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Remarks by President Brigham Young, at Logan, Sunday, July 23, 1871.<\/em><\/p>\n

While brother George A. Smith was referring to the circumstance of William Miller going to Carthage, it brought to my mind reflections of the past. Perhaps to relate the circumstance as it occurred would be interesting. <\/p>\n

I do not profess to be much of a joker, but I do think this to be one of the best jokes ever perpetrated. By the time we were at work in the Nauvoo Temple, officiating in the ordinances, the mob had learned that \u201cMormonism\u201d was not dead, as they had supposed. We had completed the walls of the Temple, and the attic story from about half way up of the first windows, in about fifteen months. It went up like magic, and we commenced officiating in the ordinances. Then the mob commenced to hunt for other victims; they had already killed the Prophets Joseph and Hyrum in Carthage jail, while under the pledge of the State for their safety, and now they wanted Brigham, the President of the Twelve Apostles, who were then acting as the Presidency of the Church. <\/p>\n

I was in my room in the Temple; it was in the southeast corner of the upper story. I learned that a posse was lurking around the Temple, and that the United States Marshal was waiting for me to come down, whereupon I knelt down and asked my Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus, to guide and protect me that I<\/a><\/a><\/span> might live to prove advantageous to the Saints. Just as I arose from my knees and sat down in my chair, there came a rap at my door. I said, \u201cCome in,\u201d and brother George D. Grant, who was then engaged driving my carriage and doing chores for me, entered the room. Said he, \u201cBrother Young, do you know that a posse and the United States Marshal are here?\u201d I told him I had heard so. On entering the room brother Grant left the door open. Nothing came into my mind what to do, until looking directly across the hall I saw brother William Miller leaning against the wall. As I stepped towards the door I beckoned to him; he came. Said I to him, \u201cBrother William, the Marshal is here for me; will you go and do just as I tell you? If you will, I will serve them a trick.\u201d I knew that brother Miller was an excellent man, perfectly reliable and capable of carrying out my project. Said I, \u201cHere, take my cloak;\u201d but it happened to be brother Heber C. Kimball’s; our cloaks were alike in color, fashion and size. I threw it around his shoulders, and told him to wear my hat and accompany brother George D. Grant. He did so. I said to brother Grant, \u201cGeorge, you step into the carriage and look towards brother Miller, and say to him, as though you were addressing me, \u2018Are you ready to ride?\u2019 You can do this, and they will suppose <\/a><\/a><\/span>brother Miller to be me, and proceed accordingly,\u201d which they did. <\/p>\n

Just as brother Miller was entering the carriage, the Marshal stepped up to him, and, placing his hand upon his shoulder, said, \u201cYou are my prisoner.\u201d Brother William entered the carriage and said to the Marshal, \u201cI am going to the Mansion House, won’t you ride with me?\u201d They both went to the Mansion House. There were my sons Joseph A., Brigham, Jun., and brother Heber C. Kimball’s boys, and others who were looking on, and all seemed at once to understand and partake of the joke. They followed the carriage to the Mansion House and gathered around brother Miller, with tears in their eyes, saying, \u201cFather, or President Young, where are you going?\u201d Brother Miller looked at them kindly, but made no reply; and the Marshal really thought he had got \u201cBrother Brigham.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lawyer Edmonds, who was then staying at the Mansion House, appreciating the joke, volunteered to brother Miller to go to Carthage with him and see him safe through. When they arrived within two or three miles of Carthage, the Marshal with his posse stopped. They arose in their carriages, buggies and wagons, and, like a tribe of Indians going into battle, or as if they were a pack of demons, yelling and shouting, they exclaimed, \u201cWe’ve got him! We’ve got him! We’ve got him!\u201d When they reached Carthage the Marshal took the supposed Brigham into an upper room of the hotel, and placed a guard over him, at the same time telling those around that he had got him. Brother Miller remained in the room until they bid him come to supper. While there, parties came in, one after the other, and asked for Brigham. Brother Miller was pointed<\/a><\/a><\/span> out to them. So it continued, until an apostate Mormon, by the name of Thatcher, who had lived in Nauvoo, came in, sat down and asked the landlord where Brigham Young was. The landlord, pointing across the table to brother Miller, said, \u201cThat is Mr. Young.\u201d Thatcher replied, \u201cWhere? I can’t see anyone that looks like Brigham.\u201d The landlord told him it was that fat, fleshy man eating. \u201cOh, hell!\u201d exclaimed Thatcher, \u201cthat’s not Brigham; that is William Miller, one of my old neighbors.\u201d Upon hearing this the landlord went, and, tapping the Sheriff on the shoulder, took him a few steps to one side, and said, \u201cYou have made a mistake, that is not Brigham Young; it is William Miller, of Nauvoo.\u201d The Marshal, very much astonished, exclaimed, \u201cGood heavens! And he<\/span> passed for Brigham.\u201d He then took brother Miller into a room, and, turning to him, said, \u201cWhat in hell is the reason you did not tell me your name?\u201d Brother Miller replied, \u201cYou have not asked me my name.\u201d \u201cWell,\u201d said the Sheriff, with another oath, \u201cWhat is your name?\u201d \u201cMy name,\u201d he replied, \u201cis William Miller.\u201d Said the Marshal, \u201cI thought your name was Brigham Young. Do you say this for a fact?\u201d \u201cCertainly I do,\u201d said brother Miller. \u201cThen,\u201d said the Marshal, \u201cwhy did you not tell me this before?\u201d \u201cI was under no obligations to tell you,\u201d replied brother Miller, \u201cas you did not ask me.\u201d Then the Marshal, in a rage, walked out of the room, followed by brother Miller, who walked off in company with Lawyer Edmonds, Sheriff Barkenstos, and others, who took him across lots to a place of safety; and this is the real pith of the story of \u201cBogus\u201d Brigham, as far as I can recollect. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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