. A brief history of the United States . reconciliation proving futile, he renounced his allegiance to theUnited States and followed the Confederate fortunes. He died in Richmond, wherehe was in attendance as a member of the Confederate Congress. 182 EPOCH IV. [1842. government still went on, treating his election as attempted to seize the State arsenal, but, finding it heldby the militia, gave up the attempt. Dorr was afterwardarrested, convicted of treason, and sentenced to imprison-ment for life; but was finally pardoned. Meanwhile, aliberal constitution having been legally adopt
. A brief history of the United States . reconciliation proving futile, he renounced his allegiance to theUnited States and followed the Confederate fortunes. He died in Richmond, wherehe was in attendance as a member of the Confederate Congress. 182 EPOCH IV. [1842. government still went on, treating his election as attempted to seize the State arsenal, but, finding it heldby the militia, gave up the attempt. Dorr was afterwardarrested, convicted of treason, and sentenced to imprison-ment for life; but was finally pardoned. Meanwhile, aliberal constitution having been legally adopted, went intooperation (1843). Anti-Rent Difficulties (1844).—The tenants on some of theold patroon estates in New York refused to pay the was very light,* but was considered illegal. The anti-renters, as they were called, assumed the disguise of Indians,tarred and feathered those tenants who paid their rents, andeven killed officers who served warrants upon them. Thedisturbances were suppressed only by a mihtary force (1846).. VIEW OF NAirVOO. The Mormons.—A religious sect called Mormons had set-tled at Nauvoo, 111. (1840). Here they had built a city of * The rent consisted of only a few bushels of wheat, three or four fat fowls, anda days work with horses and wagon, per year, I845-J TYLERS ADMINISTKATION. 183 several thousand inhabitants, and laid the foundation of acostly temple. Having incurred the enmity of the peopleabout them, their leader, Joseph Smith, was taken fromthe custody of the authorities, to whom he had entrustedhimself, and killed. * A mob bombarded the city for threedays, and finally (September, 1845) diove out the inhabi-tants, who fled to Iowa. Foreign Affairs.—Annexation of Texas.—The Texans,under General Sam. Houston, having won their independ-ence from Mexico, applied (April, 1844) for admission intothe Union. Their petition was at first rejected by Congress, fbut being endorsed by the people in the fall elections, it wasaccepted before
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