History draft; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , , James Ure, and Robert L. Campbell; 76 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 January 1844 to 21 June 1844.
and they can petition understandingly, and believed if he could explain the subject that 99 out of every hundred would vote to have no hog law in this from its birth to its death.
Cannot believe in the doctrine of exalting the Majority when it must be brought about by depressing the Minority in a greater degree.
Council adjourned for one hour
In the afternoon, <City> council <the City Council they rejected the Petition to repeal the Hog Law.> I proposed to license , & Morrison, &c, who own the land opposite to the Wharf, to make Wharves & collect wharfage— then the can dispense with a Wharf master— that <& Morrison> pay a tax of for the landing of every boat, & they could tax the boat or not as they liked.
In theevenin The met <twice> in the Assembly room & sanctioned “the voice of Innocence” & then adjourned for one week to accommodate others who could not get in to the room this day at either of the Meetings.
Our worthy brother died this morning (Neighbor 186) life
11th. At home till 9— reman then spent the day in in the Lodge room over ’s house, Present Joseph Smith, , , <> , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & — had a very profitable & instructive lesson <whom I organized into a Special Council to take into consideration the subject matter contained in the above letters; and also the best policy for this people to adopt, to obtain their rights from the nation, & insure protection for themselves & children, & to secure a resting place in the Mountains, or some uninhabited region, where we can enjoy the liberty of conscience, guaranteed to us by the Constitution of our Country; rendered doubly sacred by the precious blood of our Fathers, and denied to us by the present authorities, who have smuggled themselves into power in the State & Nation.>