Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-01
The IOWA VOTER.
norm on. 10 Return 10 Nauyso

The in,imation, in our last issue, Of
the movement now on foot, for the
removal Of Joseph Smiths printing
establishment fron Plano 10 thi-
place. means more than is expressed
or understood ny passing glance.
1t Is n we'll known fact that the Nor
mon population, AZ n whole, have
never been coitenied or perfectly
satisfied with their location at Salt
Lake City; and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
a desire or determination 10 etnigratt
TO some locality more suitable to
their lahors and better adapted to
their wants. For that purpose
agents have been sent 10 all parts Of
the world. Arizona and sonora have
been examined; South America
searched and the Islands of the Pa
edfjc examined with attention and
care but aii these explorations failed
TO develop a location that would
meet all their requirements; sotnt
places the climate WAS too hot ahd
HnsaIuiTious, others were too remote
from civilization. or too small to al
low the possibility Of ever becoming
q powerful people. In all these ex-
plorations the agents have failed to-
find, ip any Of the .equestered hooks
Of creation, n place more deslrab|e
than the one TO which they were q
by their first great leader, and have
Invariably reported adverse 10 reiioV-
III to any new or unsettled country
Owing 10 this unsettled condition of
affairs they have long ago abandoned
the building of the Great Temple,
which Was TO be one OF the finest
structures of art ever attempted by
man; but the money appropriated
for that purpose Is Annually COLLECTED
and AN amount has now accumulated
amounting 10 many millions Of dol
lars, 80 that when the project is once
resuscitaled there will he no lack Of
funds to carry IL through. Brigham
Young, their present leader has new
or given general satisfaction, and the
number OF ,iis.enters have increased
greatly, till the Number that supporI
the dogma Of Polygamy has dwin-
died into iHsigniticairce, while those
who support ,nODogomy, under the
leadership Of Joseph Smith, are be.
coming more numerous daily, and
are by great odds the largest and
most prosperous branch Of the
Church. For years the Josrphltr
branch has been laboring to break
down the influence Of Young, and
cheek the dissemination OF his teach
ing: but, like all other errors, when
once established nothing but time
will overthrow it, and II Is now OBJ
yious TINT his teachings, which have
been firmly engrsined into the minds
OF his followers, viii yield hut little
to outside pressure, and death, which
il likely 10 occur vt any time, Is the !
only messenger that Will eiiiancipat.
the people from superstition and give
generai peace and prosperity In the
Church. So soon MS the death Of
Young occurs. the rnlership Of the
LITTER Day Saints will fall upon Jo-
seph Smith, who Will proceed inn
mediately TO reorganize the church,
mud try to bridge the rupture caused
by the fanaticisn Of Young. AZ |
Smith will locate In Nauvoo, his fol. |
lowers viii congregate by thousands |
around him. Those who have wan
derpd without any fixed habitation |
or lived In the Deseret Valley for the
l,ast quarter century, will avail |
themselves Of this opportunity to
find comfortable home, and like
the Jews, who, after Il forty years
captivity, will return To their native
city. established and named by their
first leader, aud build up their: Tenn
pie which wHs destroyed by some
ruthless hand short time after their |
expulsion. Under the management
OF Smith we predict prosperity to the
Church, and the building that will
compare with anything in the Mis-
sis.ippi Valley.-Natlroo hadepend-
ent.