“ The pressure from without, is what sustains the tub, and kept it on its bottom; and so, to the pressure from without, is mainly to be attributed the rise and strength of Mormonism.--Had it been allowed to rest in quiet from the beginning; had it been allowed to work its own way into the world, and into the notice and good opinion of the people, it would long since have been among the things that were. The commanding talents--the admirable cunning--the exquisite skill, &c., &c., that people are in the daily habit of ascribing to the Prophet, is, in our view, just so much flummery. ”

“ I am truly sorry to see individuals who wish to be looked upon as honorable seek for redress for a supposed injury, in such a disgraceful way, instead of honoring the laws of their country, by seeking legal redress, instead of pledging their lives to support principles which are illegal, unjust and oppressive, and which would sap the foundation of our Government, support the principles of mobacracy, injure and destroy the innocent, and ultimately end in the shame and dishonor of all concerned. ”

“ CARTHAGE vs NAUVOO.
We have been not a little amazed of late, to hear of the proceedings of some of our modern Appolos, in the ancient, alias modern city of Carthage.
If we could only believe in the transmigration of souls, we should really think that the spirit of Hannibal, after having been encased in the body of a bear an ass, a wolf, a snake, and vulture, and having partook more or less of the nature of those several bodies, had come down by lineal descent upon Walter Bagby, Collector, and that Constable, Wilson, of Modern Carthage, if Missouri Boggs had been dead possessed his spirit. ”

“ We can find forty grog-shop loafers in any of the large cities in the Union, who possess the talent necessary to accomplish all--and more--that he has of himself accomplished: men who would make just as good a Prophet--just as good a military chief--and could seem a much better gentleman! ”

“ The solemn declarations of a large and respectable portion of the citizens of this county, without regard to party, and the determined manner in which they make known their grievances and as sert their rights, are sufficient proofs of the existence of the evil. Men, in their sober senses, are not apt to unite in the chase of a phantom. But as none deny that there is an evil--a great and rapidly increasing evil--so, we believe, there are none who will deny that a remedy must somwhere be found. Men cannot always in safety tread the ground beneath which the volcano slumbers. ”

“ Such men as Joe Smith, can always find such men and women as these to act upon: And the greatest wonder is that people wonder at it;--seeing that a large portion of the world's history, from the first false Prophet down through a period of four of five thousand years, is a string of just such chapters.
But, we have to do with Mormonism as it is--with the Mormons as we find them. The 'why and wherefore' is not now the question with the people, but the remedy for the evil, is the question. ”

“ People have a perfect right to be gulled, if they so please; and others may gull them, for all we care. And all men--and women, too--shall have full liberty to worship a 'golden calf,' or a wooden ox, according to the dictates of their consciences, for all that we shall do to molest them. But with Political Mormonism all are bound to come in contact. ”

“ Each in his turn has 'strutted his brief hour upon the stage,' in his ill-gotten notoriety, and then passed off into oblivion--forgotten forever, as soon as the evil he had done had passed away. So in this case: A few short years will sweep Mormonism and its founder into nothingness--there to remain until the last trump shall call them up to judgment;--to be succeeded, doubtless, in their due time, by other impostors and other impositions.
We are one of those, who have ever believed that to others is to be ascribed the cause of much of Joe Smith's notoriety. ”

“ The world has been pirated upon by just such fellows as Joe Smith ever since the days of the Dispersion from Babel--and it is nothing new nor strange that one should such 'flourish for a season' in this country. ”

“ When General Hannibal raised his army to cross the Alps, he raised a numerous force, but he met with one difficulty, in the assembly not furnishing him with supplies. So, when our collector Hannibal, thinks of setting off across the Alps, alias prairie with his aid, constable Wilson, on his modern expedition to destroy Nauvoo, he had better arrange with his congress; alias mob in Carthage, to furnish him with supplies while on his expedition ”

“ Fellow Citizens:--Feeling deeply interested in the welfare of the people of the United States, and especitlly in the prosperity and peace of the State of Illinois, I take the liberty of addressing you, relative to the disagreeable circumstances that have recently transpired in Carthage. ”

“ He says the annual average crop is now "called ninety-five millions of bushels." We ask, can it be that the Wheat of this county has only increased, since the year 1839, ten millions of bushels? By the Marshall's return of that year, the crop was 84,823,272 millions of bushels. Has our worthy friend of the "List" thought, what was Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin as producers of 1839, and what they are as grain growers now--a period of three years? ”

“ Our charges for forwarding Produce not consigned to our house at New York, half those rates only are charged. Consignments thus destined, can have the benefit (if desired) of being offered in New Orleans market--if not disposed of, no charge will be made for an attempt at sale. On receipt of consignments at N. Orleans, liberal cash advance will be made. or remitted to any point designated by shipper. Our house at New York has been established for ten years, and at New Orleans for two years; confining our attention to forwarding and effecting sales of Western Produce. ”

“ We yet believe the crop of 1842, in measured bushels, was not less than 110,000,000 bushels. We submit the article of our worthy friend:
THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS.
The harvest of cereal grain in the United States is now nearly concluded. The weather er has, in general, been propitious during its progress, and the crops secured in good condition; and we are now able to make our annual report of the result.
It was generally agreed that the past winter was unfavorable to the Wheat Crop, both from its length and severity, throughout the whole Wheat District of the United States ”

“ Fellow citizens: I am a citizen of Hancock county, and have been ever since the Mormons came to this county. I have traded with the Mormons and have been personally acquainted with the prophet and a number of the leading members of that society. I was in Nauvoo, on business, near six weeks, last summer, when Joseph Smith was taken, and tried, and honorably acquitted by the proper authorities, (so declared in my presence, by C. Walker, Esq. and other honorable lawyers.) ”

“ And in the first place, we must say that a more glaring specimen of Jack-Mormonism never came to our knowledge. And then the attempt to make it all a Whig movement! What! Isn't John Harper a whig? The first time we ever saw the renowned individual, was in 1840, three years ago only, as President of a Whig Convention, and the largest meeting ever held in this county. But men change, and times change with them.--Ah! ”

“ We consider their resolutions unworthy of notice, and will leave them to be buried in their own ashes, unless requested by our friends, to gratify their curiosity, and to let them see what a few broken down office seekers will do. ”

“ We regard it as the base fabrication of a few villainous spirits, who, too proud to beg, and too lazy to steal, have hit upon it, as a means of rioting in luxury and debauchery at the expense of the laboring many. ”

“ Saints only are to be benefitted by them in future.
But Mr. Harper makes some statements in regard to the meeting, which must not pass unnoticed. He says it was a Whig meeting. We think any person there for honest purposes, would not have been engaged in 'counting noses.' But how is it? The President and Secretary are Whigs; but the committee which brought forward the Preamble and resolutions, was composed of three Whigs and three democrats; and several other Democrats took active part in the proceedings. Yet it was a Whig meeting! ”