The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-18
The Icarians OF Eauvoo, TO the Editor OF
the London Tim es.

The Icarians OF Nauvoo, to the Editor OF
the London Tim es.
.s.s....s. N.uvoo, March 20, 1850
. ii"'t'"'e' To THE Cmrr EDITOR OF THE NV
= Communicate YoRx HERALD.
Mr.. Editor-In your number Of
N N'in"i the aoth of December last, you pub
lished two articles from the Times,
Eta,s uns in London which we're very outra-
.r..,,,1 ,u..,a geous to me-
.sns.s.s am sending to the Times an an
swer to both Of those articles. This is copy OF IT.
and ask Of you that you would insert II as soon as
possible being act Of justice and impartiaty to
do So Please, sir to accept my salutation
We are grieyed to behold tho Nestor Of the English
press publishing the interested accusations of those
who after having abandoned us in our work OF social
endeavor to excupate their weakness by
calumnating not only their old companions but also
the respectable promoter Of our holy enterprise
Although they related with an incredible auda-
city we are astonished that you should have given so
much credit TO these false statements, which their
exagyeration should have rendered more suspicious
as they had for their object the defamation Of one
whose probity and dsnterestedness are proverbialy
known even amongst his political adyersaries
You sir. although abused even hesitate before such
an exalted reputation and say " NJ CADET is one OF
those whom II is difficult to pronounce enthusi
astic or roguishn But. after boldly reviewing the
as If il only involved the head and not the
honor OF a man you pronounce 1t TO be roguery
Such a conclusion is daring, and even ungratiul In
order to make this better understood, we put TINS
question:-Is 1t possible that NJ CADET who Is dis
tinguished lawyer. who has been Attorney-General
and Deputy-to whom Louis Philippe, and even Louis
Napoleon have made brilliant offers, and who has
sacrificed everything to his democratic princples-is
it possible that he should have made these sacrifices
that he should have exposed himself to thousand
of the northumberland he should have
iabored for forty years-in word all this to rob
some unhappy laborers, the whole property Of whom
would not have amounted to one hundredth part Of
what he has sacrificed or declined!
Ifsuch a monstrous absurdity could be admitted,
CADET is then not TO be regarded as puer but "a
| a detestable villain.
But let drop these general remarks, and come at
once to the fact which Influenced the judgment Of
the police court (poee correctionee) and are in
treaty by which Mr. Posters has conceded to him mil
lion of land in Texas is announced in the
Poplars 10th January ls4s However in order to have
formed at that the foundation OF the
is reduced to nothingbecause CADET possesses the
condemned NJ CADET for tract OF land more or less oc
cupied In a desert must have had silly pretcxt,
or must have been very ignorant OF what is passing In
America where more than minidrd and half OF
acres-the property Of the government OF the United
States-await the first occupants. As to the pre-
tended imposition of NJ CADET and our pretended ere
dulty you have read the Popuaire, which you cite
in support OF your assertions you would have seen At
once that far from announcing Icaris as being ready
he did not TO learn that emigration demand
ed force and devotion because had for its object the
colonization Of desert You would have also seen
that the misforunes Of vanguard have not been
y augmented desire to depart, In order to sustain
our brothers and to continue or to reeonmenee our
we were going to find not little Paris, but almost
little Ireland.
You wonder at our facility in giving our property
We avow that We have not hestated to pay by an
unlimited confidence forty years Of an upright de-
voion to our cause and in despite OF the sayings OF
some Judas that confidence has not been deceived.
aud cannot be dcceved-for, otherwise, one must
despair Of humanity and become a Malthusian.
witnesses and objects Of his incessan devotion and
OF his complete abnegations yop would be no more
gret being 20 completely unjust towards man
worthy of respect and general admiration
At New Orleans. took with US all our brothers OF
Texas, and we relieved those who were willing TO
accept our assistance.
Although by our social contract nothing
cit her legally or morally to those who abandoned
by a want Of courage and good faith-although those
deserters made TO us the greatest prejudice In dc,
priyng OF the fraternal concourse which they had
promised in starting from France. gave. however,
two hundred francs to each one of them and, In our
position IL was indeed great sacrifice.
We went over the Mississippi TO the number Of two
hundred and eighty men. women and children, under
repair our FIRST disaster. The funny division Of our
party In twenty r,ans sixty fools one hundred and ten
aids and ninety ierss waiting for the moment Of
plundcring. without doubt an indirect manner Of
prang principles of fraternity; for they not
philanthropists those one hundred aud ten highway
IN, aud their chief who have In their hands all the
money and all the baggage and who instead Of flying
and abandoning those who OF utility TO be-
came nurses, and took care Of one hundred and ten
sick children and old men, at the risk OF perishing
miserably
During our voyage, NJ. CADET, you said, was in a
~
for In the first steamer iarshal Ney) the steersge
only Of which had, VI. CADET. In spite Of our
treaties wanted to sleep with partaking Of pr
vations and Of all our Inconvenience. And In the
second steamer, american fagle) which We had en-
trcy he gave all the cabin 10 the sick and TO the
while he slept the hoor the door Of the
saloon.
II IL i'm possible for US 20 follow our untrue historian
the Red River and In the unhappy land voyage TO
Texas or 20 Icaria because went Directly by steam
from New Orleans to Nauvoo where some Of our
trcthcr sent before In order to prepare houses
were waiting tor with Lodgings ready TO receive
His fantastic narration Of broken carriages, Of
corrcs Of Indians disguised as princes &C, &C, Is
hut nightmare. well the narration OF the first
vanguard. who In their voyage never saw sayages,
princes robbers.
A. 20 marriages. We believe that their solemn
celebration In presence OF the whole colony rendered
them as holy those but lately tolerated by the
English Laws and celebrated without witnesses before
a blacksmith. Moreover without any Intervention of
authority. and only to impose silence detrac-
tori. all marriages contracted according TO the
laws ard 60 morals. have been ccnsecrated BY the
Nayor Of Nauvoo who Always comes In our colony to
perform this solemn act.
The imposed shortne-s of answer does not permit
10 refute all the untrue and calumnious facts.
well all the erroneous conclusions of your article
However this one T. the results Of perhdious ac
counts the vcracty q which you GOULD ascertain
We hope that the negations aud assertions ~ our
three hundred voices will 10 sufficient 10 rucify your
at least In their injustice towards the
resp, ctsbe CADET, and even towards Icarians OF
Nauvco.
We trust in your imparality for the insertion Of thi.
letter in your paper.
Receive, sir. &C; NC.
Resolved aud voted 10 General Assembly. March list
The PRESIDENT q the Assembly
A THIBAuLT. Vice President
A MARClfAND, secretary.