The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-09

OPINION OF THE MoRMoNs on THE NEW YORK
HERALD, AND ITS EDITOR. In the Times and Sea-
sons Of the 18th ult., published by Joe Smith, the
great Mormon prophet, who holds forth at Nauyoo,
Illinois, we find the following bit of beef steak
From the Western Reserve Cabinet and Family visitor
JAMES c. Bennett, of the New York Herald, has
been found guilty in two indictments for bek
against Judges Noah and Lynch, and has been SEN
fenced 10 pay fine OF some two or three hundred
dollars Notwithstanding tins mishap, the notec
editor Of the Herald IL certainly rising IN the world
| for tine city council of the famous city of Nauvoc
have taken hun under their special protection and
patronage. They have passed solemn resolution,
N city council convened, to the effect that James
Gordon Bennett l. rayther' the greatest editor,
and his Herald little the alles paper that this pa
net can produce. AT this rate Bennett will be able
TO outllve any number of indictments.
From the Nauvoo Times and seasons.l
Thus saith the secarian editor Of the "Western
Reserve Cabinet and Family Visitor of March LIST
1872. Now, James Gordon Bennett is one of the
most able editors, and his Herald one of the
best conducted papers this world ever saw
lie Is more moral man, greater benetactor of
the human race, and better Christian, than any
sectarian editor on this continent and the New
York Herald diffuses useful knowledge, and
correct information than all their Liberal, bigoed
preudiced, narrow contracted papers combined. -
The Herald will " rise in the world" either with or
without the Mormon support-so do not trouble
yourself. Mr.. tiall.-Joe Smith.
This opinion, coming from the chief priest and
prophet of the great Mormon religious empire We
conceive TO be real fame, and is of more undoubed
value, than all the respectable abuse that ever was
heaped upon by the Wall street editors, their
Judges, juries, fnanciers, clergy, gamblers. We
have never yet seen a Mormon-spoken TO Nor
mon--or known personality Mormon. All we know
OF them has been through their books, journals.
and the reports Of their enemies. In the year 1890
visited in person the locale of Joe Smith, in Onta-
ria county, of this state, and the pits he had dug in
the hill side for the famous golden pa,es-heard all
the sories facts ancies falsehoods that were said
of him in Manchester and Palmyra-and published
these researches in the epistes which appeared in
the Courier and Enquirer, before il was bribed by
the United States Bank, passed out of the hands
of Webb, to pay for his gambling transactions But
1never gave much attention to the Mormons, till
they were prosecuted brutally in Missouri This per
secution at once invested them with deep interest,
and made them the nucleus of a great movement
us the prosecutions of ST. Paul did to him. From
that time to the present we have treated them on
their merits only-and we see that they are Just and
liberal even to those that do not think as they think.
or talk as they talk, pray as they pray Perse-
cution has made the Mormons n sensible, calm.
a moral, just people. The persecution of us by
editors, politicians, Judges urics, and whited Sc.
prlchres of clergymen, have also given us cele-
brl,y that Is only at itscommencement