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Excerpt from The Foundations of Mormonism: A Study of the Fundamental Facts in the History and Doctrines of the Mormons From Original Sources Why did the State expel the Mormons? - The State published the facts upon which it based its action in 1841 - Facts given by leading Mormons - The or ganization of the Danites to commit depredations on its citi zens brought about the charge of high treason - The attack upon the State Militia by the Mormons and the appeals Of citizens for protection against them induced the Governor to issue the order to exterminate, or drive them from the State Mormons drove out Mormons by threat of vengeance - The threat '0f extermination came first from the Mormons - Their conduct could not be tolerated in a free State - This State docu ment known but to few. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.