| 610 and accordingly I departed in company with Emma and Brother Derby, and went to Carlos Granger's, who lived on the northeast part of the city. Here we were kindly received and well treated.
"Friday morning, 19th. William Clayton presented Emma's letter of the 17th to Governor Carlin at Quincy, in presence of Judge Ralston. The Governor read the letter with much attention, apparently; and when he got through he passed high encomiums on Emma Smith, and expressed astonishment at the judgment and talent manifest in the manner of her address. He presented the letter to Judge Ralston, requesting him to read it. Governor Carlin then proceeded to reiterate the same language as on a former occasion; viz., that he was satisfied there was 'no excitement anywhere but in Nauvoo, amongst the "Mormons" themselves;' all was quiet and no apprehension of trouble in other places, so far as he was able to ascertain.
"He afterwards stated, when conversing on another subject, that 'Persons were offering their services every day, either in person or by letter, and held themselves in readiness to go against the "Mormons" whenever he should call upon them; but he never had the least idea of calling out the militia, neither had he thought it necessary.'
"There was evidently a contradiction in his assertions in the above instances; and although he said 'there was no
not only able but willing to shield me and mine from every unjust prosecution. I appeal to your sympathies, and beg you to spare me and my helpless children. I beg you to spare my innocent children the heartrending sorrow of again seeing their father unjustly dragged to prison or to death. I appeal to your affections as a son, and beg you to spare our aged mother-the only surviving parent we have left-the unsupportable [insupportable] affliction of seeing her son, whom she knows to be innocent of the crimes laid to his charge, thrown again into the hands of his enemies who have so long sought for his life; in whose life and prosperity she only looks for the few remaining comforts she can enjoy. I entreat of your Excellency to spare us these afflictions, and many sufferings which cannot be uttered, and secure to yourself the pleasure of doing good and vastly increasing human happiness, secure to yourself the benediction of the aged, and the gratitude of the young, and the blessing and veneration of the rising generation.
Respectfully, your most obedient,
EMMA SMITH.
P. S.-Sir, I hope you will favor me with an answer. E. S.
-Millennial Star, vol. 19, pp. 725, 726.
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