Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . majority in the House. Afterballoting for several weeks Nathaniel P. Banks [Mass.],a Know-Nothing and anti-Nebraskan, was electedSpeaker of the House. The President in his annual message (on December31) declared that nothing had taken place in Kansaswhich warranted interference by the Federal Executive,and expressed the hope that the people of the Territory,by exercising *their right to determine th
Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . majority in the House. Afterballoting for several weeks Nathaniel P. Banks [Mass.],a Know-Nothing and anti-Nebraskan, was electedSpeaker of the House. The President in his annual message (on December31) declared that nothing had taken place in Kansaswhich warranted interference by the Federal Executive,and expressed the hope that the people of the Territory,by exercising *their right to determine their own do-mestic institutions under Federal protection fromoutside interference, would be able to suppress organ-ized resistance to territorial law. On January 26, 1856, George G. Dunn [Ind.] movedin the House of Representatives to restore the Missouricompromise as a means of settling the agitation. Theresolution was carried by one vote, 101 yeas to 100 nays,but failed of passage in the Senate. Outrages by the Missourians, who were called Bor-der Ruffians by the Free State men, continued. OnJanuary 21 and 22 Robinson and Gen. James H. Lane, ^ See John G. Whittier s poem, Burial of ?i\ ? ft . ^5^W^.^ *^^5S*^^ 7.!..),.
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