Show short history of the normans mormons Mor Nor mons extracts from the saint louis weekly union oct 7 the rise and progress of the mormons cormons as a bodai bod of religionists are perhaps among among 0 the most remarkable events of the present century only twenty one years year s ago this sect sprung sprang C up in the state of new york under circumstances which left those who professed the faith liable to as much ridicule as abuse bo A were heaped upon them beyond measure and still they kept on increasing driven from one place to another hunted tor for sla slaughter u liter I 1 like beasts of prey they still endured endure d alf an and still maintained their onward progress from missouri where they settled after inhuman butcheries but cheries had been committed M on them they were driven like wild beasts and when again they reorganized in illinois and built up the beautiful ul down town of nauvoo thy thay th y wei were e again again 0 driven out of their homes and lesting place by the force of outlawry backed by bv local public opinion their main leader joseph jseph smith the founder of their order and 5 were shamefully butchered as well as some others when they scattered themselves for a time hither and thither throughout the world and finally in a short time afterwards appeared again in in A an organized form stronger than ever since their last reorganization and their fixed aed purpose as they assert of acting under divine command to settle at what is known as the salt lake country no parallel to their increase can be f found in modern times not satisfied sati fied with putting many M 1 0 im na la drafta and driving all of them in aj agthe I 1 the settled and civilized parts d tates 1 to a wild and unsettled c ape e west est we have as a people awit wit ridel y a av exceptions villi fied their na famed their religion we not oo taid ed them and beat them with many man DM we drove them from the Sta tesie e s spoke I 1 oke and published defamations em of f tte the most scandalous kind we d upon them licentiousness and I 1 ausness u ess of the worst description among other things ings poly polygamy amy than which it now is known nothing coufa could be further from the truth and thus hus we went on until public attention and finally public sympathy were turned toward them and made them converts to their faith faithey by thousands no body of people in the whole world not greater in number seems to us to occupy a ta position 8 so BO peculiarly prominent and powerful whether h ether considered in reference to religion politics or commerce as these people who have founded their zion in the bosom of the salt lake country it W would be a blessing to all editors if they learn to tell the truth about the mor s 9 as does the union in the above extracts e I 1 e are many who do but we have not space I 1 i for ail the friendly and truthful sketches we see 1 and much less space have we for the falsehoods which ignorant wicked and daigA designing ingmen men and edit editors orli are disposed to originate and apropo gate causing innocent blood to be shed shad on the earth which if scripture be true they must atone for sooner or later my soul come not thou into their secrets ed news |