In other words:
"Other than breaking laws of the land that were punishable by imprisonment, what laws were broke?"
I asked for some other issues. You think polygamy and the destruction of a press justified life time imprisonment for Smith? You said as much. And you think this justified robbing people of property and home at gun point? Basically you say the saint got whet they deserved and this mostly because they were a large voting block in the county they lived in.
Huh?
What did happen in Nauvoo anyway? Mostly threats, but not much else.
Oh gee their leaders were only murdered in COLD FRIGGIN BLOOD. Not much for you perhaps but I think murder is pretty bad.
Read up on the Nauvoo war that Crockett mentions. Also let us note that the Saints left the city in order to avoid wide spread bloodshed and war with the locals. What would have happened had they stayed?
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) The temple burned by arsen a year or so later - not the night of the Exodus (remember the painting that is hard to find now?).
No I do not remember such a painting. But you don't think burning their temple a big deal? Now arson ok?
2) Brigham Young and the apostles left as a forward party to "prepare the way". They had plenty of supplies for the entire journey.
BY and many member. So what if they were prepared. Some of the saints were better prepared than others. Economics played into this of course. The locals charged exorbitant prices for supplies and would pay nothing for property. In other words they exploited those they were driving out.
3) The frozen river was not a sign from the Mormon God. The "saints" disobeyed BY's commandment to stay behind to properly prepare for the journey - they did not.
Your point is what?
4) The horrible conditions of the exodus westward was a result of the lack of preparation of the mass of frenzied saints abandoning the safety of Nauvoo. The "saints" consumed all of the forward party's supplies in about one week.
Nauvoo was not safe. Better study up on your history man.
5) Hundreds (thousands) did not die in Nauvoo. They died in the wilderness.
I do not know how many dies in Nauvoo. Do you think though that maybe, just maybe those who dies would not have died had they not been drivin from their homes???
6) Emma, Lucy Mack and their families (and some old abandoned people) refused to leave or were left behind. They weren't raped and seldom pillaged. In fact, Emma remarried and lived within 200 feet of the mansion house for the rest of her very long life.
So what? A few stayed. They were not viewed as threat. Of course they were left alone.
7) If BY and his band of perverts remained in Nauvoo, the wheels of justice would have seen each one in prison. Who knows? The Mormon God may have issued the Manifesto in 1847 instead of the 1890, eh? Kind of difficult to do if DC 132 won't be revealed to the church at Salt Lake for another 5 years though.
Well since Mobacracy was effective in driving them out I guess we will never know.
BY's intention was to leave months before the rest of the saints. His thoughtful reasoning was to prepare the way. If the saints had obeyed him, I muse whether many would have even followed later in the relative safety of the spring/summer (after the run off) - seeing that Nauvoo became just another frontier town after the band of perverts had abandoned it.
I am not sure you can document this.
(sorry for the long post but I think it's worth considering)
I found little compelling in your post. Sorry.