Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-05-21

man woe. Al length he disappeared and
no one knew what had become Of him.
few brief inquiries in regard to him
we're all that were made and he was for
gotten.
Two years passed away and the bias.
OF war and the clash Of arms was heard
in the vicinity of Nauvoo. In an i'll fa,ed
moment Smith having grown bold in
authority and presumptuons to madness
IN consequence Of his frequent escapes
from punishment, had directed the CITY
marshal by virtue Of city ordinance
passed under his authority, to take
printing press into the public streets OF
Nauvoo and destroy it as nuisance
The marshal obeyed and the whole conn
try was a, once in blaze. The people
had before witnessed his contempt of the
laws-lhey had seen him set the power
OF the State a, defiance they had beheld
contemplate municipal court paralyze
the arm Of the Executive. and drfv the
power OF two States. and all this they
had endured; but now the liberty of the
press bad been roven down-not by a
mob but by men claiming to act under
authority of law, and this was TOO much
for them TO bear. Should so great and
| fragrant violation Of their rights be suff
cred to pass with lmpnnity, it would be
lasting reproach upon The country and
| afford certain evidence that they would
| be compelled. and that at no distant day,
10 submit, 10 the despol who inflicted it.
Reused by these patriotic sentiments they
flew 10 arms determined to bring The
offender to justice. As in former times
the farmer left his plough in the furrow-
! the mechanic his tools upon the bench
the merchan, his goods upon the counter,
and all hurried 10 tumutuous but resolule
excitement. TO point Of rendezvous
| TheieelIng ran high-lhe storm ragged loud.
| II swept over the face Of the adjoining
counties giving fearful indications Of a
dreadful hurricane. The Executive ap.
| peared among the people and attempted
| to calm the general tumult; but by open
| ing negotiations with Smith for a surren-
der. the appointment of plenipotentiaries.
and the commission of some other errors,
he utterly destroyed that confidence in
| himself which his hitherto abortive efforts
10 vindicate the majesty of the law, had
shaken. He haG TOO long suffered the
outlaw 10 go unwhipt Of justice, and he
now found himself but frail bark upon
tempestuous sea, unable 10 direct the
current he might at first easily have con.
troled. Every day and hour was adding
| to the excitement, and those who witness.
! ed it will not soon forget the incidents of
that thrilling scene. My limits, howev-
er, will not enable me to furnish the
reader with them all-only such as are
| connected with my narrative which fear
has already exhausted his patience.
| 1t is known 10 all. that after three days
of hesitation and doubt, Smith agreed to
yield 10 Executive authority. detach-
ment of dragons under the command OF
Capt. Dunn, guarded him to Carthage,
where he was perml,ted to take lodgings
in the same house with the Governor
! during the night. The next morning he
was plraded in iron, of the troops in
kind Of triumph, and introduced to them
| as Gen. Joseph Smith. When taken
/ to the Jail he was suffered to occupy a
room in the upper apartment comfortably
furnished, instead of being placed in the
cells as other felons, and all this was
well calculated to swell the tide of indig-
nation against him. Unfortunately al
this period the Governor drew off the
great body of the troops TO Nauvoo, and
the rest is already anticipated. The
bloody tragedy which followed is too
deeply engraven upon every heart for my
pen 10 impair, to it any additional interest.
Let it suffice to say, that young R, for
such was the name of the young man
who disappeared from Nauvoo, was the
first 10 pass the guards at the jail-was
the first to ascend the steps of The prison
was the first TO force the door Of the
room occupied bv the criminal-the frs,
to give and The first to receive a wound
[, was his hand that dealt the death blow
to the destroyer Of his family. and The
author of his ruin, as he was heard TO ex-
claim, "WHOM THE LAWS CAN
NOT REACH-JUSTICE WILL
PUNISH!'
Reader. imagine the feelings of tina,
young man as he stood over his once
proud oppressor. but now pale and quiv
ering victim, with three bullet wounds in
his body, reeking dagger in his hand,
and the blood of his worse than murdered
relatives coming up to him from the grave
crying for RE rRlBUrlON: imagine The
stern and savage JOY which Ii. up his face
as he shook his bloody knife. and muller
lie drops were fast gushing from hi,
, wounds, "Aiine hour may comet is
welcomed have avenged them all, and
, have nothing more to live fot!'
@ 'ncy, April 10, 1916.
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