"If you make any resistance."

"Oh! very well said I. I have no resistance
to make."

They then draged me away; and while
on the road I asked them by what authority they did
they these things:

They said, "By a writ from the
Government of Missouri and Illinois"

I then told them I wanted a Writ of Habaeus
Corpus. The reply was,

"God damn you! You shant have it."

I told a man to go to Dixon and
get me a Writ of Habaeus Corpus. Wilson answered

"God damn you! You sha[n]t have it. I
will shoot you!"

I sent for a lawyer to come. One
came; and Reynolds shut the door in his face and
would not let me speak to him and said again
"God damn you! I will shoot you!"

I turned to him opened my bosom
and told him to shoot away and I did ^it^ frequently.

I told Mr Reynolds that I would
have council to speak to; and the lawyers came
to me and I got a Writ of Habaeus Corpus for
myself and a writ against Wilson and Reynolds
for unlawful proceedings towards me and cruel
treatment.

They could not get out of town that
night. I pledged my honour to my council that the
Nauvoo Charter had power to investigate the subject
and we came to Nauvoo by common consent and I am
now a prisoner of higher authority. Yes higher authority:
before yourselves

The Charter expressly say that
the City Council shall have power to enact all laws
for the benefit and convenience of said city not
contrary to the constitutions of the United States
and that of this State; and also says the Municipal

"If you make any resistance."

"Oh! very well said I. I have no resistance to make."

They then draged me away; and while on the road I asked them by what authority they did they these things:

They said, "By a writ from the Government of Missouri and Illinois"

I then told them I wanted a Writ of Habaeus Corpus. The reply was,

"God damn you! You shant have it."

I told a man to go to Dixon and get me a Writ of Habaeus Corpus. Wilson answered

"God damn you! You shat have it. I will shoot you!"

I sent for a lawyer to come. One came; and Reynolds shut the door in his face and would not let me speak to him and said again "God damn you! I will shoot you!"

I turned to him opened my bosom and told him to shoot away and I did it frequently.

I told Mr Reynolds that I would have council to speak to; and the lawyers came to me and I got a Writ of Habaeus Corpus for myself and a writ against Wilson and Reynolds for unlawful proceedings towards me and cruel treatment.

They could not get out of town that night. I pledged my honour to my Council that the Nauvoo Charter had power to investigate the subject and we came to Nauvoo by common consent and I am now a prisoner of higher authority. Yes higher authority: before yourselves

The Charter expressly say that the City Council shall have power to enact all laws for the benefit and convenience of said city not contrary to the constitutions of the United States and that of this State; and also says the Municipal