other strictures, "The people of the United States are more
sensible of the disgrace of Mormonism than of its
danger, . . . and . . . Mormonism is not
simply a church, but a state; an 'imperium in imperio,'
ruled by a man who is prophet, priest, king and pope, all
in one." I also notice in Howe's "Western America",
1852, V. II, that under authority from the Legislature of the
state of Illinois, in 1842-3, the city council of Nauvoo
passed an ordinance making it imprisonment for life
for any person, with or without process, to attempt to
arrest the Prophet for any offense growing out of
the Missouri difficulties, also another ordinance
making it penal to even a fine of $10000 and six months'
imprisonment, for any officer to serve a process in
Nauvoo without first securing the endorsed sig-
nature of the Mayor thereon!! p. 340. I am
unable to tell whether these and other similar and se-
rious charges be true or not. I trust they are false, and
that there is not the danger to American institutions &
safety that modern prejudiced authors would have
us believe. I have read with great pleasure the
Manifesto of 12 Dec., 1889, by yourself & associated
counselors, & also the declaration of Sept. 24, 1890.
other strictures, "The people of the United States are more
sensible of the disgrace of Mormonism than of its
danger, . . . and . . . Mormonism is not
simply a church, but a state; an 'imperium in imperio,'
ruled by a man who is prophet, priest, king and pope, all
in one." I also notice in Howe's "Western America",
1852, V. II, that under authority from the Legislature of the
state of Illinois, in 1842-3, the city council of Nauvoo
passed an ordinance making it imprisonment for life
for any person, with or without process, to attempt to
arrest the Prophet for any offense growing out of
the Missouri difficulties, also another ordinance
making it penal to even a fine of $10000 and six months'
imprisonment, for any officer to serve a process in
Nauvoo without first securing the endorsed signature of the Mayor thereon!! p. 340. I am
unable to tell whether these and other similar and serious charges be true or not. I trust they are false, and
that there is not the danger to American institutions &
safety that modern prejudiced authors would have
us believe. I have read with great pleasure the
Manifesto of 12 Dec., 1889, by yourself & associated
counselors, & also the declaration of Sept. 24, 1890.