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At
the
appointed
hour
Elder
William
Hitch
rose
,
and
,
in
an
irritated
voice
,
as
if
he
had
already
been
contradicted
,
said
,
"
I
tell
you
that
Joe
Smith
is
a
martyr
,
that
his
brother
Hiram
is
a
martyr
,
and
that
the
persecutions
of
the
United
States
Government
against
the
prophets
will
also
make
a
martyr
of
Brigham
Young
.
Who
dares
to
say
the
contrary
?
"
No
one
ventured
to
gainsay
the
missionary
,
whose
excited
tone
contrasted
curiously
with
his
naturally
calm
visage
.
No
doubt
his
anger
arose
from
the
hardships
to
which
the
Mormons
were
actually
subjected
.
The
government
had
just
succeeded
,
with
some
difficulty
,
in
reducing
these
independent
fanatics
to
its
rule
.
It
had
made
itself
master
of
Utah
,
and
subjected
that
territory
to
the
laws
of
the
Union
,
after
imprisoning
Brigham
Young
on
a
charge
of
rebellion
and
polygamy
.
The
disciples
of
the
prophet
had
since
redoubled
their
efforts
,
and
resisted
,
by
words
at
least
,
the
authority
of
Congress
.
Elder
Hitch
,
as
is
seen
,
was
trying
to
make
proselytes
on
the
very
railway
trains
.
Then
,
emphasising
his
words
with
his
loud
voice
and
frequent
gestures
,
he
related
the
history
of
the
Mormons
from
Biblical
times
:
how
that
,
in
Israel
,
a
Mormon
prophet
of
the
tribe
of
Joseph
published
the
annals
of
the
new
religion
,
and
bequeathed
them
to
his
son
Mormon
;
how
,
many
centuries
later
,
a
translation
of
this
precious
book
,
which
was
written
in
Egyptian
,
was
made
by
Joseph
Smith
,
junior
,
a
Vermont
farmer
,
who
revealed
himself
as
a
mystical
prophet
in
1825
;
and
how
,
in
short
,
the
celestial
messenger
appeared
to
him
in
an
illuminated
forest
,
and
gave
him
the
annals
of
the
Lord
.
Several
of
the
audience
,
not
being
much
interested
in
the
missionary
's
narrative
,
here
left
the
car
;
but
Elder
Hitch
,
continuing
his
lecture
,
related
how
Smith
,
junior
,
with
his
father
,
two
brothers
,
and
a
few
disciples
,
founded
the
church
of
the
"
Latter
Day
Saints
,
"
which
,
adopted
not
only
in
America
,
but
in
England
,
Norway
and
Sweden
,
and
Germany
,
counts
many
artisans
,
as
well
as
men
engaged
in
the
liberal
professions
,
among
its
members
;
how
a
colony
was
established
in
Ohio
,
a
temple
erected
there
at
a
cost
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
,
and
a
town
built
at
Kirkland
;
how
Smith
became
an
enterprising
banker
,
and
received
from
a
simple
mummy
showman
a
papyrus
scroll
written
by
Abraham
and
several
famous
Egyptians
.
The
Elder
's
story
became
somewhat
wearisome
,
and
his
audience
grew
gradually
less
,
until
it
was
reduced
to
twenty
passengers
.
But
this
did
not
disconcert
the
enthusiast
,
who
proceeded
with
the
story
of
Joseph
Smith
's
bankruptcy
in
1837
,
and
how
his
ruined
creditors
gave
him
a
coat
of
tar
and
feathers
;
his
reappearance
some
years
afterwards
,
more
honourable
and
honoured
than
ever
,
at
Independence
,
Missouri
,
the
chief
of
a
flourishing
colony
of
three
thousand
disciples
,
and
his
pursuit
thence
by
outraged
Gentiles
,
and
retirement
into
the
Far
West
.
Ten
hearers
only
were
now
left
,
among
them
honest
Passepartout
,
who
was
listening
with
all
his
ears
.
Thus
he
learned
that
,
after
long
persecutions
,
Smith
reappeared
in
Illinois
,
and
in
1839
founded
a
community
at
Nauvoo
,
on
the
Mississippi
,
numbering
twenty-five
thousand
souls
,
of
which
he
became
mayor
,
chief
justice
,
and
general-in-chief
;
that
he
announced
himself
,
in
1843
,
as
a
candidate
for
the
Presidency
of
the
United
States
;
and
that
finally
,
being
drawn
into
ambuscade
at
Carthage
,
he
was
thrown
into
prison
,
and
assassinated
by
a
band
of
men
disguised
in
masks
.
Passepartout
was
now
the
only
person
left
in
the
car
,
and
the
Elder
,
looking
him
full
in
the
face
,
reminded
him
that
,
two
years
after
the
assassination
of
Joseph
Smith
,
the
inspired
prophet
,
Brigham
Young
,
his
successor
,
left
Nauvoo
for
the
banks
of
the
Great
Salt
Lake
,
where
,
in
the
midst
of
that
fertile
region
,
directly
on
the
route
of
the
emigrants
who
crossed
Utah
on
their
way
to
California
,
the
new
colony
,
thanks
to
the
polygamy
practised
by
the
Mormons
,
had
flourished
beyond
expectations
.
"
And
this
,
"
added
Elder
William
Hitch
,
"
this
is
why
the
jealousy
of
Congress
has
been
aroused
against
us
!
Why
have
the
soldiers
of
the
Union
invaded
the
soil
of
Utah
?
Why
has
Brigham
Young
,
our
chief
,
been
imprisoned
,
in
contempt
of
all
justice
?
Shall
we
yield
to
force
?
Never
!
Driven
from
Vermont
,
driven
from
Illinois
,
driven
from
Ohio
,
driven
from
Missouri
,
driven
from
Utah
,
we
shall
yet
find
some
independent
territory
on
which
to
plant
our
tents
.
And
you
,
my
brother
,
"
continued
the
Elder
,
fixing
his
angry
eyes
upon
his
single
auditor
,
"
will
you
not
plant
yours
there
,
too
,
under
the
shadow
of
our
flag
?
"
"
No
!
"
replied
Passepartout
courageously
,
in
his
turn
retiring
from
the
car
,
and
leaving
the
Elder
to
preach
to
vacancy
.
During
the
lecture
the
train
had
been
making
good
progress
,
and
towards
half-past
twelve
it
reached
the
northwest
border
of
the
Great
Salt
Lake
.
Thence
the
passengers
could
observe
the
vast
extent
of
this
interior
sea
,
which
is
also
called
the
Dead
Sea
,
and
into
which
flows
an
American
Jordan
.
It
is
a
picturesque
expanse
,
framed
in
lofty
crags
in
large
strata
,
encrusted
with
white
salt
--
a
superb
sheet
of
water
,
which
was
formerly
of
larger
extent
than
now
,
its
shores
having
encroached
with
the
lapse
of
time
,
and
thus
at
once
reduced
its
breadth
and
increased
its
depth
.
