Chapter 43

312

Johnson, Robert Ward, position on Kansas-Nebraska bill,

393

Johnson, William, relation to nullification,

181

Johnson County, Kansas, contested election,

465

Johnston, Josiah S., on bank committee of Senate,

201

Jones, George Wallace, position on Kansas-Nebraska bill,

393

Jones, John W., reply to Adams on right of petition,

257

Jones, Samuel J.,

as sheriff, arrests Branson,

428

;

rescue of Branson,

428

;

goes to Franklin and calls help from Missouri,

428

,

429

;

his error recognized,

430

;

serves writ on Wood,

433

;

tries to arrest Tappan,

434

;

attempt to assassinate,

434

;

Donaldson's reference to the shooting,

436

;

the sacking of Lawrence,

438

K

ANSAS

C

ITY

, M

O

.,

316

;

Branscomb and Robinson at,

413

,

414

Kansas, Territory of,

bill for organization of,

389

;

the abolition protest,

389

,

390

;

reply of Douglas,

390

;

amendment of Chase,

391

,

392

;

position of Wade,

391

;

amendment of Douglas,

392

;

views of Everett,

392

,

393

;

speech of Houston,

393

;

position of Bell and the committee,

393

;

vote on the amendment,

393

;

Chase's amendment,

394

,

395

;

Pratt's amendment,

394

;

Walker's declaration and Badger's amendment,

395

;

Chase's third amendment,

395

,

396

;

Douglas's amendment,

395

,

396

;

Chase's fourth amendment,

396

;

speech of Bell against bill,

396

,

397

;

speech of Houston,

397

;

final argument of Douglas,

397

,

398

;

vote on bill in Senate,

398

;

analysis of vote,

398

,

399

;

rise of popular opposition,

399

,

400

;

the Richardson bill,

400

;

the Senate bill in the House,

401

;

position of Cushing, Davis, and Pierce,

401-403

;

action in House,

403

;

management of bill by Stephens,

404

;

bill signed by President,

404

;

analysis of vote,

404

,

405

;

meaning of the vote,

405

,

406

;

relation of Act to slavery,

407

,

408

;

the struggle for Kansas,

407

et seq.;

the plan of Thayer and his associates,

409

;

organization of the society,

409

,

410

;

opposition,

410

;

incorporation of the society,

410

,

411

;

misrepresentations as to Emigrant Aid Company,

411

;

considered as of the South,

412

;

influence of Atchison,

412

,

413

;

expedition of Robinson and Branscomb,

413

,

414

;

"Platte County Self-defensive Association,"

414

,

415

;

the founding of Lawrence,

415

;

trouble over contesting claimants,

415

,

416

;

arrival of Governor Reeder,

416

;

election of Whitfield,

417

;

effect on Republican party of interference of Missourians in Kansas,

418

;

significance of the seating of Whitfield,

418

;

census of Kansas,

419

;

interference of Missourians in election of first Territorial legislature,

419

,

420

;

action on contested election cases,

420

;

supplementary elections,

421

;

first Territorial legislature,

421

;

Robinson's plan for anti-slavery party,

421

,

422

;

legislature meets at Pawnee,

422

;

pro-slavery members seated,

422

,

423

;

trouble over adjournment to Shawnee Mission,

423

;

arrival of Sharpe's rifles,

423

;

Lane's faction checked by Robinson's Lawrence speech,

423

,

424

;

Robinson's declaration as to slavery,

424

;

Conway's letter to Reeder,

424

;

beginning of the "Free-state" movement,

424

;

legislation upon slavery,

424

;

its effect on the North,

424

,

425

;

the Lawrence and Topeka conventions,

425

;

the adoption of the Topeka constitution,

425

;

removal of Governor Reeder,

425

;

Woodson Acting-Governor,

425

;

election of Reeder as Congressional delegate,

425

;

election of Robinson as Governor,

425

;

conflicts between "Free-state" and Territorial Governments,

426

;

petition for admission and election of Senators by "Free-state" party,

426

,

427

;

characterization of "Free-state" acts,

427

;

Robinson's message to legislature,

427

;

arrival of Governor Shannon,

427

;

the Leavenworth convention,

428

;

conflict between the two governments,

428

;

the Branson rescue,

428

,

429

;

invasion of Missourians,

429

;


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