Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-18

fluence of the sect The leader is said at this time to have controlled a mili- tia of three thousand, and six thou i sand votes besides.
 1 So alarmed were the neighnoring 1 'Gentiles" at this growing power that 1 they petitioned the Governor of Illinois i to expel the Mormons from the State.
 About this time occurred the death of ] Joseph Smith, who was shot by some 1 seeding Mormons because he had sup pressed q newspaper which they had l established. Brigham Young was elect 1 ed to take his place.
 During the years 1S45 and 1S4G the
 Mormons Of Nauvoo made great prep arations for their removal to the West, where their leaders were search for a spot suitable for the founding of a
 new city. The place finally selected
 was on the shores of Salt Lake. in ] territory which belonged to no State, l and where consequently the MOrmons would be free to follow their religion
 without interference.
 On the 22d of August 1SA7, the city
 was given the name of The City of the Great Salt Lake" and by the fall of 184S the town had been laid out, buildings erected and the fields of the 1 neighboring country had been made to yield a harvest. A Convention of the l Mormon settlers was held in Salt Lake
 City on March 1, 1849, which adopted constitution for the government cf
 the State Deseret, which they resolved d
 to call it and territorial delegate
 was sent to Washington. But the ap- plication of the delegate was rejected In 1858 rebellion broke out among the Mormons in the Territory of Utah
 The Government now decided to bring the sect to proper sense of obedience . to the Constitution and laws of the
 i United States. The Mormons had or
 ganized their civil government 4 theo. -UsIIqgls7 suQl seM lu9muIaAoS oglB1a ed, at the head of which was Brigham ] Young.
 President Fillmore had appointed
 Brigham Young Territorial Governor . and when in 1857 Buchanan showed disposition to depose him. the Nor S mon population rose in rebellion. Tn a Judges of the Territorial Courts Wer, 3 compelled to flee for their lives ant
 justice was at a discount. The Nor
 mon Danites or Destroying Angels d were set apart and bound by stron; Q oath to pillage, plumber and even mur = der. President Buchanan appointed a 9 Governor of Utah, Alfred Cummings = and also filled other vacancies. A de = tachment of regulars under Gen. John c son. accompanied the new officers t - the Salt Lake region. Brigham Youn t declined to recognize his supersedur = forbade the armed forces to enter tn - Territory, and called upon the peopl ,t to repel them.- Mormon forces captur o ed the supply train of the soldiers an d compelled Gen. Johnson to sand an cx IS petition to New Mexico for new sup " plies.
 eI The period from 1858 to 1862 wa st armed opposition to the United State l. Government, the Church claiming tha e polygamy, being a religious institutio -e it could not be interfered with by tn n State. There was a state of muc 0f unrest in the Territory up to lSS le when the Edmunds bill disfranchise
 polygamists, and in 1890 the Courts de = clared the Church property forfeite l. because the Church was an organize cs rebellion.
 in In 1890 the Church surrendere le monogomist laws were accepted by tt Id president and Church conference, Ac l. of amnesty were passed in 1893 an