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54 WITH LYON IN MISSOURI
determined to make Kansas a slave State. To ac-complish
this, the Missouri Compromise would have
to be repealed.
Stephen A. Douglas, one of the greatest states-men
ever produced by this country, and known as
the Little Giant, was an aspirant for the presidency.
To realize the height of his ambition, he had to con-ciliate
the South. He therefore advanced a doctrine
known as " Squatter Sovereignty." It was that the
citizens of each Territory should settle for them-selves
the question whether the Territory should
come in as a free or a slave State.
Around this doctrine a political battle was . fought
in Congress, which stirred the country from centre
to circumference. The advocates of " Squatter Sov-ereignty"
won, and the Missouri Compromise was
repealed.
In May, 1854, what was known as the Kansas-
Nebraska Act was passed. ' This act provided that
when these Territories asked to be admitted as
States, they should come in as free or as slave
States, as the citizens of the Territories themselves
should decide.
Douglas fondly hoped that this would pacify the
South, and forever settle the vexed question of slav-ery.
But instead of settling the question, it opened a
Pandora box, and the whole country was. soon en-gaged
in a bitter strife. A conflict began which
Object Description
| Title | With Lyon in Missouri |
| Author | Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald), 1842-1926. |
| Contributors | De Lay, H. S. ; R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, Printer. |
| Description | A fiction about Civil War in Missouri. |
| Subject.LCSH | Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction. |
| Coverage | Missouri |
| Source | Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1910. |
| Language | eng |
| Date | 1910 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Identifier | 813 D9232w |
| Relation | Northwest Missouri State University Library Tom Hooper's Civil War Collection |
| Date.Digital | 2009 |
| Publisher.Digital | Missouri State Library |
| Rights | All images are in public domain |
| Contributing Institution | Northwest Missouri State University B. D. Owens Library |
| Copy Request | Contact Owens Library Archives /Special Collections at (660)562-1974. |
| Collection Name | Northwest Missouri State University Collection |
Description
| Title | Page 56 |
| Description | 54 WITH LYON IN MISSOURI determined to make Kansas a slave State. To ac-complish this, the Missouri Compromise would have to be repealed. Stephen A. Douglas, one of the greatest states-men ever produced by this country, and known as the Little Giant, was an aspirant for the presidency. To realize the height of his ambition, he had to con-ciliate the South. He therefore advanced a doctrine known as " Squatter Sovereignty." It was that the citizens of each Territory should settle for them-selves the question whether the Territory should come in as a free or a slave State. Around this doctrine a political battle was . fought in Congress, which stirred the country from centre to circumference. The advocates of " Squatter Sov-ereignty" won, and the Missouri Compromise was repealed. In May, 1854, what was known as the Kansas- Nebraska Act was passed. ' This act provided that when these Territories asked to be admitted as States, they should come in as free or as slave States, as the citizens of the Territories themselves should decide. Douglas fondly hoped that this would pacify the South, and forever settle the vexed question of slav-ery. But instead of settling the question, it opened a Pandora box, and the whole country was. soon en-gaged in a bitter strife. A conflict began which |
