Fragmented 1860s constitutional debate and contracts critique
Readable excerpts describe a partisan argument over whether the Lecompton Constitution could be changed before 1864, with references to abolitionists and Reconstruction era politics. It cites B. Forney as a key voice, notes government contracts for army supplies and transportation costs, and mentions Albany newspaper coverage of these issues.
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Lecumpros
Courter
Euggricer
Hurtin
Ibia
Salt Lake Valley
Albany Fee. Journal
Kansas Lecompton Debate in Senate Ends in Climax
The March Kansas Lecompton fight unfolds in the U.S. Senate with speeches by Seward Chittenden and Toombs. Douglas returns to deliver a defining, lengthy defense of opposition to Lecompton while gallery crowds await the final decision on the contested constitution and federal policy.
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Tie
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Mason
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Dunwiddie & Dexter
Ane Scott Et al
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Monroe
Eaid
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Wits
Foster
Paynes
Scotts
Ruseelie
County of
Green
Wisconsin
A. J. Sutherland
Arte Sherif Books
Senate Lecompton debate ends with adjournment and vote
The scene in the Senate featured Toombs urging Green to yield after Douglas speech. Green closed with a lengthy argument for Lecompton as the Minnesota amendment failed and Pugh provision passed, sealing the bill 33 to Ad. In New Orleans, March 28, Mexico reports note battles, proclamations, and shaky gains amid Zuloaga and Parodi forces near Vera Cruz.
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Douglas
South
Toombs Ot Ga
Stuart
Douglass
Toombs
Heo
Lecompton
Senate
Minnesota
Pugh
House
Zuloaga
Vera Cruz
Anti Lecompton Meeting Dominates Pittsburg Politics
An immense democratic anti Lecompton gathering convened in Pittsburg with G W Gillmore presiding and 44 vice presidents and 14 secretaries. Wm A Stokes delivered a bold speech urging against Lecompton fraud to defend popular rights, followed by John W Forney’s lengthy Kansas discussion. The gathering, among the largest for the party locally, passed resolutions reaffirming the Cincinnati platform. Embers mention emigration to territories and rising through western movement.
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King
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the Post
Wm. A. Stokes
Cincinnati
John W. Forney
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