Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
Source Note
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See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
further violence, and that you be permitted to depart in peace next spring.
We are convinced that affairs have reached such a crisis that it has become impossible for your church to remain in peace in this .
After what has been said and written by yourselves, it will be confidently expected by us and the whole community that you will remove from the with your whole church in the manner you have agreed in your statement to us. Should you not do so we are satisfied, however much we may deprecate violence and bloodshed, that voilent measures will be resorted to, to compel your removal, which will result in most disastrous consequences to yourselves [p. [47]]
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Anti-Mormon representatives from the surrounding counties met in Carthage on 1 and 2 October 1845 to discuss the state of affairs in Hancock County and the Mormon offer to leave the state. The convention approved a number of resolutions echoing the earlier resolutions made in Quincy (reproduced below in this entry) and stated that it was “too late to attempt the settlement of the difficulties in Hancock county upon any other basis than that of the removal of the Mormons from the State.” Accordingly, the convention accepted Young’s 24 September offer to leave the state in the spring. (“Carthage Convention,” Quincy [IL] Whig, 15 Oct. 1845, [1].)
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
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