Concerning the horse thieves however, the informant of the “Whig” would have shown himself a better friend to Society to have given information to the proper authorities and had these pests of Society brought to condign punishment, And the editor of that paper would have proven himself more patriotic by telling us who these people are that are screened in our midst— than dealing thus in generals, and stabbing in the dark. Come, Mr. Whig, out with it, and let us know who it is that is found transgressing; who knows but that far fallen as we are, there yet may be virtue enough left to prosecute a horse thief. We have tried this more than once and prosecuted them as far as ; but no sooner do they arrive in the jail there than we loose all track of them. The lock of the door is so slippery that it lets them all out. We presume however that it is on account of the honesty of the people(!?). We are pleased to find that the Whig is in the secret.

Mr. Ivins, of this , had a horse stolen last week, and we frequently have occurrences of the kind. Will the Editor of that paper be [HC 6:38] so kind as to ask his informant who the thieves are, and where they live, and give us the desired information and we shall esteem it a peculiar favor.”

“Who shall be our next President?— This question we frequently hear asked, and it is a question of no small importance to the Latter day Saints.

We as a people have labored, and are still laboring under great injustice from the hands of a neighboring state. The Latter Day Saints have had their property destroyed and their houses made desolate by the hands of the Missourians; murders have been committed with impunity, and many in consequence of oppression, barbarism and cruelty, have slept the sleep of death. They have been obliged to flee from their possessions into a distant land, in the chilling frosts of December <​Winter​>; robbed, spoiled, desolate; houseless, and homeless; without any just pre[HC 6:39]text or shadow [p. 1738]