Mormon History, Sep 20, 1845

[Hosea Stout Diary] September the 20th 1845 Saturday. At about 2 o clock My Quartermaster brought a good cooked supply of the eatablesat past 3 o clock Capt Jesse B Hunter dispatched his company to reconnoitre the lines of the enemy about â€" at past 5 Leui Gen Brigham Young drove on the ground and after the officers & soldiers had formed themselves into a square Heber C. Kimball addressed the soldiers as follows â€" I do not apprehend I shall make many remarks on this occasion but I want do I do it by way of consolation to the friend of the deceased â€" I know it is not good to meddle with other person guns so with the things of the Gosple ought not to be meddled with I would rather be shot a thousand times than do as the mob are doing he as died a martyr and he shall (die [crossed out]) recieve a martyr crownI do not wish any thing I have said by way of reproof to any body â€" you have done well since this disgraceful mob you will continue still in your spiritual & tempor
al salvation we set up the
standard of King Emanuel continue to do your duty you shall recieve your crown the deceased will come forth with the Martyred Prophet he is better to die as he as than do the things the mob are doing â€" I long for a land were we can plant & inhabit I am weary of it do you love it I wish I were out of it the brethren have done right so [in] some cases and if we had the chance we do right every time Luei Gen. Brigham Young â€" said he laid hands on the deceased the day he was [shot] that he felt to pronounce a Martyr blessings & the blessing of a Martyr crown in he as died in the cause of MobocracyI feel to sympathize with this Father Phippins he died but he desired to live for the same cause as we do he shall come forth in the first resurrection I am for work & preach too live long upon the earth.God bless you all men he gave order for the Artillery stationed in his yard immediately in no wise delay God bless you Amen â€" Gen Rich The troops are n
ow dismissed as far as being under
command.let the strict obedience be your constant motto from the Highest officers to the lowest keep yourself ready for immediate use stack up your (grain [crossed out]) wood clean ready & you will want it bye & bye â€" Brigr Gen Stout wish the teams stayed on the ground as also be particular about your signals â€" the encampment broke up & dispersed to their homes I returned to my Marquee and partook of a good repast provided by our worthy Quartermaster Bates Noble a man of the right stripe â€" The guards are to be continued at their respective station as before and that a guard be placed on the banks of the rivers â€" our kind neighbor in whose yard my Marquee was pitched gave me a bottle of wine â€" drank his health & wish him & lots of wine in California â€" I must here relate an incident worthy of recording for the striking contrast it affords â€" Mr Hamilton of Carthage A Tavern Keeper, was sent express by the Mob party to treat with
our people when he arrived here he was perfectly
ashamed of his despatches which bore the requisition for us to surrender all & leave the state by next April he returned having accomplished nothing last night the embassy for the mob â€" returns home finds his house occupied by our troops & he turns to & feeds them & do as good as man can want so great a change is truly a very remarkable coincidence as also the fact that no one mob man can be found in all Hancock County â€" who own the Lands & the fruits Ah â€"

[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]