It did my soul good to see your feelings and love manifested
towards me. I thank God that I have the honour to lead
so virtuous and honest a people—to be your leader and
lawyer^er^ ^giver^ as Moses was to the children of Israel. Hosannah!
Hosannah! Hosannah to the name of the Most High
God. I commend you to His grace and may the
blessings of heaven rest upon you in the name of Jesus
Christ, Amen.

Furthermore if Missouri continues her
warfare and continues to issue writs against me and
this people unlawfully and unjustly as they ^it^ have ^has^ done
and our rights are trampled upon and taken away
I sware with uplifted hands towards heaven I
will spill my blood in the defence. They shall not
take away our rights and if the^y^ do not stop leading
me by the nose I will lead them by the nose and
if they do not let me alone I will turn up the
world. I will make war! When we shake
our own bushes we want to catch our own fruit

The lawyers themselves acknowledge
that we have all power granted us in our charters
that we could ask for—that we had more power
than any other court in the State for all other
courts were restricted while ours was not and
I thank God Almighty for it and I will not
be rode down to hell by the Missourians any
longer and it is my privilege to speak
in my own defence and appeal to your
Honors.

Next day July the 1st the case of
Joseph Smith came before the Municipal
Court of Nauvoo. Brigham Young Hyrum
Smith Parley P. Pratt Lyman Wight and
Sidney Rigdon were called upon as witnesses

It did my soul good to see your feelings and love manifested towards me I thank God that I have the honour to lead so virtuous and honest a people—to be your leader and lawgiver ver as Moses was to the children of Israel. Hosannah! Hosannah! Hosannah to the name of the Most High God. I commend you to His grace and may the blessings of heaven rest upon you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Furthermore if Missouri continues her warfare and continues to issue writs against me and this people unlawfully and unjustly as it has done and our rights are trampled upon and taken away I sware with uplifted hands towards heaven I will spill my blood in the defence. They shall not take away our rights and if they do not stop leading me by the nose I will lead them by the nose and if they do not let me alone I will turn up the world. I will make war! When we shake our own bushes we want to catch our own fruit

The lawyers themselves acknowledge that we have all power granted us in our charters that we could ask for—that we had more power than any other court in the State for all other courts were restricted while ours was not and I thank God Almighty for it and I will not be rode down to hell by the Missourians any longer and it is my privilege to speak in my own defence and appeal to your Honors.

Next day July the 1st the case of Joseph Smith came before the Municipal Court of Nauvoo. Brigham Young Hyrum Smith Parley P. Pratt Lyman Wight and Sidney Rigdon were called upon as witnesses