<​ June 16​> “Our is infested with a set of blacklegs, counterfeiters and debauchees, and that the proprietors of this press were of that class, the minutes of the Municipal Court fully testify, and in ridding our young and flourishing of such characters, we are abused by not only villainous demagogues, but by some who from their station and influence [HC 6:484] in society, ought rather to raise than repress the standard of human excellence. We have no disturbance or excitement among us, save what is made by the thousand and one idle rumors afloat in the country. Every one is protected in his person and property, and but few cities of a population of twenty thousand people in the , hath less of dissipation or vice of any kind, than the City of .

“Of the correctness of our conduct in this affair, we appeal to every high court in the , and to its ordeal we are willing to appear at any time that His Excellency, shall please to call us before it. I, therefore, in behalf of the Municipal Court of warn the lawless, not to be precipitate in any interference in our affairs, for as sure as there is a God in Israel, we shall ride triumphant over all oppression.

Dear Sir:— We send you Bro<​s​> Perkins’s— two faithful brethren, who will give you all the information which is within our knowledge, of the proceedings of our enemies; and as we have not heard or received communication from as regards the course we should pursue, we now ask your counsel, and you will please forward per Brother Perkins. We should have sought your counsel sooner only on account of high water. Please communicate in writing the course we in this part of the County should pursue. The brethren in these parts are in good faith, spirits, and health generally, and may be relied on.

Dear Sir:— The brethren from arrived here this morning; we were glad to see them, and to hear that you were all alive in the midst of the ragings of an infatuated and blood thirsty mob. I write [HC 6:485] these few lines to inform you that we feel determined in this place not to be dismayed if hell boils over all at once. We feel to hope for the best, and determined to prepare for the worst; and we want this to be your motto in common with us ‘that we will never ground our arms until we give them up by death.’ ‘Free trade and Sailors rights, protection of persons and property, wives and families.’ If a mob annoy you, defend yourselves to the very last, and if they fall upon you with a superior force, and you think you are not able to compete with them, retreat to . But we hope for better things, but remember if your enemies do fall upon you be sure and take the best and most efficient measures the emergency of the case may require. Remember the front and the rear of your enemies, because if they [p. 109]