Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-26

all with Wnom We may nave later
course as neighh IRE; to settle all OK.
listing difficulties an,ng those not
orsanizsl iotj an acknowledged gov
ernment bordering upon the United
states and territories; 10 save the ua-
tisnal reve1ue In the nations c3flers;
to supercede the necessity OF q stanl-
ing army on our western and sOuthern
frontiers; to create and maintaiu the
principles OF peace aud suppress
mobs, iu,urrections, and oppression IN
Oregon and all lauus bordering upon
the United States anu not incofporat.
Ell into any acknowledged national
government; to explore the unexploreu
regions OF our Continents; to open new
fields for enterprise for our citlzsns anu
protect them therein; to search out the
antiquities OF the land, anu thereby
promote the arts aud sciences, and
general iniormation; to smsigamate
the feelings OF all with whom We may
hSvo Intercourse on the principles Of
equity, liberty, justice, humanity, AMI
benevDlenct; to break down tyran y
and Oppresslou, anu eSalt the Standard
OF universal eace."
On March 30lh, Elder Orson Hyde
was app9iRted by the CIty Council OF
Nanvoo to carry tue memorial ami an
ordinance accompanying 1t to Wash.
lngton, for the consideration OF both
houses OF Congress. This appointment
appeared OF record on the CITY C0u acil
miuutes, with the seal Of the corpora
ton, signed by Joseph Smith, mayor,
and Willard Richards, recorder.
Elder Ofeon Hyde made u lengthy
report OF his labOrs to the general
council, dated Washington, ID. O.,
April 28.h. In speaking OF the diff
culties In the way because OF tn e
personal deaiTes and ambitions OF
prominent men he says:
Snow all these politicians rely
upon the arm OF our government to
protect them there; and II government
were 20 pass an act establishing q
territorial government west OF the
II Jcky Mou ntains there would BIS at
once tremendous rush OF emigration.
But If the government pass no act in
relation to 1t, these men have not
stamina or sufli Client confidence in
themselves ana their own resources to
hazard the enterprise"
In the same communication, Orsou
Hyde states that Orson Pratt was with
him, ami they drafted a bill to pre-.
sent 10 Congress, and he GOES on to
say:
SIN case OF removal to that
country, Nauvoo is the place OF gene
raj rendezvous. Our course from
thence would be westward through
Iowa, bearing little 10 the north I'LL
We come TO the Missouri river. leaving
the State OF Missouri on the left,
thence up the North Fork OF the
Platte into the mouth OF Sweetwater
river, In the longitude OF l07 degrees
45 minutes west, and thence up Sweet
water river to the south pass OF the
Rocky Mountains; and from said
south paks 10 latitude AZ degrees, 2S
minutes north to the UmIqua AMI
Kiamet valleys in Oregon BORDERING
on California Is about 600 miles, max.
Ing the distance from Nauvoo to the
best portion OF Oregon, l, 200 miles,"
All this gUes TO prove, beyond
doubt, that the Prophet Joseph
Smith had Ia his mimi the establish
meat OF q gathering place for the
Saints on the western slope Of the
Rocky Mountains, and that the iues
of migration toward the West origin.
ated in his mind long before 1t was
carried into practical effect by Presi.
dent Brigham Young.
1t Is recorded in the history Of
Joseph Smith, that about Pun, June
70, 1914, Joseph Smith called -Hyrum
smith, Willard Richards, j Ohm Taylor,
w. w. Phelps, Abraham q. Hodge,
John l.. Butter, A lpheus Cutler, Will
liam Marks anu some other brethren
into his upper room, where he con-
ferred with them In regard to what he
should do, there being warrants for
his arrest and a spirit Of murder in the
air. Joseph decided that oil the
enemy wanted was to get himself anu
Hyrum, aud that II they went away
no harm would come to tue people or
their property. He said ave will
cross the river tonight and go away TO
the west" Joseph Smiths journal
says: 81 told Stephen Markham that
II and Hyrun were ever taken again
we should be massacred or was not a
Prophet OF God. 1 want Hyrum to
live to svenge my blood, hut he 10 de-
Iermined not to leave me-"
In the account OF the arrest, i'm
prisonment anu martyrdom OF Joseph
Smith, written by Willard Richards,
the following appears:
"Sunday, 23rd. eat daybreak ar
rived on the Iowa side OF the river.
beLL W. L. IslChWoll DhCk 10 NhuNOO
with instructions to return the next
night with horses for Joseph ami
Hyrum, pass them over the river in
the might secretly, and be ready to
start for the Great Basin Ia the RIcky
Mountains"
cat one p. M, Emma sent over
D. Z. Rockwell, requesting him to en-
treat of Joseph to come back. Ray
nolds Cahoon accompanied him with
a letter which Emma had written to
the same effect, and she insisted that
Cahoon should persuade Joseph to
come back and give himself up. When
they went over they found Joseph,
Hyrum and Willard in room by
themselves, having -four and other
provisions on the floor ready for pack
ing.
"Reynolds Cahoon Informed Joseph
what the troops intended to do, and
urged upon him to give himself up,
,nssmuch as the governor had pledged
his faith and the faith Of the stats to
protect him while he underwent a
legal ana fair trial. II Cahoon, l.. ID,
WATSON ana Hiram Kimball accused
Joseph OF cowardice Tor wishing TO
leave the people, adding that their
property would be destroyed, and they
left without house or home. Like the
fable, when the Wolves came the shep.
herds ran from the flock, anu left the
sheep to be devUnred. To which
Joseph replied: III my lie is of no