7-29-1846: "For the sake of humanity, it is to be hoped that the friends of law and order in our vicinity will repair to Nauvoo as soon as possible, bringing with them all the arms that can be collected...."

New-York Daily Tribune, “The Governor has plainly instructed the aggrieved to fight and kill off enough to put lynchers down . . . For the sake of humanity, it is to be hoped that the friends of law and order in our vicinity will repair to Nauvoo as soon as possible, bringing with them all the arms that can be collected. The police force are in want of muskets or rifles, and a loan of fire-arms of any kind will be thankfully acknowledged.”, July 29, 1846