Show DISCOURSE jk ny 1 PRESIDENT UT GEORGE A SMITH 1 ii 11 DELIVERED 1 f 11 in the sAc tac cx Jt Taberna tabernacle cic salt sait lale zahe city sunday guild ory cry I 1 mma bay may aw 1874 reported BY JAVID IV 11 EVANS ABOUT t tro vo d ays t in uhic dally daliy papers an bounced the arrival a in this city of gener ala al A IV Loni donl doniphan phan 0 of lerty larty clay co missouri this circumstance brought to lo my mind incidents thirty six OX seam scam passed by ag to which I 1 shall briefly ri efly refer oil on the present pres grit occasion there are few men inen whose names have rcck identified with the LAO ioto r lyof y af our church I 1 with more pleasant feelings to its ita members than general duni donl phan during a long iong career or Pers nution abuse and oppre oppression sion slon characters occasion aly faly present themselves like stars of tic ti tie c first magnitude ili lit defense of right who arc nrc wife notwithstanding the tile unpopularity that may att atoch ich to it I 1 lo 10 0 stand up and protest against mob ta violence CC murder abuse or the destruction of property pro lerty erty nd laid constitutional rights eyen yen c if the parties who are being thus thas abused robbed mur mar dered or trampled under foot have havo the un popular 0 U name a a of cormons mormons Mor rons mons 11 the incident e t af pf general enero culp an his I 1 influence irenc t try which means lie he prevented the b ur er of J oseph joseph nud aud smith arid sol soi some bome e other elders eiders who had had a mock trial by court martial lir the th state eState of missouri bome some thirty ox vears years alo aco Is to the minds of d nil nii tiie the latier latter day saints who are arc acquainted with v ith the hii fhi filston stoy period and there 1 Is one 0 n c in ill the tile territory who wilo wasa wart present 01 the obras enlon enion ion lon that tant Is timothy livo iivo liPo tc of 0 neahr who witnessed sed the court martial it was rep teti to joeph joceph smith hy by a man titan known our oun people i as hinkle hinkie that mij mi j r general lu lucas cas and certain cirtain the othe parl paris s to hate hare on au interview with wili him in til tit tile vicinity of the town or of far west ther there ewas was ui that thai time lime a larger large hody body orar mel mei mcl men under the thel orders of the governor of missouri ouri temporarily but hut under ander the command of general lucas lucal of jackson co nty mo afo who ivino wa wag the rankins Ingol licer officer it Is understood ay us that illik c had deceived jost ph and the brethren with the idea I 1 hat the interview was to be of a peaceful and y character but when they thy came as ius they tiley suppo pd ed to hold we the interview they werd take lake prisoners tild hy by a court martial and lind sentenced to be shot the execution however was prevented by the prote prole tuf of general joniphan at W ats commander of a brigade rompo cd L UP be lie lle lieve e of the of the county or of clay liy fly and w ho he declared hat that the execution or of that sentence would he be coid cold blooded murder it was not lonz long atten after ihas that general clark who had been appointed by the tho governor to this command arched and took command of this mall mail itis llla general was the ranking nir officer heins belitz the general of A a division oil on the north side bide of the river commanding a division con ta thinly six counties lit but itt he be was superseded hy by the appo clark jf if I 1 remember right there were as miny m iny as thirteen thousand men ordered and there were probably tive live or bix hix thoum thoa thou aitra m d collected together orr on the aroun ground d ubel ibel t r object being to expel the L atter day saints swats from the state of missouri the abe number of latter day sainta ut nt that period is not accurately known but jut th re warp I 1 suppose in the d of ten tin or twelve thousand the settlements bad been rapidly formed rhey they the county of when there were only seven families lu in it A party of elders visited caldwell county to look for a location on oil their arrival they fen fell feU in with these jeveli eten even families who were living in log cabins and had bad made very little littler improvements they said bald the country was ta a worthless naked prairie there ther ewas was very little timber limber in it and lind their business being bce hunting they had bad hunted all the bees out of the wood woods and they wanted they learned there was better dec dee and more lnore lioney honey to be obeal ed up grand rivet niver and within an hour after the arrival of the first of these elders every one of the seven men had bad sold their places and received their pay apay congratulating themselves on their good fortune fortunes in leaving a country where the wild honey boney had bad ceased toine to be a paying bus but business loess looss and ther thero ewas was not a family other than latter day dai saint saints residing in the county A ehod clany many cipf pf our oili otla people were settled in ray county a few in clay and some in lil livingstone ua da clinton and carroll Inder understand I 1 understand stend stand that three hundred and eighteen cheh chuh teen thousand dollars had bad been paid to the united states for lands in the state of the tl 11 ties of which were held hy by latter day saints order of governor boss exterminated those people from the state Stute to be surg they owned their lands and they ivero ivere indus industrious arious and law abiding they were increasing rapidly ani still vast improvements the city of far west had several hundred house bouse honses honsen and other othen towns and villages were springing up uni uhl ted led firms were belne being organized which were putting into cultivation very cotins ite ive e tracts of land in addition to the large amount already brought t under improvement in consequence of the influence exerted by general doniphan general lucas heti hesi he bated to execute tha cn tence of his court martial and he delivered joseph smith and his associates into luto the cl charap aree sree of gen eral crai mosos moses wilton who was instructed to take them to jackson there to death I 1 heard kie tie general wilson some years setter estter speaking speAk inc Inz of thi hus hue circumstance alevas he was telling sume sumo cou ceu tiemen about having joseph smith a pris pria oner in chains in ills his p pre possession se lon ion and said sald hp hc newasa sile gile ille Ue was wasa a very r in mirra mirka trl tri lahie cabie bip bie illan ilian I 1 carried alil 11 into to uy illy i 0 te ime a i ii ili iii 1 phai phal nR hi and nd in less than two laouis boul 8 lily rny i miff ire lre loved him better than the olt t hv did inc ai any rate urs uis wilon wil wll on beame deeply interested terest te ca ii in the hie ilfe lift of joseph smith and the other prisoners and this litterest interest on her part which provably pro dalily bly arose from a spirit of ba anity did not end with that circumstance font fort fon for a nu number ratier or of para rara afterwards afterward dp after the amily amaly family had M moved 0 ved red to texas texa ft general wilson witson interested la in ra raisin lellia a mob to do violence to some sonic of the latter day saint eidens elders who were golub golu to preach in itt the hood bood mid and this lids coming to lo the earb eans of mis wilson alt ait although hough kough then an nil a aeed eed zed lady she phe mounted her hoe hoc aud slid rode rodo I 1 thirty lirty miles to ulve ulye tho iho ciders eiders the In information format on at yian ar I 1 last ahm I 1 was in attending the state fair I 1 met with a sun af mr wilson he be was pre ident of an tanayri aerl aeri cultural cul cui tural taral society and waa was attending the fair and I 1 named his this circumstance to liim ile he told we me that his mother deeply deprecated pie div difficulties with the mor nor mons ons ong and did alt ait she could coul to prevent them you youl can r readily sec see arora what I 1 have sald said that our oun community at tit that time was aas very situate d the poorest inan in it apparently liis lis forty acoca acre of land jand while soine f the richer iud had r everal several sections fnnnk had leen been opened ened 9 and prosperity ii scaled to i alik uvon upon thi the people everywhere mills were built ma chinery was mag being d and every thine i to lre ire golub going on that could be hie desired to magoa a com cum ui unity pro berous pi rous roub we athy and nappy happy when suddenly in lii cub cob t quence or of the exterminating order I 1 isaburd by W boggs buggs slid and executed kiy general eral clark and those under his ills c command jahe people n from the r tate late if we would bounce n our falth faith we could have hare th the c privilege of remaining but hut we mcie m told pointedly that wr hold hoid no prayer meet weel meetings lugs logs nu no prayer circle nu conferences and that we tuut luu buu t haye have neither leather president dents deats and nua that thal it we te induced ii any of thee theo forbidden luxuries the citi zelio zetto would neu beu lie lye upon ponus as aud and dr detroy troy iroy ti A vc very veny ry rew fuw d the conditions and rema land and I 1 bt lieve thata eliat to day one uin or two iwo families ac occupy cupy their inheritances who renounced their ertith this people landed in illinois destitute lotof t of their animals had been plundered from them durin dur during ln the and to uben ulca comparative irac in that almot almost naked baled and barefoot dar bar coot they were bartter a very Indu orious Arlous people and they immediately vent to work all ati any ani where antt and very ivery i where that they could tind lind anything to do their hands laid hoid hold hoid upon it and und very toon uc lc gun to talle thaw joseph juseph was kept in prison during the ibe winter whiter 1 iut aul ut in the cirin ti din ddn rin lie he and sevil sev ral rai of ia lil ill fellow rion ihl iSon anere ero eoe among them bishop wallop Alexan alexandar dbr mcrae of the alth ward e escaped and duade made their way to ti the state of illinois Illin ms our oun people had a very avery justice jus jui tice an and rig nig night right 11 they supposed hav bhavini intz iniz paid their money on lu the cited states statts for their lands ian lan s ba having 1 g actually purchased erndl and uit tit titles es for them that it was ahe j he business of me llie united tates states to protect hect them thereon having little acqua lv talico with law laty they the somewhat wild idea that that was wah no more than justice on the part of the govern government abent or of course the government could only be ex to protect them again A t liny riny ad velse titles title that thai mihi mihl anise arise but so far a protecting protect inc lne them fra irom from mobs or from flegal violence from the state in wh which ch they lived from oppression from those in authority or trow marauders who mi liht ht burn their houses or murder r wives this was lle lie part of the huel huei nest nesi of the united states but in their lack of knowledg know ledi on these subjects they fancied that the united states t hould protect them on their bunds hence herice smith and several of his brethren went to washington car carroin carry ini the applications of lome iome some tell teil thousand pe persons rons and asked the government to protect t irem item in the pos caslon cation of their lands had and in their right and arid to restore them to their homes they rad had an interview on the subject stith mr van buren at that time Pret president ident of the united State sand the anaw answer er that thal he gave has han become almost a household word said lic he gentlemen your cuse cure Is just but we can do nothing lonyou 11 joseph accordingly returned to his friend filanda i in tern border ol of illinois and they commenced purchasing lands in tho the vicinity of nauvoo and they laid out and built a city and remained there this occurred in the sprine spring of and jo joeph joserh eph remained there until the Summer of 1811 1311 during which time thole he be had several very grevious lawsuits which aroc aroe out oat of attempts on the parl part rt of odthe the authorities of missouri to carry carry him lin back buck to that state lie he was arrested several finnes and had bad one trial and was discharged on habeas cor pbs pus in the circuit court stephen A douel douei F one triai trial and di ch arged on habeas copus compus before judge pope united states judge in the district of illinois kud hud d one trial before municipal the court of nauvoo oo 00 sheso several trials cost a great deil deti of money and a great deal of time and were a very vert discouraging fissure f in the progress of the bettle bettie mt ants in that though and c or of the tho people were lucli that they pur par chased chesed a large portion of tha tho ands in that count county yand vand and in adjoining counties they laiq laid out and built huilt theddy of nauvoo con some twelve thousand indal blant and they were building a temple tempie and makins making other improvements when joi eph smith and his brothen brother ily lly H x virn rum were murdered which took ph pir x it the twenty devent h of june 1814 I 1 aill III lii bay say in relation to the proc proe res reb of the work i hat bat nals rals annarie among them the twelve ailo alio tle tie had been pent sent abroad to micah and a great gnat at many had re delved I 1 ile ilc dispel the apostles took the thi del dei departure directly re commencing of the foundation of tho temple in the city eity of far west ou on the or of april 1839 they rhey went on a mission to europe for about 11 g gim SIM c st v nth on sand band berns pert oils and arid laying a foundation for I 1 the he gather gathering ng from tilo tile old world which has continued up to the present time the circumstances connected with tile the d eath death of jos jot joweph joseph aph and hyriam smith were such euch as to upon their enemies C even eren the disgrace inflicted upon th eState by their thein mur der and upun upon the world the importance of their mirslow uil mim slon sion the governor of the state pledged himself when they gave them be beves heves vea yea up that they should be protected and have a fair trial hut but tut iut he placed them in liy tile the hands bands of men who he lle w was as assured by liy many were ther the r annd slid who would them it if they had bad the pow cr jos ph smith had bad bt bi en brom brow lit before it legal legai gal gai tribunals forty seven ceven times and had llad in iii every instance lieen leen acquitted everything in the shape of a vexatious law suit sult that could be trumped up against hlin blin had been and in thib instance lie he was arrested on ori the affidavit of a nian man whose word would not have been keen taken at a saloon in cartha carthage e for a gliss of grog grogg who swore that br hit was guilty of treason and hu he was thrown mt inte prison and murdered while bellit detained waiting for an examination the governor in a cum munica tim tiem to the eiders elders in ill nauvoo said thattie that the people eople felt mt thit tint it vas ivas very wron wrong that he should he be murdered in m that way but the gm gnat gnal at mass mars of them were very glad that he was dead deml and I 1 have reason to bellear that I 1 his this feeling u wa As caused by religious prejudice which arose from tho the fact that lie lle ie va came rame e preaching prea chine what was red a new bettine uett ine lne which attacked all the hireling pre ts ta arld and rel rei LOutis crafts and mind if t alered free to all people a religion plain and and in accordance with the bible lie ile and which if accepted would woud have a tendency to throw a jarge large portion oraiun ort lun iun of the ill ili il clergy of the age employment |