Minutes and Discourse, 29 December 1843

Names of members called, Prayer by minutes of last council read and approved,

& 40 policemen were sworn into office, to support the constitution of the & the State of and obey the ordinance of this and the Mayor according to the best of their ability,— by the <​Counseller​> clerk of the Mayors Court.— Names <​of police​> are called by

A[lderman] admonishd the police to do their duty.

The mayor spoke. said that it was expected that a part would be on duty while othess rest,— that it might be expected that thieves had crept into the church, that it would be an abominable thing to set a theif to catch a thief, & would look upon men in their situati[o]n, guilty of a mean or cowardly act with the utmost concempt,— to <​be​> called High policeman, men have strange Ears, transformed,— altogether different from what they were, <​we will​> be forbearing, until we are compelled to strike, then do it decently and in good order, & break the yoke so that it cannot be mended, the mob mob has been so repulsed they stand in fear, <​Let us​> <​we will​> be at peace with all men so long as they will let us alone “shall be the Motto of the C. of J. C. o Latter D. Saints from this time forth, in relation to , Let it them alone”— they stink in the nose of the Almighty, Let them alone.— has gone clear and that proves me clear of being accessory of shooting [p. 30]