IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. MARCH 12, 1856...MR DOUGLAS MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT. THE COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED SO MUCH OF THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS RELATES TO THE TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS, TOGETHER WITH HIS SPECIAL MESSAGE OF THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1856, IN REGARD TO KANSAS TERRITORY, AND HIS MESSAGE OF THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY, 1856, REQUESTING TRANSCRIPTS OF CERTAIN PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS, HAVING GIVEN THE SAME THAT SERIOUS AND MATURE DELIBERATION WHICH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT DEMANDS, BEG LEAVE TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REPORT..
1856 · 34th Cong., 1st Sess.
by Douglas, Stephen
34th Cong., 1st Sess.: SRC34., 1856. [Washington: 1856]. 29, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued], disbound. First page lightly tanned, else Very Good. An important report on the struggle for control of Kansas, examined in light of Douglas's philosophy of Popular Sovereignty. All the troubles there, his report argues, result from efforts by persons who are not "bona fide inhabitants" of Kansas to "control the political destinies and shape the domestic institutions of Kansas." He singles out the Emigrant Aid Societies, which seek to import committed anti-slavery voters into the Territory. OCLC 46998447 [2]. (Inventory #: 24018)
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