... Wm. W. Clayton read the Morning Extra of D News Containing the last Poney [of the Poney Express]. ...
[Regarding the civil war] The South are better prepaired & much faster than the North are. Lincoln has taken a Course to rather keep the North back. But the Curse of God will be upon the Nation and they will have Enough of it. The Rulers possess no Power in the Land. They have persecuted the Saints of God and the Rulers would do nothing for us but all they Could against us and they will now get their pay for it.
In speaking of Governor Cummings Presidet Young Said He had done us good. He had Stood between us & the army But the Lord had made him do it....
The question was asked what we would do if the Presidet Sent Secretary Harris here as Govornor. Would we not also Cecede? President Young Said No, we will keep our records Clean. We shall want to Compare records by & by & we want to Show on our part that we are right All the time. If the boys were all right they ought to piss such a man as Harris out of the Country or whittle [intimidate] him out. Yet if we submit to such mean things put upon us by the government we shall get our reward and they will get theirs...
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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