JS's assassination reference?
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JS's assassination reference?
I can't find the GC talk reference (I thought it was Elder Oaks) about the secret meeting with representatives of most of the states to vote for the assassination of JS--it really was mostly about his running (and winning) for the presidency of the USA. Help?
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Re: JS's assassination reference?
I found this
Joseph Smith - ensign
In the meantime, William Law and others in Illinois were plotting to take the life of Joseph Smith. Dr. Wall Southwick recounted a meeting he had attended in Carthage, Illinois, wherein the enemies of the Prophet had gathered together from every state in the Union but three. They were concerned that Joseph’s “views on government were widely circulated and took like wildfire.” According to Southwick, they believed that if the Prophet “did not get into the Presidential chair this election, he would be sure to the next time; and if Illinois and Missouri would join together and kill him, they would not be brought to justice for it.”28 Dr. Southwick’s statement suggests that the Prophet’s presidential campaign was at least a contributing cause for his assassination.
Joseph Smith - ensign
In the meantime, William Law and others in Illinois were plotting to take the life of Joseph Smith. Dr. Wall Southwick recounted a meeting he had attended in Carthage, Illinois, wherein the enemies of the Prophet had gathered together from every state in the Union but three. They were concerned that Joseph’s “views on government were widely circulated and took like wildfire.” According to Southwick, they believed that if the Prophet “did not get into the Presidential chair this election, he would be sure to the next time; and if Illinois and Missouri would join together and kill him, they would not be brought to justice for it.”28 Dr. Southwick’s statement suggests that the Prophet’s presidential campaign was at least a contributing cause for his assassination.
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Re: JS's assassination reference?
And this
Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith
By Dallin H Oaks, Marvin S Hill
Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith
By Dallin H Oaks, Marvin S Hill
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Re: JS's assassination reference?
Yes, that's it! Thank you.mes5464 wrote: ↑November 15th, 2017, 8:59 am I found this
Joseph Smith - ensign
In the meantime, William Law and others in Illinois were plotting to take the life of Joseph Smith. Dr. Wall Southwick recounted a meeting he had attended in Carthage, Illinois, wherein the enemies of the Prophet had gathered together from every state in the Union but three. They were concerned that Joseph’s “views on government were widely circulated and took like wildfire.” According to Southwick, they believed that if the Prophet “did not get into the Presidential chair this election, he would be sure to the next time; and if Illinois and Missouri would join together and kill him, they would not be brought to justice for it.”28 Dr. Southwick’s statement suggests that the Prophet’s presidential campaign was at least a contributing cause for his assassination.
BUT wait! I thought for sure this was in a GC talk?? At least I have words to search it by now.
(Update: Can't find it in GC talks.)
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Thanks for sharing this. I added it to my list of quotes.JohnnyL wrote: ↑November 15th, 2017, 11:37 amYes, that's it! Thank you.mes5464 wrote: ↑November 15th, 2017, 8:59 am I found this
Joseph Smith - ensign
In the meantime, William Law and others in Illinois were plotting to take the life of Joseph Smith. Dr. Wall Southwick recounted a meeting he had attended in Carthage, Illinois, wherein the enemies of the Prophet had gathered together from every state in the Union but three. They were concerned that Joseph’s “views on government were widely circulated and took like wildfire.” According to Southwick, they believed that if the Prophet “did not get into the Presidential chair this election, he would be sure to the next time; and if Illinois and Missouri would join together and kill him, they would not be brought to justice for it.”28 Dr. Southwick’s statement suggests that the Prophet’s presidential campaign was at least a contributing cause for his assassination.
BUT wait! I thought for sure this was in a GC talk?? At least I have words to search it by now.
(Update: Can't find it in GC talks.)
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Re: JS's assassination reference?
here's the original: https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/volume-6-chapter-33