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.

We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.

Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!

Shall we longer bear these cruelties which have been heaped upon us for the last ten years in the face of heaven, and in open violation of the constitution and law of these United States and of this state? God forbid! I will not bear it. If they take away my rights, I will fight for them manfully and righteously until I am used up. We have done nothing against the rights of others.

Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.

We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant.