<​August 6​> In the afternoon the citizens of <​​>, assembled in the , and organized the meeting by calling Judge to the chair, and appointing Secrtary. <​Weekly News Papers​> Satated [Stated] to the meeting that the time had come when it was necessary that we should have a weekly news paper, to unite the people, by Giving the news of the day, &c, where it was unanimously agreed that such a paper be established & that Prest. should be the Editor. I[t?] was also <​Petition for removal of the county seat to .​> voted that a petition be circulated to remove the county seat to . I addressed the meeting on the propriety of the measure & also on the duty of the brethren to come into <​Living in Cities.​> cities to build & live, & carry on their farms out of the cities, according to the order of God.— , & spoke upon the same subje[c]t.—

<​Mob. Election at .​> Some two weeks previous to this who lived at Mill Port, informed , & , that it was determind by the Mob to prevent the Mormons from voting at the Election on the 6th of August. and thereby Elect Col , who Led the Mob in . He also a[d]vised them to go prepared for an attack, to stand their ground and have their rights.— The brethren, hoping better things gave little heed to good <​fri[en]dly​> counsel, and repaired to the polls at the shire town of , without weapons.— About 11 o’clok A M. ascended the head of a barrel and horrangud [harangued] the Electors for the purpose of excitig them against the mormons, saying that [the] Mormon Leaders were “a set of horse theivs, Liars, counterfiete[rs &c] “and you know they profess to heal the sick, cast out devils,” [&c] “& you all know that is a damed lie,” that the members of the were dupes, and not too good to take a false oath on any common occasion; that they would steal and did not considr property safe where they were; that he was opposed to their settlig there; and if they sufferd thes Mormons to vote, the people would soon loose their suffrage; and, said he <​addressing the Saints,​> “I headed a mob to drive you out of , and would not prevent your being mobbed now;” when Dick <​Richard (called Dick)​> Welding Weldon, the mob bully, just drunk enough for the occasion, began a discussion with Bro by saying the Mormons were not allowed to vote in [p. 1]