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Preamble and Resolutions, 13 January 1845

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Nauvoo City Council, Preamble and Resolutions,
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, 13 Jan. 1845. Version copied [ca. 13 Jan. 1845] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 231–233; handwriting of
Thomas Bullock

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Preamble and Resolutions, 13 January 1845, Draft
Preamble and Resolutions, 13 January 1845
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Preamble and Resolutions, 13 January 1845, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor Preamble and Resolutions, 13 January 1845, as Published in Times and Seasons

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The voice of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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Proceedings of the City Council
 
PREAMBLE.
It is with feelings of deep and inexpressible regret that we learn that the Inhabitants of various parts of this
State

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are seeking to accumulate all the real and supposed crimes of the whole community for the secret or ostensible purpose of raising a tide of influence against the Mormon community that shall sweep them into irrecoverable ruin. This course of conduct, originating with our mortal enemies and gathering in its wake, other men that would revolt at the idea of lending a hand to oppress a long abused people that are struggling against foes within and foes without: is at the present almost insupportable to our feelings.— We have scarcely laid by our mourning weeds for murdered men, whom we promptly surrendered up to the State of
Illinois

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for an equitable trial— And now we see in embryo, another campaign to spill yet more blood and effect an utter extermination and massacre. We sought to rid our
City

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of Counterfeiters and blacklegs, these together with our foes without and within, had established a printing press of unparalleled rancor and malignity. But our efforts to obtain freedom from such vicious monsters, cost us much tribulation and precious blood.
The impunity thus far granted the murderers by the Senate and other authorities of the State of
Illinois

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, has emboldened them and their apologists to set on foot a series of other exciting causes that they so hope will either destroy this community, or prevent their criminals from being brought to punishment. We have not so much fear that our enemies will succeed in their fiendish designs against us, as we have that the peace and good order of the people of this
State

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will be disturbed, and fearful anarchy and bloody misrule will ensue among those who listen to and countenance the fell designs of those who are stealing from quiet citizens of the
State

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and palming upon them a spurious and false currency, and charging to the Mormons their own crimes. If they shall succeed, the Citizens will be involved in continual larcenies and neighborhood broils, and crimes, the end of which [p. 231]
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