Show HISTORY HI TORY OF JOSEPH SMITH 1838 saturday satin day to all whom it may con corn coin this 1 his way may certify that thai during za the ehe year ot of ei eighteen 11 eteen huli hundred dred aud and thirty seven sen en I 1 had daal dd alinga I 1 as with josepf amith jr ji md and sidney rigdon together WILU ollier of the society to the amoun tot of abdill calree thoua thousand sand ind dollars dol laib aud and barili za itie ot of eighteen hundred bundled anti and thirty eight I 1 chiva receive icat ived Lt my puy pay in in full bullot of jol col oliver ur trauger miau auger 11 gei to my iny satis atia faction t action ic tion and I 1 would hero here rei leia aik nark that t it ic is is due aleasha sinith bunch und and ri C don und and the die society genei generally ally to siy say that hat they have ever dealt hot arable and tan fair with me anti and I 1 have received as good treatment from them as 1 I 1 have received from any other society in in this thia vicinity and so ao far fai as I 1 have been corr correctly etly informed and made known ot of then their business transactions generally they have so tar far as I 1 can judge been honorable and honest and have maue every every exertion exertion exer LiOn to arrastre arr ai range and settle elie ir affairs and ald I 1 would further aurther state that thai the closing up ot of my illy business w vuth i th said s ud society has haa been v ith then their agen agent a c col granger appointed by bliem anem toi for that pur pose and i consider i it it highly due duebel col graner gran er from me here hei e to state that he has acted tr ti uly and honestly with me in in all his business with me and has accomplished more moie thau than I 1 could have reasonably reason ably expected and I 1 have also been made m ide acau acau anted with hia burines in in that th it se section 0 and wherever he has been called upon to act he be has done so aud with wilb good management man he has accomplished and effected a close of a large amount ot of business toi for said society and as aa I 1 believe to the entire satisfaction of all concerned conce inel JOHN W 1 painesville gainesville Paines ville geauga geaugh county ohio oct 18 1838 38 I 1 br brother other patten was buried this day at far west and before the funeral I 1 called at broth er pattens Pal tens house and while medicating ined icat i 11 g on the scene before me in presence of his friends I 1 could riot not help pointing to his lifeless body and testifying there lies a man that has don ejust as ae he said he would he has laid down his life for his friends governor boggs exterminating order was issued from gillead lie id Qa ua neis arGers minna city of jefferson oot oct 1638 sn sir since the order of the morning to you directing ng you to cause four hundred mounted men to be raised within your division i h have ive received by amos aino aea esq and wiley afi H one af pf my aids information of the most moat appalling character which changes the whole tace of and places place 4 the mormons in the altitude af pf open and avowed del defiance lance of the laws lawa and of hiving having made open war upon the people of this state your orders are Eherd he ure to hasten your ope operations radons and endeavor to reach hickmond in ray county with all possible poa aible speed tile the cormons mormons must be treated as enemies and must mt be exterminated or driven from arom phe state if ne decesary cesary nece aary for the public good their outrages outraged are beyond all description if you can increase your force you are authorized to 0 do so to an any extent you ulay may think necessary I 1 have jus juat t issued bissu ed orders to major general of marion bouncy to rais raise men and to march them to the northern part of and there to unite with lae beneral doniphan of clay who has been ordered with men to pro proceed aeed to the same point for the purpose of intercepting we tue retreat of the cormons mormons Mor mons to the north they have been directed to communicate muni cate with you by express you yea can also communicate with them it if you abu find it necessary instead therefore of proceeding as at first directed to reinstate ate the citizens of jdavies deviea in their homes you yea will proceed immediately to rich richmond mond and there operate against against the ml ms als brio brig M oen gan parkes of ray kay has been ordered to have four hundred men of his bis brigado brigade in readiness read rn easto to join you at richmond the whole force will be placed under your corn com mand L W BUGGS bojus gobr and commander in chief to gen clark b areat excitement now prevailed and mobs were heard of in every direction on who seemed determined on our oar destruction they burned the hou the cout itry and took off all the cattle they could find they destroyed cornfields took many prisoners sonora and d chath ath to all the mormons cormons Mor mons 66 road head quarters of the ad and ath div mo W M 1 richmond oct h ima 1836 to th tha commander inU hief mo mi sir from late outrages by the gormong cormons Mor mons mong civil war inevitable th aby have s set et the ILL laws w s of country at ance I 1 are in open we have about two thousand men under underarms arms to keep them hem in check the presence of the commander in chief is deemed absolutely necessary cessare ces sary and we most moet respectfully urge that your f excellency xcell ency be ba at the seat of war as soon as possible your most obit cservits ser ls DAVIL DAVID it ATUl ilSON WN M U G ad div SAML D LUCAS M G ath div lilb lilburn urn W boggs had become so hardened by ma mobbing ming the saints ailts in jackson county and his conscience 0 o seared with a hot iron that he was considered a fit subject for the auberna chair and it was p probably i his bis hatred t truth and the cormons mormons lor Mor mons and his hia bloodthirsty blood thirsty murderous disposition that raised him to the station he occupied ilie hie exterminating order of the twenty seventh aroused arous ed every spirit in in the state odthe of the like stamp of his own and the missouri were bocking to the standard of jeneral general dark clark fi aiom om almost every quarter dark clark alL although hough not the ranking officer was selected by governor boggs as the most anost fit instrument to carry out his murderous inar derous designs for bad as they were in na missouri isso uri very few co commanding m t officers were yet sufficiently hardened to go all length with boggs in in this contemplated inhuman butchery and expulsion from one of the should be free and independent states of the republic of north L america Amei ica where the constitution declares that every evert man mail shall cave have the privilege of worshipping wor shipping god according to the dic dictates oj of his own conscience and this was all the offense offence the saints had been guilty of and here I 1 would state stale that while the evil spirits ere raging up and down in the state to raise laise mobs w against against the 11 armons mormons Mor Hr mons 11 satan himself himi elf was no less busy in striving to stir up tip mischief in the camp ut of tho the saints and among the most conspicuous of his willing devotees was one doctor sampson avard avaid who had been in ohp th church but it a short time and who although he had generally behaved with a tolerable degree ot of exi einal decorum was secretly aspiring to be the greatest of the great and become me the leader ot of the people this was his pride and his folly but bul as he had no hopes of accomplishing it by gaining the hearts henits of the people in in open suite strife he watched his opportunity with the brethren at a time lillie when mobs oppressed robbed whipped burned plundered and slain till forbearance seemed no longer a virtue and nothing but tile the giace ot of aud V without M leasure mea we auie asure could support mun men under such trial to bolm a teiei combination by which he might rise rise a conque ier at the expense oj of the overthrow oj of the church and this he tiled LO 10 accomplish by I 1 tia is swo ah gat bering and inning speeches which he fre I 1 quen Z I 1 v made lo 10 hid ills his isomi I 1 wua well gum guarded ded by b some of his pupils pupil ready leady to giap div him the v biuk ink on the lite approach of any one who would not approve of ills ulc mca aur suDs in this situation situ he stated that he bid the sanction ot of the heads ot of the church chuich tor fur what he was about tu to do and bv b ills his and flattery persuaded them to believe it and proceeded to LO administer to the few under his con arol an oath binding them to everlasting everl avei listing astin C secre secie sy to everything anich should be co communicated ili al unica to them by himself thus avaid abai d ini initiated dated members into hid hia band firmly baudin bi theta theiu hy by all that chat wa sL sacred s cred lit in the piot ecung I 1 each othi er ei in all athius that was wai lawful liw tul and wits was careful to picture e out a great gi eat glory that was wag then hovering over the and would oon soon burst J i upon tile the saints as a cloud cload by day and a pillar ili ar 0 ot f fire by night and would HOOK anve unveil i the slumbering I 1 mysteries ot heaven aich would wood gladden the hearts ind and al adoue ouse the stupid itras i ot tile the saints ot of the litter 1 uter day and hll fill their hearts with that love which la it and I 1 tull full of glory and arm them with power that the gates ot of hell could not prevail against them and would often affirm to his co company that the principle men of the church chuich had put him forward is as a spokesman and ft a leader of I 1 this band which he named Da dammes canites thus he duped many which gave him the opportunity 1 port unity ot of figu rim largely hu ho held ilia meetings daily and carried carried on his h is work ot of craft int in great areat haste to lo prevent a mature matuie fedec tion huou upon the matter and had haa them bound under th ahe penalties of death to keep the secrets and certain signs which they had to know I 1 each other by uy by day and night at alf er taase per lorma n t es he neld held wee meetings tings to oiga organize nize h his men into companies ot tens aud mittiea iea appoint ing a captain over each coul company pany alter this chii organization he went on to lo teach leach them their duty in in compliance to the orders ot of their captains he then called nis his capt captains lins together hor aud and taught them in in a secluded place as follows my brethren as you QU ha hae e chosed to be our leading men our captains to co rule over ibis last kingdom of jeus christ who have buen or organic aniz d atter after the ancient order I 1 have called upon you you here today to ty day to 10 teach you find instruct you in the things that pertain to your duty and to show y you ou what N our 11 i v i leges are and what they soon will be know 0 w ye not brethren that it soon will be bour our privileges to take your respective cot companies and aind go out on a scout on the borders ot of the settlements land and take to yourselves spoils ot of the goods of the ung ungodly adly gentiles gen riles for it is written the ahe riches of the gentiles shall be consecrated to oly my people t the he house of israel ael and thus waste away the gentiles by robbing and plundering F them ot of their property pio perty and in this way way we will build up the kingdom 0 of god and roll forth the little stone scone th thai t daniel thaw baw cut out of the moun moan ain am without ut hands until it shall fill the whole earth for this is the very way that god de stines to build up his kin kingdom 1 doin in the last d daya a y 8 it if any of us should be 7 who can harm us for we will wil 11 stand by y each other and defend one another ano her in all things if our enemies swear against 0 us ua we cm can swear also artle captains were confounded at this but vard avaid continued why do you startle at thi divi brethren As the lord jiveh I 1 would sveara lie to clear any of you and if this would not dot do I 1 would put them or hita him under the and as IN moses 10 did the he egyptian 1 and in in this wily way we will cow consecrate elrate much unto anto the lord loid and build up his king kingdom doul and who can stand against us and if any of us arausa transgress ress we will deal with him amon amongst st ourselves oui selves and if any one of this davice society reveals any of the these je things I 1 1 will put them where the do dos dogs 0 s cannot bite I 1 them 11 at this lecture all of the officers revolted d and said it would not do they should not go juto into any such measures measure sand and it would n nut ot do to name any such things such proceed proceedings lut s would be in open open violation LO 10 the laws of our country anti and would be robbing n our fellow citizens their rights Z and is is not according to the im ian gua guadie ve and doctrine of christ or th tha 6 church latter day saints this modern sampson re plied and said there were no laws that thai were executed injustice and he cared not for theta them being a different a of the fullness of times in this bisp dispensation e I 1 learn from the scriptures that the kingdom of god was to put down all other king kingdoms dols and he himself was to reign and his laws alone was i the only laws that would exist awards teachings teaching 1 a were still manfully rejected by all avard then said that they had better dro drop p the subject altho although u h he had received his authority from sidney rig rigdon odon the evening evenia before the meeting 9 then broke up tip the eyes eves of those pres 1 ent were then opened his bis craft was wag no longer in the dark and but very little confidence was placed faced in him even by the warmest of the members of ochia hiti danite scheme when a knowledge I 1 of awards rascality came to the presidency of the church he was out cut off from the church and every every means proper used to destroy his influence at which he was highly incensed and went about whispering his evil insinuations wit but finding every effort unavailing he be aga again in i turned conspirator and sought to make friends with the mob and here let it be distinctly understood too that these companies of tens and fifties got up by avard were altogether 1 separate and distinct from those bom compani panis s of tens and fifties organized by the brethren for self defence in case of an attack from the mob and more particularly ticul arly that in this time of alarm no family or nerson derson might be neglected therefore one company en would be engaged in drawing wood another in in cutin cut ing g it another I 1 in i n gathering corn another in grinding another in butchering but cherin another in distri distributive butine meat ao ac so that all should be employed in turn and no one lack the necessaries of life therefore let no one hereafter by mistake or design confound this organization of the church for good and righteous purposes with the organization of the dan canites Da it es of the apostate avard which died almost before it had existence the mob began to encamp at richmond on the twenty sixth and by this time amounted to about two thousand five fave hundred all ready to fulfil fulfill the exterminating order and join the standard of the governor they took up aline a line of march for far west traveling but bat part way where they encamped camped ea for the night tuesday their advance guard was patrolling the country and taking many prisoners awong among whom v boia was brother winchester in chester and brother aai ey whose skull they laid open by a blow from a ride nde barrel in this mangled condition the mob laid him in their wagon wagon and went on their way denying I 1 him ever eveia y comfort and thus he remained that afternoon and night general Liene ial clark was in camp at 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