To the Mayor & Council)

of the city of )

Gentlemen.— After examing carefully all the allegations on the part of the citizens of the country in ; and the defencive matters submitted to me by the committee of your citzens; concerning the existing disturbances I find that there appears to be but little contradiction, as to important facts; so that it may be safely assumed, that the immediate cause of the existing excitement, is the destruction of the press and fixtures of the Nauvoo Expositor; and the subsequent refusal of the individuals accused to be accountable therefore according to the general laws of this ; and the insisting on your parts to be accountable only before your own Municipal Court, and according to the ordinances of your

Many other facts have been essential on both sides as tending to increase the excitement: but as they mostly relate merely to private persons; and committed by individuals; and tend simply to show the present state of affairs I will not further notice them in this communication

The material facts to be noticed are, that a newspaper called “the Nauvoo Expositor,” was established in , that this Newspaper was deemed offensive to the people of that [p. 1]