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 n charter on
Nanvoo, 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 the new city, and
thus did he become supreme in all
matters, civil AMI military As well as
religious. But the doctrine Of Sealing
Of wives which was now formally
proclaimed as Il tenet though de-
nouncGI As stain ami abDmination in
the sight Of the Lord, aroused the in
dignation and unity o, the II,
sans as it had tie MissOurians, an
led to the conflict known in the Ii
tory ofthat state rs the Mormon War,
which endel in tn, impri sonmcnt
in Carthage Jail of the prpr pd
his brother IIyrLm, their sui Vt
murder by a mob, an the t. y
the entire Mormon colony II die
lead Of Brigham Young fort /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 c.
Nmball, all of whom aspired to the
position. In 1915 the legislature re-
vokcd the charter of NauvOo, the hos
tility Of the gentiles 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
solitulcs of the Rocky Mountains.
Ennis aries were accordingly sent out
TO look up a 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. Thither they determined
to journey, and in February, 1916, the
first body of emigrants crossed the
Mississippi and after years sojourIl
in Iowa. pushed on across the vast
plains toward the new land ofprom.
Use. Thither Brigham Young ac'
companied them arriving in the
Great Salt Lake Valley on July q
1917, and Immediately founded tho
City of Salt Lake. The main body
of Morm)ns deserted Nauvoo in the
spring of 1913, arriving at Salt Lake
at the beginning of autumn. In 1851
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 till
waSpurchased by the Mormon churcl
ami Brigham Young was appoint,
governor by President Fillmore
District judges were also appointe,
by the federal government, but tn
MormJns drove them out of the ter
ritory in 1851. The president thel
suspended Brigham Young from
the Office of governor and Colone
SteptoO, of the regular army, wa
named as his successor. lie arrive
in Utah in 1851, but found it prudeI
in a 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 I'll
spring Of 1857, after the accession
ALr. Buchanan to the presidency VIII
appointed Hon. Alexander Gun
mings governor of Utah, and ordere
Col. Albert Sidney Johnston, with
force of $500 men, to repair to Sa
Lake, with instructions to maintai
tho new governor in his position an
authority, and secure obedience
tie federal laws by force of arms
necessary. Unfortunately an opp
sition congress by resolutions al
nailed the order TO resort to force
necessary, and reduced the milital
to mere force of occupation will
out authority to employ their arm
les attacked by the Mormon m
litia. The result was that the lattt
CIT off and destroyed their suppl
trains AMI compelled them to go in
quarters at d considerable distan