The Ottawa free trader., 1844-02-23

ever 50 just, government CdI w HoliIiHg
for them, because it has no power.
Go on, then, Missouri, after another
set of inhabitants, (as the Latter Day
Saints diG have entered some two OF
three hundred thousand dollars worth ol
land. and made extensive Improvements
thereon go on, then say, Danish the
occupants or owners, or kill them as the
mobbers did the Latter Day Saints, and
take their land and property as a spoil :
and let the legislature, as in the case OF
the Mormons, appropriate a couple OF
hundred thousand dollars to pay the mob
for doing the job for the renowned senat-
or of South Carolina, Mr.. J. C. Calhoun,
says, the powers Of the federal govern
men, are SO specific and limited that
il has no jariSdiction Of the case =! Oh,
ye people who groan under the oppres-
sion Of ,yrants, ye eXiled Poles, who
have felt the iron hand Of Russian grasp !;
We poor and unfortunate among all ma
tions, come TO the asylum of the oppris-
sed : buy ye lands of the general govern.
ment; pay in your money to the treasury
to strengthen the army and the navy wog-
ship God according 10 the dictates of your
own conscience pay in your taxes to
support the grea, heads of glorious ma
ton; but remember a 'S0Uereign Staie'
is so much more powerful than the Uni
ted States, the parent government, that
it can exile you at pleasure, mob you
with impunity; cofscate yonr lands and
property; have the legislature sanction
ii: yea, even murder YOU, as AN edict of
an Emperor, and il does no acrong, for
the noble senator of South Carolina, says
the power Of the federal government is
SO limited and specific that ii has no
jurisdiction Of the case! What think
ye Of e"perinm in empcio!
Ye spirits of the blessed of all ages,
haTA! le shades Of departed statesmen.
listen Abraham, Moses, Homer, Socra.
ties. Scion. Solomon, and all that ever
thought Of right and wrong, look down
from your exataions, if you have any,
for it is said that in the midst of counsel
lors there is safety, and when YOU have
leaned that fifteen thousand innocent ci-
Iizens after having purchased their lands
of the United States, and paid for them,
were expelled from Sovereign State
by order of the Governor, at the point of
the hayonet; and the right of migration
into said state, denied under pain of i'm.
prlsonment, whipping, robbing, mobb,ng,
and even death, and no justice or recon-
pence allowed; and from the legislature.
with the Governor at the head and down
to the justice of the peace, with a bottle
1f whIskcy in one hand, and a bowie
inile in the other, hear them all declare !
Ina. there is no justice for Mormon in |
hat state, and judge ye righteous Judge
nent, and tell Inc when the virtue
)l the states was stolen; where the |
honor Of the general government lies
lid; and what clothes a senator with
wisdom Oh nulIifying Carolina oh |
title tempesluous Rhode Island would |
t not be we'll for the great men of the !
ration TO read the fable of the Martial
udgc, and when part Of the flee citizens
If state had been expelled contrary TO
he constitution, mobbed, robbed, plum.
Tered, aud many murdered, instead of
searching into the course taken with Jo-
lnna SouthCott, Ann Ice, the French
prophets, the Quakers Of New England,
md rebellous niggers in the slave states,
o hear both sides aud then Judge, rather
han have the modification to say, 'oh it |
$ my buI. that has killed yONr OK, that
llters the case must inquire into it,
md i, and 1?'
If the general government has no power
o relnsIatc expelled citizens to their
lights, there is monstrous hypocrite fed
md iorstered from the hard earnings of
he people ! A real bull bcggar' upheld
~ syCophah's and although you may |
wink to the priests to siigmatze-whce-
lie the drunkards TO swear, and raise the
lue and cry of imposter, false prophet,
God damn old Joe Smith, ye, remember,
f the Latter Day Saints are not restored
o all their rights and paid for all their
osses, according TO the known rules of
us''ce and judgement, rcciprocation and
common honesty among men, that God
will come out of his hiding place and vex
his nation with sore vexation-vea.
he consuming wrath Of an offended God
shall smoke through the nation, with as
much woe, as independence has blazed
through with pleasure and delight. Where
IS the strength Of government? where is
The patriotism ola Washington, Warren,
and Adams! F! and where is spark Of the