Sunday June 9th. At home; my health not very good in consequence of my lungs being weary <​impaired by so much public speaking​>. My brother preached at the .

At 2 P. M., several passengers <​of the Steamer Osprey​> from and arrived by the Steamer Osprey <​and put up at the ​>. I helped to carry in their trunks and chatted with them in the bar room. ¶ There was a meeting at the at 6 P. M.

Monday 10th. I was in the City Council from 10 A M to 1.20 P M & from 2.20 to 6.30 P M., investigating the merits of the “Nauvoo Expositor,” <​& also the conduct of the Laws, Higbees, Fosters & others θ​> <​θ who have formed a conspiracy for the purpose of destroying my life & scattering the Saints, & driving them from the .​> An ordinance was passed concerning libels and for other purposes. The Council <​passed an ordinance declaring the Nauvoo Expositor, a nuisance and​> also issued an order to me to destroy <​​> the <​said​> Nauvoo Expositor establishment as a nuisance; I immediately ordered the to destroy it without delay, and at the same time issued an order to , acting Major General of the to assist the with the Legion if called upon so to do.

About 8 P. M., the returned and reported that he had removed the press, type, printed paper, and fixtures into the street, and fired <​destroyed​> them. This was done because of the libelous <​and slanderous​> character of the paper in slandering <​its avowed intention being to destroy​> the Municipality of <​and drive the Saints from​> the . The posse consisting of <​accompanied by​> some hundreds <​of the citizens​> returned with the to the front of the , when I gave them a short address and told them they had done right <​and that not a hair of their heads should be hurt for it​>; that they had executed my <​the​> orders which were <​given​> required of me by the City Council; that I would never submit to have another libelous publication established in the ; that I did not care how many papers were printed in the if they would print the truth, but would submit to no libels or slander from them <​I then blessed them in the name of the Lord​>. This speech was <​loudly​> greeted by <​the Assembly with​> three times three cheers. The posse and assembly <​then​> dispersed <​all​> in good order. [p. 57]