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Show t, ' !nJ'y' KKKECT OK HOSTILITIES :n-! r -between the Mormons and their opponents continued nk" '' ,itv and hatred until the climax was reached in the J-:STtl'forin from Nauvoo In the winter of 1846. The 'I hundreds ot families crossing the river In February and , temporary abode in Iowa is Indeed a pathetic one. flings must have rankled their hearts as they faced the o'b, T-b and Icy atrs of the Mississippi and turned towards tern country where they were to seek a new asylum iZ ' , the centers of civilization! When they looked for the . pon the beautiful city of Nauvoo which their toil and "J built, bitter indeed must have been resentment against , were the cause of their misery. Not only could they fo"4 ''ing place in Illinois, Missouri, or Arkansas, but ap-'Uhere ap-'Uhere within the confines of the United States, the '.tiev loved and whose constitution they revered as divine. ' --eir eyes were being turned in the direction of a remote - '.;, belonging to Mexico. 0 ' M sure, the definite locality was somewhat vague, but the V -iin or Salt Lake valley had been discussed -favorably for Still incidentally other plans were toyed with. In fact, sent out In various directions asking for help. One ..'written to Governor Thomas. S. Drew of Arkansas. He 'Ijtjge, but urged emigration to Oregon, California, Texas, Jd ,2 xo place seemed to offer security but in some isolated ie Rocky Mountains. The people were gradually being ,;,. jUst such a wilderness trek. In the Times and Season, I'ared in 1846 a notice to the saints throughout the world Exodus of the only true Israel from these United States 1 :,'jiitant region of the West where bigotry and insatiable "jwill have lost its power over them, forms a new epoch, in the history of the church, but Of this nation." This ;i signed by Brigham Young and the apostles is in accord 1 'rations of the leaders, quoted In previous articles. g declarations coupled with various extravagant rumors "m belief that perhaps the Mormons would go West and in ; nr Join England or Mexico against their own country. One -j this belief was a letter of Governor Edwards of Missouri t: I Marcy, Secretary of War. In this he said "The Mor- bad and deluded sect, and they have been badly treated; :i!0se very correctly, yet they do not believe so, and under ient they have received, if they are not enemies, both of is) :!: and our government, then they are better Christians and til riots than other denominations, a thing which nobody in k ' cat believe." sjnteract such rumors and give assurance of the loyalty .Sermons, Elder Jesse C. Little wrote Pres. Polk that the vis as well as myself are true hearted Americans, true to our osd - true to its laws, and true to its glorious Institutions," and J Council at Nauvoo published a greeting to the Saints and -a it may concern, a circular letter in which occurred the a: "We also further declare for the satisfaction of some l9 lie concluded that our grievances have alienated us from i3 ity, that our patriotism has not been overcome by fire, by ij daylight nor by midnight assassinations which we have I .:; neither have they alienated us from the institutions of our J -wtheless the saints were directing their course to a land -! to a foreign country, jjj Softer article of this series will appear next week.) |