Chapter XI The Kansas Question Before Congress (1856)
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- Written by Theodore Clarke Smith
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- Category: The American Nation: A History Volume 18 Parties And Slavery 1850-1859
When Congress was ready for action, the Kansas situation presented a threefold problem: the policy of the federal government towards the territory; the attitude which parties should take on the pressing question; and the effect of the controversy on the election of a president, vice-president, and congressmen. By this time Pierce had definitely committed himself.
Chapter XV The Final Stage Of The Kansas Struggle (1857-1858)
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- Written by Theodore Clarke Smith
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In the opening year of Buchanan's administration, political prospects were brighter for the Democratic party than for several years previous. It was true that the dreaded northern sectional party had, at last, appeared with formidable strength; but, on the other hand, the forces of conservatism represented by the Democratic and American organizations equaled it in the north and outnumbered it in the country at large.
The Kansas Spirit
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- Written by Anna E. Arnold
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Introduction
Kansas is a great State; great in size and wealth, great in industries and resources, and great in what it has accomplished. But there are states that are larger, others that are wealthier, and many that have larger cities, greater population, a longer history, and more splendid memorials, so it is not for these things that Kansas is especially noted among the states. The quality that is the mark of its distinction is the character of its history and of its people.
Some Prominent Kansans
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- Written by Anna E. Arnold
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Hundreds of Kansas men and women have served their State in a way worthy of note. To tell the story of the services rendered by all of them would require many volumes. In a book like the present one, mention can be made of only a few of those most widely known.
Kansas And The Indian Frontier
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- Written by Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
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The long line separating the Indian and agricultural frontiers was in 1850 but little farther west than the point which it had reached by 1820. Then it had arrived at the bend of the Missouri, where it remained for thirty years.
Congressional Ruffianism
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- Written by John G. Nicolay and John Hay
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The official reports show that the proceedings of the American Congress, while in the main conducted with becoming propriety and decorum, have occasionally been dishonored by angry personal altercations and scenes of ruffianly violence. These disorders increased as the great political struggle over the slavery question grew in intensity, and reached their culmination in a series of startling incidents.