| Show tile THEN and arnd NOW circumstances recall some of the incidents which led to tl taiti assassination of f josepn joseph jose u the prophet and his brother avrum elvrum the tile former proposed to avald the legal p re cution with witti ahia h be was pursued but lint was persuaded 1 b false friends to deliver himself up to tile tae officers of the law lie he vas was even accused of cowardice for seeking to en cale eale cate ade falling into the hand bands of his ene cne mes S numbers nu ibers iberg lberg of whom thirsted for his bis blood 1 h was intimated by those false advisers th that t it if he kept oil oti of the way for a season the ll 11 ck would thus be deserted deperte d by the although joseph knew that h was going olny to 10 his death by doing so he lie to those suggestions saying sayin n nis ais friends did not care for his life ilfe ne did not he gave himself into uhe the hands of the officers tb charge upon which lie he and ills his bruma r were arrested and conveyed to carthage cartilage was for riot they were taken 1 before li it F smith a justice of thed them the peace and gave bail for their the i r appearance for trial in the mean time a charge of treason against the state was hatched up them the complaint being signed by a couple of miscreants named augustine lu gustine spencer and fl 0 nort JS orton on they were refused bail pending examination oil on this charge and kept t in jail a grossly illegal proceeding in in the tile meantime the feeling against the prisoners which had been very bitter had become still more intensified threatened that I 1 I 1 the tile and it was openly liw I 1 vw cannot reach them but powder and bal hall I 1 can 9 the tile cold blooded murder of the two men on whom the law had llad no nold is a matter of history which need nut here be repeated the tragedy which occurred on the of jun june 1844 is indelibly written upon the memories of the saints who were identified with tiie the church at that time and the narrative of the bloody event Is f familiar to the tile community com manily the thet following extract from a proclamation cla cia mation matlon by governor ford to the people ot of che ohe state ot of Illi ellinois nois shows every requisition that had bal I 1 been made of the martyrs and the latter day saints generally had been complied with tue the demand for tile the people to give up their arms being belu endorsed by general joseph smith 1 I desire to make a brief but true trae statement of the recent disgraceful affair at carthage in regard to the smiths S so far as circumstances have cometo comelo come to my knowledge tile the smiths joseph Josep josephann hand and hyrum have beba assassinated in jail by whom is not known but bat will be ascertained I 1 pledged myself for their safety and upon the assurance of that pledge they surrendered as prisoners the fie mormons Mor kor mons surrendered the public arms in their possession posses aion bion and the nauvoo le lexion legion lon ion submitted to the command of captain singleton of brown county deputed for that purpose by me all these things were required to satisfy the old citi citizens zeni 12 of Il ancock hancock that the tile mor mons inous were peaceably disposed and to allay jealousy and excitement in their minds inin ds it appears however that the compliance of the mormons cormons Mor mons with ever over every overy y requisition made upon them failed tailed of that th at purpose the pledge of security to the saints was not given iven upon my individual responsibility before I 1 gave it I 1 obtained a pledge of honor by a unanimous vote f from rom the ont oft officers leers and men under tinder my command to sustain me in performing it if the tile assassination ssi nation of the smiths L was committed by any portion of these they have added treachery to murder and ana have done all they could to disgrace race the state and sully the public honor on the morning rooming of the day the deed was committed f we had pio proposed posed to 0 march the army under my command into nauvoo nancoo 1 however discovered on the evening before that nothing but tie tae utter destruction of the city would satisfy a portion of the troops and that if ii we nye marched into the city pretexts t ats would not be wanting for com hostilities the tie mormons cormons had done everything every crery thang thing required or which ought to have been required of them while the circumstances of the present anti ant Il mormon lormon raid are different to those which existed in the days of ISan the spirit and intent of the crusade crus cras tide tlde aro are similar anere is the same hame purpose of destroying the leaders of the church district attorney i dickson who was lately sustained in the position retook betook he took by the court openly declared that the full intent of the edmunds act and its enforcement were to entrap the leaders of the church for this purpose judicial decisions deci are changed to suit particular cases and L i i in v W the rules of legal 1 r darc dare i are arc iti buru oi ft fl JL tj e cne vao is ready arcady already said with mr kolis kolls position poi pol tion iu LU relation to the leaders of ame church gly wiy illy oared bared ti a ewt rt to president la lu lor lor lo 10 K couie n court there the re i ix in tn t n court atel UIel 1 su loi iut uj ilo lleceS necessity sity fir for forhia hlll hill olno I 1 to lali lall MM in inch arch uch och v value lule luie itle coult couii be ie placeit upon a voluntary olun iary tary ot of tins this chara chana character cler eLer may way ma 1 be es cul c ti ate d by recen recent t lents which are re not calculated to inspire cont confidence mence Wence that any Mor Morr non moE i one of i particular ouid would receive i ail all ally aily chusid consideration ration it UL ith its it hj iw ds s liow how now call ean this lili lill be ao wh n AS with uhic taic the troops ot of the tile ot 01 the tny utter iest destruction lest ruction of the toe cily city oi 01 NAU i vou alone would s them thom so b lite tite a isoju demolition of the Mon non nou r it aji hat mal sal iely isly tb the e cravings clavings cravi 4 t ute lae pr at eal bodt tai t ai at crusaders tius tins T annihilation I 1 uon aou now is ds then hen t la is loutit sou glit tit 1 by dds des aru the tive leaders of the Cli church L burnor arnor ford evi evl evidue evidently dut thought object could be attained in bs bi time by that kind of pol ic Ie lecause cause although h he e was oot willing to assume the despon s suja suji t 11 1 lily ilis I liy lly of marching troops t into Nau naboo oo aud ami ot of bringing about trie the certainty of a g eral massacre ol 01 the saluta lie disbanded that same soldiery in the vicinity of carelia Cart carthage lia lla aso eho that they could ts as a painted mob massacre the inmates of t tle e jail left luit a guard c aird of but cayia men raen to protect them theal I 1 are the enemies of thu thy 8 stints Si tints ints less bloodthirsty blood thirsty now ta t oan ban they were then threats and imp imprecations decatious of the most diabolical character have been lately made black hearted scoundrels have allive been heard to state what pleasure they nev would take in basing having bavin a baud in murderous mu work of a certain class because the heads of the church do not step forward and submit themselves to the will and pleasure of men who have declared that certain laws were passed especially to reach them and that their enforcement is to get them in a trap tap some people are suca fools or knaves as to question their courage the bravery of these men has been tried in a thousand forms and never found wanting wa what is the tile record of president taylor inthis in this respect two days after the tile murder of joseph and smith dr willard It ichards richards received a letter from general M K R delilia De mini 1 in ill reply to one from him ill iu which lie said your note bv by the return of the escort has been received with the r request for mr taylor and lady considerations side rations of prudence should I 1 think delay mr taylors return I 1 fear it would prove latal to his recovery ers president taylor was waa then at the gates of death with four bullets in his body received ac t the hands bands of the mob who a assassinated sz a ss I 1 the prophet Prop liet ilet and li his is i brot brother brodber her ber although he well knew that his life was momentarily in danger while he remained d in jail with N ith ills his friends he would not be separated from them ans any moan roan who will intimate that sucha such a inan man is mantill wanting wan tili till in courage is purposely blind tu to tile the strongest str onest evidence that carl can b be given to th the contrary if it he were to deliver himself over to tha tender mercies of his hij enemies all the circumstances considered he would be open to the charge charre of lacking very very ordinary discretion deeg lon ion especially with the scenes of carthal carthage a and nauvoo revived va ved by the pres present nit mit raid those who wiio advised joseph to give himself up to his enemies did so on tile the g ground round that he should not desert the nock hock the result was that the sheep never a agaid i I 1 a in life heard the voice of the shepherd shep zia nea r d |
