Male Vocals

The press runs for the first and last time. Insiders break their silence. The truth will out.

They begged him to repent. He said he’d rather be damned. Now forbearance has ceased to be a virtue.

“What a thing it is for a man to be accused of having seven wives, when I can only find one.” He stood at the pulpit and lied.

Austin Cowles sat in the High Council when Hyrum read the revelation. Plural wives. Sealing against all sins. He could not teach such laws.

They taught there were innumerable gods above our God. That He could fall. That we could rise. They called it progression. The Expositor called it blasphemy.

They preached sacrifice. They preached gathering. The wealth flowed in and was swallowed by one great throat, from whence there was no return.

Prophet. Mayor. General. Presidential candidate. “We will not acknowledge any man as king or lawgiver to the church. Christ is our only king.”

April 18th. A council called in secret. Tried, condemned, and cut off. They never knew until it was done. Our law condemns no man until he is heard.

Fugitives fled to Nauvoo and found protection. The Mayor’s court overruled federal warrants. “A sink of refuge for every offender who can carry in spoils enough to buy protection.”

Francis Higbee’s letter to his neighbors. Arise in the majesty of your strength. The August election approaches. This is the dreadful conflict.