THE MORMONS.
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At our solicitation, Governor Drew has furnished us for publication, the following singular letter from the President of the Com mlttee of twelve, who rule over the Latte, ! Day Saints at the great city of Nauvoo, ano hls very appropriate reply thereto All the difficulties of that deluded people have growr out of their efforts to establish distinct ano independent jurisdictions within the limits oI Missouri and Illinois, and their determination to set at defiance any controlling, civil autho- Brlty Among the suggestions of the Cover Enor, we are not pleased with the idea of stheir migrating to CALIFORNIA, where John Bull might war with the Saints for dominion Tor make himself the head of the Church, and |colonize them, by way of gratifying his over ,reaching strides for power on this continent Fro his Excelency THos. S. DREW,

 Gopernor of .Arkansas:

 NAUvoo, ILLINOIS, April 3lst, 1S45 HONORABLE SIR:-Sutier us, sir, in behalf ,of dislranchised and long afflicted people te prefer few suggestions for your serious con. ;sideraton, in hope of friendly and unequivo teal response, at as early a period as may sui 'your convenience, and the extreme urgenc, ,ol the case seems 10 demand.

 It IS not our present design to detail tht multiplied and aggravated wrongs that wC lave received in the midst of a nation tha gave us birth. Some of us have long beer

 loyal citizens of the State over which vo, have the honor to preside; while others clain citizenship in each of the States of this grea .conlederaey.. We say we are disfranchisec .people. We are privately told by the highes

 authorities of this State, that it is neithe prudent nor safe for us to vote at the polls still we have continued 10 maintain our righ to vote, until the blood of our best men ha been shed, both in Missouri and the State O Illinois with impunty.

 l Y on are, doubtless, somewhat familiar wit } the history of our eXtermination from tn State of Missouri, wherein scores of our bre { ithren were massacred, hundreds died throug s want and sickness occasioned by their unpa ralleled suflerings; some millions of our pro sperty were confscaled or destroyed, and som fifteen thousand souls fled for their lives the then hosptable and peaceful shores ( Illinois; and that the State of Illinois grante