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My mind was caught back in an instant to the days of bloody persecution. Joseph was not there; Hiram was not there; David (Patten) ws not there in the procession. Where are they? Sleeping in the silent tomb. They were murdered, cruelly murdered, in violation of all law, and every principle of justice; cruelly murdered for their religion.
Liberty and Persecution – Conduct of the U.S. Government, etc. An oration delivered by Hon. George A. Smith, 1852
in: Journal of Discourses delivered by President Brigham Young, his two counsellors, the twelve apostles, and others. Volume I. 1854
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