“Send every man in the city who is able to speak in public throughout the land to electioneer and make stump speeches,” he ordered. “Advocate the ‘Mormon’ religion, purity of elections, and call upon the people to stand by the law and put down mobocracy. ... Tell the people we have had Whig and Democratic Presidents long enough; We want a President of the United States.” Joseph suffered from no illusions about his chances of winning the supreme political post in the nation. He entered the ring not only to win publicity for himself and his church, but most of all to shock the other candidates
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