History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 6Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 6
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Jonathan Dunham, High Policeman, Charles C. Rich, 1st Lieutenant,
Hosea Stout, 2nd Lieutenant, Shadrack Roundy, 3rd Lieut., John Pack,
Ensign, Jesse P. Harmon, Orderly Sergt., John D. Lee, 2nd Sergeant,
Daniel Carn, 3rd Sergeant, Josiah Arnold, 4th Sergeant, James Emmett,
1st Corporal, Alexander Mills, 2nd Corporal, Steven H. Goddard, 3rd
Corporal, William Pace, 4th Corporal, Abraham C. Hodge, Pioneer, Levi
W. Hancock, Fifer, Daniel M. Repsher, Fifer, Richard D. Sprague,
Drummer, Samuel Billings, Drummer, {150} Abraham O. Smoot, Dwight
Harding, John Lytle, Simeon A. Dunn, Andrew Lytle, Appleton M. Harmon,
Howard Egan, James Pace, Benjamin Boyce, Francis M. Edwards, Lorenzo
Clark, William H. Edwards, Davies McOlney, Moses M. Sanders, Abram
Palmer, Warren A. Smith, Isaac C. Haight, George W. Clyde, John L.
Butler, Vernon H. Bruce, Elbridge Tufts, Armsted Moffet, Truman R.
Barlow, Azra Adams.
The Mayor said--
_Address of the Mayor to the Nauvoo Police_.
It is expected that a part will be on duty while others rest. It
might be expected that thieves had crept into the Church for the
purpose of concealing their wickedness under the garb of sanctity.
It is an abominable thing to set a thief to catch a thief; and I
would look with the utmost contempt upon men who do this as guilty
of a mean or cowardly act.
Some city councils have taken thieves out of their prisons, and
employed them as policemen, under the old and foolish adage--"Set a
rogue to catch a rogue," which is decidedly wrong, and is corrupt
in policy.
You will act under the direction of Jonathan Dunham--we will call
him High Policeman. In reality he is the captain of the police: but
as men are apt to be frightened at a military title, we will use s
civil title, as these policemen are all civil officers of the city.
Captain Dunham is the man to send after a thief. He will not come
back, after following him a mile, to ask if he may shoot him, if
he resists. Some men have strange ears and changeable hearts: they
become transformed from their original purity and integrity, and
become altogether different from what they were.
If the bloodthirsty hell-hounds of Missouri continue their
persecution, we will be forbearing, until we are compelled to
strike; then do it decently and in good order, and break the yoke
effectually, so that it cannot be mended. The mob have been so
repulsed in their last attempt at kidnapping, they may stand in
fear, at least for a short time.
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