when we drove them from & we have had peace there ever since, and the will always be in difficulty so long as they suffer them to live in the , and the quicker they get th[i]s petition from before that body the better. Mr. Ashley from said the Petition was false from begini[n]g to end, & that he himself and the Mormns could not live together for he would alway be found fighti[n]gs agai[ns]t them, and one or the other must leave the , He gave a hist[o]ry of the Massacre, & had cut up with a corn cutter. corrected Mr Childs, and stated facts in the petition which he was knowing to. and that M Childs ought to know that these could not be the first crime established agai[ns]t the Mormons while in . One member hoped the matter would not be looked over in silence, for his constituents requi[re]d of him to know the cause of the late disturban[c]e.— Mr Young of spoke very bitter agait the petitin & the Momons.— An Aged member from St Charles. Moved a refe[re]nce of the bill to a select committee, and, contin[u]ed he, “as the Gentleman that just spoke & anoth[e]r gntlman want the petition rul[e]d out of the house for fear their evil doings will be brought to light, and this goes to pove to me & others that the petition is true.” Mr Redmon of Howard made a long speech in favor of a speedy investigation of the whole matter, said he “The s order has gone forth & the Mormns are leaving; I H◊◊◊d Hundreds are waiting to cross the ; & by & by they are gone & our is blasted; her character is gone, we gave them no chance for a fair investigation. The demands of us that we give them a spedy investigation.” Mr Gyer from , agre[e]d with the Gentlemn from Howard that the committee should have power to call witnesss from any part of the , & defend them, and unless the order was rescinded herfor [he for] one would leave the . Other Gentlemen made sim[i]lar remarks. [p. 40]