ber, , addressed himself several times to me, while in conversation with the . I did not notice him until after a frequent repetition of his insolence, when I informed him “that my business, at that time, was with .” Whereupon I continued my conversation with his . During the conversation, the expressed a desire that Joseph Smith and all parties concerned in passing or executing the City Law, in relation to the press, had better come to ; that however repugnant it might be to our feelings, he thought it would have a tendency to allay public excitement and prove to the people, what we professed, that we wished to be governed by law. We represented to him the course we had taken in relation to this matter, our willingness to go before another Magistrate, other than the Municipal Court; the illegal refusal of our request by the , our dismissal by the municipal Court, a legally constituted tribunal, our subsequent trial before at the instance of (the circuit Judge) and our dismissal by him. That we had fulfilled the law in every particular; that it was our enemies who were breaking the law and having murderous designs were only making use of this, as a pretext to get us into their power. The stated that the people viewed it differently and that notwithstanding our opinions, he would recomend that the people should be satisfied. We then remarked [p. 23]