Vol. ? Liberty, Missouri, August ?, 1838. No. ?
MORMONISM. -- From the following proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Ray county, our readers will at once perceive the great excitement which prevails in conquence of the conduct of this extraordinary sect. We will not attempt to give the various rumors afloat, of threats and denunciations, as fulminated by Jo Smith and his council. They can be seen in part, in an oration delivered by Sidney Rigdon, on the last 4th of July, in which he threatens to "carry war and extermination" to the lives and property of every citizen who may dare to oppose their wild career. |
Vol. ? Liberty, Missouri, August 31?, 1838. No. ?
(Mormons in Missouri present a formidable fighting force [They can muster from 1000 to 1500 fighting men; and of that degraded and ignorant class, who implicitly obey the will of their leaders. They have the utmost confidence in Smith, and believe him to be a Prophet of the Lord -- he can embody them to a man, as exemplified in the late election. The leaders appear to be resolute and determined, as foreseeing a difficulty of the kind, they have brought a large quantity of arms and other munitions of war, to the State with them. Sydney Rigdon, another of their leaders, delivered a fourth of July oration in which he declared they would "carry war and extermination" to all who oppose them in their wild career.] |
Vol. III. Jackson, Missouri, September 1, 1838. No. 39.
THE MORMONS. -- The deluded followers of Jo Smith, are again becoming troublesome neighbors to a portion of our citizens in the northern part of the State. A meeting of the citizens of Carroll county, was recently organised, and a committee of safety appointed "to correspond with the adjoining counties, and make known" their "distressed situation, and request aid to remove Mormons, abolitionists, and other disorderly persons out of the limits of Carroll county." What is the precise nature of the offence of this deluded people, and in what particular they are troublesome neighbors, we are uninformed. They are styled generally in the quotation above, "disorderly persons," but it is certain however that they are troublesome, from the difficulties and excitement of which they have been the authors for the last few years in Jackson, Clay, and Carroll counties. However deluded and however regardless, by virtue of their peculiar religious faith, of the private rights of others, they are still citizens of the State of Missouri, and therefore entitled to the rights and immunities of such. By what color of propriety a portion of the people of the State, can organize themselves into a body, independent of the civil power, and contravene the general laws of the land by preventing the free enjoyment of the right of citizenship to another portion of the people, we are at a loss to comprehend. The evils produced by the Mormon sect, certainly are not above the remedy provided by our penal code; -- they are certainly not universal enemies to all civil institutions, and as such ex necessitate ref, in their case, demand a relaxation of the laws of civil society, and a recurrance, for self-defence, to the means dictated by a state of nature. Would not the most effectual remedy against the evils produced by this people be, to let the law have its course with them? |
Vol. ? Fayette, Howard Co., Mo., September 1, 1838. No. ?
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Vol. III. Jackson, Missouri, September 8, 1838. No. 40.
MORMONS. -- We publish below the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Ray county in this State, passing resolutions condemnatory of the insurrectionary movements of the deluded followers of Jo Smith, and calling upon Judge King, acting in his official capacity, to take some step whereby Jo Smith, Jr. and Lyman Wight, the leaders of the assembled Mormons, shall be "brought to immediate justice." |
Vol. ? Liberty, Missouri, Friday, September 14, 1838. No. ? THE MORMONS. We desire in the statement we are about to make to give a true narrative of the causes which have produced the difficulty between the Mormons and the citizens of Daviess county, as well as to give all that has occurred respecting the movements of both parties since the first difficulty took place. |
Vol. ? Hannibal, Missouri, September 18, 1838. No. ? THE MORMONS. His Excellency Liliburn W. Boggs. |
Vol. III. Liberty, Missouri, Sept. ?, 1838. No. ? THE MORMONS -- PUBLIC MEETING. A portion of the citizens of Jackson County met in Independence on the 4th day of Sept., 1838. On motion of Gen. M. G. Wilson, R. R. Rees Esq. was called to the chair and C. J. Sullivan appointed Secretary. |
Vol. ? Jefferson City, Mo., Monday, Sept. 20, 1838. No. ?
Information has been received by express from Judge King, who presides in the circuit where the difficulty exists, that an insurrection is now actually on foot in the counties of Caldwell and Daviess. The same information has just been received from Gen. Atchinson, who is now at Richmond, with 250 men, and intends proceeding immediately to the scene of difficulty. Gen. A. has ordered out 400 more men from his division. In consequence of this information, the governor has, by expresses, ordered generals Grant of Boone, to have three hundred men, Clark, of Howard, to have five hundred men, Lucas of Jackson, four hundred men and Crowther, of Cooper, four hundred men, organized and to march immediately to the scene of difficulty, to suppress the insurrection and restore order to the community. Gen Atchinson states that the men now under arms in Daviess and Caldwell, are not less than 2000; the greater part of whom are Mormons, and the balance citizens. |
Vol. ? Liberty, Missouri, Friday, September 21?, 1838. No. ? THE MORMONS. We desire in the statement we are about to make, to give a true narrative of the causes which have produced the difficulty between the Mormons and the citizens of Daviess county, as well as to give all that has occurred respecting the movements of both parties since the first difficulty took place. |
Vol. 10. Jefferson City, September 22, 1838. No. 571. THE MORMON WAR. Our plough-shares have been turned into swords in this quarter, and the Mormon war is the all engrossing topic of conversation. Even politics is submerged in the deafening round of the drum and the call to arms. |
Vol. 3. Jackson, Missouri, September 29, 1838. No. 43.
From the Far West.
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Vol. III. Liberty, Missouri, Sept. ?, 1838. No. ? THE MORMONS. We are happy to say that no further difficulty is anticipated between the Mormons and the citizens of Daviess. So far as we have heard, all who went to the scene of troubles, concur in saying that both parties are in the wrong, and that no difficulty may be expected except that it arises from the indiscretion of individuals belonging to each of the beligerents. -- It is much to be regretted to every lover of peace, that contentions and quarrelsome disposed persons should throw a whole community into commotion. It is not at all pleasant to be engaged in settling such difficulties, and we sincerely hope that this may be the last time this quarrelsome controversy may arise. -- |
Vol. 10. Jefferson City, October 6, 1838. No. 573.
THE MORMON WAR. We stated in our last number that the difficulties between the Mormons and the citizens of the counties of Daviess and Caldwell were [amicably settled].We have now only to greet the [arrival] and dismissal of the Volunteers of this county. The Commander in Chief, having heard in Boonville, on the 25th ultimo that the Mormon disturbances were settled, then and there issued his orderto Maj. Gen. Bolton to discharge the troops under his command, destined for that service. General B. accordingly discharged the troops under his command in Boonville, with a request that they should meet, on Mondaylast, in this place to give up their arms drawn from the State, and to be finally discharged. They therefore, on the day appointed, convened at Mr. H. Dixon's one mile above town, hoisted a white flag on a hickory pole, marched into town, and saluted His Excellency the Governor. They then took a recess of half an hour, delivered up their arms and marched up in front of Messrs. Kean & Bartlett's store, where the subjoined order and letter were read to them by one of Fen. B.'s Aids, the Gen'l. being absent sick: |
Vol. 3. Liberty, Missouri, Oct. 25, 1838. No. ?
(General Atchison orders out militia of Clay Co.
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Vol. ? Fayette, Howard Co., Mo., Saturday, Oct. 27, 1838. No. ? THE MORMONS. An express to the Governor passed through this place on Wednesday, bearing authentic intelligence if renewed aggressions on the part of this deluded people. We have not room for the various depositions (copies of which are in our office) and must needs content ourselves with a relation of their substance. They are, to the effect, that men and women and children are driven from their homes and their beds in Daviess, into the snows of the prairies -- sometimes without even the preparation of shoes for the young ones! Houses have been burned -- the county town (Gallatin) was burned (including the post-office and the county treasury) -- the civil magistrates are defied, and the sword and the seymetar are made to represent alike the law and the fact, the right and the remedy! |
Vol. ? Jefferson City, Mo., Monday, Oct. 29, 1838. No. ? [MORMON TROUBLES.] We have been requested by the Governor to publish an extra of our paper, giving the public the intelligence which he, on yesterday, received in relation to our Mormon difficulties. WE are also informed that a force of three thousand men have been ordered to be raised and to march immediately to the aid of the suffering inhabitants. The outrages of the Mormons are of a character nevere before witnessed in a civilized country. They have now placed themselves in an attitude of open defiance to the laws of the land. The contents of the letters published below show, that they have driven the inhabitants of Daviess country from their homes, pillaged and burned their dwellings, driven off their cattle, and have taken the lives of our people. They will now be dealt with as enemies and traitors to the country. |
Vol. ? Fayette, Howard Co., Mo., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1838. No. ?
MARCHING OF THE TROOPS. -- A portion of our edition of Saturday having laid over until this morning (Monday,) we throw out some paragraphs in order to make room for the following synopsis of the progress of affairs since the meeting of Friday night. At the adjourned meeting of Saturday, General Clark read a despatch which he was on the eve of starting to the Governor by express in which he informed the Commander in Chief, that under the extingencies of the occasion, he had so far anticipated his orders as to direct the raising of 600 mounted gunmen from his division, to be organized on yesterday -- and to march this morning. This number was increased by a vote of the meeting to one thousand. |
Vol. 10. Jefferson City, November 3, 1838. No. 577.
The Mormon War again. It is with the most heartfelt regret, we this week [spread] before our readers the reality of all the accusations against this deluded and troublesome people, who are ravaging the counties of Daviess and Caldwell and carrying destruction and consternation along with their movements. After reading the following documents which we have been politely favored with, can a feeling and patriotic people "long debate" what course to pursue? We will answer no! The country is already in arms and are marching to the relief of their distressed fellow-citizens. Our county has met the full requisition of the Governor, and her troops are already on the wing, the mounted troops from Gasconade left here on yesterday about 100 in number, well armed and equipped for a siege such as they will most likely encounter: -- |
Vol. III. Jackson, Missouri, November 3, 1838. No. 48.
==> By the following paragraph from the Evening Gazette published in St. Louis, it will be seen that the Mormon difficulties are not yet at an end, |
Vol. III. Liberty, Missouri, Nov. 3, 1838. No. ?
(General Atchison returns from Caldwell Co.
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Vol. ? Liberty, Missouri, November 6?, 1838. No. ?
The course of Gov. Boggs, in superseding Gen. Atchison, we hear much complaint about. Why the Gov. did this we are at a loss to know. So far as we have heard an expression of opinion, the people appear to be satisfied with Mr. A. as a General... |
Vol. III. Jackson, Missouri, November 10, 1838. No. 49.
MORMON WAR. -- Our latest intelligence in regard to the Mormon troubles in this State, which, it was thought, were about to terminate without serious consequences, is truly alarming. The most intense excitement prevails throughout the whole district of country, (embracing several counties) subject to the enrages of this band of infuriated fanatics. They attempt open defiance of the laws of the land, driving the inhabitants of the county from their homes, plundering [------ -----] their dwellings, and [----- ------ ------ ----] and other property. |
Vol. 10. Jefferson City, November 10, 1838. No. 578.
(Gen. Lucas had captures 400 Mormons at Far West
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Vol. III. Liberty, Missouri, Nov. 10, 1838. No. ? (Article title not yet located -- under construction) Just as our paper was going to press, we received a communication from Gen'l Lucas, giving the stipulations of the treaty made by him and the Mormons. It will be recollected that we stated that General Atchison and his staff returned home, having considered himself virtually ordered from the field by Gov. Boggs; who assigned the command to Gen. Clarke of Howard county. Gen. Lucas was in command of the troops previous to and at the time of the surrender of the Mormons. -- The matter was entirely settled before the arrival of General Clarke. -- What motive could have operated on Gov. Boggs for excluding Gen. Atchison from any command, we do not pretend to know, but this we do know, that he has done himself very little credit, by so illiberal a course of procedure. |
Vol. 1. Boonville, November 15, 1838. No. 30.
Just as our paper was going to press, a portion of the Guards have returned from the Mormon war, from whom we have gathered a few particulars. Our informant[s] state that Jo Smith and the other leaders, are to be put on their trial at Richmond, Ray county, and 47 other Mormons are to be tried at the same place. It is not true that the Mormons are to be sent out of the State forthwith, but are allowed to remain at present with the distinct understanding that they are not to make another crop in Missouri, but to leave it between this and next summer. The forces are all disbanded and sent home, except one troop of cavalry from Cole county, which will be retained until the Mormon trials are over. |
Vol. III. Jackson, Missouri, November 17, 1838. No. 50.
THE MORMONS. -- We are happy to learn that our difficulties with this deluded people, are probably ere now terminated. Our latest intelligence, derived from the "Jeffersonian Republican" of the 10th instant, justifies the belief; though we are really apprehensive, that there will be no permanent peace & tranquility in that quarter of the State, while these fanatics are permitted to remain. |
Vol. ? Liberty, Missouri, November 20, 1838. No. ? (under construction) Some twenty-five of thirty [Mormons] were discharged, and about thirty-five are retained for indictment and trial -- some for treason against the State, some for murder, some as accessories to murder, and some for arson, burglary, robbery and larceny. -- We are informed the testimony discloses many facts which have not yet been published to the world, but not deeming it proper to make them the subject of newspaper comment before the trials of the accused, we forbear their disclosure. We are not apprized with certainty what steps will be taken for the safe custody of the prisoners, but think it most probable they will be divided and sent to the jails of the most convenient counties having jails. They are at present under the guard of a part of Capt. Bogard's company of militia, Gen. Clark having disbanded all his troops by order of the Governor... |
Vol. 10. Jefferson City, November 21?, 1838. No. ? MESSAGE. Delivered to the Senate, |
Vol. 10. Jefferson City, December 8, 1838. No. 581.
THE MORMON DIFFICULTIES. -- Considerable time has been bestowed upon this subject during the past week by the General Assembly. A committee has been appointed to investigate the whole matter with the aid of all the documents in relation to the matter before them, and the power, as we understand, to send for persons and papers, if necessary. We have no doubt, but this exciting question will receive that investigation, which, after it is fairly laid before the committee, that its importance may seem to require. |
Vol. 1. Boonville, January 3, 1839. No. 37.
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Vol. 1. Boonville, January 10, 1839. No. 38.
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Vol. 12. Jefferson City, January 12, 1839. No. 586. The Legislature. In the Senate the Mormon question has again been under consideration, and, as usual, has been warmly debated. The resolutions adopted some time since by the House have received the sanction of the Senate; though the question has not yet been put to rest. For a bill will have to be introduced for the purpose of organizing and defining the duties of the commission which by the resolutions, is to be sent to the upper country to examine into the causes of the dispute between the Mormons and the citizens at large. |
Vol. 1. Boonville, January 17, 1839. No. 39.
Missouri Legislature. -- There has thus far been but little of the important business of the present session of our Legislature completed. The Mormon war business remains unfinished, the university bill undetermined... |
Vol. 12. Jefferson City, January 19, 1839. No. 587. CHARITON. At a large and respectable meeting in Keytsville, of the Citizens of Chariton co., on Tuesday the first day of Jan. 1839, John B. Anderson was called to the chair, and Wm. Holland appointed secretary. |
Vol. 12. Jefferson City, January 26, 1839. No. 588.
HOUSE.
In the House among other business, Mr. Redman introduced a petition to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors near places of religious worship. |
Vol. 12. Jefferson City, February 2, 1839. No. 589. THE SOUTH. We are gratified to find, in a late "Southern Advocate," language like the following; and doubly gratified are we to discover, the very respectable source from which it emanated. -- This letter was no doubt written through a desire to disabuse the public mind in the South, about a matter concerning which so much has been said. The object of the author is truly laudable. |
Vol. 1. Boonville, February 7, 1839. No. 43. THE MORMONS. A friend has politely furnished us with the "Pittsburgh Saturday Evening Visitor," containing a statement of enormities said to have been committed on the Mormon prisoners at Far West, and believe the statement to be untrue, we consider it a duty we owe the people of Missouri to defend them against so foul a slander, as that contained in the letter making these charges. We do not apprehend that any individual in our state, will give the smallest credence to this slander, but it may [be] credited elsewhere. From the circumstance and mode adopted for propogating this terrible story; it would appear that the writer of the letter had an evil design, -- he dates his letter from Millersburg which is in Calaway County, and directs it to the editor of the Nashville Whig, and by the Whig it is published to the world, not however without expressing doubts of the truth of the story. Here it is: |
Vol. 12. Jefferson City, February 9, 1839. No. 590.
HOUSE.
... The Bill from the Senate relative to the appointment of a committee to investigate the Mormon diffficulty, was laid on the table until the 4th of July, by vote of 47 to 38... |
Vol. 1. Boonville, April 18, 1839. No. 51. THE MORMON PRISONERS. The Missouri Argus of the 12th, says, "A friend writing from Liberty, Mo., gives the following information: |
Vol. 2. Boonville, May 2, 1839. No. 1.
It is reported that the Mormon prisoners have escaped. |
Vol. 2. Boonville, June 20, 1839. No. 8.
THE MORMONS. -- We learn from the St. Louis Gazette, that the Mormons, besides their purchase of land in the "half breed" tract in Iowa, have bought out the town of Commerce, on the Illinois shore, where they were to publish a paper. It is further stated that some of them had a difficulty lately with their neighbors in Iowa, and a Mormon was shot and his leg broken. |
Vol. 13. Jefferson City, July 13, 1839. No. 592.
PAYMENT OF THE MORMON TROOPS. -- The Paymaster General has been for some days on this duty; starting at St. Louis, where the money was furnished by the bank, and proceeding up the Missouri through the different counties where the volunteers were raised. We have been more particular in mentioning this fact, from an unjust and peevish insinuation by a writer in the Enquirer, that this money had been drawn and misapplied, when the real fact was, that it lay snug and safe in the vaults of the bank at St. Louis, awaiting the call of the proper authority. We cannot pass over this matter without relating the story of the crow. It was said on a certain time that a man had swallowed a crow, but upon investigation it was found that he was seen to have swallowed a small particle as black nearly as a crow! |
Vol. 2. Boonville, July 18, 1839. No. 12. MORMON AND OSAGE TROOPS. The Paymaster General has given notice that he will be at Boonville on the 19th, 20th and 22nd days of July, inst., for the purpose of paying the Troops. -- Capt. Childs' Company will be paid on the 19th, Capt. Turley's on the 20th, and Capt. Briscoe's on the 22nd. |
Vol. 2. Boonville, July 31, 1839. No. 14.
MORMON WAR. -- The Missouri Sentinel, speaking of the Mormon war, calls it the late distinguished Mormon campaign. |
Vol. 1. Palmyra, August 10, 1839. No. 2.
Gov. Boggs is about to demand of the Governors of Illinois, Iowa, or Wisconsin, the persons of the fugitive Mormons, Smith, Rigdon, Wright [sic] and others. |
Vol. 1. Palmyra, August 24, 1839. No. 4.
MORMONS IN ILLINOIS. -- The Shelby Republican says that "some of the inhabitants of that county -- many of them said to be old residents -- embraced the Mormon faith. These, while pursuing their ordinary avocations, were beset by a mob, and assaults committed upon them. In order to enjoy the equal rights assured by the constitution, the Mormons made application to Judge Brease for warrants against fifteen of the leaders of the mob, and authorised and directed Col. James W. Vaughn to call out his regiment to assist in arresting them. The Colonel ordered out a part of his regiment, but some of his men refused to obey the order, and the mob increasing the military retreated." |
Vol. 1. Palmyra, September 28, 1839. No. 9.
The Mormons, says the N. Y. Gaz. are doing a thriving business, and strange and unaccountable as it may appear, are making comverts in a place where people profess to be rational beings. The Village Record published in Chester county, Pa. says fifteen were baptized into the faith on Monday of last week, at East Nanticul. |
Vol. 1. Palmyra, October 5, 1839. No. 10.
A MORMON MEETING was held at the National Hall in New York on the evening of the 16th ult., when a Mr. Green, of the church, addressed the crowd, reciting the wrongs which the Mormons had received from the Missourians. The account of the proceedings in the Evening Post hold us up in no very enviable light. After Mr. Green concluded, several gentlemen addressed the meeting. A contribution of fifty dollars was raised instanter, and a committee appointed to solicit contributions throughout the city. |
Vol. 1. Palmyra, October 12, 1839. No. 11.
==> King Follett, one of the Mormon prisobers, indicted for robbery, was tried at Columbia on the 25th ult. The jury, after retiring for a few minutes, brought in a verdict of not guilty. |
Vol. 1. Palmyra, February 29, 1840. No. 31.
MORMONS IN CONGRESS. -- On the 28th, during the morning hour, a memorial was presented by Mr. Young of Illinois, from Joseph Smith and others, Mormons, asking the aid of Congress to redress their grievances, and compensate them for loses incurred as they state, while in Missouri. After a short discussion, the memorial was laid on the table for the present. |
Vol. 2. Palmyra, September 19, 1840. No. 8.
We take the following from the Quincy Whig for the information of our readers, but beg leave at the same time to express our disapprobation of the tone and temper of the article, and of the manifest injustice done to our State and citizens: -- |
Vol. 2. Palmyra, September 26, 1840. No. 9.
THE MORMON AFFAIR. -- The St. Louis Bulletin says -- By a gentleman who arrived yesterday from the upper country, we are informed that an officer had arrived at Tully, from Jefferson City, to seize those who had been engaged in kidnapping the Mormons, but when he arrived he found them engaged at a game of quoits, on an island in the Mississippi, beyond his jurisdiction. He also informs us that the officers in Illinois had not succeeded in seizing Joe Smith and Sidney Rigdon. |