. 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. 308 Tutile's IIis Ton r of the powers with which they ought to bo ondowca. It was now bcgiiiiiiiig to bo ovidout to careful observers, tlial the rcigu of the democratic party was drawing near to its end, and that the peo- ple, the great mass of the conmiunity whicli holds aloof from party organizations, were dubitating whether the great thought which had been
. 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. 308 Tutile's IIis Ton r of the powers with which they ought to bo ondowca. It was now bcgiiiiiiiig to bo ovidout to careful observers, tlial the rcigu of the democratic party was drawing near to its end, and that the peo- ple, the great mass of the conmiunity whicli holds aloof from party organizations, were dubitating whether the great thought which had been made to live and move in the old organization by the patriotism and the genius of Thomas Jefferson, had not long since died. The balance of power, whicli had been lield for so many years in the house of representatives, had gone out of the hands of the democracy, and in the senate, brutal violence rioting almost unchecked, was giving a fatal indication, that m the growing weakness of the better thought, the worst features of party existence were assuming direction. Under such circum- stances delay might help the men of Kansas, and could hardly injure them, when their friends were improving their position evei'y hour. The costs of the Wakarusa war were found to have slightly exceeded $1,000, in addition to the sum expended after the re- turn of Gen. Schuyler from the east, hence tiie amount of scrip to be provided for by the state legislature showed a total of $15,26(3, bating a few cents. That amount would have been pro- vided for in due course, according to the promise contained in the Topeka constitution, but the first state government could not sur- vive tlie difficulties with which it gallantly struggled, and event- ually the scrip became of no value in the market; but the men who had bought it had not gone into the venture for the sake of pecuniary gain; they had given freely from their means to sustain a gallant struggle, and they were inoie than repaid by the event The
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