The state of Illinois has passed a stay law making property a lawful tender for the payment of debts; and if we have no law on the subject we must be governed by it. Shall we be such fools as to be governed by its laws, which are unconstitutional? No! We will make a law for gold and silver; and then the state law ceases and we can collect our debts. Powers not delegated to the states or reserved from the states are constitutional. The Constitution acknowledges that the people have all power not reserved to itself. I am a lawyer; I am a big lawyer and comprehend heaven, earth and hell, to bring forth knowledge that shall cover up all lawyers, doctors and other big bodies. This is the doctrine of the Constitution, so help me God. The Constitution is not law to us, but it makes provision for us whereby we can make laws. Where it provides that no one shall be hindered from worshiping God according {290} to his own conscience, is a law. No legislature can enact a law to prohibit it. The Constitution provides to regulate bodies of men and not individuals. Alderman Wells and Counselor Orson Pratt objected to the ordinance regulating the currency from taking immediate effect. Orson Spencer and Brigham Young spoke in favor of the bill. I invited W. W. Phelps and Dr. Willard Richards, who were present, to give their opinion on the bill. They both spoke in favor of a gold and silver currency, and that it take immediate effect in the city. The bill was postponed until the next council. _Sunday, 26_.--At home all day. My mother was sick with inflammation of the lungs, and I nursed her with my own hands. _Monday, 27_.--I nursed my mother most of the day, who continued very sick. I issued a search warrant for Brother Dixon to search ------ Fidler's and John Eagle's houses for a box of stolen shoes. _Tuesday, 28_.--Mostly with my mother and family. Mr. John Brassfield, with whom I became acquainted in Missouri, called on me and spent the day and night. In the afternoon, mother was somewhat easier; and at four o'clock I went to Elder Orson Hyde's to dinner. I saw a notice in the Chicago _Express_ that one Hyrum Redding had seen the sign of the Son of Man, &c.; and I wrote to the editor of the _Times and Seasons_, as follows: _The "Sign" of the Son of Man_. SIR:--Among the many signs of the times and other strange things which are continually agitating the minds of men, I notice a small speculation in the _Chicago Express_, upon the certificate of one Hyrum Redding, of Ogle county, Illinois, stating that he has seen the sign of the Son of Man as foretold in the 24th chapter of Matthew.