The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-05-01

SoIcc Herald.
Jas J. Strdus, who claims to he appointed Of
God safe heir to thc mantle of the proIhrt JOSEPH,
an only legitimate successor To the prcsidrul>hip
f the Mormon church, honored our village with
hs presence during the greater part of last week,
and an the Sabbath, favored such Of our people
a. chose to 90 aud hgor him with preach. His
main business here appears to have been 10 get
the Ih No. of bis NoGee Herald printed, which
was done at the Cunslltutionast office, which
circumstance, we mus, no, omit 10 mcntion, nc.
counts for our neghbors having been '',H4oi,d'
n that "cxrmordinary SiiuoiiOn' Of which he in
formed u~ last wcck-nn the same scat with tie
prophet Of the Most iligh-whon he fit "won-
dcriIIly solemn nevertheless mot queer par.
ticIr, but calm and cool as cucumber" indeed
somewhat disposed 10 quiz and "laugh the
prophet in the face" &c. 1t must have been a
sight, by the way, these two great men, check by
'Ir nucpidIy pushing the quill, neither oyeruw-
ed 10y the other, our nrshbJr probably at the in
slant pcnning that "rery crpresSire FEELING #
his op'Hion' he gave Us last week, and the prophet
IN hi' turn dJtting down his quizzcai inquiry,
hJ'c dues an cxP,e'sire opiaioH FEELl'
But the readers imaginali n must fill up the
picture, while we look over the contents VI the
( h No. Of the Vorce Herald, with a copy Of
which we have been kindly furnished. And frst
We find in it six or eight collms of msccl lueou,
extracts, among which are articles in favor of non
resistance and temperance. Then comes long
article about Norce and the prophet, from which
NC learn tina. the new stake Is planted on
White Hver ia Wisconsin, Is niles north If the
Illinois line aad % miles west of lake Michigan;
that the town is rapidly filling up and mechanics
are in great demand; and that prophet Strang is
an intelligent, energetic, public spirited, and pi-
man, he ought to be. Next come the edi.
t1rals. The irstprovcs by extracts from the I'D.
x c. that there can be but seven seventies in
the church, whereas Brigham Young and the
twelve" have run up the number to SO, showing
c,nclusivcIy thn, they do not act by divine au.
thory. The second proves by extracts from the
same high authority, that it is the duty of the
Mormon people to "hearken unto the voice Of the
Lord and the voice Of his servants whom he
has appointed to iead his people, The third
takes great umbrage at Orson Hyde for propaga-
ting pretended revelation to the end that Slrans
twas ordained before Of old to gather the tarcs OF
The field" The fourth is an abstract of the mi.
nutcs Of the grand conference at Norcc, al which,
after "lul and fair trial." Brigham Young and
the ''twolve' were convicted of the high aud I'M
christian offences Of usurpation, iyunnous CO.
vernment, JiaPhemy, g. and teaching .fahe doc.
hiHcs, GU wherefore they were solcmnly "cx.
commun Gated from the church and delivered over
10 the butletlngs Of Satan in the flesh" The 9th
about the prophet, in which reply our neighbor
is Informed that greatness does not consist IN
having Il "well made coat aud ratified shirt and
is advised to establish an infant theological Sc
mnary." Then comes the correspondence, which
consists of letters from J.W. Pugh, Jno L. Page
and VIM. Smith, who incline towards Stmngism.
Then follow number Of editorial squihs causlic
and pquant, against the anli.Straugitcs and the
Wuolc CuNCluuts WIN an duuItss 10 Tue saints IN
Hancock county,' in which they are advised all to
came to Vorcc, but if they can't leave, not to be
driven away. "Nethcr fight nor rum Suffer
passivcly whatever evil men may iulicl, but do
not move an inch till you are ready.
We have thus hastily run over the contents of
the VOrce Herald SO that our readers, few oil
when probably have seen, or will get to see, the
paper, may form some idea Of the progress of the
scism in the Mormon church. We will only add
tina, two things will probably force themselves
upon the conviction OF every unbiased reader Of
the paper before us; and one is, that Strung is an
intelligent and ingenious fellow and the other
is, that Suans has just as much authority from
hearen fJr being the head, prophet, and seer OF
the Mormon church as Joseph Smith had, or the
"lwelve' have, and no mare.