Show I 1 t secure aa HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH aprin armi 1844 1944 i I 1 made the following I 1 reply THE GLOBE rabe wisa shall inherit glory calory but shame bhail shall be the promotion of fools solomons i proverbs in the daiev globe of march mr blair notices my ray views leoa on the powers and policy of brur w government Gomi geny menY under tle toe head hw af p 14 A my nev advocate for a national bank 5 with remarks and extracts As it loes does not bespeak a gentle man to tel tei teall tall lall he be knows nor hor indicate wisdom to murmur at the oddities of men I 1 rarely reply many remarks sayings sayi and speculations eions upon me and my plans which seem to agitate the world for like the showers upon the verdure of the earth they give me vigor beauty and expansion bilt but when a man occupies a station in his country which ought to be honored ss s an exaltation which ought to be d with dignity and which should be filled by a friend and a patriot of the nation too wise to be cozened by counterfeit principles 7 too great to blur his fame with sophistry too proud to stoop to the vanity that is m 0 wasting the virtue of the government and too good to act the hypocrite to accumulate wealth or to frn fru frustrate strafe the ends and aims of justice I 1 feel it my iny duty to bring forth the truth that the man mail and h his is measures if right may be sustained and if wrong may be rebuked without reference to men patties parties or precedents the he plan of banking suggested in my views Js Is assumed upon lipon the all ail commanding and worthily considered omnipotent petition of the people and whether as a fiscal agent great financier p ophee priest or king I 1 act wisely and anti righteously so as to answer their virtuous prayers pr ayrs ayra without fear favor or partiality tia lity and produce unions union give satisfaction to twenty mill mil liona sons ions of freemen rather than sport with their holy supplications ions to boost a few hungry crafty hypocritical demagogues into info office to gamble for the loaves and fishes no matter whether the game is played incon upon the tile tables of the living m or the coffins of the dead or whether hether I 1 raise rais e the honor and credit of the nation above the little dica pica picayune CJ cramped narrow minded schemes of the dominant un dominant and would be dominant parties cliques knots and factions faction or whether like the venerable fathers I 1 launch my toy new ship phlp into the great ocean of existence and like them luckily bring relief to the oppressed is 14 all the same so long as the he people are honored as noble in their patriotism and almighty in their majesty vox vox deil dell de ii but it is extraneous irrelevant and kick hick shading to connect me or any part of my views on the powers and policy of the government ern ment with mr clay mr webster pr mr adams mr benon mr calhoun mr van buren or any of their galvanic cronies what have they done to benefit the people the simple answer is nothing but draw monny from ahr treasury rv it is entirely too late in in the age of this republic lo 10 clarify a hairy of the west deify a daniel of the east a odney quincy ot of the whigs I 1 or bizily a benton of the democrats leaving mr Caf calhoun hotin and mr urvan van buren duren such fair samples of f bomis bogus democracy that he that runs mav read aa A the tiie beautiful excellence of a ap f head beat 0 Q may ma v be a desi ratum only reme remedied diell dieLi by the excelsior of the brain so a great agrest man ought to exhibit bib bis wisdom by his liberality to the unfortunate among men as a token of philanthropy unbounded by party lines unfettered by chain cable opinions ions inns add and untrammelled trammelled un by cast iron rules why slur the noble project of lettin letting Z the prisoners go free by petition it is sanctioned b by y ancient custom cil cli it is the counsel co tinsel of god and would be the only visible testimony to the world that this realm is 3 what it professes to be a government of liberty libert yf heaven earth and hell bell know that the peni pent aries of the several states are a disgrace to the united states and a stink in the nos arila tails of the and the th county and city prisons are still worse unfortunate men and in nin nhi e cases out of ten innocent are hurled into prison by corrupted judges suborned sub orned witnesses ri ases or ungodly men mena who ho gamble themselves into congress into legislatures into courts into churches and into notice and power and then damn their frields friet frie iida ds and fellow beings to prison wretchedness and ruin and InDi in ninety nety and nine cases out of a hundred the prisoners I 1 are treated meaner than dogs half starved to put mondy money into the pockets of of speculators fed upon unwholesome provisions whipped without mercy and even murdered with impunity look at the beastly conduct of 0 to the female in auburn state prison N Y remember a rivin nian was whipped to death not long since in alton penitentiary illinois and it is not uncommon to lacerate with the ropes end thirty men at once in the parish prisons of new orleans so that the voice of reason now cries from the vast numbers of prisons and the multiplying number of prisoners in the united states for tor relief and the death like groans from cells bantiles ba stiles castles and cursed holes throughout the whole earth ia is ascending up lip into the ears of the lord of aoth to be avenged of such cruelty cruelly and when greaf great men in in high places see a governor reynolds shoot out his own brains with a rifle or gaze upon the havoc made by the bursting of a sn great at gun among the executives of the nation nare nire tion then know ye ae the hour of his judgment is come cow the united states is the boasted land of liberty 9 where these truths are hed he d self evi dent dentt that ALL inen men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these thase arc are life LIBERTY and aud tie the pursuit of happiness f but at the same time in the face of these truths slavery is tolerated by law imprisonment ii 14 tol pai fated jated ly law toy and I 1 murden murder is tolerated by law and even fifteen thousand froe free citizens are exiled from one state to another and the general government has no power according cording ac to the opinions of van buren and benton to redress the wrong 0 quee i victoria and ye lords and commons of great britain what think ye of a republican govern government and how do you imagine your come corne out in her attempt at equal rights and andi reigning 1 in righteousness bishaw will they a answer z isber your coffers are robbed with impunity your citizens are mobbed and driven like chaff from the threshing floor and the government controlled by a set of money gambling chicken hearted public fed cowards cannot redress you ask the reigning sovereigns of europe africa arid and asia what hat they think of the boasted republic in america and will they not lauch laugh in the face of the whole world and taunt the united states by exclaiming abhat ah hah arbabi ah hah hab if there is any power in in a republican government ern ment in a real case of necessity you have failed to find just men to exercise it party spirit cuts the cords of union patronage veils the face of justice and bribery closes doses the lips of honor and when the wicked rule the people mourn 11 S perhaps it may be said the government has been adequate calls of justice anti and I 1 answer if it has it was because the officers in authority considered their honor and tile the rih ril rights gats of tb the e people paramount to patronage peu and popularity i they were patrio patriots tg who carried out the poets explanation of true greatness A wits a i feather and a chief Is a a rod but all an honest mans the noblest work of god 2 it is said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak eth and when men are called quadrupeds and anti ridicule occupies the place ot of reason and the virtue dignity honor elbried power ower and majesty of tile the people seem to be buried burled in rubbish covered with dust mildewed mil dewed with fog tainted with treachery burlesqued by blackguards black guards or humbled by debauchees debau chees it is high t time lin tin a for humanity to exclaim how has the gold become dim and aud where has I 1 the tie he glory departed the only suggestion siw sim estion worthy of commendation relative t to 0 a national bank in mr blairs beairs re maiks ie is that the mother bank should be located at nauvoo this is correct for nauvoo as a city callec electively or individually cannot be reproached with dishonor shanor di crime corruption or bribery neither has a swartout tout or price mingled his mil mii millions lions with the ithe majesty of monarchs by walking out of the and anti un abed nauvoo the blood of commodores an and congress men shed by the heaven daring darlng hell begotten earth parth disgracing practice of duelling buelling du d ne elling lin tin has never stained the viii virtuous Votis soil or city of nauvoo nor does a slave raise his rusting fetters and chains and exclaim 10 0 liberty where are thy charms wisdom freedom religion and vir tile tup like light love water and air spread undivided and operate unspent in the beloyed nauvoo while the gay world and great politicians may sing ing and even the great globe itself may chime the melodious elod lous ious sounds hail columbia free and anil equal equate lo 10 the saint the cormons mormons Mor mons biess bless yel felt thy clory elory most severely when missouri gave them thein jesse jcsse hail hall Colum bla bli free and eral equal negro slaves like comm common 0 11 rattie cattle cattle cattie bought and sold for cash at auction 1 te prayers and chains together 0 rattled lel let 11 hail hall IT a it columbia free and equal liberty as patriots pati lots won it brownd the head of fre emens money now enow the goddess sits upon iti I 1 hal hai hall hail columbia free ande and quai equal 2 silver sliver is thy ender tender P K treasury notes aside from biddle foreign loans and fallen eplen dorl dori in As tiie tile wo i rid tid is governed too mech much 1 and nd as there is not a nation or dynasty now occupying the earth which ac acknowledges knowle adges at almighty mig iry t y god as their lawgiver and as crowns won by blood by blood must be maintained I 1 go emphatically virtuously and humanely for a THEO dei dea where god and the people hold the power powen ower to conduct conduce th the e affairs of men in righteousness and where liberty free trade and sailors Bai bal lors lorb rights and the protection of life and property shall be maintained inviolate for the benefit of ALL to exalt mankind is nobly acting the part of a god to degrade them ia is meanly doing the drudgery of the devil I 1 libertas libert caritas cantos asto perpetual with the highest sentiments of regard for all ali allmen men I 1 am an advocate of unadulterated freedom JOSEPH SMITH tuesday ag rode out to br greenwoods Green woods but he was not returned 5 p pm in bad a long talk with chauncey L 1 higbee and esq marr in front of my house and lead read raad to them dr AB William sand mr af G batons affidavits before esq wells the twelve apostles met in council wednesday 17 rode out with br H C kimball and william clayton to the steamboat anding linding remainder of the day at home thursday 18 9 am aro went into general counce cound antu noo n 90 na lol introduced J W ool col idge D S hollister and added L name while at dinner I 1 made mention of or the lr re port that foster higbee 7 ac were paying some ones board at i my y table so aa as to catch something against me so that if the re report or t is IN true they may have something to carry lack back back 2 to aj 5 pm in council j at 6 pm B youn yonn young IV richards J taylor G A smith H C G kimball W woodruff of the twelve twelve apostles A cutler S bent G IV harris A johnson joh Job W marks of the thie city council C C rich A lyman of the high council IV IV phelps N K whitney john smith J M Berri bernhisel hisel bisel joseph Fieldin fielding fr G J adams E snow 11 cahoon J IV W coolidge Coolid me john scott J D lee levi W hancock jos jog young J P greene J D parker A mcrae G D watt and IV clayton clayton ayton CI held a council and unanimously cut cub ot off robert D foster wilson law william law and jane law of nauvoo and howard huward smith of scott county illinois from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints for conduct and their names wein published in the times i and seasons I 1 friday 19 A compa company ny of about 80 saints ar arrived rived in the evening rode to the upper steam boat landing saturday 20 emma started for st louis louia to purchase goods 1 1 I rode out with dr bernhisel and my boys frederick and alexander to the prairie which is now very green elders B young and IV woodruff rode to t lima and spent the night with father morley sunday 21 at home rainy day a meet meeting n at the stand elder erastus snow preached preachy pre achi on the law of nature elders young and woodruff attended a conference and preached to the saints in limpp lima llma where 26 26 elders volunteered to go out preaching elder kimball attended a conference at ra mus monday 22 all ail night lightning thundering raining with strong east winds wind which cont cort tinned through the day the river is very high 0 all the mills in the city stopped on accod account rit tit of the high water this morning a man who had put up at my house told me he wanted to see me alone I 1 went into my room with him when he told me he be was a prophet of god that he came fronk froni vermont and he prophesied that this government was about to be overthrown and the tho kingdom which daniel speaks of was about to be established somewhere in the west and ha thought in illinois my brother william arrived from new jersey with bome some 40 or bo 50 saints I 1 spent some somo time with him in the evening I 1 4 eiders elders young and woodruff started fornai for nan booi but on account of a tremendous storm of hall bail and rain they were glad to take shelter at brother william drapers where they spent spert the night Mies ties tuesday day 23 03 from 9 to 12 a general meeting et ing of citizens friendly to my election lda lag wag was held heid eid eld in the hall hail 11 all ail to elect a delegate to go goto to the tho baltimore convention to be held heid on the first monday in may D Is S hollister Holli ster was elected from froni 3 to 5 5 pm again assembled and many speeches were made ac and appointed tha tho second monday in may to hold a state convention at nauvoo in the evenin evening t visited agnes my brother carlos carios widow and dr richards with hyrum hi rum wednesday 24 rode up to the steam boat landing where we found elder J M grant who introduced me to judge william richarda richards of nev new jensey took him to brother winches lying es in the evening brother ezra thayer dr richards and dr williams lliams we were re in in my roomy room and a man who boarded at the masonic hall at their request I 1 gave them i it Ili lii history story of the la laws a proceedings in part in trying to make a difficulty in my family fa m ily lly sc gave recommendations to elders eiders amasa lyman and DS 1 S hollister thursday 25 emma returned from st qt louis louls A brother who works in the st louis gazette office came up lip at the same time and wanted to know by what principle I 1 got so much power how bow many inhabitants and armed men mie vie we had ac I 1 told him I 1 obtained power on the principles of truth and virt virtue ue which would last when I 1 was dead and gone ac in general council from 10 till 12 and from 2 to 5 6 when they adjourned sine eine die after appointing a state convention to meet in nauvoo on may the council then dispersed to go abroad 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