29 gen 1861 anni - Wyandotte Constitution
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The Wyandotte Constitution admitted Kansas as a free state, although it was not the first choice. There were four constitutions made for Kansans to vote on, the Topeka Constitution, the Leavenworth Constitution, the Lecompton Constitution and the Wyandotte Constitution. After voting took place in a climate of intimidation and open violence, the Lecompton Constitution (1857) was voted to be the constitution of Kansas, and would have made Kansas a slave state. All that was left to do was send it to Washington D.C.
Pierce supported the outcome despite the irregularities. When Free-Staters set up a shadow government and drafted the Topeka Constitution, Pierce called their work an act of rebellion. The president continued to recognize the pro-slavery legislature, which was dominated by Democrats, even after a Congressional investigative committee found its election to have been illegitimate. He dispatched federal troops to break up a meeting of the Topeka government.
In a December 1857 meeting with Stephen Douglas, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories and an important northern Democrat, Buchanan demanded that all Democrats support the administration's position of admitting Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution. On February 2, Buchanan transmitted the Lecompton Constitution to Congress. He also transmitted a message that attacked the "revolutionary government" in Topeka, conflating them with the Mormons in Utah. Buchanan made every effort to secure congressional approval, offering favors, patronage appointments, and even cash for votes. The Lecompton Constitution won the approval of the Senate in March, but a combination of Know-Nothings, Republicans, and northern Democrats defeated the bill in the House. Rather than accepting defeat, Buchanan backed the English Bill, which offered Kansans immediate statehood and vast public lands in exchange for accepting the Lecompton Constitution.
In August 1858, a Kansas referendum strongly rejected the Lecompton Constitution. The people of Kansas were set to vote on the four constitutions again. After another voting session, The Wyandotte Constitution was to be voted as the constitution of Kansas. Washington approved it and it was set, The Wyandotte Constitution was the constitution for Kansas.
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History of Leadership In The States
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