The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-07
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minds of the earnest, Free State men of oul
sisy, sou dosbtN tsthe feasibility of lin.
lining epaper voted to the intsuls o.
their pak. tn pnly one that had ereto.
fase hen estabisd was mobbed md the
material upon which it had been printed,
thrown into the Missouri river. Those who
countenanced-and perhsps abetted-tha,
proceeding, unhesitatingly expressed the
opinion, that the then state of feeling herr
wUuid 1es permit second sttempt IN That
dirsctios. Afevef&e Aola guard" how.
ever, wke had ben here and knew we'll the
composition of the community, though,
Otherwise; ard upon Consolation, called q
meeting Of the kithfl" At Di1on's store,
on Cherokee street, for the evening of Deem
Der 18th, 10 consult about the matter. At the
appointed time and place about seventy gen.
tlemen assembled, including NJ. J. PARROT,
Henry J. Adams, B. g. Burris, Nelson Nc
Cracker, J. W. Morris, Uncle Geo. Keller,
DR.. Davis, DR.. Norton, H. p. johnson,
Adam Fisher, William Kempf, Cyrus Cur.
rier, Jonas Woolman, &c. &c.
At that meeting proposition was made
BY Mr.. Robert Crozier to establish an organ
Of the party, provided those present, and
such others as might be induced TO join
them, would share the risk Of the under.
taking. Alter much discussion and many
predictions Of disaster, the consent and as
siaance of enough Of those present was Oh.
tanned to warrant the attempt, Mr.. Croziel
agreeing to furnish half Of the funds neces.
sary for the enterprise, snd to become the edi-
tor and manager Of the paper.
A sufficient amount was at once subscribed
by those present, to justify the attempt, and
accordingly, on the eth day Of the succeeding
March, the irSt number Of THE.TrNEs was
issued from the third story Of McCracken's
stone building, which then occupied the site
Of Smith 4 Bros store on Delaware street.
No effort, on the part Of the publisher, was
made 10 secure Subscribers or advertisers
before the paper made its appearance, vel
tine first edition, consisting of seven thou
sand copies, was not only well filled with
advertisements, bat was taken up as they
came reekins from the press, by the hum
dreds Who thronged the Office on the day OF
publication. There probably never was a
psper Issued anywhere which commanded
such universal appreciation. Its friends
approved its orthodoxy and spirit, and its
supposed enemies admired its ability and
fairness. 1t vas a decided success, and prob
ably did more than any other agency in
calming the bitter feud that had ragged from
the commencement of the settlement of the
Territory. Its course was dignifed, Impair
tial and firm; and soon commanded such an
overshAdowins influence as to attract the at
tention and win the patronage of the intelli-
gent and far-seeing Of the party opposed to
Its political doctrines all over the Territory.
On two or three occasions some apprehen-
sions were felt as to the safety of the Office,
owing to some threats made by the debris Of
The old Border Rufian element, but re-
Of the premises satisfied the
enemy that an attack would be extremely
hazardous to the assailants, the only ap-
proach to the Office being through narrow
stairway, which could be successfully de-
tended by the employees, with the nipple
ments with which they were at all times pro-
vided. T-
Mr.. Crozier conducted the paper until
October l, 1857, when it was purchased by
Champion Vaughan, who was succeeded
" Vaughan 4 Bartlett, in 1855, under
vhoe management The TINES became the
eading Republican paper of the State, the
bsias ef opinion that there was
10 longer any qsestinn about Kansas being,
Ehen admitted into the Union, free State
I maintained this position until its influence
'as weakened by divided counsels, and the
'pening thus presented was speedily filed by
he establishment of The CONSERVATIVE.
II the history of the last named paper, and
f the consolidation Of the two journals, most
4 our readers are sufficiently well informed.
In the lately published life Of Bismarck