. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . Haighton the same subject, and that Haight had assured him, andgiven him to understand, that emigrants who came along with-out a pass from Governor Young could not escape from the Ter-ritory. We then rode along in silence for some distance, when heagain turned to me and said, Brother Lee, I am satisfied that the brethren are under thefull influence of the reformation, and I believe they will do justas you say they will with the wicked emigrants that come throughthe country making threats and abusing
. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . Haighton the same subject, and that Haight had assured him, andgiven him to understand, that emigrants who came along with-out a pass from Governor Young could not escape from the Ter-ritory. We then rode along in silence for some distance, when heagain turned to me and said, Brother Lee, I am satisfied that the brethren are under thefull influence of the reformation, and I believe they will do justas you say they will with the wicked emigrants that come throughthe country making threats and abusing our people. I repeated my views to him, but at much greater length,giving my reasons in full for thinking that Governor Youngsiiould give orders to protect all the emigrants that he did notwish destroyed. I went into a full statement of the wrongs ofour people, and told him that the people were under the blazeof the reformation, full of wild fire and fanaticism, and that toBhed the blood of those who would dare to speak agaiost theMormon Church or its leaders, they would consider doing the. GBOEGE A. SMITH. LEES CONFESSION. 225 will of God, and that the people would do it as willingly andcheerfully as they would any other duty. That the apostlePaul, when he started forth to persecute the followers of Christ,was not any more sincere than every Mormon was then, wholived in Southern Utah. My words served to cheer up the General very much; he wasgreatly delighted, and said, I am glad to hear so good an account of our people. Godwill bless them for all that they do to build up His Eangdomin the last days. General Smith did not sav one word to me or intimate to me,that he any emigrants to pass in safety through the Ter-ritory, But he led mo to believe then, as I believe now, thathe did want, and expected every emigrant to be killed thatundertook to pass through the Territory while we were at warwith the Government. I thought it was his mission to preparethe people for the b
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