The Whisky Insurrection

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Excerpt from The Whisky Insurrection: A General ViewWilliam Findley wrote his history of the Insurrection an (i published it the year after the appearance of.brackenridge' s. It, too, has for its object the clearing of the writer's skirts from the strong imputation that he aided and abetted resist ance to the enforcement of the excise law. It. Shows some ability, but lacks the literary finish of the earlier work, and was written with evident bias in favor of the western people in their contention. Findley was a politician, was bitterly opposed to the policies of the then existing administration, and at that time had special interest in holding the favor of the western people. These two books were for years the accepted histories of the event, and much that has since been written on the subject has beencolored more or less by them.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.