By the power of God & Generalship & I have
brought them to Nauvoo & treated them kindly
I have had the privilege of rewarding them
good for evil, they took me unlawfully treated
me rigorously, strove to deprive me of my
rights & would have run me to Missouri to have
been murdered if providence had not inter-
posed: but now they are in my hands, I took
them into my house set them at the head
of my table & set the best before them my
house afforded & they were waited upon by
my wife whome they deprived of seeing
me when I was taken. I shall be discharged
by the Municipal Court of Nauvoo, were I
before any good tribunal I should be
discharged. But Befor I will bear this
unhallowed persecution any longer I will
spill my Blood their is a time when bearing
it longer is a sin. I will not bear it longer
I will spil the last drop of Blood I have and
all that will not bear it longer say AH And
the cry of AH rung throughout the congrega-
tion we must stop paying the lawyiers money
for I have learned they dont know any thing
for I know more than they all. Whosoever
believeth that there is power in the charters
of Nauvoo shall be saved he that believeth not
shall not come here. If a lawyer shall say
their is more power in other places & charters
than in Nauvoo believeth it not I have converted
this canditate for Congres Mr Walker I
suppose when I see him converted I will
vote for him & not before I have been with
these lawyers & they have treated me well
But I am here in Nauvoo & the Missourian to

By the power of God & Generalship & I have brought them to Nauvoo & treated them kindly I have had the privilege of rewarding them good for evil, they took me unlawfully treated me rigorously, strove to deprive me of my rights & would have run me to Missouri to have been murdered if providence had not interposed: but now they are in my hands, I took them into my house set them at the head of my table & set the best before them my house afforded & they were waited upon by my wife whome they deprived of seeing me when I was taken. I shall be discharged by the Municipal Court of Nauvoo, were I before any good tribunal I should be discharged. But befor I will bear this unhallowed persecution any longer I will spill my blood their is a time when bearing it longer is a sin. I will not bear it longer I will spil the last drop of blood I have and all that will not bear it longer say AH. And the cry of AH rung throughout the Congregation we must stop paying the lawyiers money for I have learned they dont know any thing for I know more than they all. Whosoever believeth that there is power in the Charters of Nauvoo shall be saved he that believeth not shall not come here. If a lawyer shall say their is more power in other places & Charters than in Nauvoo believe it not I have converted this Canditate for congres Mr Walker I suppose when I see him Converted I will vote for him & not before I have been with these lawyers & they have treated me well But I am here in Nauvoo & the Missourian to