Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1845-11-08


VIM. Smith, the Mormon Patriarch. We are
inclined TO think Mormonism all i. is here |
represented TO be--and rather more
CHAP. III.
The patr;arch talketh Of spiritual svJery. and
she,veh ,vhere the church funds haze gone
Heis fired vith ind gnalion because the FL.
ders slUe0r.
"And further, it can be proved that B. Young
and P. P. Pratt were The first to preach and
practice the "spiri,ual wife" doctrine, IN the
city OF Boston, and other places; my dissent
from any such doctrine of course gave annoy
ance. as did also my exclaiming against the
TOO common practice among The eloers OF US
ing profane oaths. ! earnestly appealed to
them az to whether it could possibly be con.
sonant with the garb Of minister Of the gos'
mel. of those who build Temples and Nauvoo
Houses, thus 10 indulge in improper swearing.
That the Lord would not prosper their pro-
ceedings in such spirit. nor would shey 10
heri, a temporal or spiritual salvation.
"From this time the saints may understand
that the proceedings Of those who had assum.
ed the authority were kept entirely hidden
from me. The disposition Of the Temple
funds, counseling with regard to the affairs OF
the CIituSn, $780, - naAhinu To do with
Other men have been sough. out to act in my
place, without the thought of waiting for
'.dead mems Shoes" All these things COM
bined together served to convince me that
conspiracy had been entered into, to disrobe
me Of my power, and learned that all the
quorums Of the church had agreed to sustain
! Brigham Young by their votes and influence,
as The perpetual head of the church. and sole
controller Of its matters. That the church
| funds have been misapplied, have no hesi.a-
| ton in asserting, for Of necessity have been
| made acquainted with the fact, that several
| houses have been filled up with women who
| have been secretly married TO Brigham Young,
| H. G.. Kimble, and Willard Richards-women
with little children in their arms, who had no
means of support except from the 'i'hlng
funds.
"Rumors however were again spread about
| bv malcontent rivals that the saints had better
be cautiously on their guard, with respect TO
| me, for that intended neither more nor less
than to bring about division in the Church.
1t was to allay :he feeling that such reports
nigh, excite ;ha, preached the notorious, so
called, .'spiriual wife, sermon, discourse
so modified, however, as to be perfectly con-
sonant with my own feelings, and entirely un-
Objectionable 10 the pure principles of morali-
| ~ and religion. had another object in this.
| which was 10 expose TO the light the prnc-
| Piles of men who delighted TO practice IN prl-
va,e that which in public they srenuousIy
| deprecated.
:sThe impression tina. B. Young was the
| successor and had even more power than Jo-
| seph, that things prospered better, &C., &c,
was spread about in all directions. And to
complete this mans reign Of power, there was
| adopted, as have before alluded to, the sys-
bioh rod in.
| to secretly and directions given 10 John Tay.
saints should call on B. Young for counsel,
notwithstanding was by right counsellor
| way, that the cords were drawn tighter and
| closer. Mems wives and daughters were Sc
cresy married at nigh: time to this Young, II.
C. Kimball VIM. Richards, and others, and,
in the dark night, were attending the secret
lodges, until most of the "Sevenlies' were
thus sealed and bound under a cloak Of adopt
ing children into their Kingdoms.
"Slill while all these Ubiquitous proceedings
were going on, it was the common practice of
these wicked plo,ters to boldly and bIasphe-
mously proclaim before the people, in the pres.
ence, TOO, of hundreds that had been "sealed
| OPP 10 them that such doctrine was false.
and he that prac,ced il was a scoundrel, aud
harlot.
Il declare to you, my brethren, that heard
John Taylor proclaim this on one occasion, SO
! vociferously as almost TO torn him black in
the face, while in day or two afterwards he
was seen sneaking through garden, 10 get in.
to house by the back way, to visit his 'spir-
itual wives
"These have been the proceedings al Nau-
700 for tho last five mon'hs-these have been
the practices in ccnradis.inc,ion TO professions.
The very doctrines they would teach and prac-
tice in secret. they would make use of TO ruin,
before the public, those who would not become
their servants and their slaves.'
CHAP. w.
The Patriarch gireth Brigham Young ".4lec"
and she,veth the church to be acithout head--
possibly, without a TAIL Where are the
"blood royur' and those keys?
"In noticing the claims Of Brigham Young
to superior power and authority. would here
observe that heard my brother Joseph declare
before his death, that Brigham Young was
man, whose passions, if unrestrained, were
calculated 10 make him the most licentious
man in the world, and should the time ever
come, said he, that this man should lead the
church, he would certainly lead it 70 dostruc-
ton. What, my brethren, would ask you,
are the claims Of Brigham Young TO the keys
of the church, above the rest Of the Twelve e.
They are keys which Joseph never conferred
on Brigham Young. nor was power ever CIV
en- TO him TO lead the church in his place as
his successor. The church is hereby warned
against any such pretensions, as little Joseph,
the son Of Joseph Smith, is the lawful heir TO
the off ce, being the oldest son of the deceas-
ed rropeet. was with Joseph at the last
counsel that was held previous to the Twelve