Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-09-20

Ter? Have they not juStlne0 the kllIlng
Of the tyrant Joe? and have they not sig
nified their anxiety in many ways that the
Mormons should leave the State,--'peace-
ably If they will; forcibly, it they mastS'
The hexl objection is, that we dislike to lie
the apgre.sors. Shall we wait for them to
commit some outrage against the law2 Are
they not doing It daily? Shall we then
wait I'LL they come ont and fight us9 We
have had repeated evidences that they will
not do it. Persecution is piieously cried,
instead of the clashirg Of brave mems ar
NOR. And thus it will be, till the depos-
itories Of corruption send hiil,cr their mas
ses in sufficient numbers 10 overrun our
beautiful State. Shall we withhold the
club Of vengeance from the viper's head,
because he recoils and meanly sinks away?
II yoa wial, citizens Of Hancock. you stamp
disgrace upon the American name, and en-
tail poverty and misery upon yourselves
and your posterity."
LATER FROM THE SCENE OF THE
MORMON WAR.
The Mormon difficulties in Hancock and
Adams counties in Illinois, are assuming a
more serious aspect. At the last dates from
there, Backinstos, the Sheriff Of Hancock
county, had made repeated efforts to raise
a posse, for the purpose Of putting down the
anti-moriaons. But, from some cause or
other, he had not been able to put stop to
their excuses. A large number Of houses
have been burned, and large amount Of
property destroyed. The Sheriff, has sue
ceeded in rendering himself exceedingly
odious to the anti-mormons, and seems to
have lost all influence among them. The
Warsaw Signal, which came to town yes
terday morning, states that one man by the
name Of Worrell, an anti-lnormon, had been
killed, as was supposed, by the Sheriff.
posse. The Sigtal, 10 full Of the most in.
flamatory articles, and the editor seems de.
termined, that no efforts of his, shall be
wanting to fan the fame Of unsurrectior
and anarchy. From another source we
learn, that three other men belonging to the
anti-mormon party have been killed; and
that the outrsges were still progressing
We have not been able to learn that the
mormons have made any resistance; they
not having been placed apon the Sheriff.
posse, bat they seem to have submitted
quietly to the destruction of their property
This is certainly drplorable state o
facts; but it is such as has been anticipated
for some time past. The mormons as com
munity, have SO far disregarded the spiri
of the law; and individuals among then
have committed SO many outrages, that for
bearance had almost ceased to be virtue
Added TO these, there is, we think, an un
der current, which has operated very pow
erfully upon the leaders Of the anti-mor
mon party. If our surmises be correct
they are immeasureably more censurable
for the excuses they are now committing
POstpOnement Of the Land Sales
We omitted in our last paper to call at
tention to the postponement of the Ian,
sales advertised to take place at Fairfiel,
inths month and the next. 1t will be seer
by reference TO tire proclamation Of th'
President in another column, that thes,
sales have been postponed This measure
though doubtless intended to favor the set
tiers upon the lands offered FOR sale, will
owing to the late day at which it was mad,
KNOWN tend to the disadvantage Of thos,
settlers. There seems however to be an
other reason; one which involves more par
ticularly the interest Of the whole Territu
/, ry. The following letter which we tax,
from the Hawkeye Of this week, will show
that the unsettled question Of -boundary be-
tween Iowa and Missouri, has had som,
influence in the matter. How far a q,,es
ton of this kind should have affected THU
matter is somewhat doubtful. The ques
Ition is an important one, and likely to b,
productive Of much difficulty between tn,
State and Territory.
General Land Office, }
August 18th, 1916.
i SlR;-I have examined the subject o
the Northern Boundary of Missouri, anc
find that this office without entering into III.
merits Of the claim Of Missouri to the land.
south Of Browns line, has ahifrmly re.
garded Sulliuan's LINE as the BOUNDARY be.
fsreen losca and Missorri, in all its oficia
action rslatire to the lands on both sides Of
that line. Such being the case, and as III,
sales by the United States, Of the lands il
the disputed territory could not, and were
not intended 10 affect the claim Of Nilsson.
; RI 70 jurisdiction over those lands, by mere.
" describing them as lying in Iowa, uni.
formity Of ac,i;;an required that the course
heretofore pursued s.s.oald be continued
and hence the lands north Of Sullivan's
line were proclaimed for sale in low. In
consequence, however, Of very numerous
petitions, setting forth the injury that would
be inflicted on the settlers of the southern
portion Of Iowa, by selling the lands in that