May you not have to suffer as you have suffered
heretofore. I know the Almighty will bless
all good men. He will bless you; and the time
has come when there shall be such a flocking
to the Standard of Liberty as never has been and
never shall be hereafter. What an era has
commenced? Shall the prophecies be established
by the sword? Shall we always bear? No!
Will not the State of Missouri stay her hand
in her unhallowed persecutions against the Saints?
If she will not I restrain you not any longer.

I say in the name of Jesus
Christ I this day turn the key that opens the
Heavens to restrain you no longer from this time
forth. I will lead you to battle and if you are
not affraid to die and feel disposed to spill your
blood in your own defence you will not offend me

Be not the aggressor. Bear until
they strike on the one cheek. Offer the other and
they will be sure to strike that also. Then defend
yourself and God shall bear you off!

Will any part of Illinois say we
shall not have our rights? Treat such as strangers
and not friends and let them go to hell. Say some,
we will mob you. Mob and be damned. If
I am under the necessity of giving up our chartered
rights privileges and freedom for which our fathers
fought and blead and which the Constitution of the
United States and this State guarantee to us I
will do it at the point of the bayonet and sword

Many lawyers contend for that
which is against the rights of man; and I can
only excuse them because of their ignorance.

Go forth and advocate the rights of
the people ye lawyers. If you do not dont
get into my hands nor under the lash of my
tongue. The lawyers say the powers of
the Nauvoo Charter are dangerous. But I

May you not have to suffer as you have suffered heretofore. I know the Almighty will bless all good men. He will bless you; and the time has come when there shall be such a flocking to the Standard of Liberty as never has been and never shall be hereafter. What an era has commenced? Shall the prophecies be established by the sword? Shall we always bear? No! Will not the State of Missouri stay her hand in her unhallowed persecutions against the Saints? If she will not I restrain you not any longer.

I say in the name of Jesus Christ I this day turn the key that opens the Heavens to restrain you no longer from this time forth. I will lead you to battle and if you are not of raid to die and feel disposed to spill your blood in your own defence you will not offend me.

Be not the agressor. Bear until they strike on the one cheek. Offer the other and they will be sure to strike that also. Then defend yourself and God shall bear you off!

Will any part of Illinois say we shall not have our rights? Treat such as strangers and not friends and let them go to hell. Say some we will mob you. Mob and be damned. If I am under the necessity of giving up our chartered rights privileges and freedom for which our fathers fought and blead and which the Constitution of the United States and this State guarantee to us I will do it at the point of the bayonet and sword.

Many lawyers contend for that which is against the rights of man; and I can only excuse them because of their ignorance.

Go forth and advocate the rights of the people ye lawyers. If you do not dont get into my hands nor under the lash of my tongue. The lawyers say the powers of the Nauvoo Charter are dangerous. But I