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As for the latter , though he may not take life openly , it is well-known that his sacred edict issued to the `` destroying angels , '' is equally efficacious to kill . Woe betide the Latter-day Saint , who dares to dream of dissent or apostasy ! Woe to him who expresses disaffection , or even discontent ! Too surely may he dread a mysterious punishment -- too certainly expect the midnight visitation of the _ Danites _ ! Exercising such influence over Mormon men , it is almost superfluous to add , that his control over Mormon women is yet more complete . Virtue , assailed under the mask of a spiritual hypocrisy , is apt to give way -- alas ! too easily -- in all parts of the world ; but in a state of society , where such slips are rather a fashion than a disgrace , it is needless to say that they are of continual occurrence .