Constitution of the Council of Fifty, between circa 11 March and 18 April 1844, Draft
Source Note
Constitution of the Council of Fifty, , Hancock Co., IL, between ca. 11 Mar. and 18 Apr. 1844; in Council of Fifty, “Record,” pp. [146]–[155]; handwriting of William Clayton; CHL.
lanthropy, benevolence, virtue, and brotherly love shall reign triumphantly together in the bosom of every subject and where the elements, the light, the air, the water and the land shall be as free as the gift of their creator; where we can rest under the shadow of his wing, and where the supreme law of the land shall be the word of Jehovah:—
We have supplicated the great I am, that he would make known his will unto his servants, concerning this, his last kingdom, and the law, by which his people shall be governed: And the voice of the Lord unto us was,— Verily thus saith the Lord, this is the name by [p. [152]]