Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-12-14

tined their towns, ard dcteI the o1icers
ofthc iew, it added of,eourSc, fuel to the
fame Of. public excitement. The militia
Of thc'State were. finally called out, and,
Yielding TO their large numbers, the Nor
mons capituIated, agreeing to leave Mis-,
souri, and 60 to Nauvoo, illinois. The
1 Governor of Missouri, in his message.
gives the reasons for their expulsion as
follows! .'|'4''. a'- ''
These people had Violated the laws
of the land by open and armed resistance
to them; they had Instituted amongst
themselves a government Of their own, in
dependent Of and in opposition to the GOV
erument Of this State; they had, at al
inclemont season of the year, dr G the
inhabitants Of an entire county from their
homes, rayaged their crops, and destroyed
their dwellings"
There is nothing as to their religion
here, unless they may claim that, as in
the case of polygamy, an assumed revela-
ton justified them in their conduct,
In Nauvoo they remained until 1886
The disturbance, which finally caused
them to leave that city, was not in consc.
qucnce of their religious creed. Foster
and Law, who had been Mormons, renoun.
ced the faith and established an anti.
Mormon paper at Nauyoo, called the EI.
position. In May, 1914, the prophet and
a party Of his followers, on the publlca.
ton of its first number, attacked the Office,
tore it down, and destroyed the presses
The -proprietors fed for their lives to Car
thage, the county seat, and obtained war.
rants for Joseph and Hyrum Smith and
l6 others. The constable who sought tc
serve them was driven from Nauyoo.--
The authorities thereupon called out the
militia to enfore the law, and the Nor.
mons armed themselves to resist it; but
: at last the two Smiths surrendered, and
were taken to the county Jail at Carthage
which y as strongly guarded. A party q
Missourians crossed the river, overpowcr'
ed the guard, and murdered the prisoners
Ii vas murder, and nothing else for they
had surrunderedon the promise Of thc
governor to protect them, and the guilt
est criminals have the right to fair pub
lic and impartial trial. Boi the Origin
Of this tragedy can be traced dlYectly tt
the Illegal mobbing ofa free press for dar.
ing to publicly denounce Mormoni>m anJ
its practices. Ia l845 the Nauyoo char.
tcrwas repealed by the Illinios legislature
and they made preparations to leave, has
tened by another conflict with the people
Of the vicinity, In 1876 they reached
Council Blu1s, and ip l847 Brigham
Young and the ADVANCED guard Of the
Mormous arrived at Salt Lake Valley.
| may briefly, under this head, trace
the history Of their collisions, in tboil
present region, with the General Govern
ment.
Z Il; September, 1850, Congress organic.
ed Utah Territory, and President Fillmore
appointed Brigham Y othgtwho at Smiths
death, had become president Of the Church,
as governor. The next year the Federal
judgeswere compelled by Brigham Young's
threats of violence to fee from the terri.
tory, and the laws Of the United States
were openly deded. Col. Steptoe Yves
commissioned as governor, in place Of
Young; but, after wintering with bat
allion of soldiers at Salt Lake City, he
resigned, not deeming It safe or prudent
to accept Brigham oung, the Sabbath
after he left, preached sermon in the
: Tabneracle, declaring:
Il am and will be governor; and no
power can hinder 1t, until the Lord Al
mighty says, Brigham, you need not be
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