citizens, after having purchased their Lands of the and paid for them, were expelled from a Soverign by order of the , at the point of the bayonet; an their arms taken from them by the same authority: And their right of mirgration into said , denied under pain of imprisonm[en]t whipping, robbing, mobbing and even death, and no Justice <​or recompense​> allowed: nor no recourse sanctioned and from the Legislature, with the at the head, down to the , to Standing, with a bottle of whiskey in one hand and a bowie Knife in the other, <​hear them all declare​> that there is no Justice for a Mormon in that , <​&​> Judge ye <​a​> righteous Jud[g]ment, and tell me where the virtue of the the states has hid <​was stolen;​>; where the honor of the General Goverment— lies <​hid;​> and <​what clothes​> a Sentor with wisdom? Oh nulfying ! Oh little tempestous ! Would it not be well for the great Men of the nation, to read the fable of the Partial Judge, and when part of the free Citiz[e]ns of [p. [5]]