June 30
a prisioner of higher authority yes higher
Authority before yourselves. The charter
expressly says that the city council shall have
power to enact all laws for the benefit &
convenience of said city not contrary to
the Constitutions of the United States or
of this state & the city ordinance says the
Municipal Court shall have power to give writs
of Habeas Corpus arising under the ordinances
of the city; Their is nothing but what we
have power over excepted restricted by
the Constitution of the United States or
of this state. It is in accordance with the
Constitution of the U. S. A But says the mob
what dangerous powers, But the Constitution
of the United nor of this state is not danger
ous against good men, but bad men the
breakers of the law so with the laws of the
country & so with the laws of Nauvoo they
are dangerous to mobs but not good men that
wish to keep the law. We do not go out of
Nauvoo to disturb any body or any city towon
or place why need they be troubled about
us let them not meddle with our affairs but
let us alone. After we have been deprived
of our rights & privileges as citizenship driven
from town to town place to place state
to state, with the sacrifice of our homes &
lands & our Blood been shed & many murde
red & all this becaus of our religion, because
we worship Almighty God according to the
dictates of our own consience [##Articles of Faith 1:11#] shall we longer
bear these cruelties which have been heaped
upon us for the last ten years in the face
of heaven & in open open violation of

June 30 a prisioner of higher authority yes higher Authority before yourselves. The Charter expressly says that the City Council shall have power to enact all laws for the benefit & convenience of said City not contrary to the Constitutions of the United States or of this State & the City ordinance says the Municipal Court shall have power to give writs of Habeas Corpus arising under the ordinances of the City; Their is nothing but what we have power over excepte restricted by the Constitution of the United States or of this state. It is in accordance wih the Constitution of the U.S.A. But says the mob what dangerous powers, But the Constitution of the United nor of this State is not danger ous against good men, but bad men the breakers of the law so with the laws of the country & so with the laws of Nauvoo they are dangerous to mobs but not good men that wish to keep the law. We do not go out of Nauvoo to disturb any body or any city towon or place why need they be troubled about us let them not meddle with our affairs but let us alone. After we have been deprived of our rights & privileges as citizenship driven from town to town place to place state to state, with the sacrifice of our homes & lands & our blood been shed & many murde red & all this becaus of our religion, because we worship Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consience shall we longer bear these cruelties which have been heaped upon us for the last ten years in the face of heaven & in open open violation of