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An address, by James M. Winchell, chairman of the Constitution Convention's Committee on Remonstrance, against passage of the Lecompton Constitution. The address is formulated as an open letter ("Remonstrance of the Constitutional Convention against the passage of the Lecompton Constitution") to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, members of President Buchanan's cabinet, and state governors. The address cites five strong reasons (among them "It is not the act of the people of Kansas.") why Congress should reject the proslavery Lecompton Constitution despite "the aid of Federal bribery and corruption."
Creator: Winchell, James M
Date: March 30, 1858
Item Number: 90348
Call Number: Port Vault K 342.2 W721r 1858
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90348
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
People - Notable Kansans - Emery, James Stanley
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Ephemera
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