted in removing and solicit means from those who are able to give for the assistance of the needy and make report as soon as possible thursday elder markham arrived at par far west and in the evening the committee were in council elders Bing bingham liam turley and shearer were appointed to sell joseph smith seu sen s house horse to i a gentleman from clay county I 1 charles bird was sent to liberty liberti I 1 relative e to a power of e torney attorney resolved to send stephen markham to illinois to visit the brethren there and obtain a power of attorney from as had left their lands without selling them A report of the committee appointed to visit the diffie different rent parts of the county to ascertain the ii number amber of fi families milies who alio were desti destitute tuie of teams for their removal was made madd wil jiam huntington reported 33 32 families and charles jird bird 7 as far 48 they had prosecuted their labors resolved to send arastu bingham to visit the north west part of the county for the same purpose and then adjourned ii till 11 ll monday next saturday at a meeting of the democratic association held this evening at Q quincy giney adams county illinois mr lindsay jy introduced a resolution setting forth that thep the e called latter day saints 1 were mapy p of them in a situation requiring the aid of the citizens of quincy and recommending that measures be adopted f for or their relief which resolution on was adopt adopted id and a committee consisting of eight persona appointed by the chair of f which committee J W whitney was chairman the association then adjourned ned to meet on wednesday evening then next after instructing the committee to procure the congregational meeting house as a place of me meeting erini and to invite as many of the people to attend a the meeting as should choose todo to do so in whose behalf the meeting was to be held andallo and also all others citizens of the town the committee not being able to obtain the meeting house procured buted the te Courtl court finouse louse for I 1 th that at purpose I 1 after we were cast into prison we heard nothing but bat that if any judge jorj or jury ury or court of any kind should clear anhof any oi astha ata twe sheild nev never e r get out of 0 o f the state alive this soon det determined ermid our course and that was to escape out of af theli their hands as is soon as ai we could and by any means we could after we had been some som length of time in in prison we demanded a habeas corpus of judge turnham one of the county judg judges e which with some considerable reluctance I 1 was granted great were made I 1 at this time I 1 by I 1 the snob mob that if any of uti un were liberated lil paled we should never ge out of the cat cauty ty alive affek Aft ethe the investigation sidney rigdon w was a a r released e apte d from prison by the decision of the ju judge 6 the remainder won committed to bailhe jail belso iso returned with us ms until a favorable op offered the friendship of the sheriff mr samuel hudley hadley and the jail failor r mr samuel tillery Til tery he was let out oat of tf P secretly in the night dt after having declaire declarer id 1 in 1 prison that the sufferings Buffe rings of ab jesus cirp I 1 were a fool to 6 hi his and being solemnly warned b by them to be out of the sl state ta with as delay delay as possible os aible he madi made his escape il be being pursued aed by a body of armed men it yaa as the abi direction of a kind brov provide jc that lie he escaped out of their hands ind safely arrived in quincy illinois I 1 ri w abo thial I 1 time lime elders kyndall andria and ripley I 1 eay T I 1 tb berly I 1 erty where they had been almost mos w kly y lm or in a ing c at the feet of the jud performing this duty on a judge hughea stared them f all 6 m i associates saoi stes that b by y the look of these mens eyes they are whipped but not conquered and let us beware how we treat these men for their looks bespeak innocence and at that thai time he be entreated his associates to admit of bail for all the prisoners but th the e hardness of their hearts would not admit of so charitable a deed but bat they continued to importune at the feet of the judges and aso so to visit the prisoners and no one of the ruling part of the community disputed the innocence of th the e prisoners r boners but said in i n consequence of the TUI fury bof of the mo mob bibat that even handed justice co cold d not be administered th they ey were therefore theredo re compelled to abandon the idea of importuning at the feet of the judges and leave the ibe prisoners in the hands of god commerce ill feb jtb 1839 mr D W rogers dear sir yours of the alth ins dinst t wa was s received yesterday I 1 perceive that it had been written before your tour brethren visited my house bouse I 1 had bad also wrote to 4 mr barlow before I 1 received yours and which is herewith also sent loisb J wish liere here to remark that about 10 or 15 houses or cabins can be had in iii this neighborhood and several farms may be rented here on the half breed lands I 1 think that more than 50 families can be accommodated with places to dwell in but sot not a great quantity of cultivated land as the improvements on that tract are generally new there are however several affirms which can also be rented sibe since writing to mr barlow I 1 have conversed with a mend friend of mine who has also conversed don versed with governor lucas of iowa territory in relation to your church and people governor lucas says sayi that the people called mormons cormons were good citizens in in th the state eState of ohio and that he respects them now as good and d virtu virtuous olis citizens ns and feels disposed to treat them as such I 1 wish also to say through you to your pele that isaac aaa van allen alien esq the attorney general 01 T ta i 1 il tr CA friend j of mee mine I 1 anat and y I 1 fe feel fl fully gt authorized an riz ea from a conversation which I 1 have bad with him on the subject to say that I 1 can assure you of his utmost endeavors to protect you from insult or violence 1 I will here repeat what I 1 have wrote to mr barlow that I 1 do believe that under a territorial form of government which is directly erectly connected with the general government of the united states your church will be better pd against the capriciousness of public opinion than under a state government ern ment where murder rapine and robbery are admirable traits in the character 0 of f a demagogue and where the greatest villains often reach the highest offices I 1 have wrote to governor lucas on the subject and when I 1 receive his answer I 1 will communicate it to your church 1 I desire very much to know how your captive brethren in missouri are faring I 1 should like to know it if joseph smith jr is at liberty or not and what his prospects are I 1 shall be at carthage our county seat during 0 the fore part of dext week and soon af after ter that perhaps the next week foJ following lowing I 1 expect to go to burlington 1 I T when I 1 expect to see the governor govenor and converse with him on the subject I 1 will probably be at home from the ath until the of march I 1 shall be pleased to see you or any of your people at my house at any time when you can make it convenient it is now necessary necess ovy that something definite should be done in relation to renting farms as the season for commencing suet such operations is fast a approaching us A mr air ft whitney itney a merchant in quincy 1 l is a owner or proprietor of several farms in this vicinity and it might be well to see him on the subject I 1 wish to serve your cause in any matter which providence may I 1 afford me the opportunity tunit y of doing and I 1 therefore request that yo you a feel no hesitancy or reluctance in com muni bating to me your wishes at all times and on any subject I 1 should be much gratified if it could be convenient for mr rigdon donor or someone some one or more of the leading members berkof of your church chuich to spend some time with me in tra traveling through the tract and in hearing and learning th estate tho of the public mind and feelings of the community in in relation lation to the location of the church 1 I feel that I 1 am assuming a very great responsibility in this undertaking and I 1 wish ta he be governed by the dictate 9 of wisdom and discretion while at the iche same time I 1 am aware aware that we are often disposed to view things as we would wish to have them rather than aa as they really are and our great anxiety to accomplish an object may sometimes diminish the obstacles below their real measure the little knowledge which I 1 have as yet of the 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