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Show --- 1, Church Deportment - -- ,n. II er - , r r , -- ,..,--, ... MAY 18, 1940 THE DESERET NEWS,. SATURDAY, . . 7 . - Thé NaLIVO0 And Seasons funeral - totLy::..'.',.'.''::.0,.t ,...,. in services that . , 'Issue. E- las,ndlittleSutrrparceisinotgl ybiziternoeussghciontlittinerede therein. 'hen one considers the fact that the peopler7We're forced tcrTeave, , ' le their homes in thé dead gtr winter, a& L. La A, J. J. J ' , cross2Ihe ) Saint cause in 1833.sidney Rigdon was countered was the formal locking of depart for parts unknown,the lack of (Continued from Page Six) rrt... thenof the Church. the'door so that the marshal had to rancor in Editor Taylor i( valedictory Great Prices" which is one of the - re'. break it clown to carry out his orders, . is truly remarkable. END OF BEGINNING THE ' y;' 4ndard works Of the Cburch. the press was playing It is reproduced here in 'full: Destroying brewwas storm a time this 'About g11,1 With the Inception r of Joseph All Things are In preparation for-- -for of the hands the into ceceders,in the 4 i' - , nith's editorship, the Times shifted ' ing Which was to result a commencement of the great move set fire to their own building and 'wards the magazine ' classification Prophets martyrdom, a- shakeup and they s of to tales went with of the Saints out of the United States nearby Carthage the Church, signal the be- g; id continued in the direction w ith division of . from homes driven their being (we had like to have said, e beginning of the weekly "Nau voo ginning of persecutions which ultiNI were Issued for the ar- Warrants the power of Christianity.) beyond resulted the Saints in leaving mately d 'asp" which started in April, 1842. rest of Joseph and his brother Hyrum - but we will soften the expression by Nauvoo million its with -i chair .Seven months in the editor's ' Church patriarch. merely, saying,-- and 74back- - to their ;t as enough for Joseph Smith, and on dollar temple, modern homes and be- -, In a letter to Gov. Thomas- Ford, Moun exódus to their the "primitive possession as in the Rocky e ov.,15, ,he announced his resigns.,Prophet explained , the council's. joyment of Israel. that 'touched the the on; stating ip war that last - aCtion. rt It is ridué.ell to- a fl!tnewa,sajournalistic "I beg leave to inform the sub' we in have "If ,erred judgment ed on l y three days-that the rights and property as well r 1 ribers of the Times and that it is to the in matter) 1844 as the lives and common religious wosttor dissension of In the are zxph for me to fulfil th spring mpossible ic ac it te, and of the Church of belief -- --Jesus Christ luobs duties of the editorial de- - - broke out among Church officials, and- -- belongs to the - Supreme -- .. a Cannot be prog---were number of excommunicated,iartment any longer." e- rect it, and assess damages versu- stected in the realms of the United John Taylor advanced to the edi: charged with plotting to take ththe city to restore property abated t States, and, of course, from one to Prophet's life and seize control of the )r's job- ,as a nuisance?' (15) leader- - w as,W Their two hundred thousand souls, must Chursh. ring . The following year saw Nauvoo Governor Ford came to Carthage to.to Ham second in Law, their freedom among freemen, only authority colt situa- take of the .rowing rapidly on a unique city plan command personal and Sidney Rizdon. and go where the land, the elements ievised by Joseph Smith, in which Joseph Smith tion r and after he had promised full . a disaffected obtained The group and the worship of God are free. ' to the brothers ' they vo 1. very family owned it- - plot of farm , ' two thousand are- - ready About ana besides its home. By 1844, Islau- - press, brought it to Nauvoo and is-- pmtaril y su , !lilted to arrest. The and i oo was-- prospering city of 20,000 sued a prospectus for the Nauvoo Ex- -- Nauvoo Legion crossing the Mississippi to pio- was disarmed, and a be to "agiwould aims Its positor. neer the way, and make arrange- Chiith its own university while state militiamen was assigned, Nauvoo city body of - ' ',.ago ' ments for summer crops at some was Still little more than a trad- - tate for the repeal of the stone to the little Jail , charter" and also announced that ostensibly guard this and the " Pa citbetween hich-t----ai ' has point in become ng post-Carthage, its position in the city of the a Mormon 'since where the was tried ic," biggest crowd of good arrested, shrine. Joseph ,Smith Saints afforded it opportunities of : nd people will be the old settlers The Prophet and his brother were acquitted, on a char e of attempt being familiar with the abuses that murdered in the Jail To see such a large body of men, LinassassinatiOnof former Gov. !d same mill- the by publishers intended to tia that had been women and children, compelled by ,,:. - )urnW.-- Boggs, of Atissourt,- - who, had prevailed itscandid-anto protect assigned aucoinct ' lurk the laW and the )rdered the state militia to exter- -' 1. Inefficiencyof --, ment fact as they really existed of Missouri. to Mormons a leave in ilnate the e June 21, Just two days after the Ex . potency of' mobocracy, of Nauvoo the in , regardless of city 1 Toceedings of the Prophet's trial took Whose great city in the month of February, positor had been destroyed. standing in the community 1 for the sake of the enjoyment of editor and John very page of the two July issues of Taylor, publisher might be imperiled." DUre religion, fills the soul with as 843. of the Times was visiting in the jail On June 7, 1844, the Expositor POLITICS at the time of the assassination. He tonishment, and gives the world a . made its first and last appearance. It was wounded of fidelity and faith, brilliant several 1; and the Evidence of Joseph Smith's inter-times, sample "was strong only in its bitterness and fact that one bullet as the sun, and forcible as a tempest his watch struck st in national politics came in the evil Intent" anwere Its r was the only thing that saved his life. and enduring as eterpity. irst number of 1844, the election year, flounced as ' Williampublishers Law. Wilson Lan ( on is The in the watch - May God continue the spirit of ith publication of letters exchanged Charles today display ghbee" Irvine, Frances M. Church Mu m in Salt Lake City. from false freedom, and false ith John C. Calhoun In regard to the fleeing . Higbee , Robert D Foster , L Chauncey ' r' latter's attitude toward the Mormon and Charles A. Foster. THE AFTERMATH- - dignity, till every Saint la removed ! elaims against Missouri, should he be Curiously enough, no mention of s - to where he "can sit under his own The Expositor attacked P') I yg am 3' elected. Calhoun confined his letter vine and fig tree" without having and the political aspirations of the the E xpos i tor can be found in the . to generalities and avoided a definite to molest or make afraid. Seasons of the Times and It Let pages any . It called for the withdrawal Prophet t answer to the question. us go. Let us go. (16) of the Church from politics and made is probable that the martyrdom so ' The Prophet Joseph also polled the It would be difficult- to find &nod'. , . .timati ons of financial irregularity completely overshadowed everything other presidential- candidates on the and asked else thatAhere wall no space to mener paper in American history with thequestion- whythe Hon -IquestiOn, but Johnson, Cass and Van Church as such owned no such an eventful and unique career:In it property ' . ' Buren failed to reply. Henry Clay in is auvoo, save the It took two issues of the Times to less than six years, the Times and "The temple. and Calhoun answered, and made no wealth that is to In this report the deaths and funerals with Seasons went through experiences . brought definite commitments that others seldom see in sixty years place," the paper charged, "is swat: black column rules on every page 1. Times and Seasons, Nov. 1. 1839: t k The Prophet spurned reassurances As the membership began to re- lowed up by the one great throat from 2' Nauvoo Guide, Federal Writere from Clay and Calhoun that th e Mor-cover from the shockot theirikadets Is no return. "- --- hence there it m r ' mons would be treated equitably with A wave of protest and indignation loss, they were confronted with the Times and Seasons , Nov . 1 , 1839 . ,.. other religious bodies. "In your an- 5. the town . There was Problem of finding a new p resid ent Times and Seasons, February 1 swept through 'P swer to ray question," he wrote Clay, talk of A. mobbing the Expositor office. Leading claimants were Sidney Rig-- 1840. 8. 1840 "that peculiar. trait of the 'moderi The Times 1, and Seasons, May or first counselor city couhcil , with Joseph Smith don, 7. Times and Seasons. politician, declaring if you ever enter sitting as maor, held a meeting to as he was properly known, and Brig- 8. Times and Seasons, August 1. 1840. Into that high tffice, you must go into deal with the - situation 1 a. Times and Seasons, May 1, 1840 . After a ham Young, senior member of the It unfettered, with no guarantees but le. Times and Seasons, Aug. 2, 1841. the council issued Quorum of Twelve Apostles an& meeting, lengthy k) , such as are to be drawn from your Seasons, Feb. 15, 1841. an order for the press to be destroyed therefore president of the group. The ' 11. Times and Seasons 1842 I March and vwhole life, character and was Their legal adviser in the - Nauvoo Guide, F;deral Vriteri much resembles a lottery vendor's William Blackstone , who asserted on Young and the apostles to authority, - Project. claim. -- . . that I cannot help 14. History of the Church, Roberts. the subject of "wrongs" that "sour- - in preference to Rigdon and the erst-15. History of the Church, Roberts. '0, frail man, what- have you. rilous prints may be abated as a while candidate for the done that will exalt you" Can any was pointed out cy of the United States packed his bag nuisance." Later It SHOULD SET EXAMPLE ihing he drawn from your life, char- - to the city fathers that "prints" did and headed back for Pennsylvania. y Is every reason W bY every acter. or conduct that is worthy of not mean There On Jan. 1, 1844, the Times and Sea- presses - being held up to the gaze of this na- who receives authority woman man or sons began printing regular install- The city council order read: set the example should Con as a model of virtue, character i n this -i Resolved; by the city- council of -- -- merits of the . history of the Church,---- In and wisdom?" (13) of righteots living every way. The '' of Nauvoo, that the print-by the Ptophet, and it contin- thecity faithful On Feb. 15, the Times announced , tied until the Times halted publica cgolving of authority requires a 1 mg office from whence I ssties the made , the candidacy of Joseph Smith for the with request every .vatonA item wixet want tha with gbilitnra vt.s...,.. --- on a of no States United is the there us of request presidency, Further, the Church. The history was written. Nau-nuisaneeand platform of "reform Jefferson democ- is not reasonable.Eider exbe or :andlean which may voo,Exppsitors racy, free trade and sailr's rights." 1st insald establishment; and the cellent -reference today among Church SylvIster Q. Gannon. , began beating the editorial drums ;for its candidate and every Issue car-- mayor s instructed to cause said - books. FREED9M IS D;GII EN ' For the year and a thalf following " printing establishment and papers ried at the top of the editorial col- which of government removed to be system Any without delay, in Joseph Smith's death, the Times and umn: , . the its continuance for upon manner such as shall direct depends he Seasons continued its regular publiFor President obedience of any consider- 1M4. 'of June Passed some 10, to lose comipelled its but seemed cation, GEN. JOSEPH- - SMITH' George W. Harris, ' Nauvoo, Illinois. previous brilliance. This was but a able part of its citizens is tem President, reflection of conditions in Nauvoo, to ultimate failure, because it is viopro Six pages were devoted to the Gen- --- Willard Richards however. Although it was 18 months lative of the principle of freedom . i eral's campaign platform In the . May - Recorder . until the people were forced to leave whiclx is a quality coex(10 15 issue. By way of explanation, the -- Mayor Smith ordered the like life, one tensive with was life, on and, the the marNauvoo, handwriting city title of general came from his being just a- matterothow of man's inalienable rights.--Elcommander of the Nauvoo Legion, a shal to "destroy the priuting Tress- wall, and EX-the Issues Nauvoo which from the pressure from 'the outside . bert E. tiowin: militia body formed under state char- - . could be withstood. and the of said printtype positor pie ter and which boasted a Membership 1 TRICE BENEVOLENCE Under such conditions, unencollr- of most of the town's adult male pop-- ing establishment in the street, and 0. burn all the Expositor's libelous hand aging at best, it Is natural that the I think of all Christian service vi. ulation. in bills the establishment" a would tone. similar work for the dead is the most Times carious 1 until June pervade that Joseph It wasn't . Smith got- a- - funning-mateiHe also ordered the acting major- The Times and Seasons shut off Christ like. It often entails great sac- the per- ,ts son of Sidney Rigdon, whohad been general of the Nauvoo presses- packed Its type and left rifice. The beneficiary is not readiness to assist In case of after Its final Issue on Feb. even to give thanks. It Is true benev- a Campbellite preacher In Pennsyl--:-I- n -. but theonly listance,it , printed Its own ovania when he loineA illetter-day. IOW-, Stephen L Richard& . . r,e D. . 4 . ; 1- , Ti m o'q - - -- , icetlogged-Mississippi-a- nd s-- ,:', 1 , - vice-preside- . 1 it . ,... . - - ' ---' -- 1 ,. - -- ....- - -- tolemn-reality- - - r ispet -- - Latter-day-Saint- - - -- s r , - 1 Al- . 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