Council [was held] in the Recorders Office at 11 A.M. Present[:] B[righam]. Young, H[eber]. C. Kimball, W[illard] Richards, W[ilford]. Woodruff, Charles Bird, Dana (an Oneida) St. John, [Hosea] Stout, W[ilbur]. J. Earl, T[homas]. B[ullock]. & R[eynolds]. C[ahoon]. Co[rone]ll. Kane's letter to [the] Mayor of Boston of Feb 13 [was] read.'-([Council was] glad to hear it.) [A l]etter from Sam[ue]l. Heath [of] St. Louis to H. C. Kimball [was] read. Sidney Roberts, [a] delegate from [the] Whig Convention in Iowa City, presented some papers which were read.'-(good) Roberts[: T]hey pledged themselves to carry out any proposition of the L.D.S.'-[T]hey cant do any bus[iness]: without the Mormons'-neither in the State, nor the U.S.'-[T]his voting decides the points.'-[T]he Loco focos are in the way to electioneer, & the Whigs desire the views of the Saints, [and] they are willing to subscribe for the wants of the poor Saints.'- H. C. K.[:] I have as much confidence in the Loco focos as the Whigs.'- B. Y.[:] The Whigs were leading men in driving us from Ill[inois].'-[I]f we were to write our own feelings [and] vote for a good man'-I would vote for old Rough & Ready all the time.'-[I] suppose we [will] have a meeting next [M]onday at the Log Tabernacle. B Y.[:] /Well brethren,/ Will we respond to the call & try the game[?]'-[A]ll in favor of it say Aye. (Aye) B. Y.[:] Will we have a meeting over there in Iowa [blank] do [blank][?] Aye. Sidney Roberts has been in the Whig Caucuses & knows they are willing to pay.'-[T]heyall say, the affairs hang on the Mormon pivot.
[source: Minutes, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
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