254 Sunday Preached in the forenoon I met with
my Quorum in the morning Brother prayed Brother
was mouth. I met with the Twelve in
the evening. prayed. was mouth.
President & had
an interview with the Govornor . he talked vary
plain to him He told Governor Cummings he should not
go into that military camp alive for he should not live
5 minutes when he got there if they come to this he
should not be here & He told his Excellency he should look
to him to protect his property & family and if the Army
shot a gun in to his house he would find it would be a
deer shot for they would hear a voice from the mountain
& they would find he would not be far off President
Young said He was willing to go before any civil court
and all the men on Earth might testify against him if they
would tell the truth they could not testify that He had
been guilty of any crime or sanctioned any criminal
act but he would not go into a military court to be linched
He said I will stay in these mountains while I live &
If I cannot live in peace I will destroy all the property
in the and our Enemies shall find it as barren
as we did when we came here He said "I will not take
the council of any man that lives on the Earth but God"
Himself our Enemies are not at war with me but
they are at war with God & his kingdom & the , & If I would renounce my Religion
I could go into or any whare in the
world & be respected & treated kindly but I will not
renounce my religion but I will maintain it while
I live I care nothing about property or a good name
among the world all I ask for is the favor of God & to do his
will" And many other things. He said to Gov Cummings
I spent a short time in the with the Twelve
& others. The Eastern mail came in containing 23 sacks
two weeks mail not much News. It was not decided
whether their would be an European war or not.
