, 1877-09-09


Utah. The oak that has ovcrsprcad the entire
forest has fallen. None other can eyer M asaiI ::I
tower SO high 1or many reasons: ane'I ,,,';t, ~
| uet4tauty oS aoie M ...nT1,na' ria sec,ls,
| clonant Is srrad,aliv inva,,inr the Mormon q:
well as other churches. Love Of freedom is d
contagious disease Many OF the MofMons ars
Wue reaofIs, ahu @ NY Aeep ,..pavs up "4dn A. that en
tl;rG N ,hn imcffa6Ic nonsense and absllrdit,
thew call religion, don't sec. But no onc ncel
look for an immediate breakup Of Mor1nonisn
because Brigham lounI, Is 4eae. . lhc aeeIinE
any t,,o. ',s " " ,,nIit ;s frnwth al
tbat can be said is, that, in ali reason, thai
| growth should bc moro rapid now than hereto
fore. y. J. Il.
| AN ,srrRrs71Se SKETCH OF JOE SMITH AND TIL
| NAuyoo SETTLEMENT.
| 70 the Editor Of The Tribune
/ CHICAGO, Sept. 6-The death OF Brigham
| Young marks the end Of the second period d
| the history of the Mormon Church, as tht
death of pronltct Toc Smith yas the cud OF tht
| 60. ;1 1,..,. ,.,,.e =, tbo history y,
uts' pel'ou I'see"1 e.As7 ,-;a,,. ~ ,,,t
lnls enulca 1caoef Act. oepeeA4'e ~" ~ 'A>
lfc Of the organization ol interest,"
| The founders of this Church we're Sidney kgg'
| don- a man of considerable talent and pre-
| @o-' ;,e.-.,,.,,;o, ,,d loScnh smith
au.nAo1, WI, 'nio |' p;s.,a n,1ar.,1 ot ,irst
| LUG u1stst, "non. "!soou .A'pu, '1, w. 49, .
! to propagate the tmth, bnt WHO alter"a1o Ut
came tho great high priest OF the organization.
The birth Of the Mormon religion will perhaps
| fa.or,, ran,fn St, en;rna IN fhe history OF the
| s,',,. .:r;,;.~..;.r +, - mt na,cra, tn trace
"o5io c''lli@a1'o'i' - - ~. s,.,,e,,,sn ~
| the lineage anu Tue Lie ol hsuon alInooSu u1
| -rcmainEd with the Church through Its trouble
| sonc cbrecr for twenty years. Joe Sulith was
| sh,.., -. !, ,sn, aud uos rr,n,vcd
oo'u ~ eN4A, ~ p,,,,,,,r. y v 1r youth
at lo years o. age u a1l'5ia, ~ 80 49,
he led an idle, vasabond ll1c, roaming the
woods, dreaming Of buried treasures. employ
;,,r hi. br,;n in rntlravors to find them by the
-N s, ~ a;r;,;,,.r ro1s ,wist,nr frlcd sticks.
meo,u1, y. o'. ...Na'sx, ',.,.,.a5 e,anoe NJ
and looking through eoenan1eu s.o"s nt'
father was Tatcr-w1tcll," anu llttIe doe was
t2nrht to follow in his footsteps, aud the
,r,n,y,cx of his after life NAV bc in L treat
,r,hnt al +, the snnerstitious not1ons
measure a'tt loa'e1 w w. c1
tic attention OF such man as Risdon, who cn-
couraccd him to believe in his early yasarics,
and wrought his mind into that enthusiastic
temncr which nrepared him fur the reception
~ I:1r,7nn:s ,,1ans. rnese niat,s were. it would
seem IN nrid;nate a nrw religion fur ile West
orn Wor,d Fi.,.1nn Ills sa,d WIS M intidel. but
Ia knew somrthiup Of the history Of tue Chris
tian rrtirion sn,I fhe project which he disclosed
~ Sr,rl, Indicates that he had read other lis
torr 1han tl1ut of the Churrh. aud had become
- right tn invent. a religion and cstablish a
rhnn.f, as had .Icsus Chr1st. Mahomct or upy
,,rnnb4t
i PRESBYTERIAN clergyman, named Spauldinn,
in 1lIio is credited wifi having written rclig-
;u,s T1,n,anr.. which subsequent TO tile death Of
fhe anthnr iii int, th.. iIanus of R,rdop, who
,,.cd # as the b.sis for tic construction Ut u
t-reat rc1i,rious cuitirc 1t mas been asserted by
snrne tiot Smith procured the book written ly
nr- SnaulIinn and from it evolved the plans for
av.r for h.Ijcv;nc thaf f,rt1on drew Smiths a.
t.nf,on n 1he sI,b;,ct nj their future Iabors
Sn,tt was taken into lis cou;dence and story
w,s fatr;rats.i whics, outlined a rclioion Of nd
.a n~oncr,iope hut ~ I,n,1rso f.st;utr IN
franI Tee s,,hs,ansut s;istnrr Of this rrl}rior
onH ;te 1a1.s,nn,nsIs .ra Iar irom hninr lYha;
+'a f,,,.Iors ;ntanIea and NAM ,dt1itin; ,ay,.
80, 4',,,s % t;, h1.n n,aI wh;ch hnvn so
.< .!on s .. ~ -, ,hl.sn. ~ ran,,nr - c,,;,a ~
nthar .,no ,hao ,,,e concentinn NJ ,he ,,1thors
yausl llp eauS an thafs ae so11, 'ssTha Tt,.. nf
lucy na,neu M Ane'A n, So;,, - -
oesua ln<s, ,ot,x.a., L;1j,r anI suith
Was "SiIeA tif; ~ e1a,143
tnat LIZ to4o"s ~ ~; e'1;t;..a.
9s nS e4tue }aa ,'ei oo., ~ t,,.,i h,,r;a3 J..
ihat soiuea Plates nau neen lVuuo ~ ~
.ne ~ oa, ~ enS L,,, 7ha, ~ ,,,laor ,I,,r.
I a,. w .;..hara -. h, tta no,cr ~
tefs, WHICH, "neu uceaphGieu 1ne pumei i1Iot ~
inspiration, gave 1ne HISTORY ~ lug a,',, |en ioss
t1ioes VI as.ssi ~ ,..tr the,. hnd A:.,,i an,
ASA INTO a1ne1ca' "i'ele tues iau sSseieu al'&t
uou1isned, a nue!s = ~ uue t.e, ~. 80. .
anu plGacuea u1 oospsi ~ ~ hora
HIS i"cNe apoaties, ..no ":s .,.i.~. - 49, .e
neniy ID ing sau1e n1aunsl 19 III "niGu tae vs.
cruelned IN Jclusaten.. inG!e & nao ~ ~ sne.
history o. Tue Auesan ena aoi e" I'
hundred years, untu tne "1eheuuess " Iile
people called uoNn 1ne Juusnen. %. oou upou
tnc11' "hen resuteo .n ltt;l i ..:n
u dessIloeu tne wars o. tnc seseia. nailo1is
distributed over tuis continent .Iou tIe Astu,
mus OF Darie1 to TIE ICY regions ol lnenortu, anu
great Importance was pa14 u tne terIlole pattie
of CumoEaii, between Ing Lanaanlles, WHO hut"
not Cod" and Tue Acph'tes, WHO wire toe
chosen people. Hnnureas oi tnousanos Hefe
slaughtered. anu tne Sephtes "e!e altnost
destroyed ny the ares Oh satan' ~ iG" .! el1s
Mormon aud his sou Hofona. you alrccteo
Mormon to write history o. al tcese solemn
events on golden plates ana oury the'h IN Inc
earth Tor the coming nat'ons 10 dlsco'cl. 1hls
storyls the Arrangement o. Inc cscrgsnlah's
romantic tale But Joc smith wa5 cunning
and entered into hlgaoI's svncme Will al Tue
enthusiasm OF MS nature.
He was about 10 years o1 aec' as nc aiter#ard
related to the aslonlsheu anu ignorant people
who Hooked TO near ms story, Wnen uou revealed
the location OF tnls ourleu Iccoro 10 hlnl. IL Is
the old story OF supernatural VISITATION, ami
many people were ready to bcicTc tho state
mcn1s he made. Lie WAS also, as all other
prophets and seers have been, the sport Of
lies and ISLANDERS, and vain attempts
were made to rob INN OF his plates
lie removed to pennsylvania, aud through
the Inspiration OF angels, Whom he called rim
aud Ihumtnlm, proceeded to translate the hiero-
siyphlcs- 1he lrauu was well planned, anu