Show ne i I 1 AS AN ADDRESS IBY BY JO 1 I 14 1 I 1 1 r I 1 1 t I 1 i I 1 h raf f I 1 I 1 on the evening af dixon X n el jjr 1 1 fi aik tuf iro weter aee the 1 1 I 11 11 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 k fappo V eiga 11 thousand I 1 people CU i daiy i wasy tl dit I 1 ment tn ia consequence of the te af pf gl of S I 1 ke reynolds d of 1 i I 1 edmi county d U t 1 1 is sol 7 bimi f I 1 awl wp jw azy i to missouri I 1 fy y prove presenting abl juif q flom P a borit of gorpup 1 w n 4 f d W Dr Wilbrd ams WoL finiff J t i I 1 Q fi i i 1 i f 1 yaa ta jl d aard I 1 t i i p I 1 the is is uie large I 1 u ikert tell tion lion S T discovered discover edd that uio 04 of vie lie f geiple wera on oli toy cit city Y and atud I 1 have ta da 0 t partie sj and lafo new at t this ufah sly say djoi an how daf you boti dom I 1 yon wah full of hgrati gratitude tor tori almighty sod god I 1 abid 1 yoo domall all feel tile pam I 1 weil balm I 1 same am r hearty i leardry know low haw to nay my feelings I 1 feel abel as strong as a giant J 1 pulled with 1116 anen men coming along alida pulled up irp with one strongest inan hn of iud oman men tried tiled but thay roanld abot pull uil in ma e up up andri continued to L piti pulled ted missouri to nan 60 batje bot 1 ill pass from biow 0 i 1 I there has bien baen great excitement in in the anice abs 11 re reynolds sud ela walson took ind ane b taut lt I 1 hive have been cool bool andi dis vasti ob ate through ali tho mihoe e 1 I hank 0 O Q I 1 aap edwal 0 f ai ai abe hands of tile the mili cu ourt df Nau auva jala hao in afie hands of IMI tills ha tt is not so my ajeff lo 10 tell of bam anny afflic tiona trials trbye tr bubles as to speak of ath ahe arit ant of f habeas I 1 corput fe so th eliat at may be corrected it hasteen has been alste asserted artea acy a and lid Wi teen bwy ers god others that cip cipal I 1 kiei i and legal a 0 aff bra riot not 16 fa be sanctioned of lie lato ltd avalt 10 lo 10 aa abc to drag I 1 away A iaan men fr fram their and have thal put to avi ungodly adf 1 y mea tor lor their religion 11 0 r tt ou aur IT c cuy li y egerter eh erter 1 t e r c coarts it j light I 1 abaris corpus to kifor j and itil d 14 blid h V lat we ti bavec abel al alt t ap pp owr clr tod I 1 if f an any rian niall th this a turie the 6 I 1 c lAif iary iry 1 ift cast it ottto nis awdry han 1811 adalet beci el I 1 in this I 1 if ff berb anere ii n ili hi on bit i rc charter harter dim courts 1 then thurdis eherd as nat not P r ilythe nf the stale of df 1 illinois I 1 I 1 i n of X D nar I 1 in u kh he 6 C cohores CoH 0 ig gres r aas ai or C orl A I 1 t if of ahe he UnI united tol the tinto illinois Ilfin ois her ar corter abd gave unto lier ers beding lints our vested r right dred goei to lake fream us ne ell the power bowers there was U m iolli nois mois she gave to nasa aad adv man mail that says to the contrady con tracy is isa fool the Muni piU court has aalthe all the tois to issue sus aai ana a obits of habeas within the limits hunts of this city eliat the this all the t I 1 le th aliat atthe the state 9 courts bart hava ad was givon giten bulhe 1 the afie legislature I 1 h i 4 I 1 you to hear heaT midi awl 1 jibrael fiB rael this day happiness aad this thia elty city dud peal if afi t our oar aro are to oppress na and deprive us of our constitutional I 1 right saad and egea as they have doue done authorities that ara deiv the earth will nat austain I 1 us lit m our fights right shor nor give us that which the laws and constitution of the i and of this state guarantee unto ubah rilent we will claim them thein from a higher power from avon yea from god gad af 7 it i Y 1 I 1 have dragged drigel tasse alian aare by will do it again ruin wl but I 1 swear awill not deal 10 u mildly mt with h t hem the I 1 finst rhae has edme when forbearance w is no lahger a virtue ail and ilif if you aro are agai a you are areat at libery loose ter wood and d thunder butia bol be wise abt dall when aben you pull do lt it effect riall yn h a once 1 I 1 20 t I 1 I 1 i i M my lot been cast east among ae the wann est eat hearted people an ewry hta time ar ba friends beeh raised rais edd lu aup unto me rhe and Abel assisted I 1 eted imad ine i I 1 I 1 I 1 1 7 T the he the mellis torn off from the state as 4 dai aud and citizens havo delivered me thai haf elof missouri Misso mh ya friends ads thai icat were raised 9 I 1 their lif bibid bloody to hava davv wit luw frat ids of reynolds abdi if ai them t p buti but I 1 bhend rib fc would bythe P we i r bd brought these men to nauvoo and committed them to her from 1 icett I 1 wast arh fiot ih C chains halt tut but hindus 1 4 I lunte kindly X privilege lega wo rewarding idling them good 4 af ea ey j itie aled me md strove taide blvd airy I 1 rt abd hato into iMis Missouri soun I 1 had mot ai I 1 hat happe them weri aholt shu oie b sat them althe habad of tny my borer faoa e klimn chich my waited I 1 dupant by h on i ja h bs 1 I qa ii j ii I 1 ai I 1 have no doubt but I 1 shall be dascha discharged aged hy bir wem I 1 beffie any alny gdud je to aw missouri arid alfin I 1 althey are t t forine afeld V vaia P v tu t 1111 sia ran r an ft i bia bore I 1 bwll it b I 1 I 1 I 1 al b I 1 i away anion anica mk ae in wiy veins lank e I 1 a jwj to any jhutee would wasia audi aud I twill not bear ita it a lanigir lafi gir skill awl we bear jo longer agar one util versal no ranj through I 1 aHi ithe eastass vast dikea like a laud pe eal aIo of f J it wera if 4 1 i 1 1 11 I 1 t 1 1 ir the have HiOp overs 1 in fit be choked tode to death nth with his own oui 1 loaft employ rl u vr payi tham I 1 hidrew cohien fo hien Ida oMedO fw for 1 I 1 I 1 they doat dat kw lt know more than I 1 th thiry aall all k i I 1 I 1 1 11 v i 4 1 I oa ye into int alt all and tile gospee he that beli believeth eveth in our chartered rights may mary collie abercr anda be seme dadd that dobai shall hall s ignorance lf if any aily lawyer shall chati I 1 siy say s iy there cis is adro power inether in ather enill and cb charters chstr arters with i to habeas corpus than ili ula believe at not I 1 have converted this pointing ag to cyrus walker esol that thi tha A aalf of Is ilour in conr 1 oiiver ted cwi ill v vote oae foHt ml n I 1 t i k ii tn 1 I 1 1 11 chave have been with these bior to rs and they atam tre arted me ano bell l but atit J 1 I aint am hedw herom in lauvon aad tha missourian Missouri at rabi gvero hie by a lawful arl ant it of 4 in hi chin chancery of lee county and made returnable to the nearest in in vie the district having ja jurisdiction ri to api thyi alad sach duch writs rita evna here cid as that feat 1 just j abt as it 8 tt I 1 1 11 i 1 i 1 I 1 Howo How vcr weir indignant 0 you I 1 about the high liand hand of oppression which thas beani raised IBO by chese mell usenet efte vio violence lenee against them fo rithey could inot be bd pre tipon toco aia here tilt till 1 pledged my honor and ury iffy their heads should not be herrl I 1 wilt yov yell hit ah support my pledge p adga and aad thus preserve pie serve tay honor one I 1 b burst a flon I 1 this is your 6 ne me nei 1 I know biow do w rea reary dw y yo oa are to do right il have done I 1 great thongsy and manifested yow tout love towards I 1 m e lift flying holmy to my assistance on tills this 0 9 vasle j 1 bess you in in file name of the lford v with afi at ail tile taa As of nd oarth you are capable of 1 i 0 r 1 I 1 u J 11 11 I we ie hareno have no need kneed to fier as we tafe va e can call others io to alir our aid I 1 know the Ah will bless air good i will bless you and the time has hak cemeal coma ion th re will be such a to the standard of liberty as never has hasteen been or shed shaft be hereafter T what aaers an era has commenced our leave pro we would est establish ablith our religion byi by i th is U lettrue lit it true NO but if Misso missouri ubi will I 1 not stay her ernel cruel hand in her perse lations against TIB usi ea estrain abu not any Ibn longer I 1 say ju the naine nai roof jeses by the authority of df the he holy I 1 il tin jis s day tarn the hoy that thai apers to restrain you no labasi 11 from va abis time lime forth I 1 will wiH lead you yoa to battle and if to diemand die and feel dig disposed posed to gospill toa pill spill your var blood yau gowd defence you wilt will I 1 nofa be ba douthe until they strike you donahe on a lie ow cheek then offer the other and they will be sure to strike that then them yourselves and god will bear you of land yon shall standi forth clear before his tribunal I 1 I 1 ifancy if any citizens say wo we shall not nat have bave our rights it roast them as strangers and and ands andsley det let them go to lo hell and be dagard damn pd some say they thay will hiob nis biot them boband mo band be damned jam ned if 11 we have to togi vei up our chartered rights privileges and freedom which conr apr si fathers fought bled jand which the life conkli tati autton alit ustad Stat estand esland of ais thiis state gua gaa raidee n u wo well loit only at the p point 0 hatot 0 laud aud bayonet bayo nert i many lasers for shohe things tights or of meu mea and a nd I 1 cail only ex of their 0 go far forth tb and advocate the I 1 ts and rights of the people ye lawyers if pot dont get ga filter my liand i or under i theil thI ashi ath I 1 r i t ii 1 lawyers say ahe powers odthe of the nauvoo charter ate are d dangerous andre but I 1 ask is ti reConstitution os of the hinted b YR tad states or 01 of this state danger ding erous no are arb the charters granted anto Nauvoo by bythe the legisla legislature iuro lof bof Hlf 1111 nois dangerous and those jhb oay they are Ww haave haAre not enjoyed unmolested 1 I lights w afe ch tile the ol of the United stites States ofiA merica and our charleis chariet char teis s irant grant cissom I 1 and all wicked men arise tho the hue andT adda baddaky Cry ky ps and ire ara not satisfied i sonie some political aspirants of this are raising raisina the hue hr and lid cy axy that tl alie lo 10 powers ju in abe clA charters arters g ranted granted I 1 anlo the city city 0 ol 01 t nauvoo 0 are dangerous and wt hough the d assembly have conferred them upon our city yet the whine is raised repeat repeal them take them thein away like tile the boy w who swapped off his jackknife jack knife and then cried 1 daddy daddy I 1 have sold my jackknife jack knife and gotsick got sick of my bargain and levant boget to get it back agail 1 1 but how are ar they going to help themselves 8 ives raise mobs A aad od what cau can arp I 1 de do 0 in the midst mida of no better 1 1 than a a hunter in the claws of a bear if mobs come ithon yot any m more ore here dung your gardens with them wo we do doat nicy but actor dehave doup done all we wilt rise up washing I 1 rqn ake and break fel gluthe off the he hellish ilish yoke that oppresses usi a afeld fid we w will ill not be mobbed the day before I 1 was taken at inlet grove I 1 my lov wife mio til through rough dixon to visit ome friends arid and I 1 sai I 1 to hep 14 he here i re 19 is a good people I 1 ailt this a 1 aud ahe next day I 1 i was a i prisoner in their alm r mi midst in the hands hand handsol of reynolds of missouri and witson wilson of carthage As the latter drove up be exclaimed 11 ha ha hal by godbie god we have goit the prophet now he gloried rauch much in it but he is now our oar prisoner when they came to t 0 take me they hold two cocked pistols to illy iby wad head and wilted fea we ine with tt god dadin daan shoot you danl ill ayou god these threats nearly fifty bitnes Irom first to law I 1 asked them what they wanted to shoot dhoot melor they kaad they would it if L I 1 madel aay kes 1 istance 1 f 0 1 very well I 1 I 1 I haw no to td make they then dragged ane bawa away and I 1 asked them b by what authority they did these thi things rigs they said 19 by a writ atit from the governors of missouri and illinois 1 I then dien told therm them I 1 vvan wanted t e d a writ of habas corpus reply web was ngod t god damn i you sit yva you aha nt hose ham it 2 i told fokta a mas man to go to dixon and get me a writ of habeas corpus wil god dameyon dam nyon you shant give sit pill shoot sado youl W axen wa w arrived at Bi sent fera lawyer who aho cause came and reynolds shut the door in his fated face and would not let 1 1 1 I 1 t 4 ia m bak to 0 god daam atrin you yo u pit 1111 i 1 I 1 I 4 to him ill in opened I 1 ene d my bo bosom and toa to away I 1 have so mae miceli li peye persecution cuti iou and opp oppression that I 1 ath aia siek of offlie afe thon doat ait oit you shoot ind and have done dona I 1 i it instead sot talking sa roach much about it this Ms insolence ithen P then told juni barei that r t aal 1 obtained mv vish ish the lawyers canto I 1 ga go a writ wilt oi kofl habeas coreva fe fop r atsy writ against reynolds reynold ill and d i I 1 and cruel mst ment me good citizens 1 of Dr brixon ixon who ho f bobly cooki their chev stand aga inist such lun warrantable actable and oppress lotia ray my persecutors notger of tawn that thai wil wash athey they first arrived sore Ishoi ild mot remain af ti ift int Dixon five minutes j I 1 and arndi I 1 ioune they deco accordingly rd 1 angly i I 1 I 1 toi to proceed to rock kland I 1 pledged my 11 honor af I 1 tainy council that the nauvoo tit city y fl harter con J felled jurisdictions jurisdiction 1 to ta investigate ithe ahe subject so nauvoo where I 1 am new prisoner in ili the custody of a higher tribunal than the circuit court 1 y the anat 11 tire citti council halve powe raud authority to make ordain esti esta blah and such ordinances 1 list ilot repugnant to th constitution h iiii th e states or OB of asi they inn may deem necessary I 1 forthe peace benefit and y of bf tie I 1 inhabitants afi 1 f the Mantei pal adart shall have power to grant writs writ of habeas corpus mati cases altising ordinances 0 at f the city c the city council have pas odin mice that no citizen of this city sh shall allbe be takes oat of this city by any writ wr without the of a writ atit of haneas corpus pusi there is nothing j but what we have power over except where r resti S iclef tad by the of the united states St itea abut bat say the mob 11 what dangerous d ang erous I 1 powers power P i ikes dai dangerous lotour go TouR i because they will protect the inno innocent ce u t and put down thi the constitution oadie of tiie united states declares that tile the privilege of tile the writ of habeas corpus shall abt be denied deny belthe right of habeas corpus and I 1 will fight with gun sword cannon whirlwind and thunder until they are used up like the kilkenny cats 1 1 we have mora power than mast charters con fer I 1 because we hive to go behind the writ and try the merits atthe ol 01 the case basei h alf I 1 f P powers ow ers are s then the constitution a tt I 1 a ution lon of 0 f t the he united states aale of tills this state are aTe dangerous but bat they ara aie not dangerous to good they are only soto so to bad men who are breakers of the laws so with witha the laws of the country coultry and io so with tile the ordinal ordinances of nauvoo they th eyare are dangerous dang arous to mobs but not to good men who wish to keep the laws 1 I 1 we donot do not go gatof out s of X nauvoo to disturb auy any body or any city town or place why t then hen need they be brou trou atad d about let them not meddle niedele with aitho bufi ar aff affairs airs but letus let us jone after wa behave have been deprived deprive dof of our rights and privileges of citizenship driven aiom town to town place place and state to state with the sacrifice fico of our homes and lands our blood has boo been shed mail many y having breen been murdered andi all this because of oai our feli gion because we worship almighty god according to the dictates of our owin cOnsciences shall we logger lo cpr bear these cruelties cruel ties which have been heaped upon us for tile the last lait ten years in the face of heaven |