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Whitman writes a rather lengthy update on the Kansas Territory situation for Stearns, focusing on the political machinations of the few and the uncertain situation created by the Lecompton debate. Of territorial leadership, Whitman observes: "While Kansas is blessed with many of the truest men of the age, men who are fully up to the emergency, she is also cursed with some of the most unprincipled demagogues that ever afflicted any country." Whitman writes that there is much confusion and disagreement about the best course of action for free state men to take, now that many acknowledged the death of the Topeka movement. He then turns to the work of the Minneola and Leavenworth Constitutional Convention of March, 1858.
Creator: Whitman, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1812-1883
Date: April 13, 1858
Item Number: 90595
Call Number: George L. Stearns Coll. #507
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90595
Collections - Manuscript - Stearns, George L
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Denver, James William
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable People - Stearns, George L.
Places - Cities and towns - Centropolis
Places - Cities and towns - Minneola (Franklin County)
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Franklin
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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