The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-22

ifyou have any. for if is said in the midst of
or counselors there Is SAFETY, and when
YOU have learned that-ffeen thousand inno-
cent citizens after having purchased their
lands ofthe United States, and paid for them,
were expelled from ssoverign state" by or
der of the oyernor, at the point OF the bay
onet: their arms were taken from them BY
the same authority; and their right OF migra -
ton into said state, denied under the pain or
imprisonment, whipping, robbng, mobbing
and even death, and no justice OF recon-
pense allowed; and from the Legislature, with
the governor at the head, down to the justice
of the peace, with bottle of whlsAey ~
one hand, and a bowie knife in the egae
hear them all declare that there is no justice
for Mormon in that State, and Judge ys
righteous judgement, and tell me when fhe*e
virtue of The states were stolen, where The
honor of the General Government les laa
and what clothes aSenator with wisdoass y
lnullifving Carolina! Oh little tempasiNous
Rhode island would il not be web for great
men of the nation TO read the fable 81 The
partial Judge, and when part Of tue f1es
lcitizeos ola state had been expele3. cor
Itrary TO the Constitution, mobbed, robbed,
plundered, aud many murdered, instead g
Esearching into the course taken with joanna
ESouthcoit, Ann Lee, the French prophets,
the Qnakers Of New England, and rebellions
niogers, in The slave States, 10 hear both sides
and then Judge, rather than have the Gios:-
Iication 10 say, Hoh it is MY bull that his
Killed YOUR OK, that alters the ease! imuss
enquire intoit and if, and ifg"
If the general government has no power.
Ito reirsafe expelled citizens to their rights,
there is a ronslrous hypocris fed and ios.es-
ed from the hard earnings Of the people! A
Ireal .hull beggar'' upheld by sycopianis;
: and, although you may wink 10 The press
. Ito stiomatze :-wheedle the dFunksrds 10
Iswear. and raise the hue and cry Ct smpcster,
false prophets. God damn old Joe Smith, yet
: Remember if the Latter Day Saints are not
restored to all their rights, and paid Tor all heir
! Hoses, according 10 the known rules ofltis-
! Itice and judgment, reciprocaiion and COM
) mon honesty among men, that God Will come
= out of his hiding place and vex thus nation
!, with a sore vexatiou--yea the consuming
:, wrath ofan offended God shah smoke Though
. the nation, with as much distress and woe,
= as independence has blaZed through with
= pleasure and delight. Where is the strength
" of Government? Where is the patriotism
> OF Washington, Warren. aud Albums? and
:. where ia a spark from the watch fire OF 49,
T. by winch one candle night be nj, that would
,e tglmmer upon the confines of democracy
r. Well may it be said that one man is not
l. state; nor one state the nation. In the days
y of Gen. Jackson, when France refused The
g. first nstalment for spoilations, there was pow
II er, force and honor enough TO resent iniuS-
n tice and insult, and the money came: and
n shall Missouri, filled with negro dliveis, and.
;. and white men siealers, go s'unwhipped of
,r Justice" iorten fold greater sins than Francef
!. MOI verify no! While have powers of body
. and mind; while water runs and grass grows;
3 while virtue is lovely, and vice hateful; and
/, while stone points out sacred spot where
: fragment Of American liberty once was; or
, my posterity will plead the cause of injured
- innocence, until Missouri makes atonement
!, y for all her sins -or sinks dsgraced, degrad-
~ ed and damned to hell-awhere The worm
IS dieth not and The FIRE IS not quenched.
: Why, sir, the power not delegated TO the
United States, and the states, belong TO tho
i people and congress sent TO do the peoples ba-
:. sness, have all power--and shall fifteen thou
- sand people groan in exile? Oh vain men,
i will We not, if ye do not restore them to their
= rights and S2,000,000 worth of property, re-
n liHquiSil 10 tuSliI ktiS ldttet LAY SdtasS CD
: body, their portion of power that belongs 10
,fI them according 10 the Constitution? Power
: has it convenience, as well as incs nyenience.
q lSThe world was not made for Cesar alone,
% but Titus too.'
. | will give you parable, certain iefd
>, had vineyard in goodly land, which men
" labored in at their pleasure, few meek men
4 also went and purchased with money from
. some of these chief men that labored at
, lpleasure, portion of land in the vineyard,at
, a very remote part of i, and began TO iEa-
. prove il, and 10 eat and drink the fruit
3 fruit thereof; when some vile persons. who
. | regard not man, neither feared the lord of
! the vineyard, rose up suddenly and robbed
n these meek men, and drove them from their
: possessions, killing many. This barbatous
!. act made no small stir among the men of the
), yiaey ard, and all that portion who were at
! tached 10 that part of the vineyard whele
q the men were robbed, rose up in gran
council, when their chief man, who had first
; ly ordered the deed 10 be done, and made
q covenant not to pay for the crCel decd,bu
), to keep the spoil, and never let those meek
: men set their feet on that soil again, neither
q recompense them for it. Now these meek
men, in their distress. wisely sought redress
:, of those wicked men in every possible Gaa-
. ner and got none. They then duplicated
:, the chief men, who held the vineyard q,
J, pl easure, aud who had the power 10 sch and
!, defend il, for redemption, and those men
!, loving the fame aud favor OF The n1alttuoe,
i - r.