Kansas: The Prelude to the War for the UnionHoughton, Mifflin, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 78
... nothing illegal . The crafty scheme drew the pro- slavery fire and held the free - state men together until they could get possession of the legitimate legislature . CHAPTER VI . WAR ON THE WAKARUSA . WILSON SHANNON 78 KANSAS .
... nothing illegal . The crafty scheme drew the pro- slavery fire and held the free - state men together until they could get possession of the legitimate legislature . CHAPTER VI . WAR ON THE WAKARUSA . WILSON SHANNON 78 KANSAS .
Page 79
... SHANNON , of Ohio , the second gov- ernor of Kansas , was a lawyer of good repute , with an honorable record as ... Shannon's advent were not prolific in violence . The political fight — the fence of hostile constitutional expedients , a ...
... SHANNON , of Ohio , the second gov- ernor of Kansas , was a lawyer of good repute , with an honorable record as ... Shannon's advent were not prolific in violence . The political fight — the fence of hostile constitutional expedients , a ...
Page 82
... Shannon on his arrival at Shawnee Mission September 3d . There was a speech by an orator , unsurpassed and unsurpassable in high- flying sentiment , who welcomed him to a land where " the gentle pressure of the hand attests the cordial ...
... Shannon on his arrival at Shawnee Mission September 3d . There was a speech by an orator , unsurpassed and unsurpassable in high- flying sentiment , who welcomed him to a land where " the gentle pressure of the hand attests the cordial ...
Page 83
... Shannon fell into an unfortunate er- ror at the beginning of his administration - an error which he subsequently ... Shannon's arrival , who signed the notorious laws of the first legislature - a manageable sort of man , easily steered ...
... Shannon fell into an unfortunate er- ror at the beginning of his administration - an error which he subsequently ... Shannon's arrival , who signed the notorious laws of the first legislature - a manageable sort of man , easily steered ...
Page 84
... Shannon made a speech which was received with vociferous enthusiasm . " The president is behind you , " he shouted ; " the pres- ident is behind you . " The convention , follow- ing the example of the meeting at Big Springs , formed a ...
... Shannon made a speech which was received with vociferous enthusiasm . " The president is behind you , " he shouted ; " the pres- ident is behind you . " The convention , follow- ing the example of the meeting at Big Springs , formed a ...
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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...