The situation your Church is in, and
as you are the head of that Church; your
situation is at present extremly precarious,
I have a scheme to offer you, that would make
you and your Church triumph and gain a complete
Victory, and I garrantee that Utah would be-
come a state within five years if you manipu-
late this scheme as I will tell you. I am surpris-
ed you have not hit upon it long before now,
it is not against the principles of your faith; and
and is nothing worse than what your people voted
for in the late Constitution, yet the scheme is such
that the Gentiles can not possibly discover the trick
at all, if you but have from 25 to 50 thousand of
your people you can depend upon; that would do
as you tell them, when you first get to hear it you
will be extremely glad as it will save you from de-
struction and disgrace, and would cause all of your
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people have unbounded confidence in yourself,
and it would bring tens of thousands of people
into your Church, because they would think you in-
spired indeed, and it would be worth untold milli-
ons of dollars into the Church treasury.
This is not overdrawn as you yourself knows that
if Utah became a State, that such would be the
prestige you would have, that the above would
result; and if you but will carry out my scheme,
Utah is bound to be a state in a few years at
most. I have no possible interest in your
Church, as I look upon it as a fraud "from the
word go." but if you will pay me handsomely,
say: $200,000 00/100 I will tell you said scheme,
if you do not act upon this you have better
make up your mind to: that your Church will
go to destruction because of the failures of Smiths
Prophesies, but if Utah becomes a state those
failures will be forgotten.
But if you conclude to undertake this scheme
it must be kept absolutely secret, exept to
those initiated, if it becomes public it will
fail. If you a⬦ accept my offier I am willing
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for you to bind me as tight in writing as you
like, but one fifth must be paid down before
I tell it. There will be no more expences
to pay for Lawyers, ect. to go to Washington
to fight for your cause, as it will be smooth
sailing into the Union. I am willing to give
you a bond to the effect, that if you do as
I tell you, and Utah do not become a state
within five years, that I will refund you
the money paid me.
Please write and tell me if you will un-
dertake this matter, will you come to see
me? That would be best. Please remember
that often it is the obscure in this world
that is the best inventors.
My ideas are too valueable to give them
away. I live at mouth of Maple Canyon,
Springville Utah Co