Mormon History, Dec 6, 1845

[Hosea Stout Diary] Saturday Dec 6th 1845. Went to the Hall this morning as usualwhen I got there D. M. Repsher was settling with M. D. Hambleton accord in to last nights decisionHe denied allmost all that we allegedSaid he had joined Roundys company and had come back into mine again.We paid him off and let him go I then went to Hunters & took dinner and then returned to the Hall again and all being right I then went with Hunter to Edmunds Shop on the hill and found that all was right there.We then went to the police meeting.When I came there I found all the disaffected police present.They had heard what was done last night and was determined not to abide the decision so they came and reported that they were ready to go on guard.
The word had gone out that we had cut of all the police who did not belong to my company & some others had got the idea that they were cut of alsoSo all those who felt themselves cut off were there and manifested in their looks the bitterest hostili
ties.When I came I saw how matters were & I detailed the guard and withdrew and left them & when they found I was gone then let out their feelings & showed that they too disaffected and were in a clandestine way were against me.I took this method of leaving them which they all were arrayed at once to force themselves on guard to draw out their feelings which it did most effectually for they brayed out some bitter imprecation against me when they found I was gone & some even Said that they could count numbers with me, that is they thought that they had the Strongest party & could thus maintain the guard.
I went to S. H. Earl to see him on company business and from thence to Alfred Browns and then came home at dark

[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]