I aim to have my rights as a free-born citizen, even if I have to fight for them. As for my religion, that’s a matter between my God and me, and no man’s business but my own. This day I’m going to have my vote, and I’ll die fighting before I’m driven from these polls without it.” The little knot of Mormons, still gripping their oak hearts, proceeded to the polls unmolested, and every man voted.*
