it into his teeth. Their is a secret in
this; if their is not power in our charter,
and courts, then there is not power in
the state of Illinois, nor in the Congress
^or Constitution^ of the United States for the United States
gave unto Illinois her constitution & charter
& Illinois gave unto Nauvoo her charters
which have ceded unto unto us our vested
rights & has no right or power to take them
from us all the power their was in the Illinois
she gave to Nauvoo And any man that says
to the contrary is a fool. I want you to learn
O Israel what is for the happiness & peace of this
city & people. If, our enemies are determined to
oppress us & deprive us of our rights & privileges
as they have done & if the Authorities that be
on the earth will not assist us in our rights nor
give us that protection which the Laws & Constitu-
tion of the United States & of thi[s] state garre-
ntees unto us: then we will claim them from
higher power from heaven & from God
Almighty & the Constitution &c I SWEAR
I will not deal so mildly with them again
for the time has come when forbearance is no
longer a virtue, And if you are again taken
unlawfully asyou are at liberty to give loose to
Blood and Thunder But act with Almighty Power.
But good luck for me as it always has been in evry
time of trouble friends though strangers were
raised up unto me & assisted me. The time has
come when the veil is torn of[f] from the state of
Illinois & they have deliverd me from the state
of Missouri: friends that were raised up unto me
would have spilt their Blood for me to have delive-
red me then I told them not I would be delivered

it into his teeth. Their is a secret in this; if their is not power in our Charter, and Courts, then there is not power in the State of Illinois, nor in the Congress or Constitution of the United States for the United States gave unto Illinois her constitution, & Charter & Illinois gave unto Nauvoo her Charters which have ceded unto unto us our vested rights & has no right or power to take them from us all the power their was in the Illinois she gave to Nauvoo. And any man that says to the contrary is a fool. I want you to learn O Israel what is for the happiness & peace of this City & people. If our enemies are determined to oppress us & deprive us of our rights & privileges as they have done & if the Authorities that be on the earth will not assist us in our rights nor give us that protection which the Laws & Constitution of the United States & of this State garrentees unto us: then we will claim them from higher power from heaven & from God Almighty & the Constitution &c I SWEAR I will not deal so mildly with them again for the time has come when forbearance is no longer a virtue, and if you are again taken unlawfully you are at liberty to give loose to Blood and Thunder. But act with Almighty Power. But good luck for me as it always has been in evry time of trouble friends though strangers were raised up unto me & assisted me. The time has come when the veil is torn off from the State of Illinois & they have deliverd me from the State of Missouri: friends that were raised up unto me would have spilt their blood for me to have delivered me then I told them not I would be delivered