Same Age Quotes



When Kansas was a territory and being considered for statehood, slavery was paramount politically in the nation and in Kansas in particular. There was terrible violence against “immigrants: from the East who would vote to make Kansas a free state and retaliation against the southerners and pro-slavery sympathizers. A constitutional convention was called in the town of Lecompton of the then Kansas Territory. The convention was dominated and controlled by slavery advocates and free soilers boycotted rather than give legitimacy to a constitution where they would lose. The quotation would settle the issue of slavery for Kansas the conferees thought. President Buchanan tried to steer the Lecompton Constitution through Congress, but there was enough opposition to block it. Congress decreed a Kansas referendum. The slavery forces lost and Kansas entered as a free state; there were 3 additional constitutional conventions which passed 3 different constitutions before one was settled upon.