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Show Y to he alarrried, for I most certain!] any would ex.pose your vile founders an tion, system of ~eligion.· But you evaa°.v 1 j ud the facts found in my ''challenge, i' tht~ cha the discussion was to be conducted ;. ; ii:3 ·c >rding to ''Hodge's Rules of Lo£; t , , r;~ve mi and R0berts' Rules of Order, 11 yo . which every disputant would have I ha treat the other as a gentleman, and a 1fl i b h.is equal, whether they are or no~0 :se1 I may inform your ''royal highmss'1." ku that mv head is so ."co@l" th1t I neveP. violated parliamentary rule iri pu my eight.days' discussion wit,u ' ly t ''Apostle Kelley," of the R~organiz~c 't~ Church of Jesns Christ, nor in my sd8 days' discussion with Elder Clarl/~ BrJ,d<:rn, of the Christian Church. Bu~1 I beg p:trdou of your ''virtuous priest~0 hood'' in intruding my un worthinese8 ancl insignificance, or anything that P may have done on the notice of such an lre a ' 1 ''c::>ol-headed,'' world-l'enowned charJY acter as you assume yourself to be. r Y oil charge m~ with "vulgarity andij e intemperite la·)guage'' simply because1 I I wi I~ uot allow y.m in a public dis- ly a cussion to associate ' 'the sheep killing'' e~ 1r and "dog stealing," "fortune seek-lo tle ing." ''treasure digging" Joe Smith r: t anrl that _licentious Brlg_ham Youn: y and "wild-eyed" Sidney Rigdon 01101 qual plane with Jesus Christ, J oho 1n, be B·iptist, Apo3tles, et al. N ), sir; r , hen I go fi:,hing fur eels or snakes I ~ ig them iu the ".JL:dd u la O '>longata",'' ; 1 which is the seat of c)nsciousness, and· c then I ''have them." ri I define truth as the statement of a IIl fact. A man may misstate a fact by n being mistaken, and yet be a gentle- tr man, or a truthful person. And I IH il would not call any such person a liar, ~~ but simply say he was misinformed, or \l made a mistake. But a person that h willfully and malicious! y misstateR a r fact to deceive or to defraud I call a liar. That is just what Joe Smith, Sidney Rigdon and Brigham Young did; hence, they are liars, and the wit· nesses who claimed to have ''hffeted'' ~ 1 |
