Kansas: The Prelude to the War for the UnionHoughton, Mifflin, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 72
... , the election at Easton did not take place until the 17th . A few armed free - state men from Leavenworth , led by Captain R. P. Brown , were in attendance to lend their friends any assistance that might be necessary . At night 72 KANSAS .
... , the election at Easton did not take place until the 17th . A few armed free - state men from Leavenworth , led by Captain R. P. Brown , were in attendance to lend their friends any assistance that might be necessary . At night 72 KANSAS .
Page 91
... Captain Leak - a commander with unhappy , though not disqualifying antecedents . " Mr. Leak , " in the words of a resident of Franklin , - - 66 was a traveling gambler he told me so himself . " Other towns in the territory furnished ...
... Captain Leak - a commander with unhappy , though not disqualifying antecedents . " Mr. Leak , " in the words of a resident of Franklin , - - 66 was a traveling gambler he told me so himself . " Other towns in the territory furnished ...
Page 95
... Captain Leak , should be con- sulted . This worthy was reported asleep , but it was a sort of sleep which the most energetic shak- ing , permitted by a very lax military etiquette , could not break , and his valuable advice was in ...
... Captain Leak , should be con- sulted . This worthy was reported asleep , but it was a sort of sleep which the most energetic shak- ing , permitted by a very lax military etiquette , could not break , and his valuable advice was in ...
Page 102
... winter of 1855-56 set in , " said Captain Samuel Walker . " The sides were up , roofed , and partly plastered when the Wakarusa war interrupted a work . On my return home , after the conclusion CHAPTER VII SOME HEAVY BLOWS.
... winter of 1855-56 set in , " said Captain Samuel Walker . " The sides were up , roofed , and partly plastered when the Wakarusa war interrupted a work . On my return home , after the conclusion CHAPTER VII SOME HEAVY BLOWS.
Page 114
... captain , who was in the secret , stopped for him . " Get aboard , you old scallawag , " shouted the captain with simulated gruffness as the steamer touched the landing . " I won't wait two minutes for you ! " The Lecompton authorities ...
... captain , who was in the secret , stopped for him . " Get aboard , you old scallawag , " shouted the captain with simulated gruffness as the steamer touched the landing . " I won't wait two minutes for you ! " The Lecompton authorities ...
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Page 222 - The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction ; and the right of> the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.
Page 138 - Tis time New hopes should animate the world, new light Should dawn from new revealings to a race Weighed down so long, forgotten so long...
Page 154 - ... about six o'clock next morning, when we prepared to attack them at once, on foot, leaving Frederick and one of Captain Shore's men to guard the horses. As I was much older than Captain Shore, the principal direction of the fight devolved on me. We got to within about a mile of their camp before being discovered by their scouts, and then moved at a brisk pace, Captain Shore and men forming our left, and my company the right. When within about sixty rods of the enemy. Captain Shore's men halted...
Page 6 - A few weeks afterward the committee of thirteen took those two bills and put a wafer between them, and reported them back to the Senate as one bill, with some slight amendments. One of these amendments was, that the Territorial Legislatures should not legislate upon the subject of African slavery. I objected to that provision...