St. Louis Gazette — May 23, 1844
“ It is a melancholy thing to consider the aberrations of the human mind and heart which almost daily are brought before our eyes in one form or another. We call our century a great age, the age of improvement and enlightenment. ”
St. Louis Gazette — May 23, 1844
“ For when we behold such absurdities as Millerism and Mormonism counting tens and hundreds of thousands of intelligent human beings among their converts, we are tempted to think that some peculiarities of our famous era of enlightenment would not have disgraced the darkest era of medieval darkness. And yet the chief absurdity of Mormonism is belief in the pretended attributes and works of its prophet, priest, and prince. The religion of the Mormons, so far as we know its peculiarities, is much like that of the Protestant church. ”
St. Louis Gazette — May 23, 1844
“ What we thought when we saw these 'peculiar people,' we often later heard others say: namely, that many Mormons would surely not hesitate to separate from the group if they could find an asylum in the world to which they could flee and where they could regain their former dignity and reputation. But this is hardly possible.There is little hope for worldly prosperity in Nauvoo. The city is neither a commercial mart in itself, nor does it supply the markets of others. ”
