CH rebuts TPA, calls JS "without education or genius" with "a little low cunning."

Date
Jun 15, 1842
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Cleveland Herald
Hearsay
Reprint
Journalism
Reference

"Mormonism," Cleveland Herald in Times and Seasons 3, no. 16 (June 15, 1842): 829

Scribe/Publisher
Times and Seasons
People
Cleveland Herald, Joseph Smith, Jr., The Pittsburgh American
Audience
General Public
Transcription

The Pittsburgh American says, that Jos. Smith, cannot be denied the attribute of greatness. We have considered the said Jo Smith, High Priest of Mormonism; and self-styled Prophet, as the prince of Loafers. He is a man without education or genius. He has a little low cunning. His only greatness must consist in rascallity. He used to live near “these diggings,” and some of his “revelations” were very financierish.—Clev. Herald.

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