Saturday, July 30, 2022

Extract from Brigham Young Office Journal, November 30, 1860: Joseph Smith's Prophecies and Prediction Downfall of Stephen A. Douglas

Brigham Young Office Journal, November 30, 1860, CR 1234 1, Church History Library (scribe: George D. Sims):

 





The President observed [that] it is not remarkable that the [US] Government sh[oul]d follow us with a mob[?] still; it is damnable of them. They came here but could not harm us. They grumbled at us burning up their wagons. What the Devil was their wagons here for[?] Perhaps they did not think of it, but we could have whipped all before us even in Missouri if we our retreat had been as good as it was here. The President continued his remarks, and gave an account of the mobbings and drivings this people had received from the United States. He then quoted the prophecy of Joseph Smith, against the United States, and remarked [that] his prophecies are now, in part, being fulfilled. He then spoke of the downfall of Senator Steven A. Douglas.

 

Transcription taken from:

 

George D. Smith, Brigham Young, Colonizer of the American West: Diaries and Office Journals, 1832-1871, 2 vols. (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2021), 2:234