. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Fsit OF Civ 11. SrniFt:. 435 , 1808, tliero no (luoruin I roooiisinict- mt there re- itulon powura t Mincolii on lity than ro- f) faith in its ited upon its than that of lity as torcs- lless of color. h of the corn- convention to was vigor in et offered nor ')n by force of e nominees of noting on the )allot; and in ! died of neg- Id of August, 1, no less than ority of
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Fsit OF Civ 11. SrniFt:. 435 , 1808, tliero no (luoruin I roooiisinict- mt there re- itulon powura t Mincolii on lity than ro- f) faith in its ited upon its than that of lity as torcs- lless of color. h of the corn- convention to was vigor in et offered nor ')n by force of e nominees of noting on the )allot; and in ! died of neg- Id of August, 1, no less than ority of 9,512 inducements sh bill. The lisadvantages, action of its pportionment, red of legisla- ted to assume he Democratic i time to raise jh side. The was so clearly repelled, and. the old party deprecated an uburulonment of its war cry before Kansas had bceu adiiiittod as a free state; but, for all prmticul purpoHCS the orii^inal (luarrcl had come to an «nd. Thorcuiiou the Douiocrata tried to fashion a j)latform on the 2-4th of tho Bume month, at TiCavenworth, that would enable free atate nict> to unite with tho pro-slavery parly for national and territorial pur- poses. It was somewhat dill'icult to make terms between the op- posing sections, but at length a noncommittal policy was agreed uj)oii, with vigorous metital reservations, that served for a time. The convention at Big Springs, to renew tho life of tho old frco state party, May 12,1859, was a reupcctablo failure; tho purposes of that organization were now safe in other hands, and tho conven- tion was almost a funeral. One week later, tho Kepublicana completed their party organization at Ossawatomio, when Horace Greeley was the lion of the hour on the ground made classic by the heroism of Old John Brown a few months later. The Demo- crats completed their organization the day before tho Big Springs convention. The actual government of Kansas was now vested in the now territorial legislature, which assembled on tho 8d of
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