An anonymous "eye-witness" in Utah reports on a speech by Grant.
T. B. H. Stenhouse, The Rocky Mountain Saints (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1873), 294
"I would advise some of the young men here," said Jeddy [Jedediah M. Grant] on one occasion, "to go to President Young and confess your sins, and ask him to take you outside the city and have your blood shed to atone for your sins."