FINAL EXPULSION FROM MISSOURL 319 



peatedly broke out, until at last, in 1838, tliey 

 found themselves again at open war with their 

 neighbors. They appear to have set the laws 

 of the state at defiance, and to have acted so 

 turbulently throughout, that Governor Bo^_ 

 deemed it necessary to order out a large force 

 of state miUtia to subject them : which was 

 easily accomplished without bloodshed. From 

 that time the Mormons have harbored a mor- 

 tal enmity towards the Governor : and the at- 

 tempt which was afterwards made to assassi- 

 nate him at Independence, is generally be- 

 lieved to have been instigated, if not absolute- 

 ly perpetrated, by that deluded sect. 



Being once more forced to emigrate, tliey 

 passed into Hhnois, where they founded the 

 famous ' City of Nauvoo.' It would seem that 

 their reception from the people of this state 

 .was even more strongly marked with kind- 

 ness and indulgence than it had been else- 

 where, being generally looked upon as tlie 

 victims of persecution on account of their re- 

 ligious belief; yet it appears that the good 

 people of Illinois have since become about as 

 tired of them as were any of their former 

 neighbors. It seems very clear then, that fa- 

 natical delusion is not the only sin which 

 stamps the conduct of these people with so 

 much obliquity, or they would certaiuly have 

 found permanent friends somewhere ; where- 

 as it is well known that a general aversion has 

 prevailed against them wherever they have 

 sojourned. 



Before concluding this chapter, it may be 



