[3]. Mosiah xxix: 21-23. See also remarks, chapters x, and xiii.
[4]. Perhaps it may be thought that an exception should be made in the matter of Lamanite kingdoms, of which I have spoken (chapter xiii) as constituting at one period of Lamanite history, a sort of confederacy of kingdoms; but this does not affect the statement of the text which is dealing with the form of government. I believe myself justified in saying that whether reference is made to the petty Lamanite kingdoms or the central kingdom to which they were tributary, the principle in government will be found the same—the king is the source of all political power, the monarchy is "simple," the kingly power absolute.
[5]. Doc. & Cov., Sec. ci: 76-80.
[6]. Letters of Joseph Smith, from Liberty Prison, under date of March 25, 1839—to the Church of the Latter-day Saints. History of the Church, Vol. III., p. 304.
[7]. See De Tocqueville's Constitution of the U. S., Vol. I.
[8]. See Chapter xiii.
[9]. Ante pp. 216-7.
[10]. See Ante Chapter xxxvii.
[11]. Book of Mosiah, p. 181 (current edition).
[12]. Book of Mormon, p 283 (current edition).