. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . e of the Mormon faith. IfI escape execution, it will be through the clemency of thenation, many of whose noble sons will dislike to see me sacri-ficed in this way. I acknowledge that I have been slow to lis-ten to the advice of friends, who have warned me of the dangerand treachery that awaited me. Yet I ask pardon for all the in-gratitude with which I received their advice. When the peopleconsider that I was ever taught to look upon treachery with hor-ror, and that I have never permitted one nerve
. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . e of the Mormon faith. IfI escape execution, it will be through the clemency of thenation, many of whose noble sons will dislike to see me sacri-ficed in this way. I acknowledge that I have been slow to lis-ten to the advice of friends, who have warned me of the dangerand treachery that awaited me. Yet I ask pardon for all the in-gratitude with which I received their advice. When the peopleconsider that I was ever taught to look upon treachery with hor-ror, and that I have never permitted one nerve or fibre of thisold frame to weaken or give way, notwithstanding the fact thatJ have been cut loose, and cast off and sacrificed by those whofrom their own stand-point, and according to their own theory,should have stood by me to the last, they may have some com-passion for me. Perhaps all is for the best. As it now stands, I feel free from all the obligations that havehitherto sealed my mouth, so far as the deeds of which I standaccused are concerned. I now consider myself at liberty to, J. I(A3O s< CO z< Q 2 LEES CONFESSION. 269 and I now will state all the facts in the case, with which I amfamiliar. I am no traitor; I am only acting just to my own rep-utation. I am not sorry for the stand which I have taken, ormy long silence. THE TRUTH ABOUT DIRTT FINOERED JAKE HAKBLIN AMD THB ACTS OF SOME GOOD SAINTS. Jacob Hamblin, commonly called Dirty Fingered Jake,**when called as a witness, gave as a reason for his long silence,concerning what he says I told him, that he was waiting for theright time to come, and he thought it had come now. Tliis reminds me of a circumstance that was related by JosephKnight and John Lay, who were missionaries to tbe Indians un-der President Jacob Hamblin, at his headquarters at Santa ClaraFort, in 1859. In the Fall of 1859 two young men, on theirway to California, stopped at the fort to recruit their jaded ani-mals, and expecting that while doin
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