 The majority of Mormons would flee to Illinois, where they were received warmly by the village of Commerce, Illinois.The Mormons quickly expanded the town and renamed it Nauvoo, which was one of the largest cities in Illinois at the time.The economic, political, and religious dominance of the Mormons (Smith was mayor of the city and commander of the local militia, the Nauvoo Legion) inspired mobs to attack the city, and Smith was arrested for ordering the destruction of an anti-Mormon newspaper, the "Nauvoo Expositor", although he acted with the consent of the city council.