Geary and Kansas: Governor Geary's Administration in Kansas: with a Complete History of the Territory Until June 1857: Embracing a Full Account of Its Discovery, Geography, Soil, Rivers, Climate, Products; Its Organization as a Territory. All Fully AuthenticatedC. C. Rhodes, 1857 - 348 páginas Examines John W. Geary's governorship of Kansas during Bleeding Kansas. |
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... cause to apprehend the defeat of a measure that had occasioned great anxiety ; been attended with many difficulties ; which was of such momen- tous importance ; and until now gave promise of certain and ultimate success . It therefore ...
... cause to apprehend the defeat of a measure that had occasioned great anxiety ; been attended with many difficulties ; which was of such momen- tous importance ; and until now gave promise of certain and ultimate success . It therefore ...
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... cause , it was urged , demanded it , and " it was enough that the slave - holding interest wills it , from which there is no ap- peal , " and if the pro - slavery party should be " defeated , then Missouri and the other southern states ...
... cause , it was urged , demanded it , and " it was enough that the slave - holding interest wills it , from which there is no ap- peal , " and if the pro - slavery party should be " defeated , then Missouri and the other southern states ...
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... cause for the removal of Reeder . The secretary of the territory , Daniel Woodson , was , agreea- bly to a provision in the organic law , acting governor , from the 31st of July , until Wilson Shannon , the successor to Reeder , arrived ...
... cause for the removal of Reeder . The secretary of the territory , Daniel Woodson , was , agreea- bly to a provision in the organic law , acting governor , from the 31st of July , until Wilson Shannon , the successor to Reeder , arrived ...
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... cause . But he lacked the moral courage to accomplish the work he had promised and was expected to perform . The ... caused him so to vacillate as to render him a subject of their own ridicule and the contempt of those whom he desired to ...
... cause . But he lacked the moral courage to accomplish the work he had promised and was expected to perform . The ... caused him so to vacillate as to render him a subject of their own ridicule and the contempt of those whom he desired to ...
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... caused to be enrolled as Kansas militia . Some of the more judicious of the pro - slavery leaders saw the subject in its true and fright- ful aspects , and began to suggest measures to end the troubles without the threatened loss of ...
... caused to be enrolled as Kansas militia . Some of the more judicious of the pro - slavery leaders saw the subject in its true and fright- ful aspects , and began to suggest measures to end the troubles without the threatened loss of ...
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Página 27 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Página 27 - That the Constitution and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 26 - Provided, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to inhibit the Government of the United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the United States...
Página 297 - ... a place in the bosoms of the most enlightened and pure. But while such men are conscious of their own integrity and honesty of purpose, they ought never to forget that the citizens of other states are their political brethren ; and that, however mistaken they may be in their views, the great body of them are equally honest and upright with themselves. Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility, and artful and designing men...
Página 24 - And be it further enacted, that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Página 26 - Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make, if this act had never passed.
Página 26 - ... beginning at a point in the Missouri river where the fortieth parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the east boundary of the territory of Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Mountains; thence...
Página 26 - Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the Territory of Kansas, until said tribe shall signify their assent to the President of the United States to be included within the said Territory of Kansas...
Página 26 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Página 27 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void...