[Brigham Young Sermon] The laws of the U.S. are instituted by common people. The civil law does not reach us. The military laws does subject us, we expect some [of] the laws of Iowa will extend over this country. Is it not necessary to enact laws until [the] U.S. can. I think the unity requires it. Now the U.S. troops would have to serve summons. They don't want to be troubled with people who are not their citizens, neither do we want to go to them. We had better appoint our own officers and make our own laws. On the other side [of] the river we made High Council, and Bishops to execute laws. Why not we do [the] same on this side [of the] river. I should recommend to the people that they bestow certain authority on the High Council that they may ask. This is my council to you. -- Winter Quarters, Nebraska [Thomas Bullock Minutes, LJA; Thomas Bullock—LDS Church Reporter, 1844-56.C, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.; GCM, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah..; General Church Minutes. Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints DVD 1 (2002)]
[The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
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