Nov 13
Young then addressed the People for the first time since the
Armey of the United States had entered our valley he gave
much good teaching instruction & reproof

in the Afternoon Joseph Young spoke followed by O Hyde then
Members were cut off from the Church

I met in the evening at President Young with the Legislature
an arangement was made by the members to assemble at the social
Hall on the 2nd Monday in Dec & organize & adjourn to Fillmore this
was done to sustain our own acts then at Fillmore we would organ-
ize to Accomodate Gov Cummings as he considered that the Seat of
Governmet then we would adjourn back to Great Salt Lake City
to spend the session to accomodate all parties. Gov Cummings thought
our adjournment to Great Salt Lake City was illegal because it was
done by a Joint resolution of both Houses in Joint session he consid[er]ed
it not of the same validity as an act in separate houses he was informed
that several of the states in the Union was received & admitted into
the Union by a Joint vote of both Houses of Congress and we establi-
shed the seat of Government at Filmore by a Joint resolution of both
houses & if our removal of the seat of Government to Great Salt
Lake City was not legal then the esstablishment of the seat of
Government at Filmore was not legal Hence we have no seat of
Government. It is a singular argument of Gov Cummings
that the unanimous vote of the two houses in Joint session
weakens the power of Legislation & is not of the same force
& validity that it would be if passed in seperate Houses
such an argumen contains neither force or power

November 14, 1858 ~ Sunday

14^th Sunday The conference met at 10 oclok. President
Wells spoke after President Kimball, & He was followed
by President Young who reproved the Elders sharply in
the power of God for the evils which exhisted among them
the conference then cut off from the Church by a
unanimous vote [blank] members and on saturday they
cut off [blank] Members making a total of [blank]
they were cut of for Aposticy, drunkenness, lying, swareing
whoredoms &c. President Young again spoke & asked if they
supposed all was cut off that should be I tell you no if all
shoud be cut off that ought to be there would be many more
than there is to day He said that any man that wilfully sined and
broke the Law of God ought to be cut off men may do wrong & sin
wilfully with there Eyes can I forgive them I will if God
will but he will require the penalty to be paid. I will forgive
men for singing ignorantly. Conference adjourned till 6^th April
I met with the Quorum of the Twelve for prayer O. Hyde prayed
O. Pratt was mouth

November 15, 1858 ~ Monday

15^th I spent the day at the office Journalizing & on history

Nov 13 Young then addressed the People for the first time since the Armey of the United States had entered our valley he gave much good teaching instruction & reproof

in the Afternoon Joseph Young spoke followed by O Hyde then Members were cut off from the Church

I met in the evening at President Young with the Legislature an arangement was made by the members to assemble at the social Hall on the 2nd Monday in Dec & organize & adjourn to Fillmore this was done to sustain our own acts then at Fillmore we would organize to Accomodate Gov Cummings as he considered that the Seat of Government then we would adjourn back to Great Salt Lake City to spend the session to accomodate all parties. Gov Cummings thought our adjournment to Great Salt Lake City was illegal because it was done by a Joint resolution of both Houses in Joint Session he considered it not of the same validity as an act in separate houses he was informed that several of the states in the Union was received & admitted into the Union by a Joint vote of both Houses of Congress and we established the seat of Government at Filmore by a Joint resolution of both houses & if our removal of the seat of Government to Great Salt Lake City was not legal then the esstablishment of the seat of Government at Filmore was not legal Hence we have no seat of Government. It is a singular argument of Gov Cummings that the unanimous vote of the two houses in Joint session weakens the power of Legislation & is not of the same force & validity that it would be if passed in separate Houses such an argument contains neither force or power

November 14, 1858 ~ Sunday

14th Sunday The conference met at 10 oclok. President Wells spoke after President Kimball, & He was followed by President Young who reproved the Elders sharply in the power of God for the evils which exhisted among them the conference then cut off from the Church by a unanimous vote [blank] members and on saturday they cut off [blank] Members making a total of [blank] they were cut of for Aposticy, drunkenness, lying, swareing whoredoms &c. President Young again spoke & asked if they supposed all was cut off that should be I tell you no if all shoud be cut off that ought to be there would be many more than there is to day He said that any man that wilfully sined and broke the Law of God ought to be cut off men may do wrong & sin wilfully with there Eyes Can I forgive them I will if God will but he will require the penalty to be paid I will forgive men for sining ignorantly. Conference adjourned till 6 April I met with the Quorum of the Twelve for prayer O. Hyde prayed O. Pratt was mouth

November 15, 1858 ~ Monday

15th I spent the day at the office Journalizing & on history