stains the state of and the faith of the and the pledged faith of the is gone and stained with the blood of innocence, <​&​> I again pledge myself in [be]half of this community, this people will not be the first to rise up & avenge themselves of the blood of the two of their best friends they also testified before the himself that they would sustain the laws & the constitution of the And also they would stand by the & help him to keep the laws of the state of , and would do all they could to sustain the peace on their parts, and I can assure you that if the can manage human butchers— he will having nothing to fear from armless, timid & law abiding people of the city of The called for our public arms and took them away and we ◊