, 1877-12-26
"Now Il Came to Pass" that 10
Smith Didn't Write the
Book Of Mormon.
1t Was q Historical Romance Writ
ten by Solomon spnlding,
Of Conncaut, o.
Kho ATTEMPTED 10 Show that Tho american H.
diam Ners Defendants II The Lost
tribes " Israel,
Sptefaf Correspondence ct 7'hs 1Ttbuns.

of tho head Of The Mormon Church, and tho |
rronhccfc. 3ntu,pc, IN in rcrard 10 tho probable
autufo ot t"at efea1 ae'os'pn, 'l''est ~ -. ."s
facts OF !ts mJater1ous origin Win hc" 'ntef
Est. Tho general public. of course, understand
that the whole systcu, il gross and palpabto
hv,,,t,rn. that .,o o+icn ~ the Rook of Mormon
,,. us' '1nasa .sIs 49, r. rr.,5 nj d.cc,t. 1u,t
uecpiS enehroudoa IN l'aau snu uesss' ~
only tile antlauar'a'. Of one VINO mas palo spec'ai
70 the saS auuas ans @ aar Ssst
.,..t. III. :. ,,.'I.
1na, >ns ' sa. ,,c, ,,..,o., IN ,ho suh.
Aau ai"hfh lt"e.' u'u." lns''es' ~ W. 80
tecs. 1t had seemed such wonder that right
in the middle Of the enlightened nineteenth CEN
.,,.. or1 In ,bo cn,,vhtcnn,1 11n,t,a States. m
t,,;nr.,. ,,,, .,,ncr.,t,i.u,. man cnuld n,.umo
Mte'Atc @"n sup.s..tas I'm. Ha ~ aa,s.r. t,,o
multitude. But tho facts we're untltspuscJ, and
the .s @ eFpaa asa 'l
Some " twenty VENT " miles east q / iii. sity, on the
lake shore, u the Town Of Kirkland. This Tus
tho Arst stake Of tho Church. Here the Prophet
and Ills apostles built a temple, uhlel, Ia stand
.aR III eoua tapa" .eess..t,a .1s a.S ssrs.oa.s
bank for the Issue OF iFrcdeemahle paper money.
Hero affairs moved on In fine stTlo untl' tho
link became bankrupt and tho reople Of Tho
eeiS e,efra"ie5, became enrsscsl, and, rising Gu
1nasso, thu Prophet deemed It, polite to see
vision which told him that he hull made a mis-
fukc in locating bis Church. and that Missouri
This whole section Ut Lake County Is, there
Church. Old bcldamcs aud aged mcn still draw
cunsolatlot, from the senseless pages Of the
Hook OF Mormon, believe in Jo Smith, and In
tIst that they conat antiy recclyo revelations in
rccarI to tho most trivial affairs Of every day
lto. ThuJ reject pollgnmy, and the dwctlers in
SnIt Lake C{tF arc called apostates The old
%,o,nfc IL eraannn1tv 1teAf nv them. nnT1 tttcF
hold several shades of belief, thus showing the
peculiar disposition Of the human mind to form
aocts; -, ...,..o T. ~. x.,. run
MI. +. d. Howe, thcn living In Lake County,
and having had the best Of opportunities for Oh.
serving tho workings Of the Church Of Latter.
Pay san wsHts ,. ts,1 6ook xeis easd 81
circulation and copies Ut which arc now e1-
vccdlnrsy scarce. This writer propoundcd
thu theory that Solomon spatding was
tion Of lne Mormon piblr, that Sid.
new R1rtlon lnterlnr,c0 the religious portions,
and prorrcdcd with undisputabIe documentary
evidcnso 10 subssanttate nts' position. Heartng
stii iI f. sidcd in Lake County after paying re-
rcmt vtsi, II, tha tenplo in Kirkland, repaired
i ~ gsat!snsns y heqss, sna ,ptssseeS9 S g e
s1 ,naSe 'otan''' ~ t's"'o ~ 'A' AA0's "A9 ''''
WYE: 1:,n ron till ,r ,, sa,a T. vbetbcr tho ,u.a
30 where tley my be fon,di" ", A.. .,..,u.
"opd ru,a s. u tlose lie did leave have been dc.
s,r"v.1 @ S :,
"SSn.re ."n those b. = ,,1 LEFT al hs ' fopndf" !,
nitty y 1'e ~ h,S @ posssss.an So. apa..., .t
tn.n'f" sWes'a 'oa have any objection 70 showing
A SanSir I'm box containing eou.laerat,. number
same .rraIm II maIm,.crtnt was hres,,,ht MT.
nnm kw,. !,ivsn tcsmiss;on n Or tSrt,tcs, n
~ svent ions time Tine iookins over tncse
Old documents, A"1 "it'spuGh seseni u the let
tcss referred In ono way or another 10 tbs
:LtlsturY uf MurIuobisnl,h still there was moth
butto;n To- II tbo Gox VIVA nearly reached. as when M
"o @ iIirts Wv tn ,I .oku.as' "tcn @ ~
H,,,, r.;, W. .!,,,n ntsan "a ;ns. 9ao ~
that iSs .sc: @ ssrseS s oos u etler G aud % save 4
upc, anil hcld together bv waters. .ero louna,
Lpou rca4lng ti,sse through | found them to be
' '.s op eo1e m 10 dats It w., 9e!a pso;ner M u
oo1oaon opnvs s'a A. ,eaa - oaons' ,a. 10 .
NV n.stnsr. nnn tnRs thu Hr.t nnnortnn,i1 T. T.
Cunnrcticni ii i7ul. iic graduated 1t dartmouth
went intu n,esean[lc pursuits sn,i, fa{ax in lhis
removed 10 toaneaal, Asatalul. County. o., i
asen oa n" "' ts easa b aa ss ts NV mns II loot
Witch he intended Il, haYo printed, thS syafls q
which he thought would enable him to pay ele h
lrbts. Tha buuk wss entitled tho "Aiapuscrtp
Fuuuti, Vi whteh hr renti 10 mo many pa.aapgs
America euLraYofIng tn show lhtt tte Aulrrlca,
Indians arg lbs dt-cendansa Of lhe Iewt, or To-.
ttltes. ii Eaya : detailed account of lnuir Jour
ney from Jerusalem Gr land and sea, ~! shv,
and l-citI They afterwards had anas1rl4 in,
contentious, and separated Into two d!sktnc
u4tIons, ono VI which hs lenoHlinste4 Nc
phI,cs aud The other LatDanltes. Cruel unl blood
wars cusurt IN whlcI, great mutltu "a were slsln
Tlcy BURIED lhsl. dead IN larys heaps. whicl
cru ;ct tho mounds 10 common III this country
rhr1 arla, scIeucep. and civilization Ttfc brouyh
into view ln uFder 10 acConnt for I'LL tho CURIOUS IN
tluu,iics found tn ya10us parts VI N0rth and 8out
Ah'eflca,. i.asa recently read tho Dook ot Nor
tanie historical ,nuttsr, unmcs, etc,. ~ thsy wEs
In inv bruthrf'k writings wpll remember that Ii
Wrvta In ahu old s.yle. and commenced skpnt ayuf
tcntepcv With ''ana Il cuu,s to paAa, OF '.npw
came 10 pass, " thu sans A. Ia ths BOOK Of 1ioi
nun aud. according lo tue best Of mr. recotlec
tiou and 6ullef ii Ii tbs same a. my bTather 5ou
nun wrote, with thu exception 0f Tho Yoitniou
matter, By what tnsana il ma fallen into Ia
turmins. JOHN sr4Luixa.
Tho Qcrond Icttcr WAS dated at Cnn.eaut an
lns nst'i"s ILL., .st'"' "A' oA's" As ~o"os"4h' 1@