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"Amos (Lawrence Letters," v. 10.
ery" as determined by its constitution at the time.
in the North which set themselves against this "Nebraska infamy"
none were more outraged and resentful than the "Cotton Whigs"
in return, had guaranteed that the territories would remain free.
swell of public opinion and curse themselves for having to do it.
26, 1854, "Amos A. Lawrence Letterbook," v. 2.
national unity for the sake of railroad ties and caucus votes.
19. Amos A. Lawrence to R. A. Crafts, New Orleans, March 7, 1854, Lawrence to Hon.
Samuel H. Walley, May 12, 1854, Lawrence to Hon. J. W. Edmonds, March 16, 1854, ibid.
two years earlier had offered his personal services to the U. S.
have never before given their influence on the anti-slavery side,"
22. Amos A. Lawrence to Marshal Charles Devens, February 17, 1851, ibid., v. 1.
23. Boston Times, May 30, 1854.
1917), v. 1, pp. 248, 256, 257.
Va., v. 41 (October, 1935), pp. 1-3.
27. Patrick Jackson to Amos A. Lawrence, June 10, 1854, "Amos A. Lawrence Letters,"
pp. 149, 150, and Eli Thayer, A History of the Kansas Crusade (New York, 1889), pp. 25-30.
grant Aid Company," ibid., v. 3, p. 100.
many Northern Whigs to work so zealously for a free-soil Kansas.
Lawrence, Kan., November 28, 1854, ibid.
31. Amos A. Lawrence to Thomas Hart Benton, January 2, 1855, ibid., v. 3.
of Thayer and Lawrence regarding the proper objectives of the company.
August 2, 1854, "Amos A. Lawrence Letterbook," v. 2.
34. Letter to be sent to every minister in New England, dated September, 1854, ibid.
City, Mo., and then set off along the Santa Fe trail into Kansas.
and Topeka, by the time the freezing winter of 1854 closed in.
attitude of the Proslavery settlers just across the border in Missouri.
35. Amos A. Lawrence to Governor Gardner, March 7, 1856, ibid., v. 3.
36. Amos A. Lawrence to President Pierce, April 17, 1855, ibid.
37. National Intelligencer, Washington, June 22, 1854.
taken in order to provide adequate protection for the emigrants.
ciety send us 200 Sharps rifles as a loan till this question is settled?"
38. Amos A. Lawrence to President Pierce, July 15, December 10, 1855, "Amos A.
Lawrence Letterbook," v. 3. Also, see Lawrence, Amos A. Lawrence, pp. 95, 104.
2 vols. (New York, 1903), v. 1, p. 189.
of the fraudulent elections and the attacks of the "border ruffians"
his decision. "You must have arms, or your courage will not avail,"
that men are enrolling, & money is being raised in the North,"

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