I would not have suffered my name to have been used by my friends on anywise as President of the United States, or candidate for that office, if I and my friends could have had the privilege of enjoying our religious and civil rights as American citizens, even those rights which the Constitution guarantees unto all her citizens alike.

Rumor with her ten thousand tongues is diffusing her uncertain sounds in almost every ear.

Search your hearts, and see if you are like God. I have searched mine, and feel to repent of all my sins.

The Mayor, Aldermen and Councilors of the City of Nauvoo, IL, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that they will support the Constitution of the United States, and of this State and that they will well and truly perform the duties of their offices to the best of their skill and abilities.

[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw away our votes, we had better do so upon a worthy rather than an unworthy individual who might make use of the weapon we put in his hand to destroy us.

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.

Could you gaze into heaven five minutes, you would know more than you would by reading all that ever was written on the subject.