The Conquest of Kansas: By Missouri and Her Allies. A History of the Troubles in Kansas, from the Passage of the Organicact Until the Close of July, 1856Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1856 - 424 páginas |
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Página 77 - ... he would take the oath, and upon his replying that he would if the judges required it, he was dragged through the crowd away from the polls, amid cries of " Kill the d— d nigger-thief," u Cut his throat," '* Tear his heart out,
Página 122 - Resolved, That we will endure and submit to these laws no longer than the best interests of the Territory require, as the least of two evils, and will resist them to a bloody issue so soon as we ascertain that peaceable remedies shall fail...
Página 47 - I advise you, one and all, to enter every election district in Kansas, in defiance of Reeder and his vile myrmidons, and vote at the point of the bowie-knife and revolver. Neither give nor take quarter, as our cause demands it. It is enough that the slaveholding interest wills it, from which there is no appeal.
Página 107 - Territory, any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular, containing any denial of the right of persons to hold slaves in this Territory, such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than two years.