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Show 16 legislature met at Springfield. 6 Thus the protecting aegis of a city government was to be anatched away flrom he.r citiz,ens, when. th.ey needed it moat, leaving them exposed to the fury of the enemies. The city council of Nauvoo appointed two able-bodied t'epre- s.entattves to go to Springfield, 'Illinois, uar-y, 1845, not to repeal the Nauvoo charter. so to in December. 1844, and in Jan- represent them in attempting to get tIle state legislature The two representatives who fought ga.llantly fo%" the Saints were Ja.cob B. Backenatoa, Sheriff of Hancock County, and Almon. W. Babbitt. On December 19, 1844, Babbitt wrote from Springfield to President Brigham Young at Nauvoo concerning the anticipated movemente of the legislature aa its intended ecur se pe'l"taining to the repeal of the charter s ; All my experience I have not seen so strong a pl" ejudic e among any number of men, professing to be intelligent, as manifests itself mong .the southern members of the lelia lature. Th.ey are perfect MormQ1'l:'" eaters . They have come here under a plelge to their constituents to use up the Morlnons and in this I think they will shew more integrity than in any other respect .. , My colleague, Colonel Backenatoa, has done :rights of his biends, but. to all that he could to sustain the tell you the truth, that you may hope for the best and be pre 1 think the city charter will be repealed. There are many first speakers of tbe Demoeratie p!'ty, that have taken etrQng ground for us. The Governor is doing all that he can, consistent with his office, for us. The Senate has passed this day a bill for the repeal of the city charter, pared for the worst, empowering the sheriff of Hancock County to take into his 6 liloberts, op" dt." II, 468. |
