The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-31


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nasufa. and revcsshe 9ecefsnas sauh g are only
carried c0Sln 10y coshtFie& Thy hsla.
that the pf0rness ~ eiaaaCsn ere binding On
their conscicncee aO4 MAstliey must obey him
N III things they claiM - be tie po001e peeu-
marty chosen 81 Sod. aA6 have ehrt1tenAd theme.
setses TIVE Church % oNeus--t tho Latter Day
Saints. They elatnf that Mot1ncsasm = % 90
on spreading uMtu u 0yettA1owo I'll 3la nHtioilsl
Of tho cassG; 0hA that, u nbeessAky, naohall In.
prUpagated ~ IN suosd: md That, n psu9ess Of
time, al she World ehall b. Suhject - II AacaE
son ceuntt, Mfss81a1, Whence sshoy veSo dfisrn
for their great crimes, is called their Zion, and
their proplsets hare prophesidd that 1hsre shall
the saints Rom tkf6uyA tliA wofld be a&se Hs@
bled, and lOAasshat zlUnsahal peOceedEa power
that chill d4shssAo king subvest dynasiass and
subjugate ali the natioHs Of thoscArth. ~ .hnAl
lfS ORl0lRs HF asis
ssThb xssteheA hid iss origin m an;ecran-
sficity VI nsan 1aznea 6panDdingy who had faik
"a - psedchgr and - . ep4keepeR, and uhe
thoa9ht he would write an historical novel He
had aismaeecsle4 Of Biblical knowledge, and lie
chnse Dr. hiseeuoiect .she history Of the lost
tribes oelsraetn Ne Wh0aU~iAs sapposcd TO be
conlmunicatest By lndinne, md the last 0f the
series was named Mormon, representing that he
had buried the book IL wasa large, ponderous
Volume dull, tedious aud inecnisimable mar3sed
BY ignOfsnce anil folly Spaulding made mant
efforts to gctltit printed, bat the work was SO
utterly 6st, stupid land insipid, flS publisher
would undcrtAkc 10 bring Il before the wofli,--
Poor spsuldinr At length went 70 his grave, ard
his manuscript remained 4 neglected roll in the
| possession of his widow. 5seqa: qss lasl
But now arose Toe Smith. more ready to live
| by his wits than the labor Of his hands :. This
Smith early in life manifested d turn for poua
| ffaud& He hxd been engagetl in several wrest-
| ling matches with the devil, and had been con.
spicuOus for hia vonderful experiences in. roll.
Glsn at certain ssivai@ He announced that he
had dug mn she book Of Mormon that tauelit 4he
66o rOliEiou. and ithis sw,s none aher lSut the
poor 6nduhiina naadscript sFhich tho had n.;1-
Joined from the house Of the widow. In his mr.
scrypnlous hands the manusc,ipt, Of SpsuldiRfs
was designed to- cause am august apastasy:s he
made IL the basis oe MarrposiSala Joe Smith be.
came a prophet and the founder of a relai rus
sect; the president Of q swindling bank; the
builder Of the cist ofNauvoO;e the Mayor Of She
cify, fsener1l Oflthe ari9e ofthe Lersl Of Israeli
candidate for tlie Presidencpof the U. States;
md finally, the martyr, ~ the saints choose to
cal ghinky But the truth Is that his yiiainies
brought down upon him the just vengeance of
the people of Illinois and Missouri. and his ca,
rcer was brought to an end by his being shot
while he was confined in Jail at Carthage. 1t
was unfortunate that such sas his end, for his
followers raised the old cry OF martyrdom and
persecution, and, as has aiwaFs proved, ss'the
blood Of the martyr was the seed of the church,
.-qa A PoLYeAAY iNrRoDrcED s.aie
Before the death Of Smith, he had made POI
lygamy adogma of the Mormon creed, though
the book Of Mormon had condemned it. That
rather hard to get out of; but il is one of the
tenents OF the charch that new revelation does
away with old revelation; hence Joe Smith, by
virtue of his power rs prophet. seer and reyela-
tor, announced a new revelation ordaining pa.
lygamy as one of its doctrines So repugnant
was this to all human belief and sense of viitae
that he did not venture to make it public he
dreaded its eject upon his people as upon those
beyond, but he nj de it known to few of the
leaders, and be and they proceeded to put it to
practice. II was charged upm them often, but
they denied it, and they denied it long after 1t
hid gradually spread among them and come t.
be common practice; and it was only sftegthey
bad placed the desert ard the Rocky Mountains
between them and civilization that they confess
ed it. Then they not only confessed it, but
openly and boldly advocated it as part of the
religion Of Utah. Pol,gamv then as now the
rule, moncgamy Is the exception to the rale
among them. This doctrine is preached from
the puipit-it is saight everywhere. "a lT -sg4a
se7' $3.50 EDUCATION AND HARfrs.f-f3 os.sagg
The little education the children get consists III
preparing them for the reception of polygamy.-
SO ut variance is that practice with all the ill.,
stincts Of humanity that II has ~ be pressed up
on the people with great assidaity as a part If
their religious datr. To prepare the women for
the reception of the revoting practice it is neces
sary to brutalize them BY destroying their mod.
esty. The sentiment Of love is rdiculed, cavalier