if the government , which receives into its coffers the money of citizens for its public lands , while its officials are rolling in luxury at the expense of its public treasury , can not protect such citizens in their lives and property , it is an old granny anyhow ; and i prophesy in the name of the lord god of israel , unless the united states redress the wrongs committed upon the saints in the states of missouri and illinois and punish the crimes committed by their officers , that in a few years the government will be utterly overthrown and wasted , and there will not be so much as a potsherd left !