Territorial Dilemma and Road to Fremont in Kansas Territory
The narrator describes armed tensions near borders, danger of interception by Gen. Smith, and the push for Fremont as a unifying candidate. Leavenworth and Topeka emerge as pivotal sites for capital, settlement, and rail prospects, with Lawrence and Lecompton central to the political divides over slavery and statehood. Rail and river routes, trade belts, and defensive warnings color a turbulent territorial portrait.
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Missouri
Nebraska
Arma
Fremant
Leavenworth
Lecmpton
Lawrence
Sansylvaniay
New England
Kansay
Mississippi
Big Springs
Leattion
Porvitory
Lawlit California Road
Fort Riley
Topeka
Wabauraa
Tidianovinwitan
Hainsas
Washington
New York
Chi
United States
Toruaiehi
Lecompton
Bhawnee County
Nnce
Topeka Hall
Sumner
Pierre
Pottawatamie
Wabaunza
Connecticut Colony
L Ave
Manhattan
Big Blue
Kansas River
California
Golden City
New Mexico
Karena City
Army Appropriation Bill Provokes Political Stand Farm
In a critique of the Army Appropriation Bill, the piece denounces federal actions in Kansas including Col Sumner's troops dispersing the Free State Legislature at Topeka and US troops guarding Lawrence prisoners. It condemns using public funds to support perceived tyranny and praises senators who added a proviso limiting troop enforcement of harsh laws, urging a farm stand for supporters.
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Upton Feemont
Pacific
Big Spring
If & Railroad
Kansas
Tesa
Weil
Sumner
United States
Free State
Ansas
Topeka
Lawrence
Missouri River
United Stites
Tulsa
House of Representatives of
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Washington
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Ady
Thera
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Prairie Duhien Land Office
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