1/8/2024 0 Comments Quincy herald whig news![]() ![]() They shortly afterwards returned to the grocery and saw him there, where he swore he would not be taken - there was also an armed force standing in the door, who also swore he should not be taken. They went out and drove to the grocery where they expected to find him, but he was not there they then went out for a short time without making known their business, when they saw an armed force gathering. Foster then summoned eleven men to go along with the constable, and assist in bringing the delinquent. He then returned with his process to the justice of the peace, and told him what had occurred. Wilson, and others then stepped forward to his assistance, and said that they had sworn to stand by him, and that he should not go. Cook had a gun that he said he had loaded for the purpose, and would make a hole through the constable if he molested him, and swore he would not be taken. He found the accused in Bartlett's grocery, Carthage, and arrested him. Foster, justice of the peace of this county, before whom affidavit had been made to that effect. On Tuesday last, Horace Eldridge, one of our contry officers went to Carthage for the purpose of arresting Milton Cook, on the charge of bastardy, bringing him before R. This, of course, is the Mormon account of the difficulty: The following is from the Nauvoo Neighbor of the 10th. ![]() We shall probably have more light on the subject in a few days. The origin of the difficulty we have not learned - and in fact, our knowledge on the subject is extremely limited - we are satisfied, however, that such a disturbance has taken place. There is a rumor in town, that a fight or disturbance had occurred between certain Mormons of Hancock county and the citizens of Carthage, in which one man, (a Mormon,) was seriously injured. He says, "if the Latter Day Saints are not restored to all their rights, and paid for all their losses according to the known rules of justice and judgment, that God will come out of his hiding place and vex this nation with a sore vexation," &c. Of course this answer is unsatisfactory to the Prophet, and he replies to Calhoon in the awrmest sort of a manner. John replies briefly, that if he should be elected President, he should make no distinction in religious creeds - and as to their Missouri difficulties, he considers they do not come within the jurisdiction of the federal government, which is one of limited powers. John a letter, inquiring of him what would be his rule of action, in reference to the Mormons, if fortune should favor his election to the Presidency referring to their controversy with Missouri, in relation to their property lost and destroyed by the mobs of that State. The last Nauvoo Neighbor contains a correspondence between the Mormon Prophet, Joe Smith, and the Hon. Quincy, Illinois, Wed., January 17, 1844. View of Quincy from the Mississippi River, (late 1840s) Uncle Dale's Old Mormon Articles: Quincy Whig (1844) ![]()
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