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1 James H. Hammond, Speech on the Admission of Kansas, under the Lecompton Constitution, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 4, 1858 301 (1866)

handle is hein.slavery/adksleco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SPEE C I ON THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS, UNDER TIlE LECOMPTON CONSTITi- TION. DELLVERED IN THE SENATE OF TI[E UNITED STATES, MAIlCl 4, 1958. THE Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, having under consideration the bill for the admission of the State of Kansas in the Union-Mr. H rAMOND said: Mr. President: In the debate which occurred in the early part of the last month, I understood the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Douglas) to say that the question of the reception of the Lecompton Constitu- tion was narrowed down to a single point. That point was, whether that constitution embodied the will of the people of Kansas. Am I correct ? Mr. Donglas. The Senator is correct, with this qualification : I could waive the irregularity and agree to the reception of Kansas into the Union under the Locompton Constitution, provided I was satisfied that it was the act and deed of that people, and embodied their will. There are other olbjections; but the others I could overcome, if this point were disposed of. Mr. Hammond. I so understood the Senator. I understood that if he could be satisfied that this Con- stitution embodied the will of the people of Kansas,

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