Mormon History, Oct 1, 1845

[Hosea Stout Diary] Wednesday, October the 1 1845. At 7 oclock I went to the parade ground as usual and started the teams to work on the road and Temple again and then went to the printing office with G.L.M. Herring and got there just as Hardins troops had marched up and formed before the office.I then went in to Elder Taylors house where the 12 & others were in council with Hardin and his officers
He seemed to think that he could do nothing for us that if he marched his troops away the mob would rise again and if we defended ourselves as he said we had a right to do the mob would raise forces enough to overwhelm us at once, but never said any thing about the protecting arm of Government.His conclusion of the whole matter was that if we did not give the public some convincing tokens that it was our determination to leave here in the Spring that nothing could Save us from being totally over whelmed.
What patriotic protection for an officer sent by the governor to maintain th
e "Supremacy of the Law" from there the troops all marched to the Temple and all went through and round about it and I & Herrin followed on to the Temple to witness their manouversI there found that they had took Br. Caleb Baldwin prisoner to make him account for the exit of Wilcox because Mr Jennings had complained that Baldwin had said that he was a Spy, from here after we had grown tired of witnessing the imprudence and ill manners of the troops in the Temple and on it Hering & I came home and then took dinner and went back he to the marquee & to the Temple, the troops having returned to their encampment, from the Temple I started down the hill and met Br Baldwin who informed me that they had set him at liberty as they could get no pretext against him & that they were then inquiring after me as the Captain of the Police, and thought I had best look out for myself, so I rode down to the bank of the river
and came to Br D. Carn and left word with his wife how matters were
going and then went to John Binleys and put up my horse and sent him to see Col Harmon and inform him what was going on, and I staid there and at Father Knight untill dark and then took my horse and rode up to Allen Weeks with Capt McRae and took them to my house and after finding out by sending Weeks in that no one had been there I went in and informed my wife what was done and then took a trunk which had some articles which I wanted with us we then returned to Weeks again where I remained all night in peace

[Diaries of Hosea Stout]