It prescribes a regular Republican form of Government, and is modeled after the best constitutions of the order States. It does not, as was supposed, partake of the character of a Theocracy. The Governor and Senators are elected once in four years, and Representatives every two years. The ...
The Lockport Balance article was combined with another current report on the Mormons and printed in condensed form as "The Golden Bible Imposition" in the June 11, 1831 issue of the NYC Working Man's Advocate. See also the June 21, 1831 issue of the Daily Albany Argus. Major M. M. ...