Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-02
The Mormon Troubles.

clock at the Congregational Church.
The Mormon Troubles.
The almost innumerable rumors that
have been put in circulation during the
past few weeks in relation 10 the Nor.
mon disturbances in Hancock county
and the great amour. Of positive error
and exaggeraton contained in mos, of
them cannot do otherwise than mislead
the people in making up their minds as
TO The facts in The case. We will give
few instances which will fully illus.
trate 10 our own citizens the little de.
pendence there is to be placed on these
rumors. On Sunday week citizen OF
Fort Madison wrote to his friend in
this place that the MormOns had driven
out the cilizens from various parts of
Hancock and that 200 men had taken
refuge in Fort Madison. We were a.
For. Madison day or two after the
letter was written and could not find
tina. more than dozen people from
Hancock were or had been there at any
one time.
A little more than a week since a
gentleman brough, up petition from
Lee county. which stated that the CHI.
zens considered themselves in some
danger from the Mormons and prayed
Governor CHAMBERS to give them au.
thori.y to raise sufficient force to act on
the defensive. fThe Governor, in con-
sheraton OF these representations au-
'norized them to raise t1Oo companies.
We have since seen a statement, in one
OF the mos! respectable papers in The
wess-the Missouri RepubIlcan-which
declares tina, Whole Brigade has been
raised in Iowa, who are 10 act with the
anti. Mormons in Illinois in Kidding
them Of their troublesome neighbors!
We also see it stated in a document
preporiing to be a"Proclamation by the
Governor OF the Stale of Illinois," dat
ed on last Friday, that it had been rep.
resented to him THAT divers persons
from Missouri and Io,Ca ZerriiorY
threaten to invade" Illinois, &c. All
these statements are gravely put forth
rs 1t true, when it is fac, that our
Governor and every friend of the Ter
rlsory have deprecated any interference
on the part Of our citizens in the ,rou.
bles on the other side of the river. /,
Is very evident that the less Iowa is
identified with the present melancholy
state of things existing in Illinois, the
better i. will be for her.
On our recent passage to and from
81 Louis, we had an opportunity of OBJ
tanning the most accurate information.
We believe that the multiplication of
publications which have been issu-
ed by Backenstos, the pro. Mormon
Sheriff of Hancock, which he calls
Prociamalions, and which had reached
rs high as No. 5, on las. Friday, have
been the means, in great measure, of
keeping up the excitement lie is We
ry obnoxious TO the anti Mormons, and
he has recently rendered himself still
more so, by bis apparen! boasling in
being instrumental IN the death of Wor.
reli and the other two, who were shot
and inhumanly butchered aud disiigur.
ed. Had 1t no. been for The unjus,llia.
BILE course pursued by some of The more
reckless -Mormons, to revenge The
attack on the school house, in burning
the Mormon houses, we have no doubt
that more appropriate steps would have
been taken before this time, to bring
the Mormons 10 some reasonable terms.
But such incendiary acts could no, be
tolerated or coun,enanced by the Urea,
mass OF anti Mormons. Instead of re.
ceiving AID and cooperation in their al.
temp,s TO drive GU, the Mormons, the
conduct Of these house burners was
deprecated by all and upheld by
none. The consequence was that a
sympathy was expressed in behalf of
= the MOrmOns, and i. has been found
difficult 10 raise sufficient furce TO bring
,hc difficulties TO Legitimate issue.-
This sympathy for the Mormo,s ,ro,,l