Account of Hearing, 8 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus]
Source Note
Account of Hearing, [, Hancock Co., IL], 8 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844); handwriting of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 8 May 1844; notation by , 10 May 1844; docket by unidentified scribe, [ca. 10 May 1844]; fourteen pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes notation.
see how, that I am correct— conclusion— after ther exercise of the M. C. to secure to this people the very rights that ors exercise without it— & withn we give them the power to save themselves they will not have the same priv as the or Inh. of — it was this noble determinatn. that they put it into the — exceptn. were then taken by dishonest dishonorable & scoundrels bec they cod. not carry out their evil designs— every designing Scoundrel was stopt in their career— & it is they who want it to be repd— our ignorance— our wickedness— makes us go home with shame In acct. of the H C— they cannot carry out their wicked designs— the leg of . up gets a pell of Inspirants to repeal the Charter if you will only send me— they promise to repeal it, get elected— & then they are obld. to keep their promise— this Ct. has all the power that the leg. that the supreme court can give them— & if there is any leg. that can give force to the H. C.— you are now called to exercise the right that the leg. has sanctified it— the leading Senators cast out the attempt to repeal the Ch. & retn. the Ch— it was done by that good feeling— noble minded good feeling that gave us the H. C. I mit. shew the precise reason that they have given the reason why could not enjoy the same privileges as the people on the big prairie & so to save the from the hands of vile marauders who set at def[iance] the laws both of G[od] & man—
The very moment it appears to this Court that they are attempting to take away the peace of any man— you can stop it— we were called upon to plead to ansr. something but your Honors have at last found out that it was a case of Slander— you have sufft. to shew that this case is a case of slander— the has ref[use]d. to appear here— we have plead to general facts, means & things & having plead— you find that it is a malicious prosecutn. that there is not any thing but what shows that this prosn. has no found[atio]n in equity honor righteousness or any thing noble, but what is to carry out their hellish designs— if you act & are guided by humanity justice righteousn[ess] [p. 10]