. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . e a number of others were present, when Brig-ham raised his hand and said, * I swear by the eternal Heavensthat I have unsheathed my sword, and I will never return it untilthe blood of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum, and those whowere slain in Missouri, is avenged. This whole nation is guiltyof shedding their blood, by assenting to the deed, and holdingits peace. Now, said he, betray me, any of you whodare to do so! Furthermore, every one who had passedthrough their endowments, in the Temple, were pla
. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . e a number of others were present, when Brig-ham raised his hand and said, * I swear by the eternal Heavensthat I have unsheathed my sword, and I will never return it untilthe blood of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum, and those whowere slain in Missouri, is avenged. This whole nation is guiltyof shedding their blood, by assenting to the deed, and holdingits peace. Now, said he, betray me, any of you whodare to do so! Furthermore, every one who had passedthrough their endowments, in the Temple, were placed underthe most sacred obligations to avenge the blood of the Prophet,whenever an opportunity offered, and to teach their children todo the same, thus making the entire Mormon people sworn andavowed enemies of the American nation. They teach the rising generation to look upon every Gentileor outsider, as their enemy, and never to suffer one of theirnumber to be sentenced by a Gentile court. They have evengone so far as to teach them not to allow a Gentile Jadge to wt^ooa o o o >< oo. LIFH OF JOHN D. LEE. 161 hang a Mormon dog. That they have no right to come into thisTerritory, and to sit in judgment upon the Saints. That theSaints are to judge the world instead of the officers of the worldjudging them. I once thought that I never could be induced tooccupy the position that I now do, to expose the wickednessand corruption of the man whom I once looked upon as myspiritual guide, as I then considered Brigham Young to could have compelled me to this course save an honestsense of the duty I owe myself, my God, the people at large,and my brethren and sisters who are treading the downwardpath that will lead them to irretrievable ruin, unless they retracetheir steps and throw off the yoke of the tyrant, who has longusurped the right of rule that justly belongs to the son ofJoseph, the Prophet. I have been driven to the wall by circum-stances beyond my control, and h
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