May 24^th
of theyem they will yet see the day when they will
asx aid and assistance at my hands. I spent the
evening at the office and wrote a Letter to Mrs. W.

May 25, 1858 ~ Tuesday

25^th I spent the day in the office upon my history
President Young spent the fore part of the day in
the office. while speaking of Col Kane President Young
said Col Kane did say to President Buchannan that
he owed Gov Young an apology for sending an army
to Utah in the way he did and persuing the course
he had towards the people of that territory and He
should make that apology to Gov Young for President
Buchannan and he was an agent sufficient to do
it. we will never bow down to their opression we will
not have a mock trial over us we will sooner apply
to the mountains and then to the rifle, before we will
do it. Col Kane is as good a Lawyier as we will find
abroad and he sustained us in our course and said
that it was the cream of creams. you have taken
the right course and I want to have you keep in
the right. I would not have you had you taken any
other course for nothing. President Young said
this is the reason why we have let the army alone
Col Kane said I have feared all the time that
you would chew that whole Armey up.

President Young said Gen Houston had it right when
he said if you make war upon them you will get
awfully whiped. But President Young said Buchanan
is determined that it shall be war and Nothing
but war He wished to be President now or never
exspected to be. while speaking upon the subject of
treason and being tried for treason, He said to
Hosea Stout I want to have you get all the testimony
upon that subject you can to gether in the defence
I should show that I as the Governor of this Territ[or]y
had a right to resist an armed force entering into
this Territory In as much as the President of the
United States gave me no notice of sending an army
to this Territory or of removing me from office then
show that the President of the United States had no right
to make war upon any states or Territory upon
mere rumour untill investigating the subject
Now for the President to make use of the language
he did in that Early stage to empl[o]y spies what use
had they for spies when their was No war, poor
Devils they laid a plan to make war upon the people
and not to make peace.

Brother Box and Allen called in to report what they
found in researches they saw they found good grass
on the mountains but no water for stocks but in
places snow was 15 feet deep, they found one pocket
large enough to hide all the people in Provo

President Young said I will not be tried in a court by
our Enemies while under their power it will be

May 24th of theem they will yet see the day when they will asx aid and assistance at my hands. I spent the evening at the office and wrote a Letter to Mrs. W.

May 25, 1858 ~ Tuesday

25th I spent the day in the office upon my history President Young spent the fore part of the day in the office. while speaking of Col Kane President Young said Col Kane did say to President Buchannan that he owed Gov Young an apology for sending an army to Utah in the way he did and persuing the course he had towards the people of that territory and He should make that apology to Gov Young for President Buchannan and he was an agent sufficient to do it. we will never bow down to their opression we will not have a mock trial over us we will sooner apply to the mountains and then to the rifle, before we will do it. Col Kane is as good a Lawyier as we will find abroad and he sustained us in our course and said that it was the cream of creams. you have taken the right course and I want to have you keep in the right. I would not have had you taken any other course for nothing. President Young said this is the reason why we have let the army alone Col Kane said I have feared all the time that you would chew that whole Armey up.

President Young said Gen Houston had it right when he said if you make war upon them you will get awfully whiped. But President Young said Buchanan is determined that it shall be war and Nothing but war He wished to be President now or never exspected to be. while speaking upon the subject of treason and being tried for treason, He said to Hosea Stout I want to have you get all the testimony upon that subject you can to gether in the defence I should show that I as the Governor of this Territory had a right to resist an armed force entering into this Territory In as much as the President of the United States gave me no notice of sending an army to this Territory or of removing me from office then show that the President of the United States had no right to make war upon any states or Territory upon mere rumour untill investigating the subject Now for the President to make use of the language he did in that Early stage to employ spies what use had they for spies when their was No war, poor Devils they laid a plan to make war upon the people and not to make peace.

Brother Box and Allen called in to report what they found in researches they saw they found good grass on the mountains but no water for stocks but in places snow was 15 feet deep, they found one pocket large enough to hide all the people in Provo

President Young said I will not be tried in a court by our Enemies while under their power it will be