Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
On the I called upon President Young and
asked his opinion concerning a cotton company. He said the time had
come for us to act and not talk. If the people had done the same as
you and I have concerning sheep there would now have been a good supply
in this Territory. And with regard to cotton I am now going to send
men into the cotton country to make cotton for me so that I can have some
to use myself and if you or any of the brethren wish to join me you can
I looked over my Journal for the year 1857 and
made up my usual Synopsis and of the events of the year I recorded my
reflections of the day as follows
"It has been an important year to Zion and the world
1857 will be the year on history's page from which will be dated the
commencement of the downfall of the United States. For it is during this
year that they have enttered the field as open enemies and persecuters of
the Saints of the Most High God and and have sent an army of 2500 men
over 1000 miles for the purpose of laying a foundation for the destruction
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have settled here in
in the Great Bason of North America, called Utah Territory or the State
of Deseret. Here in the Valleys of the Mountains is established
the kingdom of God which Daniel saw by vision and the people of
the United States are determined to destroy the Kingdom of God from
off the earth. [Daniel 2:26-47] But these judgements of God will now begin to rest
more fully upon that nation and will be increased upon them year by
