This post, on the occasion of the climax of the legal theory of mobilus vigilantes (Mob rule) in US history, the issuing of the Extermination Order for the ethnic cleansing of Mormans from Missouri by Gov, Lillburn Boggs, and in honor of the man who would go on to become theConqueror of El Paso (my home), William Doniphan. Thanx Dude. However, the man was honorable. In the 1838 Mormon War, which began following a clash between Mormons and state militia at the Battle of Crooked River, when governor Lilburn Boggs issued his infamous Extermination Order, directing that the Mormons be exterminated, or driven from the state, he refused to follow orders.. As a brigadier general in the Missouri Militia, Doniphan was ordered into the field with other forces to operate against the Mormons, even though he had worked diligently to avoid the conflict, and believed that the Mormons were largely acting in self-defense. After the surrender of Far West, General Samuel Lucas took custody of Joseph Smith and other Mormon leaders, and instituted a drum-head court martial which declared Smith and the others guilty of treason, and ordered Doniphan to execute them. Doniphan indignantly refused, saying: It is cold blooded murder. I will not obey your order. . . . [I]f you execute these men, I will hold you responsible before an earthly tribunal, so help me God. Heres to a soldier who understood this song. youtube/watch?v=VGWsGyNsw00
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:17:16 +0000