Coincidence doesnot exist ! Chances are, Joseph SMITH was assassinated, because he was a serious candidate of the Reform Party, for the presidency of the United States ! On 29 January 1844, Joseph SMITH held a meeting in the mayor's office at Nauvoo with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and others. It was unanimously decided that Joseph would run for president ! On 11 March 1844, Joseph SMITH organized the Council of Fifty, a deliberative political body to promote his candidacy. Sidney Rigdon, a Pennsylvanian, became his running mate. Brother Joseph favored a constitutional amendment providing for capital punishment of public officials, who refused to assist those denied their constitutional rights. He wrote, "The state rights doctrines are what feed mobs." Obviously, Robert KENNEDY was assassinated in the similitude of Joseph SMITH !!!
Joel Robin MarksAugust 12, 2018
Joseph Smith was a young, unlearned, farm boy who weilded a mighty plow both through farmland and earthlife, with prophetic help from Our Father in Heaven. In the days of Joseph's visit to President Van Buren(1839) staes rights were not wrongs. The 13th,14th AND 15TH AMENDMENTS CHALLENGE those perceptions. The Federal Govt should have acted to Missouri massacres but unfortunately the country was in its formative Constitutional years.
God bless the memory of Joseph who only God could forsee.
Chuck SanfordAugust 11, 2018
I have been assigned to go into 18 other nations, doing public relations work on behalf of the United States. While I am not expert on any of them, I have seen how people live and how their countries operate. This article points out that things are still the same, here and overseas, as they were in Josephs' time. Lust for political power drives so many people, not principles of righteousness. Good people of all stripes must be aware of what is going on, and work to preserve freedom for all---I emphasize, for all.
Linda S.August 10, 2018
Thank you. This is an eye-opener.
DaveAugust 10, 2018
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in 1868. Maybe the deliberations Joseph precipitated in 1840 helped bring it to pass. It could have given the Federal Government some jurisdiction. Here is Section I:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Haze KompelienAugust 10, 2018
"...there was generally a disconnect between what happens in the halls of Congress and what people think happens in the halls of Congress. The closer you get to Washington, D.C., you realize that what is happening there is not as idealistic as you were led to believe."
still true today. Sadly.
HalAugust 10, 2018
This is a good lead-in to The Lincoln Hypothesis by Timothy Ballard. A good read and compelling evidence that the Civil War was needed not only to provide emancipation for the slaves but to consider that religious liberty must be federally mandated to each state.
AndyAugust 10, 2018
This is just another example to me of the greatness of Joseph Smith!
Pam WarrenAugust 10, 2018
Timely story.
Farol HunterAugust 10, 2018
What a great article, Maureen! I learned things that enhanced my admiration for a prophet that I love, and it makes me want to stay strong in this day and age when staying silent will not protect our freedoms and truths!!
JohnellAugust 10, 2018
Fascinating. Thank you.
ZacAugust 10, 2018
Wow, this story stirs many emotions and ideas with me. And it also points out that the more things change the more they stay the same. 21st century politicians are no different than their 19 century forbears. Different topics and faces, but the same lust for power.
Bob SpielAugust 10, 2018
Excellent summary of this important turning point in Joseph's life -- and the life of the early saints. Thank you.
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Dirk Steenbergen, JrNovember 25, 2020
Coincidence doesnot exist ! Chances are, Joseph SMITH was assassinated, because he was a serious candidate of the Reform Party, for the presidency of the United States ! On 29 January 1844, Joseph SMITH held a meeting in the mayor's office at Nauvoo with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and others. It was unanimously decided that Joseph would run for president ! On 11 March 1844, Joseph SMITH organized the Council of Fifty, a deliberative political body to promote his candidacy. Sidney Rigdon, a Pennsylvanian, became his running mate. Brother Joseph favored a constitutional amendment providing for capital punishment of public officials, who refused to assist those denied their constitutional rights. He wrote, "The state rights doctrines are what feed mobs." Obviously, Robert KENNEDY was assassinated in the similitude of Joseph SMITH !!!
Joel Robin MarksAugust 12, 2018
Joseph Smith was a young, unlearned, farm boy who weilded a mighty plow both through farmland and earthlife, with prophetic help from Our Father in Heaven. In the days of Joseph's visit to President Van Buren(1839) staes rights were not wrongs. The 13th,14th AND 15TH AMENDMENTS CHALLENGE those perceptions. The Federal Govt should have acted to Missouri massacres but unfortunately the country was in its formative Constitutional years. God bless the memory of Joseph who only God could forsee.
Chuck SanfordAugust 11, 2018
I have been assigned to go into 18 other nations, doing public relations work on behalf of the United States. While I am not expert on any of them, I have seen how people live and how their countries operate. This article points out that things are still the same, here and overseas, as they were in Josephs' time. Lust for political power drives so many people, not principles of righteousness. Good people of all stripes must be aware of what is going on, and work to preserve freedom for all---I emphasize, for all.
Linda S.August 10, 2018
Thank you. This is an eye-opener.
DaveAugust 10, 2018
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in 1868. Maybe the deliberations Joseph precipitated in 1840 helped bring it to pass. It could have given the Federal Government some jurisdiction. Here is Section I: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Haze KompelienAugust 10, 2018
"...there was generally a disconnect between what happens in the halls of Congress and what people think happens in the halls of Congress. The closer you get to Washington, D.C., you realize that what is happening there is not as idealistic as you were led to believe." still true today. Sadly.
HalAugust 10, 2018
This is a good lead-in to The Lincoln Hypothesis by Timothy Ballard. A good read and compelling evidence that the Civil War was needed not only to provide emancipation for the slaves but to consider that religious liberty must be federally mandated to each state.
AndyAugust 10, 2018
This is just another example to me of the greatness of Joseph Smith!
Pam WarrenAugust 10, 2018
Timely story.
Farol HunterAugust 10, 2018
What a great article, Maureen! I learned things that enhanced my admiration for a prophet that I love, and it makes me want to stay strong in this day and age when staying silent will not protect our freedoms and truths!!
JohnellAugust 10, 2018
Fascinating. Thank you.
ZacAugust 10, 2018
Wow, this story stirs many emotions and ideas with me. And it also points out that the more things change the more they stay the same. 21st century politicians are no different than their 19 century forbears. Different topics and faces, but the same lust for power.
Bob SpielAugust 10, 2018
Excellent summary of this important turning point in Joseph's life -- and the life of the early saints. Thank you.
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