Show PREAMBLE AND wheres whereas in tile the year 1833 tila hie of or tir tim county count of jackson Jack sack sou ou st tf tv of mis Mif riun under tir ilia com mand of the hie leuten lilt lie teof leof did exile our people from their homs hom n many of I 1 were murdered li bv thein thir th lh thir ir property destro destroyed yei alid arid famili families vs s driven nd others whipped tarred ami awl beah fed h rd rod arid and alfei wis s by und and under nn er 11 tile ll intini diate direction of the tle military ald ai alo d civil authorities u thon thorl ties alid and whereas in th har 1838 18 38 the be of mi soun sonn iid ild lid did out iau military force march them into our bettl rients hui nai butcher many amny without regard to either cither age sex ses or condition robbed ui no of ot our property properly lin pria phoned nned trany inny of our without yit elt wit hout hont pta pia process pr ocee dees cess eur cur aly alves aives and dau ht rs ne us off odd under a brutal order of exi ext from land wo w had purchased haeil ed from he tha generi giner I 1 and the executive of th tf state of ia oi of an law lawful dij did a irv iry force into our oui re an dunder the tho arst solemn pledge of prote clin and lali compel oan oar wea mea t ta gei ati livor shw selves into his bands hands UNNO itself acknowledging ing that they were not dot guilty of any crime lea iea leaving ving them jn in the power of ass assa asiu sAus who dil ell cli treacherously and inhumanly butcher them and whereas the state of illinois in 1845 did tre require quire our people under pain of extermination by an ail infuriated mob to leave the state slate pledging themselves to protect us in doing so yet at suffered ger our people to be murdered and our houses burned with impunity i Y k and whereas we did peti petition pe lilion flon fion the chief executive of our nation and the governor of flie hie union ifor an asylum from our persecutors where we could enjoy our religion unmolested which only limet inet with insult and cold neglect f t and whereas when we were fleeing into the he wilderness a call was made by the tiie general gov govi i fern lern ment oil on us for five hundl bundled ed of our cur most effi men meil who were here readily furnished and who went v ent in ane service of our country which A hicel was va 9 4 llen lien engaged in a war with the republic of or mexico I 1 and whereas az a soon as our most efficient men jilian had left in the llie service of the state slate of illinois marched a formidable army to nauvoo where many of the infirm and ami aged balliers fal liers mothers brothers and arid sisters of I 1 those ti oc o c very men engaged in he file war with mexico were killed and wounded forcing tle lle ll lie e families that were left destitute to the tha desolate acs ics cs a prey to hunger bunger coid cold cod and disease i land and whereas on our journey jo irney here we were compelled to make a temporary location for I 1 wilter allter quarters on th the fhe e west bank of tile the glissom I 1 river near council bluffs MIES to which the tiie govern ment of the united states sent their officers and notified us to vacate our houses notwithstanding many of those who occupied them were the families nies lles of those tery very men engaged ill in the service of ithe ule united states inthe war with mexico and W who 0 themselves were discharged two thousand ariles iriles from their families ili in an eneany s country without the means of returning iome home L AM and whereas we have wandered under the file pi protection election 0 of the almighty and arid the wise counsel ot wt our worthy governor biggham biviam young faur teen apen eteen hundred miles into the desert making our own wn roads and leaving our persecutors to the lw eric en J cyment of our hard earned labors I 1 an I 1 whereas not riot a soli solitary I 1 ary individual who has liast participated ili in any of the murders erobb robberies erie erle and other othen enormities inflicted upon us wll wil wilh I 1 in the united states slates has ever been brought to ju justice slice I 1 I 1 I 1 And whereas our oar repeated petitions for redress to those in authority have been answered by add ang ing insult to injury and whereas the people of this territory have eave ave been peaceful and arid law abiding living in the strict observance ef the laws aws of the united states tates applicable in our teri terl atory and whereas the government of the llie united states as is i reported has sent a formidable e arm army y into our territory Terr llor ilor y f r resolved that we regard the movements of ther the arsent pr sent administration in sending their armed le gions into our midst as a renewal odilie of lile ilie pei per sedition butcheries but cheries and horrid scenes of de ruction with which their e eyes y cs were gloated while we wei woi wole e iu in their midst i resolved that we highly approve of the he constitutional patijo patriotic tic and arid humane course pursued by his excellency governor brigham young it in I 1 taking efficient measures to intercept the progress pro drogi giess gless ess 4 of these unwelcome unasked and corrupting iu 4 trude rg resolved that woefully we fully approve of the resola i lions passed in the lt dilative gila tive assembly As embly endorsing arld and approving the acts of lle ile lie file governor in ili re lation atlon to the al rny rry and we heartily con icier cir cit in the and sentiments expressed in the i memorial adopted in the legislative assembly i jan ath 1 resolved that no officer appointed by the ad ministration shall exercise any dominion domini ion lon over us while their armies are arc our territory resolved that we would be recreant le to e every very Trin wrin principle ciple of lionor honor patriotism virtue integrity eif t elf and common decency should we tamely submit like the menial serfs of rusia russia to be ruled by the tile bayo bayonet neu nel resolved that we tender to ta his excellence Excel excellency lenc y Gov governor error young our cur utmost exertions our lives and our fortunes for the defence of our rights that we regard no sacrifice too great ard and and aie tire y sacrifice our homes but we will not see them inherited by our enemies I 1 resolved that we request the government of the tiia united states tc willi withdraw draw their armed menials and cease to prostitute the Executive power oe or a great to lle ile lie the ends of cruelty re 0 and injustice i resolved Res oved that as in allour persecutions and sufferings heretofore we ye have been deceived by promises of protection and pretexts of oan an forcing the law we will not suffer ourselves again to be deceived by such shallow pretence predence pre tence i and that if the authorities of the united states wish to convince us of their lawful lanful humane and just intentions to us as a people hey pey must most p M pay ug us our pur damages redress our wrongs punish our murderers murder erb ere plunderers plunderers antl ravi aels or we shall continue to believe that they have not riot reformed ef ormed resolved that vre we appeal to the native jus tice lice of tb people of the united states our brothers our kindred whose fathers fon ht side by side with ours the battles of our coun conn colm arys independence ca and ard whose blood blow t gether a sacrificed sacrifice to purchase civil and ieli aei bious t liberty vire vre have been reared at nt the s line me fi resides educated at the bame grae schools collies col coi geges feges and universities and we are entitled to al ai the privileges of religious liberty purchased by the rommon lommon r suffering oi olour our father fathers to you we appeal to stretch forth the hand and arid save til ill ailiese ese principles from thesila they the ylla ylia ila iia attempt of un 1 runci iu spied pled pied demig demagogues to crush and sub submerge merga in the blood of your youg fellow fe liow countrymen count ainer 11 resolved solved that we deprecate deprecated and deeply deplore the ehe cause bit att helming poeju dice dlce which denied denlea even the presentation of our constitution and application for admission into the union as a state and also the subsequent attempts of the government to crush the people of this territory by depriving them of every vestige of constitutional light and liberty resolved that our religion inculcates morality a strict observance of social ties a lasting interest in the welfare of all good men and respect to the rights of others in the same degree decree as we ive would have our own respected resolved that by the help of almighty god we will maintain our constitutional rights and liberties our religion our wives and children and our hard bard earned fi resides and anti homes and we invite the downtrodden down trodden and oppressed of all nations kindreds tongues and people of whatever faith they may be to gather to these valleys where they can car worship god according to the tho th dictates of their own consciences I 1 N V K JONES E SMITH R L CAMPBELL LEWIS hobison SON sok R T BURTON u JOHN VAN COTT WM EDDINGTON r v E D WOOLLEY EY committee on behalf of the citizens of G S L city kity jan 16 1853 |