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Kansas War Debate On Fraudulent Votes And Submissions
A Kansas territorial debate recounts mass voting irregularities by Missouri border voters in 1855. The speaker argues Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton manipulated elections to favor a pro slavery convention, while free state residents were disenfranchised. The speech claims only a minority of counties registered properly and that theLecompton constitution was not fairly submitted to the people. It cites Governor Walker, Stanton, and Buchanan, asserting the need for true popular sovereignty.
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