[Homer_J_Simpson]

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Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

[colorado tanker]

"Great regularity and strict conformity to law"

So, fake news isn't so new?

Robert Toombs was a big time fire eater. Read his speech to the Georgia legislature just before secession and you will have no doubt Georgia left the Union over the slavery issue.

P.S. Princess Victoria, the Queen's eldest, did indeed marry Prince Frederick of Prussia. By all accounts they were very happy. Both were liberals by Prussian standards. Frederick died young, of cancer. A debate still rages whether he would have reformed Germany and avoided WWI had he lived a full life. But, I may be wandering into Henkster's Law territory and speculating that Germans would not act like Germans.

[BroJoeK]

I note the names of Alexander Stephens and Robert Toombs in this report.
Wonder if we'll see them again?

Lots of Southerners threatening secession over Lecompton.
Also Senator Sam Houston presenting a proposal for a convention of Southern States to protect their "equal rights".
Do you suppose Houston would support secession, if push comes to shove?