Excerpt from The Latimers: A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794 To suppress this insurrection President Washington led towards the frontier an army which in point of equip ment was perhaps superior to any which he commanded during the War for Independence. He paused at Carlisle to return to Philadelphia, then the capital of the Republic, leaving General Lee, accompanied by Secretary Hamilton, to march the militia across the mountains to the scene of the disturbances in Washington and Allegheny Counties. The course of the story leads the reader into the midst of these stirring events. Within this period the author has laid the scenes of his story. Indeed, it has been a chief purpose to present the true character of this famous, or as it is more commonly conceived, this infamous insurrection. A degree of obloquy has fallen upon the race most closely concerned therein, which, in the author's judgment, is not deserved. He does not seek to exempt the scotch-irishmen and others, associated directly or indirectly with the Western riots, from deserved censure; but he believes that the character of the men concerned, as well as their motives and the actual degree of criminality in the various risings, have been exaggerated and misrepresented in history, and are not understood by the people at large. In the various inci dents described, the author uncovers his own view of the origin, progress and disappearance of this insurrectionary movement. While he does not suppose that his personal bias is wholly concealed, yet he ventures to indulge the hope that in this regard he has shown the impartiality and truthfulness which should characterize history, even though it be written in the form of a romance. 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.