Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up as documents again they might as well have remained buried they remain restricted for over 175 years. It wasnt until 2014. The lds church announced they were be making them available for the first time in published form. And dont forget to tell all of you that whenever there is a document or series of documents that are kept hidden and secret lots of legends and myths crop up around them. Over the century and a half there had been lots of myths about the Counsel Council of 50 and what took place in it. And this grew to legendary proportion until finally when they finally got access to the council some were disappointed by the content. Where was Justice Smith being crowned as a king or where were they ordering the assassination of the u. S. President. These were all things that were bandied about. Some people were disappointed in these records when they were finally released as a historian of American Religion and politics they were lik
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
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
precisely what makes the united states strong. bowing to the politician s impulse to avoid responsibility and subvert our constitutional duty, that is what empowers our enemies and undermines the morale of our nation. whether the united states sends our young men and women into harm s way yet again is on us. not to cheer or jeer but rather to decide and stand accountable for. and so of course that decision ought to be made at the end of very public debate that requires not only our attention, but our contributions, and ultimately our assent. our names have to be on the line if we re going to offer up our fellow beings to stand in harm s way. for too long congress has deliberately and in a very cowardly manner shrunk from its constitutional responsibility for its own narrow, selfish, shallow political interests. but by taking itself out of the process of debating and declaring war, congress has taken the american people out of the process, and that, mr. president, is simply un