Six Days in August

So you're telling me it's got flags on it?

Well, here, I'll show you.

Not bad.

I have one other design.

You don't suppose we could stop and pick that up?

Step up.

Hep. Step up.

They weren't cheap.

Brigham.

Get back inside.

Did I just see one of Joseph's campaign posters

flying down the road?

You did.

You realize we're going to need those.

Heber seems to think we have plenty of them.

Whoa, beaut, forward!

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Get moving!

Get them oxen out of my way.

I've got a schedule to keep, and no short legged critter

is going to keep me from it.

Stay on the coach.

Get moving.

Lazy.

Lazy animal!

What are you doing?

Let him be.

Who is that man?

That, my friend, is Brigham Young.

It was a miracle.

Well, that is a nifty little trick.

Have you ever seen him do anything like that?

Never.

A thousand thanks.

And I doubt we'll ever see anything like it again.

-Heber. -Wilford.

Shall we proceed?

Yes, sir. Whenever you're ready, sir.

Joe Smith...

thinks he's above the law.

And in a community of his own making,

that may be true.

But this is our community!

Yeah!

And no one from the outside

is going to come in and tell us

what we will do!

Now, I've invited a friend to join us.

You all know Thomas Sharp.

Gentlemen.

There are those who suggest a compromise.

We know where that leads.

Need I remind you that the Mormons

have called this a war.

Does that sound like compromise to you?

No!

When one portion of the community

sets the laws aside,

it becomes our duty to see that the law is obeyed.

That is what we do here today--

by whatever means we find necessary!

We strike hard and we strike fast!

Yeah!

We live in a nation where the federal government

would shy away from the protection

of injured innocents.

We are an example of that innocence.

We asked for a redressing of our wrongs,

and instead, we were driven from our homes.

What would you do?

The previous administration hides behind closed doors.

So we suggest that we open those doors,

headed by someone unafraid to help the helpless,

headed by Joseph Smith.

Did you see where it came from?

I think so.

Thank you for that obvious example

of why we need a standard of integrity.

Heathen! Go back to where you came from.

My greatest hope is that we will all return

to where we came from.

Back to that great God who sent us.

Joseph Smith proposes a world

where good replaces evil,

where a standard of honor

raises the entire nation,

resulting in a kingdom of righteousness.

Thank you.

Thank you for gathering today.

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This one says you are a preacher.

I see that you have a license for preaching.

What I don't see is a license to engage in fisticuffs.

He hit me first.

I really don't have time for this,

so why don't you go back to your preaching

and let me get back to work?

I demand to be heard.

You demand, do you?

Why don't you come with me

and we'll find a nice and quiet place

where you can wait.

What is it?

What is it?

Joseph and Hyrum are dead.

Dead?

Wh-- When?

How could this happen?

God guides the affairs of men,

but he does not control them.

I saw the fat man in the crowd today,

the one who works for Thomas Sharp.

He's the one responsible for this.

Are you sure?

Did you get a good look at him?

Heber, I was rolling around in the street with him.

I'm pretty sure who it was.

Why would he be here?

Sharp will persecute the Saints so long as he draws breath.

You think Sharp was responsible for Joseph's death?

He had a hand in it.

What will we do?

We go home.

Before it's too late.

What do you mean?

Men seek for power.

Nauvoo needs a leader.

I'm afraid of who it might be.

Lyman.

Who won?

Let me see that.

They stole our lumber.

Now we're fighting amongst ourselves?

Hardly ideal conduct from an apostle.

We've heard from Emma.

What did she say?

She quoted a revelation by Joseph.

She said the Twelve Apostles have no power

in the stakes of Zion.

We have the same authority.

It is not a matter of authority.

The apostles have reign to build up the Church

and regulate the affairs outside of Zion.

The High Council has jurisdiction here in Nauvoo.

And you are the president of the High Council.

Yes, I am the president here in Nauvoo.

Joseph is--

Joseph was the president.

Yes. We will be hard pressed

to replace Joseph.

Emma says that Brother Rigdon

is not the proper successor.

Who does she say it should be?

You, President Marks.

She thinks it should be you.

How kind.

There will be no president

until the apostles have gathered.

And the apostles are united?

There are some

who think we should go to Texas.

You, Elder Wight. You think we should go to Texas.

We should speak with Sidney.

Whoever leads will need his support.

-You'll go to Pittsburgh? -Yes.

The rest of us will have a visit with Emma.

What do you want?

I've come to be paid.

For what?

You hired me to cause harm

on the campaign trail, which I did.

Admirably, I might add.

What harm could you do to a dead man?

The Mormons won't be bothering anybody anymore.

I did exactly as you asked.