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And the regulations of the government were destroyed, because

“And the regulations of the government were destroyed, because of the secret combination of the friends and kindreds of those who murdered the prophets…notwithstanding they [the tribes] were not a righteous people, yet they were united in the hatred of those who had entered into a covenant to destroy the government.”

(Mormon, 3 Nephi, Book of Mormon, 7:6,11.)