Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
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, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to city mayor [JS] and Nauvoo City Council, [, Hancock Co., IL], 22 June 1844. Version copied [ca. 22 June 1844]; handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; ten pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes docket and redactions.
Note: Graphite corrections appear throughout this document, all of which are in unidentified handwriting. It is unknown when these redactions were made; they are not reflected in the transcript.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844.
Just such another act in 1830 hurled the King of from his throne and caused the imprisonment of four of his principal Ministers for life No civilized country can tolerate such conduct; much less can it be tolerated in this free country of the
The result of my deliberations on this subject is that I will have to require you and all persons in accused or sued to submit in all cases implicitly to the process of the courts and to interpose no obstacles to an arrest either by writ of or otherwise, and that all of the people of the city of shall make & continue the most complete submission to the laws of the and the process of the courts and justices of the peace
In the particular case now under consideration I require any and all of you who are and shall be accused to submit yourselves to be arrested by the same , by virtue of the same warrant and be tried before the same whose authority has heretofore been resisted. Nothing short of this can vindicate the dignity of violated law, and allay the just excitement of the people.
I am anxious to preserve the peace A small indis-cretion may bring on a war. [p. 6]
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