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... Convention . The Gubernatorial Canvass of 1859 in Kentucky . - Division of Parties.- Other Causes for the Disloyalty of Kentucky . - The " Pro - Slavery and Union " Resolu- tions . - The " State Guard . " - General Buckner . - The ...
... Convention . The Gubernatorial Canvass of 1859 in Kentucky . - Division of Parties.- Other Causes for the Disloyalty of Kentucky . - The " Pro - Slavery and Union " Resolu- tions . - The " State Guard . " - General Buckner . - The ...
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... Convention . Mr. Geary , then Governor of Kansas , vetoed the bill for calling the Convention , for the reason that it did not require the Constitution , when framed , to be submitted to a vote of the people for adoption or rejec tion ...
... Convention . Mr. Geary , then Governor of Kansas , vetoed the bill for calling the Convention , for the reason that it did not require the Constitution , when framed , to be submitted to a vote of the people for adoption or rejec tion ...
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... Convention took care to submit to the vote of the people , for ratification or rejection , the clause respecting sla- very . The official vote resulted : For the Constitution , with Slavery , 6,226 ; for the Constitution , without ...
... Convention took care to submit to the vote of the people , for ratification or rejection , the clause respecting sla- very . The official vote resulted : For the Constitution , with Slavery , 6,226 ; for the Constitution , without ...
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... Convention was bound to submit the all - important question of slavery to the people ; he added , that it was never his opinion , however , that , independently of this act , the Convention would be bound to submit any portion of the ...
... Convention was bound to submit the all - important question of slavery to the people ; he added , that it was never his opinion , however , that , independently of this act , the Convention would be bound to submit any portion of the ...
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... Convention , afforded a complete expression of the popular will , as the slavery question was the only one about which there was any controversy in Kansas . The bill for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution , was ...
... Convention , afforded a complete expression of the popular will , as the slavery question was the only one about which there was any controversy in Kansas . The bill for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution , was ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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