Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29
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the country was a wilderness, but
their industry soon began to make il
blossom as the rose. The Illinois
legislature conferred q charter on
Nauvoo, Il body of Mormon militia
was formed under the name of Nau-
Woo, Legion, Of which the prophet was
appointed commander. lie was also
appointed mayor of then new city, and
thus did he become supreme in all
matters, civil anil military as well AS
religious. But the doctrine Of Sealing
Of wives" which was now formally
proclaimed rs IL tenet though de-
nouncel As stain ana illumination in
the sight of the Lori, aroused the in
dlgnaton and unity o the II, n
sans as it had the MissOurians, an
led to the conflict known in the Il S
tory Ofthat state rs the Mormon War,
which ended in tn, impri sonment
in Carthage Jail ut the pr phct and
his brother IIyrlm, their subsequent
murder by mob, an the exodus of
the entire Mormon colony under the
lead Of righam Young for the then
unknown regions in the far west, be-
You'd the bounds of states and civili-
cation. Smith was killed on the 9th
Of June 1911, the Council of the
Twelve Apostles elected Brigham
Young to succeed him as prophet and
head Of the church over Sidney Rig
don, OrsOn Hyde and Hebrew G.
Kimball, all Of whom aspircd to the
position. In 1878 the legislature re-
vokcd the charter of NauvOo, the hos
tility Of the gcntiles continued to in
crease, and finally the saints resolved
to make final move to some region
where they would be free Of molesta-
ton, even though they were COM
PEELED to journey as far as the desert
sOlitules of the Rocky Mountains.
Emis'aries were accordingly sent out
10 look up suitable location, and on
their return reported that they had
fodnd the desired spot, very garden
Of Ellen, by the side Of great salt
Sea, corresponding with the sea Of
Galilee, watered by river they styled
the Jordan, even as its prototype wa
tered the land of Coils chosen people
III Judea. Thithcr they determined
tojourney, and in February, 1916, the
first body of emigrants crossed the
Mississippi and after a years sojourn
in Iowa. pushed on across the vast
plains toward the new land of prom
isc. Thither Brigham Young ac-
companied them arriving in the
Great Salt Lake Valley on July 81
1917, and Immediately founded the
City of Salt Lake. The main body
of Norm ns deserted Nauvoo in the
spring of 1913, arriving at Salt Lake
at the beginning of autumn. In lSjL
the county occupied by the Mormon'
was organized by congress into ter.
ritory under the name Of Utah, after
the tribe of Indians wh) were til,
original occupants, and whose titl'
waSpurchased by the Mormon churcl
ami Brigham Young was appoint, :,
governor by President Fillmore
District judges were also appointed
by the federal government, but tin
Morm)ns drove them out of the ter
ritory in 1851. The president thcl
suspended Brigham Young from
the Office of governor and Colone
Steptoo, Of the regular army, wa
named as his successor. lie arrived
in Utah in 1851, but found it pruden
in few months to withdraw from
the territory. During the mex
two years collisions between til
MOrmons and the United State
officials became frequent, until in tn
spring of 1857, after the accession c
SLr. Buchanan to the presidency VIII
appointed Hon. Alexander Cum
mings governor of Utah, and orderc
Col. Albert Sidney Johnston, with
force of $500 men, to repair to Sal
Lake, with instructions to maintai
tho new governor in his position an
authority, and secure obedience t
the federal laws by force Of arms
necessary. Unfortunately an oppC
sition congress by resolutions al
nailed the order to resort to force
necessary, and reduced the militar
TO mere force of occupation witt
ont authority to employ their arm
IS attacked by the Mormon mi
litia. The result was that the latte
CIT OFF and destroyed their suppl
trains AMI compelled them to go INF
quarters at d considerable distant