We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor of the government as you know we are all friends to the Constitution yea true friends to that Country for which our fathers bled.
The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.
God judges men according to the use they make of the light which He gives them.
I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.