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John J. Crittenden, a Senator of Kentucky, delivered this speech, which addressed the debate over Kansas Territory's admission to the Union under the Lecompton Constitution, on the floor of the Senate. Crittenden, himself a Southerner, contended that there was enough evidence to indicate that the Constitution that had been submitted was not well supported by the citizens of Kansas Territory, and proposed an idea which would become known as the "Crittenden Amendment" which called for the ratification of the whole Lecompton Constitution by a popular vote in the Territory before Kansas could be admitted as a state under it.
Creator: Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863
Date: March 17, 1858
Item Number: 5297
Call Number: 978.1 Kansas History Pamphlets v.4 no. 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5297
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Speech
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable People - Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Places - Other States - Kentucky
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Printed materials - Speeches
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