refused and he dont consider it best to notice it in our papers. He feels as said to let them alone.
Coun. said that inasmuch as it seems to be the feelings of the brethren that to publish this article in the papers will bring trouble on the church, and if he takes the responsibility on himself he will have to bear the lash and he would rather let it go.
The question being called for asked the nature of the motion before the house. He was answered by the . After which a vote was taken and passed.
Coun. thinks a good deal about Rigdonism and s course. He illustrated his feelings by relating a little anecdote.
The called upon to relate to the council the story about how the negroes [p. [207]]
Presumably in keeping with the wording of the resolution, Hyde prepared for publication a pamphlet, rather than newspaper articles, about Rigdon. Framed as an address to the Nauvoo high priests quorum, Hyde’s pamphlet was published in May 1845 as Speech of Elder Orson Hyde, Delivered before the High Priest’s Quorum in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, upon the Course and Conduct of Mr. Sidney Rigdon, and upon the Merits of His Claims to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845). The Nauvoo Neighbor began advertising the pamphlet on 7 May 1845, stating, “We hope no friend of the church will go from this place to any part of our country, or to Europe, without supplying himself with a good quantity. They are not only a safe guard, but a perfect cure for Rigdonism in all cases that have not become stubborn.” (News Item, Nauvoo Neighbor, 7 May 1845, [2].)
Speech of Elder Orson Hyde, Delivered before the High Priest’s Quorum in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, upon the Course and Conduct of Mr. Sidney Rigdon, and upon the Merits of His Claims to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845. Copy at CHL.