The Adventures And Experience Of J H J Disclosing The Depths Of Mormon Villany Practiced In Nauvoo

Author : Joseph H. Jackson
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ISBN 13 : 9781332097593
Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book The Adventures and Experience of Joseph H. Jackson written by Joseph H. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Adventures and Experience of Joseph H. Jackson: Disclosing the Depths of Mormon Villany Practiced in Nauvoo The following narrative of my experience in Nauvoo, is submitted to the public, that it may call attention to the character of the iniquities practiced in that city, in the name of Religion. I am aware that such is the nature of the disclosures made in the following pages - such the blackness of the record - that it will be difficult to induce men to believe that such depravity could possibly exist. From what follows, however, it will be perceived that my motives in going to Nauvoo were to gain the confidence of the Prophet, that I might discover and disclose to the world his real designs and the nature of his operations. To do this, I was obliged to practice dissimulation, and to seem to be a fit tool for him to work with. Some may say that such conduct on my part was not excusable; but let such bethink themselves that the secret designs and workings of this Heaven-daring wretch, could never have been made public only by such means as I adopted, and therefore the end justified the means. Many are the instances on record, in which bands of robbers and counterfeiters have so organized themselves as to be enabled to baffle the closest scrutiny of the law; and in such instances it has been a common practice, especially in Europe, to employ men to become seeming accomplices, that they might thus be enabled to disclose the information necessary for a conviction. This was my object; and the inducement by which I was prompted will be found in what follows. I tell nothing more than what I have seen and heard in Nauvoo. I have colored nothing, nor set down aught in malice. Many of my statements can be corroborated by abundance of testimony. I am content, however, at present to give my story; and, if contradicted, I can follow it up by proof such as no reasonable man can doubt. The question may be asked, how is it possible for so corrupt a man as Joe Smith is represented to be, could ever have attained so complete control as he unquestionably had over the minds of the honest portion of his followers? I confess the question puzzles me. No man, who has never seen the influence of blind fanaticism over the human mind, can imagine the effect it will produce. There were hundreds of men in Nauvoo, who, I believe, from what I have seen, had Joe Smith commanded them to commit murder in the name of the Lord, they would have believed that they were doing God's service in obeying him. I will leave the philosophy of this for the consideration of moralists: my business is to state facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.