Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-04-11
!, LAMENTATIONS FOR TIE NOR.
"a MONS


correspondent of the Democrat. writ
ing from the upper country, characterises
! The Harrison candidate for Governor as the
great MORMON GENERAL.' 1t is but too
nasy to see that the feelings Of this writer
we're and are against the Christian army, Of
which General Clark was the accomplished
eadcr, and at the head of which he won
! Nigh place in the regards Of the citizen SOL
Tiers of which it was composed. Not
syllable is whispered against the conduct Of
Clark, in the discharge Of the various and
responsible duties which were devolved
upon him-because, as in the ISLANDERS
gainst Harrison "his mem, would rise up
over half the state and defend him against
| his assaiIants. The attempt TO excite SYM
| pathy for the moRmoNs, and consequent op-
position to Clark will meet with no better
success. If it was wrong to send an army
against those deluded, mischevous. and
! murderous ianatiCs,T THE coMMANpER-IN-cruEF,
who ordered it, and who is good Ioco-foco.
will answer to his brethren and the coun.
try. That he should have chosen, from the
/ list before him, Wing Major General to
be the General in Chief of the expedition.
is about the best evidence Of his Judgment
that is afforded by the various acts of his
administration. All Clark had TO do was
done prudontl!, galiantly-acceptabIy to
the government and satisfactorily to the
people. Hundreds Of his men differing
from him in politics think, nevertheless.
that he will make as good Governor as he
did a General-and now that we are rid Of
/ the Mormons, he has "a much farer show"
FOR success than when they voted the Van
Buren, ticket in body More anon.
Posr ScmpT Since the foregoing was
/ in type we have been shown a letter from
Carroll, speaking, amongst other things,
of he effects Of Qark's speech in that
county on Monday last. Alter entertain
ing the company lol a length of time in re-
ference to the political issues between
Judge Reynolds and himself, he held up the
Democrat, with the MORMON letter. and ad-
dressed the people substantially to the fol-
lowing effect: "Fellow Citizens-The sur
Of this writer, which is copied with com
mc7dation b! the Taper most DIRECTLY in
the support Of my competitor, is matter for
YOUR resentment, not MINE. When civil
wa,ragcd amongst you, but obeyed the
natural impulses of patriotism and of duty.
in epairng TO the post, and discharging
the duties, assigned by him whom the con-
tsitution had placed above ne. How dis
charged those duties, is not for me, but for
YOU selves and the brave men who served
wit. you to determine. performed this
service (suCh as it was without encriring
Of gouy politics-it was sufficient that |
knew you as citizers-and now, fellow
citizens, may | not enquire, how many of
you1re ready to sacrifice me tothe revenge
of tais MORMON letter writer, and the maIg-
nifty of this Mormon press -
"Not ONE Nor a Ian !" was shouted
FROM the large crowd, amidst such cheering
and lu2zas as we've terrible to MORMON let
ter wrters--it any wee present. Our
cote Porary is truly Almost as unfortunate
in lis MORMON letters as in those that he
"gcts hold Of" belonging to the Harrison
committees.