M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-09-13

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Judge DougIas-An Incident ir
... DOR lo'h tEis Life. l'. N
The following incident in the life 0
: Mr.. Douglas will serve to illustrate
prominent trait in HE character:
; In the year 1916, the excltemen
; against the Mormons at Nauvoo reach
ed its height. The people of the sur
rounding country determined to drive
them away. The saints ,determined
to defend themselves. A civil wal
seemed imminent, Gov, Ford dts.
patched a regiment to put down botl
beIligerents. The regiment, consist!
ing Of four hundred and fifty men
was under the command of Col. John
~, Harden, the Old political opponent,
but warm personal friend Of Mr..
Douglas, who held the post OF Major
As the little body OF troops ap.
preached Nanyoo, they saw the Nor.
mons, four thousand strong, drawn
up to oppose their advance. Every
man ofthem was known to be armed
with "seyen shooter and brace oil
Colts revolvers" s"--twenty one shots to
a man, besides a bowie knife. aar-
den halted his corps Just out of rifle
range and addressed them: ,a. o.,
"There are the Mormons, ten to
one against MS. | intend to attack
them. If there is a coward here who
wishes to 80 home, he may do SO now.
Let any man who wishes togo step in
| 'front.'"
| Not q man came forward.
There were, dare say" says Mr..
Douglas, just four hundred and fifty
one OF US, including our Colonel, who
would have been glad to have retired;
but not one Of us had the courage to
own that he was a coward" -.
Major Douglas" said the Colonel
"will take one hundred men, proceed
to NauVoo, arrcst the twelve apostles
and bring them here"
"Ool. Harden" asked the Major,
quietly, so that no one else heard, is
this peremptory orders"
l"ltis." ! f" ~
'|Then | shall make an attempt to
execute it. But give you warning,
not man Of US will ever return"
"The apostles must be taken, Mai.
Douglas" replied the Colonel.
"Very well, Colonel. Ii you send
me alone You will be much more like.
ly to get them"
"But you will lose your lite."
81 will take the responsibility. Ii
you send me alone l will pledge my
selfto reach the city. AS to bringing
in the twelve, or getting back myself,
that is quito another question. l Fill
try" We -"
"Major Douglas" said the Colo,
mel, after reaectipg,a Q few moments,
will proceed to Nauvoo, taking such
escort as he sees fit"
The order was hardly given When
the little Maj or-f2r he was not then
"Little Giant"-dashed off at full
speed and alone. AS he approached
the Mormon legions, Gen Wells came
forward to meet him, and after brief
conversation, escorted him through
the hollow square Of troops into the
city. lie was not long in finding
Brigham and the twelve. All Of
them were old acquaintance ofhis.-
Most Of them had, in fact, been before
him tor trial, as Judge, upon some
charge Or other. ..
The Judge is famous for his taking
manners; and in q very brief time he
succeeded in inducing Brigham and
his associates to accompany him.
They all packed themselves into the
k"apostolic coach, drawn by eight
horses, and presented themselves in
the camp.
The fighting was postponed, and
negotiations for the removal Of the
Mormons were entered upon. Judge
Douglas being CHIEF negotiator on one
side, Brigham himself said but little;
and at length said he would 80 out for
awhile, directing his associates to set
tie the terms. These were soon in
formally agreed to by the twelve, and
they were committed to paper.
Brigham returned, and asked how
matters had been settled. He was
told that everything had been settled.
n"Let me look at the terlns, said
Brigham, quietly.
He read them over hastily.
{, "l'll never agree to them, neyerl"
be exclaimed, f-a'''-. -. .
The vote was formally put, and the
whole twelve, without q dissenting
voice, declared against tbem; though
they had as unanimously. accepted
them not FIVE minntes before. y
The negotiations were then renewed