Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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lOPYRI&HT, 1894, BY K U R t i ALLISON ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE MORMONS. 45 the calling- out of the State militia.Defying;- the legal officers, Smith forti-fied the town and armed the saints, butfinally had to succumb to superior num-bers. Smith and Rigdon were arrested shortly afterwards rejoined by Smith,who succeeded in escaping from prison,and, having- obtained a charter, therfounded the city of Nauvoo. Such were the powers granted them
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NEW MORMON TEMPLE IN SALT LAKE CITY. and imprisoned on a charge of treason,murder and felony, and their followersto the number of 15,000 crossed overinto Illinois and settled near Commerce,Hancock county. Here they were by this charter as to render the citypractically independent of the StateGovernment, and to give Smith all butunlimited evil power. He organized amilitary body called the Nauvoo legion, 46 ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE MORINIONS. of which he constituted himself com-mander with the title of lieutenant-gen-eral, while he was also president of thechurch and mayor of the city. On April6th, 1841, the foundations of the newtemple were laid, and the city continuedto grow rapidly in prosperity and size.But Smiths vices were beginning tobear fruit. Some years previously hehad prevailed on several women to co-habit with him, and in order to pacifyhis lawful wife and silence the objec-tions of the saints he had a revelation onJuly 12th, 1843, expressly establishingand approving polyga

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