Brigham Young teaches that the murderers of Joseph will, in future, submit to "blood atonement."

Date
1855
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Brigham Young, "The Kingdom of God," July 8, 1855, Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: F.D. Richards, 1855), 2:311

Scribe/Publisher
Franklin D. Richards
People
Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Latter-day Saints
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Transcription

. . . in regard to those who have persecuted this people . . . we could take the same law they have taken, viz., mobocracy, and if any miserable scoundrels come here, cut their throats.

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