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 672 MISSOURI DENOMINATIONS. Organl- rations. Edifices. Sittings. Property. Baptist regular 792 518 144,210 $1,090 708 " other. Christian 18 894 6 229 1,150 68545 5,000 514700 Congregational Episcopal, Protestant. . . Evangelical Association. Friends 8T 88 5 2 27 61 5 2 12.295 20.950 1,800 500 235,700 485,650 15,000 2,000 Jewish 4 4 2100 217 100 94 86 89550 768,000 Methodist. 1,060 626 185420 1,645,300 New Jerusalem (Swe- denborgian) Presbyterian, regular. . . other Reformed church in the United States (late German "Reformed)... Roman Catholic 4 332 144 11 184 8 282 87 9 166 1,000 74,500 28,850 1,900 97,550 22,500 1,210,750 175,000 16,900 8,119,450 Unitarian United Breth'n in Christ 10 33 6 9 20 2 8,200 5,800 900 142,200 32,000 2,500 Unknown (Union) 5 6 1,300 8,300 By the grant of Louis XIV. to Crozat dated Sept. 14, 1712, " all the country drained by the waters emptying directly or indirectly into the Mississippi is included in the boundaries of Lou- isiana." (See LOUISIANA.) The states of Ar- kansas, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska were parts of the same grand division. The northern por- tion was called Upper Louisiana. The settle- ment and progress of Missouri were later and less rapid than those of the lower districts; but as early as 1720 its lead mines had attracted attention. In 1755 Ste. Genevieve, its oldest town, was founded. In 1762 France ceded to Spain the territory W. of the Mississippi, and the portion E. of that river to England. France had been despoiled of all her North American possessions. During the contest numbers of Canadian French settled in both Upper and Lower Louisiana, and a flourishing river trade sprang up between the two sections. Lands were granted liberally to the colonists, and numerous emigrants from Spain flocked into the country. In 1775 St. Louis, originally a depot for the fur trade, contained 800 inhab- itants, and Ste. Genevieve about 460. At this time Spain, siding with the colonists, entered
 * into hostilities against England. In Lower

Louisiana and Florida the arms of Spain were successful; but in 1780 St. Louis was attacked by a body of English and Indians from Michili- mackinac, and was only relieved by the time- ly arrival of Gen. Clarke from Kaskaskia. The general peace of 1783 put an end to hostilities. In the division of the Louisiana purchase in 1803, Missouri was included in the district of Louisiana, which in 1805 was erected into the territory of Louisiana, with St. Louis as the seat of its government. In 1812, on the admission of the present state of Louisiana into the Union, the name of the territory was changed to Missouri, and its government was made representative. The limits on the west were gradually extended by treaties with the Indians. In 1810 the population num- bered 20,845, of whom all but about 1,500 b 'longing to Arkansas were settled within the present limits of Missouri. Immigration now came in rapidly from the east. In 1817 the total population had increased to 60,000, and St. Louis contained 5,000 inhabitants. In this year the assembly applied to congress for per- mission to frame a state constitution. The struggle to prevent the extension of slavery into the new states led to the celebrated compromise of 1820, whereby it was deter- mined that Missouri should come into the Union as a slaveholding state, but that sla- very should never be established in any states formed in the future from the lands lying N. of lat. 36 30'. The state constitution was framed by a convention of 40 delegates con- vened in St. Louis, July 19, 1820; and the state was admitted by proclamation of the president, Aug. 10, 1821. From this time un- til the present the progress of the state in ma- terial prosperity has been rapid ; immigration has been constant, and agriculture, mining, commerce, and manufactures have been ex- panded into vast interests. The first move- ment in Missouri toward secession was made on Jan. 16, 1861, when a bill was passed by the senate providing for the assembling of a state convention. This body was organized at Jefferson City on Feb. 28, and reassembled in St. Louis March 4. Popular feeling was opposed to secession, and the action of the convention, which adjourned without passing any measures of great importance, as well as of the legislature, was strongly in favor of the Union. Soon afterward United States troops began to assemble under command of Gen. Harney in St. Louis, which was regarded as an important military point for operations against the insurgent states. Some minor con- flicts having arisen between the federal troops and the state militia, and negotiations for the maintenance of peace having failed, a procla- mation was issued on June 12 by Gov. Jack- son, calling into active service 50,000 of the state militia u for the purpose of repelling in- vasion, and for the protection of the lives, liberty, and property of the citizens." On the following day 1,500 United States troops under command of Gen. Lyon were moved from St. Louis to Jefferson City, where they arrived on the 15th. About the same time other troops were sent to Holla. Gov. Jackson, however, with other officers of the state government, had fled from Jefferson City on the 13th and gone to Booneville, where he summoned the state troops to his support. Gen, Lyon immediately advanced upon this point, and on June 17 defeated the state troops, who subsequently retreated to Syracuse. The greater portion of the state at this time was under federal control, but hostile state troops were organized in the southwest under Gen. Price. The state convention, having been re- assembled, on July 30 declared vacant the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and secretary of state, and filled them by appoint- ment. The seats of the members of the legis-