The Flavor Of Patriotism Depends Upon Its

I Ask The Citizens Of This Republic Whether Such A State Of Things Is To Be Suffered To Pass Unnoticed, And The Hearts Of Widows, Orphans, And Patriots To Be Broken, And Their Wrongs Left Without Redress? No! I Invoke The Genius Of Our Constitution. I Appeal To The Patriotism Of Americans To Stop This Unlawful And Unholy Procedure; And Pray That God May Defend This Nation From The Dreadful Effects Of Such Outrages.

This Doctrine Of Polygamy, Or Spiritual Wife-system, That Has Been Taught And Practiced Among Us, Will Prove Our Destruction And Overthrow.

Our Nation, Which Possesses Greater Resources Than Any Other, Is Rent, From Center To Circumference, With Party Strife, Political Intrigues, And Sectional Interest; Our Counselors Are Panic Stricken, Our Legislators Are Astonished, And Our Senators Are Confounded.

That Which Is Wrong Under One Circumstance, May Be, And Often Is, Right Under Another. God Said, 'thou Shalt Not Kill'; At Another Time He Said, 'thou Shalt Utterly Destroy.' This Is The Principle On Which The Government Of Heaven Is Conducted—by Revelation Adapted To The Circumstances In Which The Children Of The Kingdom Are Placed. Whatever God Requires Is Right, No Matter What It Is, Although We May Not See The Reason Thereof Till Long After The Events Transpire.

Blessed Be The Memory Of Those Few Brethren Who Contended So Strenuously For Their Constitutional Rights And Religious Freedom, Against Such An Overwhelming Force Of Desperadoes!