. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . the two contendingfactions grew more intense daily, and each party waseagerly watching for some acts of violence from the next month, at the election, the war commenced inearnest. A man named William Peniston was candidatefor the legislature. The Mormons objected to him on theground that he had headed a mob against them in ClayCounty. The Missourians, aware of this objection, en-deavored to prevent the Mormons from votin
. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . the two contendingfactions grew more intense daily, and each party waseagerly watching for some acts of violence from the next month, at the election, the war commenced inearnest. A man named William Peniston was candidatefor the legislature. The Mormons objected to him on theground that he had headed a mob against them in ClayCounty. The Missourians, aware of this objection, en-deavored to prevent the Mormons from voting, and a fightensued, in which the latter proclaimed themselves victo-rious. Gallatin, the court town of Daviess County, was soon 46 THE NIGHT OF TERROR. after burned by the Mormons. Then commenced robbing,plundering, and outrages of every kind by both parties. Itwas a season of the wildest confusion, and both sides wereblinded with passion, and lost sight of reason, toleration,and, above all. Christian forbearance. It was a positivereign of terror. Houses, barns, and haystacks were burned,men shot, and all manner of depredations committed. > * ? 1 ^ 1 ^. \ The Night of Terror. It is impossible for me to say which party was the prin-cipal aggressor; probably there was equal blame on bothsides ; but I have been informed that Joseph taught his fol-lowers that it was right, and commanded of the Lord, forthem to take anything they could find which belongedto their enemies, in retaliation for the wrongs which theyhad suffered at their hands. I can the more easily believethis to be true, because the spirit of the Mormon Churchhas always been that of retaliation. The stern old Mosaiclaw, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, is in fullforce among them, and is not only advised by the leaders,but insisted upon by them. Indeed, they have added to itsseverity, until now it stands, A life for an offence, real or THE DANITE BAND ORGANIZED. 47 suspected, of any kind. In support of
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