Hyrum Smith speaks on Joseph Smith's presidential campaign, allegiance to no party.

Date
1844 - 1856
Type
Manuscript
Source
Hyrum Smith
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Hyrum Smith, as quoted in the entry for April 9, 1844, as found in History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844], p. 1995, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Robert L. Campbell
People
Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

We engage in the Election <​the​> same as in any other principle— you are to vote for good men, and if you do not do this it is sin; to vote for wicked men it would be sin. Choose the good and refuse the evil; men of false principles have preyed upon us like Wolves upon helpless lambs. Damn. the rod of tyranny— curse it— let every man use his liberties according to the Constitution. Don’t fear man or Devil; electioneer with all people, male and female, and exhort them to do the thing that is right. We want a President of the U. S. not a party President but a President of the whole people, for a party President disfranchises the opposite party; have a President who will maintain every man in his rights.

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