Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-01-14
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Norm onis mn and the mormons.

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Mormonis mn and the mormons.
The strange character and singular origin Of
the seed" Manuscript Found" and ats
A@thor--Rigdou and Joe SmiA-Appear
ancs efMe Book Of Mornaon-Present 1T
htade amd possible Destiny Of Brigham
and his adhereats.
In almost every paper that meets our gaze
we SEE considerable excitement occasioned
by the Mormuns, the inhabitants of Salt Lake
City, who have now become quite powerful
in numbers and resources. By their strict
determination and persevering energy, urged
on by a fGnatical creed and stimulated war,
to deeds Of blood-shed and murder by the
villaily Of their leaders, in faith, they. have
made the rough and barren wilds Of Salt
Lake TEEN with fruits Of their theft-like la
bors, and It's banks to resound with the hum
of a saperstitious multitude.
1t is necessary for every one to know who
these people are, and what is the foundation
of their faith, or whence sprung their bible.
These will proceed to give, as it has fallen
under my observation.
The Mormon faith took its origin not many
years SINCE in our own land, in the appear
ance Of a book titled the Golden Bible"
in connection with the Seventh Wonder
in the parsonage of Joe Smith. There are
several who were supposed to have been
connected vita the production of this book,
and among them figured conspicuously a
Sidney Rigdon, then residing in Palmyra, N.
Y. But afterwards the facts became more
fully known, and the real author of the
9 Mormon Book" was found to be Rev. Sol
ONION Spaulding, a minister of the Congre-
gational church. He was a resident of New
Salem, Ohio, in 1912. Near New Salem
there were several mounds or hillocks, evil
IDENTIFY the remains of destroyed Notifications
of the original races then extinct. Spauld-
ing being a man of considerable education,
and fond of history, took great pleasure in
the development of the mysteries of antiqui-
ty. At different times various things were
found there such as instruments, and other
articles, and he conceived the design of wri1
ting a history of these races, and proceeded
to do SO. Taking the testament as a model
Of the most ancient kind of writing, he imi-
tated its style. It claimed to have been
written by one Of the lost race and found in
the earth, marked in ~hiereglyphics, which he
interpreted for the benefit of himself and
friends, and it took the name of /" Manuscript
Found.n His progress in che translation
would often be enquired of by his friends, and
when he had written sufficient to entertain
them no would read it. Assisted considera-
bly, by his classical knowledge, he inserted
many singular names, of which they had
some slight remembrance.
From this place Spaulding removed to
Pittsburgh, Pa, and from there to Amity,
Pa, where he died. At Pittsburgh he be-
came acquainted with a printer in whose
Office Rigdon, before mentioned, was engaged
as assistant, and who, upon a favorable OPP
portunity obtained a copy of the manuscript
which had been borrowed by his employer.
Rigdon retained the copy he had taken OF
this work secretly for more than fourteen
years, till he went to Palmyra, where he
found a congenial spirit and assistant for
humbugging the world, in the low, defled
and drunken Joe Smith, who, ready to dc
anything 10 crafty his unnatural appetite
butstill cunning, more than ordinarily, agreed
to help him in the great imposition, announc
ing the Z Manuscript Found as the Easls =
a new religion. The scheme was accom-
plished but instead of Rigdon, the si1lou'
Joe was heralded { Prophet . and they GREW
vast crowds after them in their new &alsn.-
an Vn9 yea, roovrSvrsIva hundred copies vert
issued under the auspices Of Smith, entitled
the Book Of Mormons.u -
Thus the sect was fairly started, and Smith
after wandering many days in search of the
+" City of Refuge finally assigned Kirkland.
Lake Co., Ohio, as the place the Lord haC
pointed out for the building of the temple
There they cherished the hope of gain more
than the furtherance of their creed, and were
soon drowned in an overwhelming bankrupt
cy. From there they cast a look still farther
west. for the foundation of the Great Tenn
pie"
They, at the present dag, may almost b.
called a fierce, barbarous and war-like PEG
pie. Their original demi-gods have pas
away: Joe Smith has fallen, and is probably
-" Confined to fast in fires,
Till the foul crimes done in his days of nature
Are burnt and purged away
This people, with such a d doctrine, will
a foundation as base and rotton as we hay,
shown, now rage on the confines of our ceun
try, destroying and pillaging our peaceful
1 people. And the great hero of the " latte
day glory manifested in the person is the
tyrant Young, who with his ten thousand
: assisted by the knowledge and nature of the
place, openly defes the forces Of the Govern
: ment.
Where shall the Latter DaySaints, find rest
" Surely. there shall be a way for them to &C
out of Babylon" to revel in the licentiou sness
of their own infatuation. The eye of Brig
ham Young may have been long since cast
upon the royal halls of Mexico's palace, and
there it is, perhaps, surrounded by the pa
geankry of a royal and priestly sovereignty
he shall see rest for the the i" Golden Bible
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