[William Clayton Journal] ...Bagby said he had done more for Joseph than for any other man in the country. Joseph reiterated that Bagby was continually abusing the citizens here. Bagby called the prophet a liar...pick up a stone to throw at him which so enraged him that President Joseph followed him a few steps and struck him two or three times. Esquire Daniel H. Wells stepped between them and succeeded in separating them. President Joseph told the Esquire to assess the fine for the assault and he was willing to pay it. President Joseph rode down to Alderman Whitney stated the circumstances and he imposed a fine which the prophet paid and then returned to a political meeting. Bagby stayed awhile muttering that Joseph was a coward.
[Bagby becomes a relentless enemy of Joseph, inspiring Carthage meetings and stirring up other old enemies against him.]
[Source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
Joseph Smith beginning in mid-1830 became his own worst enemy gradually and incrementally introducing into the church many false doctrines and false revelations culminating in the abomination and whoredom of polygamy (demonic revelation of July 12, 1843). If Joseph Smith would have kept faithful to the correct meaning of the KJV and the BOM only he would have lived to the age of 85 and would have died peacefully in 1890-91 (D&C 130:14-17 given Apr.2, 1843). He would have had far fewer enemies and the enemies he would have had we have always had such as the Anti-BOM "mad dogs" and "serpents and vipers".
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