Show OUT OF THE UNITED STATES As antagonisms became more intense and actual conflicts between the mormons cormons and their opponents more frequent brigham young be began bean an definite plans to fulfill the prophecy of joseph smith that the saints would yet become a great and mighty people in the midst of the rocky mountains in the fall and winter of 1845 46 preliminary arrangement sa s1 were made tor for the great not only had there been careful study of all reports of the west lut iut acuna was being taken to accomplish the great design A general council or 0 the hurch burch was called on september 9 1845 at which it was resolved to select a committee of fifteen hundred to go to salt lake valley about which they had already learned so sn much chiq mexican area was certainly becoming an appealing objective it seemed for the present at least they must leave lecave the country they loved a country whose c constitution they revered as divine and find an asylum elsewhere and so such expressions as the following were given vent to jall all things are in preparation for a commencement of the great move of the saints out of tile the united states it is reduced to a solemn rea realy my that the righta aright s and property of us all as we well as the common religious beliefs of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints cannot be protected in the realms of the united states State 3 and of course from one to two hundred thousand souls must quit their freedom among free men and go where the land the elements and the worship of god are free again may god continue the spirit of fleeing from born false freedom and false dignity till every saint is removed to where he can sit under his own vine and fig tree without having to molest or make afraid brigham young himself said in re regard to a proposition one miller made for the sainta to go to the nueces nieces strip in texas 1 I told him his views were visionary we should go to the great basin where we would gain a nucleus of power to cope with mobs from apostle john taylor this we owe the united states nothing we go out as a exiles from freedom and orson pratt speaks of being exiles of a wicked nation in a letter by john bennion to his parents in liverpool england december 27 1845 the following interesting comments are made this place nauvoo was a wilderness a short time ago within about five years there ha a been about twenty thousand settled in the country this people have been at work to build up this place as though they were going to stay here generation after gene generation generate ratI an the murder of two of our best men the taking away of the city charter the soldiering and burnings have gone up before the judge of all the earth who will do rier fierlit lit we now consider it best to leave this wicked country in the face of the persecutions dobbings mob bings and dr ivings the saints endured it is no wonder that some such extravagant state statement menta should be made the consequence of all this th is to follow the sixth of dr snows articles will appear next week v eek to be continued |