They got a constable by the name of King; I don’t know what need there was of a Constable. Old Father Perry said “why you can’t vote in this precinct”; King took me by the collar, and told me to go away. All our wrongs have arisen under the power and authority of democracy, and I have sworn that this arm shall fall from my shoulder, and this tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, before I will vote for them, unless they make me satisfaction; and I feel it sensibly. I was abused and neglected at the ground, and there was not a man in the crowd to say “this is brother Joseph, or this is the Mayor.”

I have been ferretting out grog shops, groceries, and beer barrels. I have warned the rum and beer dealers to be scarce after this time, and the peace officers to watch the grog shops, and give me seasonable notice of any disorder. If they are conducted as they have been I will rip them up.”

“We have seen and heard a statement that had delayed making a decision upon the demand of for the militia to arrest Joseph Smith until after the election, so as by intimidation to compel the Mormons to vote the democratic ticket. The authors of this desperate and reckless slander, take counsel from their own corrupt hearts, and judge others by a knowledge of what they would do in like case. No doubt, but that they would do this, and more too, if necessary, to secure the success of their party, and hence their readiness to believe evil of others. If, however they had been in the least degree inclined to judge correctly, they would have gone as we have done to the records of the Secretary’s office, where they would have ascertained that all these suspicions were groundless; and that the had actually decided not to call out the Militia, eleven days before the election.” [p. 1691]