Show I 1 copyright Secure dj hit LIT OF JOSEPH SMITH SUITE MAY 1844 my brother hyrum an and deider elder dElder lonian ionian wight b also addressed the saints 1 my brother hyrum received an anonymous letter supposed to have hive been written by joseph H jackson threatening his life and calling upon him to make his peace with god foche for he would soon have to die at 3 pm I 1 attended prayer meeting in the council room william smith and almon aimon W babbitt abbitt 33 were present the room was full and we all prayed for deliverance from our enemies arld alli and aili exaltation to such offices as will enable the a servants of god to execute righteousness in the earth I 1 copy the following from the times and seasons sea Bea sons bons FOR THE NEIGHBOR MR EDITOR before taking rn my 1 farewell of your beautiful and growing city cily I avail myself of a few leisure moments in expressing some of my views and conclusions of the prophet lo 10 joe and the mormons cormons Mor mons in the first place allow me to say that the mormons cormons as a people have been bein most moat woefully misrepresented and abused and in ln ninety nine nine instances out of a hundred by p persons er who know k nothing of their principles and doctrines before visiting this place my mv mind was very ery much prejudiced against the mormons cormons from reports pors which I 1 had listened to in traveling throy the different states and I 1 presume if I 1 had never taken occasion to inform myself of their religion and views mind would have still remained in the same condition there is not dot city within my ray knowledge that can boast of a more enterprising and industrious people than can nauvoo her citizens are enlightened and possess many advantages in n the artland art arts sand and acl sciences P of fhe the day which other cities of longer standing cannot boas in a word nauvoo bids fain fair to soon out rival any city in the west general smith is a man who understands the political P ra ical history of hi his 3 country as well as the religious history hl history story of the world as perfectly as any politician or religionist I 1 have bave everet ev ermet with ile he advances ideas which if carried carric into effect would greatly benefit the nation in 1 n point of commerce and finance and while he be maintains and philosophically shows that thai our country is approaching a fearful crisis which if not arrested will end in disgrace to the country and cause our natio national n al banner to hu hug its mast mastin iri lri irl in disgust and shamed shame bhame clearly points prinis out the remedy ren iedy ledy shall the liberty wh which ichi our fathers purchased at SQ so dear a price be wrenched wren ched chea from the hands of their children shall our national banner which floated so proudly in the breeze at the declaration of independence b edib edis graced and refuse to show its motto shall we as american citizens fold our arms and look qui etly aly on while the shackles of slavery are being iu fastened upon lipan our hands bands and while men only seek office for the he purpose of exalting themselves into power I 1 say shall we still rush blindly on and hasten basten on our own destruction by b tie placing men in tower power who neither repard the interests of the tiie people northe nor the prayers of the oppressed every american citizen I 1 will shout at the top of his bis voice NO mr smiths hs views of the powers and land poll poli policy cy of the government manifest a republican and if carried out would soon place the nation an in a prosperous condition conditi lr on and brighten the prospects of those who now have to to toil so 0 incessantly to support the profligate expendi expends tarea tares and and representatives of our nation joseph smith is a man who is in every way calculated to make a free people happy be he is liberal in his sentiments and allows every man the fhe free expression of his feeling cn c n all subject he be is sociable and easy in his manners is conversant and familiar on all exciting topics expresses himself freely and plainly on the different methods of adminis administering the government administering teris terin while be he ia lei not dot ashamed to let iet et the world know his vie views and criticise criticism critic ise upon his hia opinions I 1 am sir air in no way connected with the mormon church but am disposed to listen to reason in all cases I 1 have heretofore been a warm advocate of the measures of the whig whiff party but considering general smiths views and sentiments to be worthy the applause app lause lauge of every egery citizen of the united states and e especially eci the yeomanry of the country I 1 shall rb swi in it every instance advocate hb his principles and use my utmost influence in his bis favor I 1 am sl sir bir in haste AN AMERICAN kau nauvoo Nau roo mansion ma slay 0 ath i r jj ilsk |