In Salt Lake City utah, this runs about an hour. [applause] thank you. Its a great honor to be here and a great honor to see so many bright faces eager to talk about stuff i am equally eager to talk about with you. Ordering the destruction of the nauvoo, he turns to his secretary, William Clayton who happens to be the secretary of the Sacred Council that had recently been established in nauvoo called the council of 50. He turns to clayton and says i want you to go and burn the secret counsel weve been meeting with over the last few months. They could be understood as treasonous and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong han hands. They might as well have remained buried because they remained restricted from scholars. It wasnt until they were going to be making it available for the first time in published form. They are kept hidden and secret. Until finally when there were the people that finally got access to the council 50 records some were disappointed by the content. He was be
Just so happen to be the secretary of a secret counsel that was established in nauvoo he turns to William Clayton and says i want you to go and burn the minutes he knew the contents of the records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or context could be seen as treasonous and anxious to keep them out of the wrong answer the great benefit and a set of burning the documents and they could remain for several months. So now once the crisis dad up the documents and they remain restricted and believers of skeptics alike over 175 years. Not until 2014 that they would be making them available for the first time then published in 2016. So whenever there is a document related to a controversial topic so over the century and a half and what word is recorded and with the legendary proportion until finally when they finally got access psalm were disappointed. Where words joseph smith ground as the keying and where were they ordering the assassination of the was president . So wh
But to come out, he survives and points his finger but i have evidence he is behind it. So he signs the requisition order the illinois governor signs in order to move joseph to missouri and then he freaks out once again. The problem is that the city charter like any city charter it can only issue the writ of habeas corpus related to cases that originate in their jurisdiction nauvoo was only on charges that are originated from nauvoo. Does that make sense . But the day he was arrested , the city court passes a new resolution that grants nauvoo authority to write the writ of habeas corpus on those outside of nauvoo. Second the city court or city council to try the merit of those cases. So the arresting officers and hands them the writ of habeas corpus ha ha too bad. In the arresting officers are befuddled. How can they respond to that crack so they go talk to the governor meanwhile he goes into hiding that even he realizes the City Council Resolutions for the writ of habeas corpus will n
Talk about stuff that i am equally eager to talk about with you. A week before joseph smith was killed in carthage jail when he was in some tense negotiations with the state to turn himself in and be tried for ordering the destruction of the knob works pozner he turns to William Clayton who just happens to be the secretary of the secret counsel established, counsel 50. Joseph turns to William Clayton and says i want you to go and burn the minutes of that secret counsel. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or a certain context they could be understand is treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us chose to disobey his profit and instead of burning the documents buried them where they remained for several months until the crisis seemed to subdue. Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up those documents again they might as well have remained burie
Minutes of that secret counsel we had been meeting and over the last few months. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or context they could be understood as treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us. Chose to disobey his profit instead of and set up burning the documents he buried them. Once the crisis was to subdue and he dug up those documents again they might has well have been buried because they remain restricted from scholars and historians believers and skeptics alike for over 175 years. It wasnt until 2014 that the lds church and announced they were going to beat making them available for the first time in published form and they were finally published in 2016. I dont have to tell all of you that whenever there is a document or a series of documents that are keep kept hidden. A lot of legends and myths crop up around them. Over the centuries and