Governor John Dawson arrives on 7th departs on 31st; vetoes 3rd Constitutional Convention.
11 I went down into the field & sowed 5 Acres of swamp land to readd top seed
I spent the evening at Presidents Youngs office * I also spent the evening of the
(10th) at President Youngs office when President Young Expressed his views
vary plainly upon the Govornors Message. He said if I was the president or
speaker of the Legislator I would not refer the message to any committee or say
one word about it I hope there will be nothing said about it in the Legislator
at all. They want us to pay taxes & next they will want us to send
a thousand men to the war. What will they do about the taxes the people
have not the money they would have to take wheat & Lumber & such
things as the people have if they get any thing but they will not collect
the taxes Here neither will they get 1000 men to go into the Armey they
would spend one million of Dollars by sending an armey here to collect
thirty thousand dollars taxes they have sought our Destruction all the day
long why do they not pay othere own debts they destroyed there armey
and amuniction at Camp Floyd so that we should not get any of
it when the government is owing Utah there Quota of arms I will
se them in Hell before I will raise an army for them. Abe Lincoln
has sent these men her to prepare the way for an Army An order
has ben sent to Calafornia to raise an army to come to Utah this
is the reason why Bell came back. I pray daily that the Lord will take
away the reigns of Governm[en]t of the wicked rulers & put it into the Hands
of wife [wise] good [men] I will see the day when those wicked rulers wiped out the
Governor quoted my sayings about the Constitution, I do and always
have supported the Constitution but I am not in league with such
cursed scoundrels as Abe Lincoln and his Minions they have
sought our destruction from the Begining & Abe Lincoln has ordered
an army to this Territory from Calafornia & that order passed
over on these wires. A senator from Calafornia said in Washington
a short time since that the Mormons was in there way & must be
removed. The feelings of Abe Lincoln is that Buchannan tried
to destroyed the mormons & could not, now I will try my hand at
it. Other subjects were spoken off
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He was followed By President Young who said the Book that John saw in the Hands of the angel was the Book containing the record of the Events of the children of men upon this Earth the scribes keep a record in Heaven of the acts of men as they trans- pire upon the Earth & they will be Judged out of the Books. The Beasts there spoken of By John were actual Beasts that were raised from the dead A true Prophet speaks of things which are true they do not prophesy falsly. "we shall see the Judgments of God poured out upon the wicked untill it will make us weep. He said many interesting
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