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This hand-written speech appeared to be another by John Alexander Martin, seemingly composed for delivery in the spring and/or early summer of 1858, not long after he took over Atchison's Squatter Sovereign and renamed it Freedom's Champion. Here the speaker aimed his attack at the Buchanan administration and the English Bill, and the renewed attempt to pass the Lecompton Constitution at a referendum scheduled for August 2, 1858, and thus overturn the free-state victory that had already been won. The speaker seemed confident it would be defeated, as the constitution itself had been in January, but hoped for an overwhelming vote against (perhaps as many as 15,000).
Creator: Martin, John A., 1839-1889
Date: Around 1858
Item Number: 3420
Call Number: John Alexander Martin Coll. #432 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3420
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Atchison Squatter-Sovereign
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Collections - Manuscript - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Speech
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Speeches
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