Geary and Kansas: Governor Geary's Administration in Kansas: with a Complete History of the Territory Until July 1857: Embracing a Full Account of Its Discovery, Geography, Soil, Rivers, Climate, Products; Its Organization as a Territory ... All Fully Authenticated |
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... settlers and the United States mails . - Reid attacks Brown at Osa- wattomie , who retreats and the town is sacked and destroyed.- Murder of Frederick Brown and insanity of his brother John.— Lane drives Atchison into Missouri ...
... settlers and the United States mails . - Reid attacks Brown at Osa- wattomie , who retreats and the town is sacked and destroyed.- Murder of Frederick Brown and insanity of his brother John.— Lane drives Atchison into Missouri ...
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... Settlers ordered from Indian reserve . - Sales of Delaware trust lands . - No prison in Kansas . - The capital appro- priation . - Governor Geary between two factions . - False reports.- Settlement of Hyattville . - Peace still ...
... Settlers ordered from Indian reserve . - Sales of Delaware trust lands . - No prison in Kansas . - The capital appro- priation . - Governor Geary between two factions . - False reports.- Settlement of Hyattville . - Peace still ...
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... settlers , and the speculators , many of whom had assembled from distant parts , at Fort Leavenworth , where the sales were conducted . It was argued that the settlers having improved the lands and thus enhanced their value , the ...
... settlers , and the speculators , many of whom had assembled from distant parts , at Fort Leavenworth , where the sales were conducted . It was argued that the settlers having improved the lands and thus enhanced their value , the ...
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... settlers , who , without being dis- turbed by the government agents , are making the best of their time by cutting the timber for fuel and building pur- poses . Just south of the northern line of Kansas , on the Missouri River , there ...
... settlers , who , without being dis- turbed by the government agents , are making the best of their time by cutting the timber for fuel and building pur- poses . Just south of the northern line of Kansas , on the Missouri River , there ...
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... settlers . Should the lands be opened for pre - emption and settlement by treaty with the Shawnees , as is anticipated , the claims made upon these shallow pretexts , will be maintained with pistol and bowie - knife , against any who ...
... settlers . Should the lands be opened for pre - emption and settlement by treaty with the Shawnees , as is anticipated , the claims made upon these shallow pretexts , will be maintained with pistol and bowie - knife , against any who ...
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Page 27 - Territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void— it being the true Intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude It therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic Institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 26 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Page 320 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
Page 27 - The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor to be duly elected; and a certificate thereof shall be given accordingly. That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Kansas as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 24 - And be it further enacted, that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Page 27 - That the Constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Kansas as elsewhere within the United States, except the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union...
Page 26 - Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make, if this act had never passed.
Page 332 - In administering this important trust, whilst it may be wise to grant portions of them for the improvement of the remainder, yet we should never forget that it is our cardinal policy to reserve these lands, as much as may be, for actual settlers, and this at moderate prices. We shall thus not only best promote the prosperity of the new States...
Page 26 - Kansas; and when admitted as a State or States, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission: . THE OSTEND MANIFESTO 333 181.
Page 77 - Territory was organized by an act of Congress, and so far its authority is from the United States. It has a Legislature elected in pursuance of that organic act. This Legislature, being an instrument of Congress by which it governs the Territory, has passed laws. These laws, therefore, are of United States authority and making; and all that resist these laws resist the power and authority of the United States, and are therefore guilty of high treason.