Show I. I r IG GU t- t rU w tt f l j n VOUN ty 1 II It 0 v l I a t 1 Out of the United States As AB antagonisms became more mare intense and actual conflicts between between between be be- tween the Mormons and their opponents opponents opponents op op- op- op more frequent Brigham Young began definite plans to fulfill fulfill fulfill ful ful- ful- ful fill the prophecy of Joseph Smith that the Saints would yet become a great and mighty people in the midst of the Rocky Mountains In the fall and winter of 1845 40 preliminary arrangements wera made for the great trek Not only had there been careful study of all of the west but action was being taken to accomplish the great design A general council of the Church was called on September 9 1815 1845 at which it was resolved to select selecta a a. committee of fifteen hundred to togo togo togo go to Salt Lake valley about which they had already learned so much This Mexican area was certainly becoming an appealing objective It seemed for the present at I least they must leave the country i they loved loved loved-a a country whose constitution constitution constitution con con- they revered levered as divine divine- and find an asylum elsewhere And so such expressions as the following were given vent to All things are in preparation fo for fora a a. a commencement commencement- of the great grew move of the Saints out of the United States It uIt is re reduced reduced reduced re- re to a solemn reality that the rights and property of us all aswell as aswell aswell well as the common religious beliefs beliefs beliefs be be- of the Church of Jesus Christ Christof of Latter day Saints cannot DC ne protected in the realms of the United States StateS' and of course from one to two hundred thousand souls must quit their freedom among free men and go where the laud land th the elements and the worship of God are arc free Again May God continue the spirit of fleeing from false freedom and false dignity till every Saint is removed d to where he can sit under his own vine and fig tree without having to molest or make afraid Brigham Young himself said in regard to a proposition tion one Miller made for the Saints to go to the Nueces strip in Texas I told him his views were visionary We should go to the Great Basin where we would gain nucleus of power to cope with mobs From apostle John Taylor this We Ve owe the United States we wego wego wego go out as exiles from freedom And Orson Pratt speaks of being exiles of a wicked nation In a aletter aletter aletter letter by John Bennion to his parents parents parents par par- in Liverpool England December December December Decem Decem- ber 27 1945 the following interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting comments are made This place Nauvoo was a wilderness a a. a short time me ago Within about five years Jears there has been about twenty thousand settled in the country This people have been at work to build up this place as though they were going to stay here generation after generation The murder of two of our best men the taking away of the city charter the soldiering and burnings burnings burnings burn burn- ings have gone up before the judge of all the earth who will do right We Ve now no consider it best to leave this wicked country In the face of the persecutions and the Saints endured it is no wonder that some such extravagant statements should be made The consequence of all this to follow The sixth sixth- of Dr Wm J. J Snows Snow's articles will vill appear next week |