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Show broil . Published 10..1.1...-1..J....- J.i fnto tho tJnlteil State, court room and at the point of tlio bowio knifo compelled Judge Drummooil to adjourn his court (ino din; (this is a (Uieer isuricatioii, tliere jievr wan such an occur-rrn- ee iu Utali)and very aoou ,ll the t'nited States olBcem, exoui to. Indian Agent, ware compelled 10 nee iroui ine territory. .. MtlUtbMtUlUHJ' a.....-...- .1 irVBIVVUaj OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oat six TrtT Mwa' Now this same amiable and persecuted $6.08 4.0Q 2.uu ,10 ' fires Months Single Coy Judge Dmmmond brought with him a courtezan from Washington, whom he rateI -- i s Mi ft ' 7 eao YVJiu.il. 7 , g a ' 35 $ 60 40 70 65 HJO Ml 135 2ut) 75 100, 135 pM muutli. iuaM Caai fransient advertising to b. paid for in advance. of type of thii X tenure consists of tea line adetir vliflr allowed to change at pleasure. with only mo ......... ..... go t jquare for composition, but they willcon-beibwged KXX'UA fot occupying saou over Notices or Advertisements retained on will be charged twonty- the outside ...of the '.. ...Iiliti.triul ttluive tMttil. .n the jive per wuw l.iv.rtitonionts nut inuiked ou the copy with the be will published at our op- insertions, jiumik-jiuu until ordered out, ami cuargea ai transient par, JvKBTlSEMKXTS Inserted till forbid, will bo wmtinued until ordiirod uu,t, iu oyurj instance, and ' .luiriuid for aceonifutfly. i anfl Titilr yearly advertis-r- i Tin privilege W Visai-ly- H restricted to tuoir diroct line of business, and Ugai, Auction, Kcul Estate., or other advertisements foreign to their regular trade, will be charg- is Advertisements from the States will be without tlio cash ( at our advertised ralos,) actompanviug the order, unless from one of our Wolar authorized Advertising Agents. 11 cusiMejijfidnW of interest to the tialiiic, or intended to promote p'rivate interests, till be charged as advertisements, and payment required in advance. If persouul in character, we rrjtjm the right to reject auy article, or advertise-mm- t of this class. No D. RICHARDS, FRANKLIN i Editor and Publisher, OCDEN DIRECTORY. United Slates Officers for .:. Vtah. Governor J. Wilson Shaffer, Secretary S. A. Alarm. Marshal Milton C. II Hempstead, U. S. Attorney E. Tourtcilottel (kipt. Indian Affairs . Qi-r.- i. Clement. ;. fltrtoo-ffeuttnM':- Maxwell. ,v n r U. S. Autttor John V. Taggart. T. S. Collector O. J. Hollister. Chief JiUtieiC': 0. "Wllsoi. Asoeiatc Ju ttictt 0, F. Strickland and , llawley. ... ; ' i -- . Ofileers: Territorial Cur.ire-iWilliam to Delegate Hooper. II. s ., . Zoi'ubbabcl McAllister. al Attorney-Gener- SnbH1'. Mamhal J. 1). T. .. JLuditor Willima I'lu.ytoa. treasurer- - Harid O.'Caldof, tfuferintendaif" ( "Common Seheolt Robert L. Cainpvll., ,. , ;., .;, , , i',, x , W Weber Count OJJicens: j F. D. and County Judge ' """" " "" Select Men Lester J. Herrick, Ilenry lolmeK, Richard Balluntyne. VI nil ani UcorJer-- h' . S. Richards. I'TWitting Attorney Aurelius Miner. frerif Gilbert Rclknap. Dtfuty sS'Acrtjf William Brown. 'AiirtsoT and Collector Sanford Bing-bs- Probate Hicbard.. ' Israel Canfield. Win. N. Fife. Surveyor and Superintendent of Schools ' Treasurer Coroner Wm. W. Burton., ., i '., , ', .in C'ltyi fsovernment: Incorporated by Act of Jan. J8, 1SG1. Municipal5 Election'' bietinmlly' on the stcund Monday of February. Meetings of.fheCtty Cotmcil weekly, on Tuesday f veniiigi, a City Hall, Ji'uin direct; ., .Viyer Loreu Fftrr. A ldernent: A. 'Brown, 1st Ward; -- ., 2d r .M.Ufllorrick, "Parry, Sd-'s- , ,Cnclor,t J aincg ,Mc Gaw, Walter rhinp6oni,Ayilliaiu' SV( Burton,' Josiali ,). LttTitU ; '.., Reeorder Thoa. G. CVlcll. , Attarttey A..Minr. Marthaly,'. TS; Fifev 5 ., i 1 ,. 1 ...,,,... ", r.Aaron Farr. Amnor and ColleetorB'. Bingham. Survevor W. W. Hiirtun. Gsjifcwt' of.l'vlictY. G. Taylor, ,., , Poht Ofllce: Ojeden af Delivery from 8 uenef " .' . t& 7.80 Sunday,' from 6 p.nt. to 7.30 p.m. Daily Mailpn.osi, until further notice, u ; p.m ff Salt Lnko City at ., , - for the West ' ..' From From ,, theUiM Vsir 9 5 -- i Annivi SalLaliC City a.ia. p.m.1 , " a.m. 0.30 p.m. 1.0.30 - ' ? lO.POip. MAILS i W for North Ogden en Mondav at 'SO p.nt'-rFo- r Plain yhy.on Thurs-l.- v, at 630 p.wr'Fijf unt wills, on Tuesday and Fsidav, aX 8 p.jr SEMI-WEEKL- LrltTA THE "mimnn Editor Dsebt Y Trains lxproHA r.rUn fi question; . News:' ! Vice-Preside- nt - es re Is Divino Worship . " oelfKj 5uBday,,it Ihf Tabernacle, a.m.; and in the School Houses arda atj6.30 p.m. f the various l -- J Their liiitli bos subjected thein to In. wick-mln- st They have persveutious by unbelievers. been despoiled,- - they insist, of their property: maltreated in thoir persons, buffered and rastimt, because they would not renounce their professions . . . , and their revelations. . , This, sir, is all true; does it falsify a truth to repeat it ? The Mormons make these statements and are always prepare1 to prove them. "I referred to some of these things in jny last; Mr. Colfax has not disproved them. He now states, "I do not at tempt to decide that the charges against them are well founded." - Why then are they made? Has it become so desirable to put down the Morm.aa that unfounded charges must be preferred against them I - : . there anything remarkable in a Territory, applying Jot admissiv into the Union? How nave otLer islatcs cn- tered the Union hir.co the admission of tl? first thirteen? ere they not all territories- in their turn, and generally ap plied to Congress for, and obtained ad mission? .Why should Halt b vn ecp tioa? She has from time to time, as a constitutional requisition, presented a ft constitution containing a ption withtorm a government. r;y.:e republican her application ttaUioritia,'''vada. Kansas, Muinesjttai .Oregon and NcVirnska have' been admitted. And wlfy 'should Congress, as Mr. Colfax aays: "Endeavor to ignore Vtak?" And ,why should it be so diffivult a"qnotiento "meet face to face?" Has it become so ? very difficult . for Congress to do right M is the uiittti'I, some remarsaote eonversation was had between Brigham Young and Senator Trumbull. Now, as I did not happen t hear this , conversft-- 1 lion, 1 cannot say wnai it was. vne thing, however, 1 do know, that I have seen hundreds, of distingnished gentlemen call od President Yonng and they have been uniformly better treated than . But something has was said about' United States officers. I am sorry to say that many United States officers lutve ifidep'orted themselves that they have not been much above par with us. They may indeed be satraps and require homage and obeisance; but we have yet to learn to bow the knee. etf rally Brigham . Youn. , iy?9 not speak "cvfcii to 'a flirted Starts fitnafor' with honeyed words and measured sentences; , bul as an ingenuous and honest man. lint- wo are told tht . m r i ' , Their cliurvh was first established at Manchester, Sew J'srk. in IKtt), and their tlrst removal was in isar. to ICirtlend, 0!iio, which they nVclarad was revealed to them as the sit. nt their New Jerusa-enr.(iriiMuke.) Tbcnc their lenders went wot to sejin h a new location, wliich'they found in county. Mo, and dedicated a site fur and other New Jcrusalom tliere, and returned to to remriin titer tor lira jreurs avowedly to make money:" fan error) "a bank was estoMisliod tliere by them; larKcquantttim at bills, of doubtKirt-lan- t of charges of ful vnlue issued, ami i;rowini; fraudulent dealing, Smith and Itidon were tarred ' ' ' and feathered. ht This is a gross perversion. Smith and Rigdon were tarred and feathered in March, 1?32, in Hirahi, Portage county; the bank was organizod Dec. 2d, 183t, in Kirtland. Mr. C. continues: , , , ae si h outmget are, this one was based on allogitd fraud and not on religious XiiA uSjiou'nalde belief. ,i.liw ! , I : . Allow ine to state that this persecution y . .. . 1? :' I on religious was uascu ucuet auuJ not on his statement is a per fraud, .nnd that version, for" the bank" was not opened t' t ' m until several years after the tarring and feathering referred to. Rut did the bank fail? Yes, in 1837, about fiveyears in, the great; financial crisis;- and aflr, 8i filei'niobV o"f tho banks in the Uni tod States, in Canada, a great many in Eng land, France and other parts of Europe. Is it so much more criminal for the Morthai others? Tim roeniit t'xnulsion of prominent memlwrs of mons to mako a failure his church for dVuhtinf his infallibility pmvra that Their bank was swallowed in the general ciuui Bci. lin regiirrts His poner w oqimi 10 financial maelstrom,' and some time after nnd lias a will equal to his power.'1 ' the failure of the bank, the bills were I am sorry to havo to say that Mr. ' redeemed. principally was mistaken is Colfax her, io person fled U Missouri; thsir IMIowers Joined They trbin-luof Church Josus ever dismissed thorn there; they wer. soon accused of plundering Saiuts for disbe- - and burning Christ of Latter-da- y kabiUvtiwns and. with secret assassiof President nations. iufallibiljty iievineiothe , u. h i r..n:vi.. Was there no law in Missouri? "She i US not .OOliene e in iuimuviv, so have and publicly. MiEHOuriase certainly did not lack either taught fop one; Neither have I the will or the power to enforce it. Why 1 a:n in the Church yet. ever hcard Prest, "cdbf make aify sutjij were net tMcftfl" robbers, incendiarjes, Mr, C. conpretensions. Mr. toltax is a goou pou- and assassins dealt ' with in ' blunders sad makes ' he tinues: ; ticiin. but ... . i .o Nor do. thwe charges affnl nst them rest on. the polemics. He makes a roagmneeni pcittestiinony 9f those who bad not been of their own " (kith, er ana l rcsiaeni ot tne ccimi, T. B. Marsh, la he as a that preacher of the tweve apostles of their church, and Olson afraid, however, I one of the apostles. Made auldavits before lyde, won d not be so suocessiul. ine Honor officer ia fta? tuunty, Missouri; in whlck Marsh able gentleman now proceeds to divide an swore and Hyde corroborated it. his subject and commences: 'They have among them a company consisting of all that are trie Mormons, called the Itenites, 1. THEi ntTrurxo or tiii bbwt. who have taketi au oath to support the beads of - . e ..!! lH-'l- beautiful in location and attractive In ita gardens But the solution of it ail Is in and shrubbery. ne word water. What aeonusiJ to in. eye desert became fruitful Wirn Irripatea, ann in, niountains, whose ciwrts ai-- clethed In perpetual anow, furuished. in the unlivilini,supplief ol theif ravines, Ike necessary tortiliier Mitalile diclai '! Here I must Water 1ajiR Utab. M.vCf help desirqui learning i fact This wonderful little v.;atcr ryrap I', "'TT'wnJKiOtrden, Sak f.U nnd Utah, after playjog twith:!1te7lc!u.ds ol our knUIJwjjJ t8tiy,.iilit6rwai.'id mountain tops, frolicking" with forthe snyw 'ww-itfgenera xelLabler scotch of Mpr-M- and raiij i&our rugged gorges with tfvp sun and ations, coquetting taij .hate a thousand oav dancing tq the sheen of the inoon, about auestiong answered that are beingdaily the time the "Morinonu" came hero took ;ked .SwenpfaB lTUht'end for a copy upon.hersclf tj perform a great miracle, and descending to the valky with a VSloan'g SaH Lake Nailed, Dctory." wafe,o( her vpnf, ic wand wid the mysteth Jtjsqaos Oce,. for 8,'dollar' rious , H qmrtsr" " ' fl were laid out, crystal oiticsand stroots ' , ..ii '( , ftV y?.,.Lakii of "Wrybody lief" The ilpiimml of the people of I tnh Territory for iiiimpdiati' nlinisinn into tlio t'liion, us n Mute, intuit' at their recent conference meeting nnd to tie pnwiilel I'V their delegate nt llio apprimrhine sessions of Cii(:i i:m, conipcls the imtiun to most, line to facn, ik ipiestlixi which it lias apparently mwleiiToreJ to ignore. tj ), an Dear Sir: Hnvir.ir been in the country and not hom ing of Mr, Colfax's reply, while absent, is the reason why this answer has been so lm:p Mr. Clfax htu itvlied tu iii article by another, published iu the New. V Ark Independent, Dec. 2nd, headed "The Mormon Question." I have always been taught to reverence nieu in authority. My religion has not loaseued lie fores of that precept. I am sorry to be under the necessity of differing from fhe honorable gentleman who stands seconif in authority in the greatest and freest nation in the world. My motto has always been and now is: Honor to whom honor is duof yet, while I feel bound to pay homage. ty q, iftau of. his talent and position I cannot but rc alize that "all men are now free and equal, and t,hat I livein a land-whethe press, tfyiight and speecli are free. If i it- - kad beoa a poniorutl difforiuiCB.I should have had no controversy with Mr. Colfax, and the honorable gentleman, I am sure, will excuse me for staudjng, up in defense of what I know to be a traduced and injured people I would not aecSRe the gcntlpman of misI cannot help knowing, representation. however, that ho is (misinformed in relation to most of his historical details; and justice to an outraged community, as well as .truth',: requires: tljat such statements should be met and the (ruth vindicated. I cannot but think that in refusing the proffered hospitality of our city which, of course, he had a perfect right to do, ho threw himself among a class of men that v?ere, perhaps, not This is also one of their favorite tbeme. Convery reliable in historical data. stantly it is roiteasiltd by theis auuMlaiid bishops, from week to week, and from year to year. It is 1 am not surprised at his apparent discoursed about iu their tabernacles and their antihis account for I can prejudices; ward nn'i' rtuKQ, cuuroliua.. It is written about in pathies, but, cannot permit Mr. Colfax, IbrvwrirHlirnls and papers. It is talked atmut even, ignofautly, 1o traduce my friends with nearly every stranger that comes into their midst. They have been driven from place to place, without defense. He state that' k E they claim, solely uu account of tools rolliious be- ti,t S.JtXitkii City at t, j.m. . For loo East nt 111 . K",. rr. U .( o f t. t' D m . For this they claim great credit, and I would 1 f Arrive frdm Salt !tie ify; 9.20 a.m. not detract rt iota tx all thar legitimately . i. - .ntitl.H in ft warn s Arert vhiAi they nrrt emi01 r- rom iki r. .ir p.,- -. ponions Is grated thither. Thev have muxle largechief ' city , it fruitful and productive, and their "sit ty a.m. ' T waters flowed in tea thousand rippling streams, fruit trees and shrubbery sprang up, gardens and orchards abounded, cottages ' and mansions wsre organized, fruits, flowers and grain in all their ely-siglory appeared and the desert blossomed as the rose; and this Little frolicking elf, so long confined to the mountains and water courses, proved herself far more powerful than Cinderella or Aladdin. ,, Uu JcalyuFy, thou green; ' eyed monster! Can no station in life be from the shimmer of thy glamprotected our? Must our talented and honorable bo subjected to thy jaundiced touch? Hut to be serious did water tunnel through our mountains, construct dams,- canuts and ditches, lay out our cities and towns, import and and plant choioe flowers, cultivate tlio land and cover it with the cattle on a thousand bills, erect and factories, churches, school-housand transform a howling wilderness into a fruitful field and garden J If so why docs, not tho Qireen River, the Snake River, Bear River, Colorado, tho Platte and ether rivers perform the same prodigies? ' Unfortunately for Mr. Colfax, it was "Mormon" polygamists who did it. The Erie, the Welland, the Pennsylvania and Suez canals are only water. What if a stranger, on gazing upoa the statuary in Washington and our magnificent capitoL and. after rubbing his eyes were to.eacuiim, "Eureka! it is only rock, and mortar, and wood." This discoverer would announce that instead of the ar intelligence, indusdevelopment try and enterprise, its compenent parts were simply stone, mortar and wood. Mr. Colfax has discovered that our improvements are attributable to water. We uext'Ceme to another division and a L i quote . J !;. ii t. 'J v Tnrn KKSECCTIOXS. - $ m., frtlie East ISeply of Johi Taylor o the Hon. St hiijler f ojrdx, ou . Trtatuttr ; 77 OCiDIX, UTAH, SATUIUMV, FEIJRUAItY 12, 1S70. Xo. 13. 5 $S $15 $ 30 $ 25 7 10 18 21 Q ;i i3 18 ,30 46 60 6 3 Arts. -- es- - fllttTrV W Ujei, $2 $3 (DeYoted to ;3fows, Litoraturc, Agriculturo,1 Science, and the 1 u.ii.U the thurrAi in ali things, whether right or wrong. I have h-tile, propncl say tliatt lie wouid yet esemins and walk over their dead t'a.l de.n hisif he was not let alone, be would be a bodies; that, second Mohammed to this gnneratlon, and that bo Would make it one gore of blood front the Kocky Mdnnuiinf to tht Atlantic Ocoati.' 'I am sorry to say (lvttt Thomas B. Marsh,, did uuke tiiat affidavit, and that Qrsoa Hyde stated that he kirw part of it and believed, the other; and it would be disingenuous in me to dey it; but h is nojt trus that (liese things existed, for I wftiv,,thcre' And kn'JW to the centrary; and so did Uie people of Missouri, and so did,, the Qovornor of Missouri. How do you. Recount for their acts? Only on the score of the weakness of ou cem-uo- n We were living in humanity. troublous timcSj antlj all men's nerves are not proofagainst such shocks as we then had to endure-- . Mobs were us on every hand, burning eur Iiohsbs, murdering out people, destroying aur crops,, killing our caltle., AJjout I TOI I. this time that horrible massacre at Hauns Mill took place, where men, women and children, were indiscriminately butchered, and their remains, for want of other sepulture, thrown into a well. Messages were coming in from all parts, of fire, devastation, blood and death. We threw up a few logs and fences for pro' tection; ; this, , I suppose, is what Mr. Colfax calls, "fortifying their towns and defying tie officers of Jaw.", If wagons and fences and a few house logs are fortifications, we were fortified; and if the mob, whose hands were dripping with the blood of men, women and children, whom they had murdorod in oold blood,' were "officers of the law" then we are guilty of the charge. I cannot defend the acts of Thomas B. Marsh or Orson Hyde, although the latter, had been laboring under a severe fever, and was at the time only just recovering; no more than I could defend the acts of Peter when he cursed and swore and denied Jesus; nor the aots of Judas who betrayed Him; but if Peter, after going out and "weeping bitterly," was restored and was afterwards a chief apostle; so did Orson Hyde repent sincerely' and weep bitterly, and was restored and has since been to Palestine, Germany and other nations. Thomas B. Marsh returned a poor broken down man, and begged to live with ub; he got up before assembled thousands and stated: "If you wish to see the effect ef aposlacy, look at me." He was a poor wreck of a wan, a helpless drivelling child and he is since dead. A people are nest to be judged by such acts as these. Rut the Governor of Missouri in his message says: j introduced as his wife, and had her with him on the bench. The following will show the mistake a regard to Col. " ' ' Steptoe and others: "To; His. Excellency Franklin Pierce, President of the United States. "Your petitioners would respectfully "' represent thai, Whoveaa Governor Brigham Young possesses the entire confidence of the people of this Territory1 without distiuctien of party or sect, and from persmial aequaialauce and social intercourse,'- we find him to be a firm ' supporter of the Conntitution and laws ot l tho United States, and a tried pillar of . Republican instkutious; and having repeatedly listened to his remarks, in private as well as In public assemblies, ' do know he is the warm friVad and able supporter of Constitutional liberty, the rumors published in the States, to the contrary, notwithstanding; and having canvassed to our satisfaction, his doings us Governor and Superintendent of In n ditto,, affairs,, aud also the distribution of. , appropriations for public buildings for the Territory, we do most cordially and cheerfully represent that the same has becA expended to the best interest ef the nation, and, whereas his appointment would better subservo tho Territorial interest' than tho1 appointment of any .. a other1 man.'? .iti-r,U "We itberofore take great pleasure in recomraend'inz him t your favorable consideration, aud du earnestly request Ins appoint mot as Governor and Super- intesbdeat of Indian afttirs for this Ter- - ' committee to wait upon the Governor. His Excellency thought it best (although we had had a bearing before to have a rehearing on ' the press question. We called his attention to the unsettled state of the country, and the gcnoral mob spirit that provailed ; and asked if we must bring a guard ; that we felt fully competent to protect ourselves, but were afraid it would create a collision. H said, "We bad better come entirely unarmed," and pledged his faith and the faith of the Stat for our protection. We went unarmed to Carthage, trusting in the Governor's word. ' Owing to tho unsettled state of affairs we entered jnto recognisances' to appear at another time. A warrant whs issued for the arrest.of Joseph and Hy-ruSmith, for treason. They wore remanded to jail, and while thoro, were murdered.' Not "by a party of ob," as Mr. Colfax's history states, "from Missouri," but by Men in Illinois, vv ho,' with blackened focos, perpetrated the hellish deed; they did ot overpower the guard, as stated, the guard helpod them in the performance of their fiend ish act. I saw them for I was there at the tirae. 1 could a tale uufold that , , :, ,. ., would implicate editors, officers, military ritey.""Salt laate City, Utah Territory, and civil ministers of the gospU and 80th, 1851. J. P. Kinney Chief other wolves in sheep's clothing. ; Shav- The following will show in part what Justice Supreme Court, Leonidae . J. Steptoe, ; : Assistant Justioe, ver, was: out position "A proclamation to ,the citizcw of Lt, Col. U.'S. army, Jehn F. Bcynolds - t SylvesHancock County : Whereas, a web of BvL Maj., Bufus Ingales, Cap., La Chett,' L. ' Livingston, f'r.m one to two- hmndred men, under ter 5lowry, JnOk. C-- Chandler, i Bebert . 0. Tyler, . arms, have gathered thero.se.lves together Chas. A. in the southwest part of Haucock county, Bouj, ,,AUstour, Lioutsnntj Horace R. Kir-by- 1, Rankin, and sreat this time destroying the Perry, Wm. ,G. Medical ' Staff? 'V. S. A: Henry,! C dwellings, and other buildings, stacks of BrWnelt, 0. !i 1 J. Bipne, These' people had violatu the laws if the land gralb and ether property, of a portion pf JL IL Luoiao.'.I I Bedellrw by 'open and .rami resistanc. to them; they bad our icittfetis: iu the not inhuman nmn-no- r, Instituded among themselves a government of an4 Uoekaday Pihw1atane.tsv'. , ., i., .ctnpelling defuncelcsg women and their own; fndependrut W, and in oppoaitlo4 in, There' was reajly no rn.es canse for the pjSTHromeot of tliia But (falsej; they faast, at children tQ leave their sick beds and extlias.'1 there Is n6W, anl " a an season of th. year, driven the posing therrt to the rays ef Ihtfparohing ar''armyethW thbre'iirnd mere reasnwi in reality, t of an entire county from their bomeA. ravd there to suffer, without aid aging their crop, aid dasuuying their dwellings. suiv or assistance of a friessily band, to raiar than, there ?wm ;tsen,,iand the bills ef Gsxrernor reversed had Messrs. Cragin and Cullom are only a the if Nw,( this "statement il would have been true; istcr to their wants, in their sufferitg series ot Clie same infamies that we havo The condition. rioters spare hot the before the falsity of it 1 stand prepared to willow nor and are designed, 4 orphan, and while I am writ as all.'.experienced, was Mr. unbiassed men it know, to create a Governor, anywhere. prove ing this proclamation, the smoke is aris and collision, aided by the , difficulty your bull that gored stir ox. We were to flame tho clouds, and the is do robAcd, pillaged! and exiled, were yost ? ing four buildings which have just clamor of speculators and contractors, ( who have of course, a very disinterested Our men, women and children were Touring been set on firo, by the rioters. Thous i musrdered without redress; driven from ands of dollars worth of property has al dosiro to relieve thoir venerated uncle their homes in an inclement scaso of , thrusting their patriotic hands into by been consumed,: an entire retlu the year, and died by hundreds, in the ready ,!' ment of about sixtv or seveutv fnniili.s his pockets, io ( underf nthe State of Illinois, jn consequence of hard- laid I ani sorry be painful ne- - . the inhabitants thereof r waste, hiswf ships ami exposure. fired upon, narrowly escaping with their ocesiry reptid rating Ut. Colfax's - ' have... Jh Jegisiatuxa. of Missouri,, to t erd said that His .toryiii orporatlons and ftrre. ties bri'csrefl the raVs 'no arc i not prover-- r their ioaniy, appropriated the mnmfl-en- t livit aodnuations ouis," 1 mob. -i , ;Thorefore comT sum of $2,fH) to help the suffering ages of,the tnand said rioters and other peaco break 'bially cpnscientiqus about; their, aomeiir. "Mormons." Their agent took a few ers to ielature or records. Diplomacy general? desist, forthwith; and I hereby miserable traps, the sweepings of an old call ly find larigoago' suftcd "te lU1 bbjects. " law1 the a as upon abiding citliens, When tho British nation !g ranted te the store; for the balance of the patrimony of Hancock county, to he sent into Davis County and killed our posit eommitatus Iodi Cw.uipapy their stupendous . East, their united aid in suppressing the hogs, which we were then prevented give rioters and maintaining the supremacy monopoly, thaCompany subjugated and ' from doing, and brought them to feed ot me brought really' into srdom about one law. the poor Mormons" as part of tho lebtmdxed Billions of humau beings; and -' J. B. Backenstoa, This I saw. oompeUsid many to miss poison (opium) gislative appropriation. Sheriff of Hancock Ills", Cotinty, Oa this subject 1 could quote volumes. iU thsX instead,, ,of .bread.,. History Mr. Baekenstos was not a Mormon. utradt I will only say that when authenticates! eommerct." md Aflea the Cnfneao e set out in aearon or an, asylum, . ia testimony was presented to Martin Van some far off wilderness, where we h6pod had passed a' law making the introduction of epiaxB contra Wnd, iu defiance of Buren the President of the United we eesild religious liberty. .' Pro this law, States, he replied, 'Your cause itjuit; vious to enjoy they sent rgoes of the taboo-- our departure a committeo ed article and illicitly introduced their , but I can do nothing for you." A. Douglas, 'pf Steiihen composed,, Mr. Colfax, in summing up, says: Gen. John J. narding,' both members of poison. The Chinese, unwilling to be poisoned, Confiscated and destroyed these There ii nothing la this as to then' religion. Congress, the Attosmey General of Iflin contraband goods.1 History calls it a ' warren an a met oia, in majorothers, Read the following: and when thoCfaineie, unwill- ' easusltlti, in ia cvnfcrrence Kauvoa, Tuesday, November f.th, 1838, Gene- my house, ing to be coerced, resisted the British ral Clark made the following remarks to with the twelve, to ceasult about our de force, that nation slaughtered vast horparture. They were then presented the des of (hem, because a number of men in Far West, Mo.: they bad the pow- - ' ."Gentlemen, you whose names are not picture of devastatien that would follow r sails trar. When they history it attached to .this list of names will not our exodus, and felt ashamed to have to forced that to pay . millions of dollar Staand Stale that United acknowledge fields have the privilege of puing to your for the trouble they had in them, ,' and providing corn asvi wood for yosir tes authorities had to ask a persecuted history'ealls it indemnificationkilling for tht ex- , to and leave their'prop-ertyoutraged people families. Another article ret remains of th uxtr. ' When President Polk homes,1 and firesides for their opfor you to comply with, that is, that you wanted to possess himself of the then to not had we because enjoy ; leave tho State forthwith, and whatever pressors not a good Constipation and liberal gov- Mexican tetriiosy of Upper California, , may be your feelings concerning this, or hesontwen. Taylor,, with ani army cf ' whatever your itinoctnee is nothing to me. ernment, but becauiie there was not viroccupation, info disputed Mexican Ter- tue and the in and United State power The orders of the Governor to me were well honorableknowing that an litory, that you should bo exterminated. I States authorities to protest them!-ination would be obliged to resont it as at would advise you to scatter abroad and their rights.? W'e made a treaty,, with Insult, and that would be considered a nover again organise1 yourselves with them to leave ; after this treaty, when tasus belli and aifford a pretext for mak-in- g the strong men and tho majority of the bishops, presidents, etc., lestiyou excite the war weak upon asttion, aud pospeople had left, and there was nothing the jealousies of the people." ourselves of Lh coveted tor- sessing infirm but eld and women 'men,' boys, Is not this persecution for aeligion? ritory , history calls it tomuest and repriMr; Colfax aext takes u to .Nauvoo. and children to battle with, like raven- sals, It is true that we acted more honous wolves, impatient Xor, their proy, ' and says: , violated thoir treaty by making war orably than Great Britain, in awarding In Kanroo they remained until 1846; the dis- they Some compensation. President Buchan- -' turbances which Anally caused them to leave the upon them, and driving them houseless, an, goaded, by the Republicans, wished city were not in consequence of their religious homeless, and destitute across the Miss to show .Uistni that in regard to the Morcreed. Fostor and Lw, who had beea Mormons, ll,'. river, tt HI '). ' issippi remnmced tho faith and established an mons he dared out Herod, by fit- -, The the ar.chie'rlogist, In antiquarian, and ting tip aa army toHerod, paper at Kau too, called th. "Expositor," war upon the make follow-.rot Slid his the May, 154, prophet traveler, need not then have gone to. rty Mormons but it was necessary to hare ' oa th. puhluaaion of th. first nuotbor, atof1 Yucato Egypt Pompeilto tacked the office, tyre it duvn and destroyed the a pretext i It would not have been pop- -i , tan, in search of ruins or deserted cities; tilax , press. to destroy a , whole community in ; This is a mistake. The Expositor was they could have found a deserted temple, cold blood; so ne sent out a few miserahearth-Sionforsaken desolate altars, family, an infamous sheet, containing vile and fon the pur- and homes, a deserted city much, ble minions and renegadoes ' libelous attacks upon individuals,' and 6f a eollisioa. These ' pose provoking the citizens generally, and would, not easier: the time, the nineteenth century; men kot only Acted infamously here but have , been allowed to exist iu any the place, the United States f Amcrioa I published, false atatamcnls throughout other community a day. The people the State, Illinois, and the city, Nauvjjo. the. United States, atui every kind of inWhile as fugitivos, from the complained to. the authorities about it United fleeing; and in Indian territory, famy, as is now being done by just such States,, and after mature deliberation the City characters., was laid at the door of the was mads a' requisition by the Govern- Mormons. Council passed an ordinance ordering its They said among other 600 ment for n.ert to assist in conquering removal as a nuisance, and it was rethings,, thst we had burned the U. S. rethe nation whose to terriMexico, very moved. la a conversation with Governcords. These statements were afteror i'ord, oa this subject, afterwards,' tory we were fleeing jo our exile; .we wards denied! by Governor Cummirgs. ' dethe demand and though Mr Buchanan had another object in,: whe, informed of the circumstances, he supplied said to mo, "I cannot llame you for de- spoiled and expatriated, were the prJni view, and Mr. J. B.. Flevd, Secretary of in United 'th ftgenls plant! g e stroying it, but I wish it had been done cipal War,, bad also his ax. to grind, and States flag in Upper California., j l! u was combined yri considered by a mobv" I t1d him that we preferred a a grand'' I again quote: . , . 1 it legal course, and that Rlackst one descritomp detMk hardly necessary to in- - ' Tn, siirtember, 1850, Congress ofganlteoMltafi bed a, libelous press as a nuisance and Territory, and president Kiliniors sppoiDUsiillrig,. form Mr. Colfat.lhaii .this arwy- under-liable,. to be removed ; that our city char- ham, Young (who at Smith's death had become pretence,, kjugating lif Mormons, t of the Church) as flovsroor.' !" net ter; gave us the nowcr to jremovs ivoi, praaids-nWaintended tei coerce the people of' Federal Judge, wer. compi lled by the year, saficca; and tHftt IfT it,' wastipposei we Young's threats of vwlenee so fle. from th. Kansas td his fi'ows,"M 'thai? they were--' had contravened the law, 'we were amen- Tarrltory, and th. Iws of the United Mates wnr. fcot deiaiaed, as stated-bMr, Colfax's defied.., M., Ktaotoe. w roBwilaslonfd dable foroOur, act); and refused not n cwaly . xAUxm ti aftor wintering history which wait in place tivernor tut Young, batalHoa of, soldiers, at Halt &ak,; b investigation. 'Mr. 'Colfax's history says. with ,Th ; troops, riatsasarlly aunlDf slowly by thd Suews In Novuiler aud wintered 'TJjo authorities thoreupoe. called oat the mill-tt- a ignedj not deeming it tafOj or pruduot. to accept ' to enforce the law, aud tb Mormons armed I'ar from (his being the case'Col. st Btidgssvi tn So tii.t sii-' V . themselves to resist it," l need not. inform Mn Colfax that Steptoe was bit the best of terms with The facts were that armed mobs were our community, and previous to his d another, part( of this grand tableau organized in the neighborhood. of Carth- poinlment as Governor, a number of our, ociginafed' ia, the desire of Secretary age apd Warsaw. The Governor came prominent gentile ciiiztns,Judges, Col. Floyd to scatter the U. S. force, aai, ; tp" Carthage and sent a deputation t Stentoo aud some of his officers to. the Confetti-a- t o signed a arms, prepoj-atbry.Joseph. Smith, requesting' him to send petition lathe Presuiuit praying fothe rebellion. Such is history and such are another to him, with authentic dpcu? coistinuanits of President X'oung laoffioe. 'We were well Wonined as to the ob mpnts in relation, to the late difficulties. He continues: ( Dr. J. M. Hcrnhisel, our to Ip February, W. a mob of armed Mormons In ject of. the coming: of the array, we Cungris-ksjisCentiiuied on pays 4.J myself were dofuled.as,a! stigated by sra,Wil fnau.tk b4s uf tiis churcUj ; ' - . , . ra . . . er ..... - ! , I Wm,-lMa- : iabab-Itant- lie-an- : . i 1 r-r- , , : - , . jn . - , i ,;.-- J ...... ' , es j the-whol- ' . - 1 Drig-haj- n i ! , ' ' , l |