A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, Vol. 2The meeting at Chicago was perhaps the greatest ever held in the interest of Kansas. It was on Saturday evening, May 31, 1856. Law rence had been sacked ten days before. There was an immense crowd in the square about the Court House. Hon. Norman Judd was Chair man of the meeting. His speech on taking the chair was able and elo quent. He was followed by Francis A. Hoffman. Then J. C. Vaughan reviewed the conditions in Kansas and offered these resolutions: Resolved, That the people of Illinois will aid the Freedom of Kansas.Resolved, That they will send a colony of 500 actual settlers to that Territory, and provision them for one year.Resolved, That these settlers will invade no man's rights, but will maintain their own.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.