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protestations on that subject, will leave, w e fear, a blot on the escutch eon of one, w h o might otherwise have gone dow n to po s t e s it y , as a true PATRIOT. GOLD BIBLE, NO. 5. Every impostor since the creation, has owed his success to the ignorance of the people, and the propensity in herent in their natures, to follow eve- r the pretended finding of his book, and that the juggling of himself or father, went no further than the pretended faculty of seeing wonders in a peep stone,” and tlie occasional interview a fowl, (“Rooster”) in the presence of his awe-stricken companions, to the foul spirit, whom ignorance had crea ted, the guardian of hidden wealth; and after digging until day-light, his with the spirit, supposed to have the deluded employers retired to tneir custody of hidden treasures ; and it is — — — j — ------ -------- -------- --- — / ------- - also equally well known, that a vaga- ported. i several habitations, fatigued and disap- bond fortune-teller by the name of Wal ters, who then resided in the town of Sodus, and was once committed to the ry thing absurd or ridiculous. Lear-jail of this county for juggling , was ning it is said, flourished in some partsjthe constant companion and bosom of Arabia, at the time Mahomet madCjfi'iend of these money digging impos* his appearance, and this may sufficient* tors. ly account for the slow progress that There remains but little doubt, in impostor made for the first years of the minds of those at all acquainted his pretended mission, and had not with these transactions, that Walters, the Koran been supported by the sword who was sometimes called the conju- the whole imposition, in all probabili- rer, and was paid three dollars per ty, wrould have died in embryo, and day for his services by the money dig- the disciples and followers of the crcs-gers in this neighborhood, first sui^ges- cent, would never have been able to ted to Smith the idea of finding a book, subjugate the fairest portion of the Walters,Hie better to carry on his own J deception .with those ignorant &, delu- It is said Sergius, a Christian Monk, ded people who employed him, had assisted Mahomet in writing the Ko-procured an old copy of Cicero’s Ora- ran, which is allowed by the best and tions, in the latin language, out of most candid writers, to be w r itteJw h r e h he read long and loud to his with the utmost elegance and purity,[credulous hearers, uttering at the same in the language of the Koreishites, the; an unintelligible jargon, which he most noble and polite of all the Ara- would afterwards pretend to interpret, brans. Mahomet had a regular plan and explain, as a record of the former from the beginning; in the commence- inhabitants of America, and a particu- mcnt of his imposture, lie professed an lar account of the numerous situations intimate connexion with the angel Ga- where they had deposited their treas If the critical reader will examine the “ Book of Mormon/7 lie will di rectly perceive, that in many instan ces, the style of the Bible, from which it is chiefly copied, has been entirely altered for the worse. In many in* stances it has been copied upwards , without reference to chapter or verse, (taking Jeremiah for an example) and that the old and new Testament, have been promiscuously intermingled, with the simple alteration of names, &c. with some interpolations, which mav , <r easily be discovered, by the want grammatical arrangement. How far Smith, Cowdery, or any of their worthy compeers, were conver sant with tlie writings, or lives of Ma homet and other impostors, will be discussed hereafter. »rid, and was afterwards allowed / as he declares, numerous conferen- ures previous to their final extirpation. So far did this impostor carry this '•‘•s with God himself. He was toojdiabolical farce, that not long previous innning tu attempt many miracles be-^o the pretended discovery of the tore his followei.-, and even the sto-j“ Cook of Mormon,” Walters a.s- iy of the tame pigeon, who had been sembled his nightly band of money di^- taught to light upon the shoulder ofgers in the town of Manchester at°a the prophet, and cat millet from his point designated in his magical book ViJlSHUfGTOW BALL. A Bam, ‘-jras h a d ” at Blossom’s Ho tel in Canandaigu.i, on the anivcrsary of “ Washington’s birth day,” A ich \^as numerously attended. After par- taking of the amusements of the eve ning, the company set down to an ele gant repast, which had been pre pared by «• mine host of the golden Par, is denied by many of the Arabian historians. and drawing a circle around the labor- _ . \ith the point of an old rusty It is well known that Jo Smith nev-jsword, and using sundry other in- ie purpose of propi- horns.” ..........— iw . mhuul ju omun n c v -p‘^u, iuiu using *1 pretended to have any communion cantations, for the |'i' i angels, untd a long period after tiating the spirit, al t After the cloth was removed, tx col lection ol more than one hundred dol lars., was taken for the benefit of the suffering poor ii\ that village, without distinction of age sect or color, and’a committee appointed to distribute th±-*4 same. This is surely living up pixf?* the example of “ the good samaxitaru lile ue record this hearty cheer- absolutely Sachfieed;ir,g act of disinterested benevolence’
