The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-04-16
relieved, by the generosity Of their conquer.

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The new citizens, however, caused Gene
raj Brockman more trouble. Many Of them
had ventured the opinion that a man Of his
sacred profession was rather out OF place in
commanding force organized on very
doubtful authority. Many Of them very
naturally considered it their duty to volun-
teer under the orders Of the Governor, not
for the purpose of vindcasing the Mormons
so much as to protect their homes and their
property, which they feared we're endangered
by the hostile movements Of the Anti Nor
mon army. Many Of them who feared to
trust General Brocklnan fed with the Nor
mons, at his npproach. Others, placing
more confidence IN the broad pledges which
be had given for the protection of " persons
and property" chose to remain at their own
fresides, in their own dwellings, believing
that q mans house was his castle at the
present period as much as it waa Il thousand
vears ago, amid the darkness of feudalism.
Bnt these self confident hardy fellows soon
found that they reck oned without their host.
1t was soon discovered that they knew not
what manner of man this same Brockman
was for no sooner had the veteran discov-
cred that there were certain persons who had
ventured to demonstrate against his authority
than files of soldiers were dispatched for
their arrest when this model soldier, fresh
from the field of his glory, dotted his epau-
lettes, assumed the official robes Of judge,
and passed sentence Of banishment on every
culprit who was brought before him in this
summary process. These culprits, least of
all persons, had any right to complain Of the
delays of the law for they were Immediate
ly remanded into the custody of trusty
guard, when they were promptly trotted
down to the brink Of the river at the point
of the bayonet, where they were guarded on
the ferry until they reached the opposite shore.
In this manner were many persons removed
from their rightful homes !; persons who had
no connection with Mormonism or sympathy
for its doctrines persons who had only
dared to doubt the authority of self CON
stituted unlawful military tribunal, over
which tho Rev. Mr.. Brockman presided as
chief judge. Only few days passed, and
General Brockman, satisfied with the COM
pleteness and permanency of his triumph,
disbanded his troops and retired from the
tented fcld, retaining, however, garrison
of some twenty persons, to retain possession
of the temple, and prevent the return of the
Mormens. This guard remained in Nauv 90
about one month, when they retreated be-
| fore the Governor, who marched two hum
dred men into Nauvoo, For the purpose Of
finally restoring order and legal supremacy.
! Under his protection, the new citizens re-
turned to their homes. Signs of life and
! activity were again manifested in the streets
of the deserted city, and peace again sniled
away the spirit of discordant strife.
Whilst these arbitrary and lawless scenes
of violence were transpiring at Nauvoo, the
citizens of Quincy, with noble and humane
benevolence, sent steamboat treighted with
provisions to feed the starving outcasts or
the opposite shore. Notwithstanding ,heil
exposure to the inclemency of the weather
ard the prevalence Of the bilious diseases
peculiar to the season and western climate
their fight from Nauvoo. Avery few weeks
! passed away until the Mormons, recovering
! from their despair and CONSERVATION, were
busily engaged in preparing to remove theil
quarters westward. Many of them equipped
! themselves for Council Bluffs, where Brig.
ham Young had established his winter quar-
ters. Others sought temporary homes il
St. Louis and the neighboring towns of Iowa
where they could procure meagre aud pre-.
carious subsistence by their labor. In few
weeks more flnaticism had finally vanished
from Illinois. The long line of white tents
which stretched for miles along the Iowa
shore disappeared, and the last remnant OF
the saints was on its march to the unoccupied
and wilderness regions of the remote West,
where, amid wild crags and inaccessible
mountain passes, they determined to estab-
lish an independent empire of fanaticism,
where the immoral tenets of their licentous
faith, far removed from legal restraints, could
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