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| Keywords: bookid:02629022.emory.edu bookid02629022emoryedu bookyear:1857 bookyear1857 bookdecade:1850 bookdecade1850 bookcentury:1800 bookcentury1800 bookauthor:pierce__george_f___george_foster___1811_1884 bookauthorpiercegeorgefgeorgefoster18111884 bookauthor:summers__thomas_o___thomas_osmond___1812_1882__ed bookauthorsummersthomasothomasosmond18121882ed bookauthor:stitt__a__a___stereotyper bookauthorstittaastereotyper bookauthor:stitt__a__a___printer bookauthorstittaaprinter bookauthor:e__stevenson___f_a__owen__firm___publisher bookauthorestevensonfaowenfirmpublisher bookauthor:methodist_episcopal_church__south bookauthormethodistepiscopalchurchsouth booksubject:methodist_episcopal_church__south booksubjectmethodistepiscopalchurchsouth booksubject:methodist_episcopal_church booksubjectmethodistepiscopalchurch bookpublisher:nashville__tenn____published_by_e__stevenson___f_a__owen__agents__for_the_methodist_episcopal_church__south bookpublishernashvilletennpublishedbyestevensonfaowenagentsforthemethodistepiscopalchurchsouth bookcontributor:emory_university__robert_w__woodruff_library bookcontributoremoryuniversityrobertwwoodrufflibrary booksponsor:emory_university__robert_w__woodruff_library booksponsoremoryuniversityrobertwwoodrufflibrary bookleafnumber:193 bookleafnumber193 bookcollection:emory bookcollectionemory bookcollection:americanmethodism bookcollectionamericanmethodism bookcollection:americana bookcollectionamericana blackandwhite monochrome drawing sketch illustration bookid:02629022.emory.edu bookid02629022emoryedu bookyear:1857 bookyear1857 bookdecade:1850 bookdecade1850 bookcentury:1800 bookcentury1800 bookauthor:pierce__george_f___george_foster___1811_1884 bookauthorpiercegeorgefgeorgefoster18111884 bookauthor:summers__thomas_o___thomas_osmond___1812_1882__ed bookauthorsummersthomasothomasosmond18121882ed bookauthor:stitt__a__a___stereotyper bookauthorstittaastereotyper bookauthor:stitt__a__a___printer bookauthorstittaaprinter bookauthor:e__stevenson___f_a__owen__firm___publisher bookauthorestevensonfaowenfirmpublisher bookauthor:methodist_episcopal_church__south bookauthormethodistepiscopalchurchsouth booksubject:methodist_episcopal_church__south booksubjectmethodistepiscopalchurchsouth booksubject:methodist_episcopal_church booksubjectmethodistepiscopalchurch bookpublisher:nashville__tenn____published_by_e__stevenson___f_a__owen__agents__for_the_methodist_episcopal_church__south bookpublishernashvilletennpublishedbyestevensonfaowenagentsforthemethodistepiscopalchurchsouth bookcontributor:emory_university__robert_w__woodruff_library bookcontributoremoryuniversityrobertwwoodrufflibrary booksponsor:emory_university__robert_w__woodruff_library booksponsoremoryuniversityrobertwwoodrufflibrary bookleafnumber:193 bookleafnumber193 bookcollection:emory bookcollectionemory bookcollection:americanmethodism bookcollectionamericanmethodism bookcollection:americana bookcollectionamericana blackandwhite monochrome drawing sketch illustration black and white Identifier: 02629022.emory.edu Title: Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884 Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond), 1812-1882, ed Stitt, A. A., stereotyper Stitt, A. A., printer E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen (Firm), publisher Methodist Episcopal Church, South Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church, South Methodist Episcopal Church Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Published by E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, Agents, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ust and firm administration was about to INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 191 be inaugurated, fled, carrying with, them the spoilsof their guerilla warfare. These facts explain the troubles in Kansas, showthe temper and designs of the parties, and confutefor ever all the partisan misrepresentations of the[Northern press. Their flight was confession, andconfession proved their previous hypocrisy—theirtreasonable betrayal of ,the peace of the country.If ever the secret history of this Kansas warshould be written, it will appear that the South, sofar from attempting to cheat the North, either byfraud or force, has been either careless of her owninterest, or has confided too much in the justice ofher enemies. It is not the first time in the pro-gress of the world that the wronged have beencharged with the crimes of those who betrayedthem, nor that the offending party have sought thesympathy of mankind for persecutions they neverendured, but only inflicted. Such is life, and man,and history. Text Appearing After Image: 192 INCIDENTS OF WBSTEEN TRAVEL. LETTER XXIII. WESTON—CHINESE SUGAR-CANE—GROWTH OF THE WEST WELL-MOUNTED PREACHERS—TAKING IN NEW APPOINT-MENTS—RICH COUNTRY—FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT GLASGOW, FAYETTE, PARIS, MEXICO—MODERN CONFUSIONOF TONGUES CONFERENCE AT LOUISIANA. Having concluded the Conference, we crossedthe river to Weston, intending there to spend theSabbath. We found comfortable quarters with theRev. Wm. GL Caples, one of the preachers of the.Missouri Conference. In his garden, I saw the now famous Chinesesugar-cane. If it will grow elsewhere as in thatplace, I do not wonder at its rapidly spreadingreputation. I think the stalks were fully seven-teen feet in height. The field of corn, however,by its size attested great depth and richness of soil—a soil seldom found, save in the Platte Countryof Missouri. Unless I were very familiar with the localities, Ishould not like to walk about Weston at night. INCIDENTS OP WESTERN TRAVEL. 193 Such hills, ravines, gullies, prec Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: 02629022.emory.edu Title: Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884 Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond), 1812-1882, ed Stitt, A. A., stereotyper Stitt, A. A., printer E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen (Firm), publisher Methodist Episcopal Church, South Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church, South Methodist Episcopal Church Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Published by E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, Agents, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ust and firm administration was about to INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 191 be inaugurated, fled, carrying with, them the spoilsof their guerilla warfare. These facts explain the troubles in Kansas, showthe temper and designs of the parties, and confutefor ever all the partisan misrepresentations of the[Northern press. Their flight was confession, andconfession proved their previous hypocrisy—theirtreasonable betrayal of ,the peace of the country.If ever the secret history of this Kansas warshould be written, it will appear that the South, sofar from attempting to cheat the North, either byfraud or force, has been either careless of her owninterest, or has confided too much in the justice ofher enemies. It is not the first time in the pro-gress of the world that the wronged have beencharged with the crimes of those who betrayedthem, nor that the offending party have sought thesympathy of mankind for persecutions they neverendured, but only inflicted. Such is life, and man,and history. Text Appearing After Image: 192 INCIDENTS OF WBSTEEN TRAVEL. LETTER XXIII. WESTON—CHINESE SUGAR-CANE—GROWTH OF THE WEST WELL-MOUNTED PREACHERS—TAKING IN NEW APPOINT-MENTS—RICH COUNTRY—FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT GLASGOW, FAYETTE, PARIS, MEXICO—MODERN CONFUSIONOF TONGUES CONFERENCE AT LOUISIANA. Having concluded the Conference, we crossedthe river to Weston, intending there to spend theSabbath. We found comfortable quarters with theRev. Wm. GL Caples, one of the preachers of the.Missouri Conference. In his garden, I saw the now famous Chinesesugar-cane. If it will grow elsewhere as in thatplace, I do not wonder at its rapidly spreadingreputation. I think the stalks were fully seven-teen feet in height. The field of corn, however,by its size attested great depth and richness of soil—a soil seldom found, save in the Platte Countryof Missouri. Unless I were very familiar with the localities, Ishould not like to walk about Weston at night. INCIDENTS OP WESTERN TRAVEL. 193 Such hills, ravines, gullies, prec Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: 02629022.emory.edu Title: Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884 Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond), 1812-1882, ed Stitt, A. A., stereotyper Stitt, A. A., printer E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen (Firm), publisher Methodist Episcopal Church, South Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church, South Methodist Episcopal Church Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Published by E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, Agents, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ust and firm administration was about to INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 191 be inaugurated, fled, carrying with, them the spoilsof their guerilla warfare. These facts explain the troubles in Kansas, showthe temper and designs of the parties, and confutefor ever all the partisan misrepresentations of the[Northern press. Their flight was confession, andconfession proved their previous hypocrisy—theirtreasonable betrayal of ,the peace of the country.If ever the secret history of this Kansas warshould be written, it will appear that the South, sofar from attempting to cheat the North, either byfraud or force, has been either careless of her owninterest, or has confided too much in the justice ofher enemies. It is not the first time in the pro-gress of the world that the wronged have beencharged with the crimes of those who betrayedthem, nor that the offending party have sought thesympathy of mankind for persecutions they neverendured, but only inflicted. Such is life, and man,and history. Text Appearing After Image: 192 INCIDENTS OF WBSTEEN TRAVEL. LETTER XXIII. WESTON—CHINESE SUGAR-CANE—GROWTH OF THE WEST WELL-MOUNTED PREACHERS—TAKING IN NEW APPOINT-MENTS—RICH COUNTRY—FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT GLASGOW, FAYETTE, PARIS, MEXICO—MODERN CONFUSIONOF TONGUES CONFERENCE AT LOUISIANA. Having concluded the Conference, we crossedthe river to Weston, intending there to spend theSabbath. We found comfortable quarters with theRev. Wm. GL Caples, one of the preachers of the.Missouri Conference. In his garden, I saw the now famous Chinesesugar-cane. If it will grow elsewhere as in thatplace, I do not wonder at its rapidly spreadingreputation. I think the stalks were fully seven-teen feet in height. The field of corn, however,by its size attested great depth and richness of soil—a soil seldom found, save in the Platte Countryof Missouri. Unless I were very familiar with the localities, Ishould not like to walk about Weston at night. INCIDENTS OP WESTERN TRAVEL. 193 Such hills, ravines, gullies, prec Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: 02629022.emory.edu Title: Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884 Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond), 1812-1882, ed Stitt, A. A., stereotyper Stitt, A. A., printer E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen (Firm), publisher Methodist Episcopal Church, South Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church, South Methodist Episcopal Church Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Published by E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, Agents, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ust and firm administration was about to INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 191 be inaugurated, fled, carrying with, them the spoilsof their guerilla warfare. These facts explain the troubles in Kansas, showthe temper and designs of the parties, and confutefor ever all the partisan misrepresentations of the[Northern press. Their flight was confession, andconfession proved their previous hypocrisy—theirtreasonable betrayal of ,the peace of the country.If ever the secret history of this Kansas warshould be written, it will appear that the South, sofar from attempting to cheat the North, either byfraud or force, has been either careless of her owninterest, or has confided too much in the justice ofher enemies. It is not the first time in the pro-gress of the world that the wronged have beencharged with the crimes of those who betrayedthem, nor that the offending party have sought thesympathy of mankind for persecutions they neverendured, but only inflicted. Such is life, and man,and history. Text Appearing After Image: 192 INCIDENTS OF WBSTEEN TRAVEL. LETTER XXIII. WESTON—CHINESE SUGAR-CANE—GROWTH OF THE WEST WELL-MOUNTED PREACHERS—TAKING IN NEW APPOINT-MENTS—RICH COUNTRY—FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT GLASGOW, FAYETTE, PARIS, MEXICO—MODERN CONFUSIONOF TONGUES CONFERENCE AT LOUISIANA. Having concluded the Conference, we crossedthe river to Weston, intending there to spend theSabbath. We found comfortable quarters with theRev. Wm. GL Caples, one of the preachers of the.Missouri Conference. In his garden, I saw the now famous Chinesesugar-cane. If it will grow elsewhere as in thatplace, I do not wonder at its rapidly spreadingreputation. I think the stalks were fully seven-teen feet in height. The field of corn, however,by its size attested great depth and richness of soil—a soil seldom found, save in the Platte Countryof Missouri. Unless I were very familiar with the localities, Ishould not like to walk about Weston at night. INCIDENTS OP WESTERN TRAVEL. 193 Such hills, ravines, gullies, prec Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. | ||||
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