Demand or Require any such Responsibility of any Governor in any
state or territory. but this is an item of Difference between
Mormon & Antemormans. there is more crime committed in one
day in many Cities of the United States with the same ^amount^ nub
of population than ther is in Utah in ^a^ years, but that
is performed by Chistains & also by Mormons that makes the
Differnce. If we are overtaken in a fault & do any thing wrong
in Utah we confess our sins & learn to forsake them
& thank our ^governor or any other fr[ien]d^ frends for telling us our faults, Realizes that
the Rebukes of a frend are better & far more profitabe than the
kisses of an Enemy, but in the chrstian world the people
labor Diligently to hide ther faults, & if the Governor
of Calafornia, New York, or Connecticut was to tell the
people ther faults & show them ther sins they would consider himself ^themselves^ very fortunate ^to^ escape withot being puled down or having ther
throat cut. The Question is often asked what is going to be done
with Utah & what will the people of Utah do. Now this Depends
entirely upon circustances The inhabitants of Utah know well
as a people that they have broaken No law either Human
or Divine the Laws & Constitution of the United States
garentee unto us all that we have Either Realized or asked for
& if the Goernment of the United States persues a lawful & Legal cause towards us ther will never be any Difficulty
betwen Utah & the General Government. & it is certainly Hard
to believe that the Goverment will has arrived at that state of
Decline or Deacay that she would be willing to Risk the
Result & future consequences of steping out side of the
Constitution and opening a war of Pesecuton & extermation
against any state or territory because of ther Religious faith or
practice as long as that faith or practice does not come
in contak with the constitutn or Laws of the United States
for in that case they might begin to withhold the sympathies
from Utah & prepare to weep for thousads & the childen for should
they attempt to undermine the constition that Great & Glorious Legacy
Given by God throgh our Fathers unto the American people for the sake
of Gratifying the envy of the Rable for a little Mormon Blod
Demand or Require any such Responsibility of any Governor in any
state or territory. but this is an item of Difference between
Mormon & Antemormans. there is more crime committed in one
day in many Cities of the United States with the same amount
of population than ther is in Utah in a years, but that
is performed by Chistains & also by Mormons that makes the
Differnce. If we are overtaken in a fault & do any thing wrong
in Utah we confess our sins & learn to forsake them
& thank our governor or any other friend for telling us our faults, Realizes that
the Rebukes of a frend are better & far more profitabe than the
kisses of an Enemy, but in the chrstian world the people
labor Diligently to hide ther faults, & if the Governor
of was to tell the
people ther faults & show them ther sins they would consider
themselves very fortunate to escape withot being puled down or having ther
throat cut. The Question is often asked what is going to be done
with Utah & what will the people of Utah do. Now this Depends
entirely upon circustances The inhabitants of Utah know well
as a people that they have broaken No law either Human
or Divine the Laws & Constitution of the United States
garentee unto us all that we have Either Realized or asked for
& if the Goernment of the United States persues a lawful &
cause towards us ther will never be any Difficulty
betwen Utah & the General Government. & it is certainly Hard
to believe that the Goverment has arrived at that state of
Decline or Decay that she would be willing to Risk the
Result & future consequences of steping out side of the
Constitution and opening a war of Pesecuton & extermation
against any state or territory because of ther Religious faith or
practice as long as that faith or practice does not come
in contak with the constitutn or Laws of the United States
for in that case they might begin to withhold the sympathies
from Utah & prepare to weep for thousads & the childen for should
they attempt to undermine that Great & Glorious Legacy
Given by God throgh our Fathers unto the American people for the sake
of Gratifying the envy of the Rable for a little Mormon Blod
"Letter to the Editor of the Western Standard, 3 July 1857," p. 11, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 4, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OM2Y