Author: H. Miles Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781332343324

Excerpt from Early History of Leavenworth City and County: Also an Appendix Containing a List of the Lawyers, With a Sketch of Each, of the First Judicial District, and Who Signed the Roll of Attorneys From 1855 to the Admission of the State A Brief Summary of the Causes Which Led Up to the Struggle in the Early Settlement of Kansas, Between The Pro-Slavery Party on the One Side, and the Free State Party on the Other. The Situation of Affairs Along the Border in Missouri Prior to the Passage of the "Kansas-Nebraska Bill." It is not the intention or desire of the writer of these sketches to enter into a long discussion of the question of slavery as it existed in Missouri or the southern states at the time of the passage of the Douglas Kansas-Nebraska Bill by Congress, March 30, 1854, (as it was called in those days.) That subject has been fully amplified and, I might with propriety say, exhausted, by writers on both sides long years ago. It would be but threshing over old straw, with no credit or advantage to the writer and surely no pleasure or profit to the reader. In elucidating some of the peculiar and stirring events which lay along the pathway of the early settlement of the town of Leavenworth, as well as the motives which in many instances seemed to govern the actions of the participants in those events, not only in Leavenworth, but in the other towns along the border and the country surrounding, it would seem almost necessary to a full and correct understanding of those motives and of the people themselves that a succinct, truthful and concise statement of facts should be given as to the situation, character and environments of the people of the border counties of Missouri prior to the settlement of Kansas. The writer of these sketches deems himself qualified to speak truthfully and impartially. Born, reared and educated in the North at the same time with no political prejudices against the South, her people or her institutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.