Brigham Young Page #2

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personally...

to go out and get

an army to run.

Give him a trumpet, and I bet

he'd say he's Gabriel hisself.

- ( Shouting, Indistinct )

- Oh, wait a minute!

Go on and sit down.

And remember,

this is a court oflaw and justice.

The self-respectin'

people ofthree states--

New York, Ohio and Missouri--

God bless 'em...

have already told Joseph Smith

to pack up and git.

But has that stopped him?.

Oh, no!

He's come all the way

here to Illinois to save us.

And what does he do?.

He buys himselfa swamp hole

for almost nothing...

and builds himself

a town called Nauvoo...

and sends his missionaries

all overtheworld to tell people...

God set our land aside

as their inheritance.

Before long, they'll own

every stick and stone in Illinois...

fill every public office,

run every church and school...

unless we get rid ofthem!

Your Honor,

the prosecution rests.

( All Cheering )

Order in the court!

- ( Crowd Chattering)

- Has the defense anything

further to offer?.

Your Honor, if there's no objection,

I'd like to say something.

- ( Shouting, Indistinct )

- (Bell Clanging)

I saywe all let him say

what he's got to say!

Letyourself go, Brigham.

Your Honor,

my name is Brigham Young.

- I'm not a lawyer, but--

- Never mind that. Go ahead, talk.

All right.

Go ahead.

Gentlemen, it looks to me like there's

been a little mistake made here.

The lawyer for the other side

has been so busy...

trying to pin every crime

on the calendar on Joseph Smith...

he clean forgot to mention

that us folks was the victims

of all those outrages...

he was talking about,

not the ones that were doing them.

Sure, we finally got around

trying to protect ourselves.

You push even a coyote up in a corner,

and he'll snap back atyou.

That's the first time

I everheard it called treason though.

I n other words,

the whole point is...

whetherJoseph Smith or

any other American citizen...

has a right to worship God

as he chooses.

So that's why I figured

I'd like to tell you

a little bit aboutJoseph Smith.

Now, me,

I'mjust an ordinaryeverydayfellow.

I used to farm a little,

do a little carpentrywork...

painting-- anything

to make a living.

But all that time, I was trying

to find the right church...

for me and for my family, and I was

willing to give them all a try.

But somehow none ofthem

hit mejust right.

I'm not saying, gentlemen,

therewas anything wrong

with them for other people.

I'm just saying

they didn't suit me.

One day I picked up

The Book of Mormon...

and Isaid to myfriend

HeberKimball...

""Heber, let's go out to Ohio

and see this prophet.

Let's see what he's got

to say for himself."

I remember it was about noon

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