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Chapter 440 One State, Two Governments

Kansas is located in the middle state where the north and the south meet, and is the heartland of the United States.It is also the center of the vortex.

With the development of the western region, Kansas has gradually become an important traffic route for immigrants from the north and the south to New Jersey.

Both the immigration companies in the south and the immigration companies in the north regard the Kansas area as an important transit point for westward immigrants.

Therefore, the population of Kansas, which was originally sparsely populated, gradually increased, and gradually reached the standard for establishing a new state.

Conflicts ensued as southerners and northerners mixed in Kansas.This made the Kansas area the focus of the North-South conflict.

Neither the northerners nor the southerners had an absolute advantage in Kansas, but a [-]-[-] balance.

Kansas and Nebraska were two new states that the United States wanted to establish in 1854.

After consultations, the American Congress struggled to introduce the "Kansas-Nebraska Act", which declared the "Missouri Compromise" passed in 1820 and used for 34 years to be invalid.

The nullification of the "Missouri Compromise" means that the dividing line between slave states and free states at 36 degrees 30' north latitude in the compromise is invalid.

The pattern of one state and two capitals in the Kansas area was formally formed.

There is no question that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was good for the South.

The Kansas issue was the most thorny issue since Fillmore became president.

There is no need for the Congress to say much. It is impossible for the representatives of the two parties to make compromises and reach consensus on this issue involving fundamental interests.

When the absurd story of one state and two capitals in the Kansas area spread to New York, Lincoln, who was serving as the chief counsel of the Atlantic Railway Company, was greatly indignant.

Soon, slaveholders won almost all of Kansas's constituencies and quickly formed their own legislature.

Can only watch helplessly as Missourians manipulate the election.

If the United States wants to get out of the crisis, it must dig out these cancerous tumors!
It's different from those congressmen who are timid.

The new legislature adopted the entire body of laws from Missouri as Kansas laws, and added to them many new statutes concerning black slaves.

At the end of the speech, Lincoln wanted to show that he was not just a talkative person.

He condemned any attempt to split the United States, and unceremoniously reprimanded former Senator David Acheson of Missouri for blatantly trampling on the Constitution and manipulating the election. He said with great regret that the United States has reached the most dangerous time.

At Lawrence Township, they confronted the Missourians.

On March 1855, 3, Kansas held its first congressional election.

But things are obviously not that simple. The establishment of a new state needs to be recognized by Congress and the federal government.

They welcomed their new partner, Kansas, into the family of the slave states of the South.

Immigrants in the Free State were furious when they heard the news, and quickly formed an armed force determined to drive away these Missourians who did not speak martial arts.

The two sides were at each other's swords, and the Missourians who had been prepared showed their cannons to intimidate the northerners.

When Kansas officially joined the United States as a state, its state constitution needed to determine whether it was a slave state or a free state.

The final political choice for the state's constitution will depend on the results of the first-time member selection vote.

In the face of election manipulation by Missourians, they can do nothing but condemn these Missourians for blatantly trampling on the U.S. Constitution, saying some harsh words like wait and see, let us wait and see.

After successfully forming a Congress, the slaveholders quickly formed the so-called Kansas State Government in LeConton.

Both the Leconton government and the Topeka government declared that they were the only legal government in Kansas and that the other party was an illegal government.

But it also deeply displeased staunch abolitionists in the North.

New York State is the stronghold of the Free State, and Lincoln's speech is obviously very marketable here.

He was caught in a dilemma.

They hailed it as the greatest victory the South had achieved since the defeat of California in 1850 and the humiliation of Texas.

However, considering that California became a free state before, Texas ceded land for the establishment of a new state, which filled the South with resentment.

In order to take care of the emotions of the southern states, Fillmore believed that it was necessary to introduce the "Kansas-Nebraska Act", otherwise the South would never let it go.

Kansas would become a slave state if the Southern legislators were dominant; otherwise, Kansas would become a free state.

More and more New Yorkers gathered in the Crystal Palace Commercial Plaza to listen to Lincoln's speech.

On the 30th, Acheson led 1500 like-minded Missourians, carrying guns and even two artillery pieces into Kansas.

If the border between the North and the South was drawn at 36° 30' N according to the Missouri Compromise, most of Kansas would belong to the North.

Unwilling to fail, the immigrants from the free states quickly retaliated, with the support of the ruling group in the northern states.

But this time, the enemy of the United States is not the British outside, but the perverse southern slave owners group inside.

This government is also known as the Leconton government or the territorial government.

Lincoln's firm stand and attitude quickly won the applause and support of the New York audience.

Lincoln's speech was sharp and clear.

This behavior is equivalent to rubbing the free state immigrants in the Kansas area on the ground and pouring hot urine on their faces.It's a humiliation of being naked!

Lincoln gave a speech at the Crystal Palace Commercial Plaza, the most crowded place in New York.

Former Senator David Atcheson of Missouri, a fanatical slaveholder, wanted to maintain slavery in Kansas at all costs, even by force.

According to the new "Kansas-Nebraska Act", the choice of Kansas as a free state or a slave state after the statehood will be determined by the local people.

One state has two governments, which is unique in the history of the United States.

Fillmore had no other better choice than to keep silent and not express his position in any public place.

But due to insufficient preparation, the free state immigrants were poorly equipped with weapons, they had no cannon, and they did not have an advantage in numbers.

Free state immigrants in the Kansas area also quickly established their own government in Topeka, also known as the government of the free people.

As for President Fillmore, he is very clear that on the Kansas issue, as long as his words and deeds are a little careless, not only will he be caught by his political opponents, but the conflict will also expand, and even turn into an uncontrollable civil war.

In the end, under the long guns and cannons of the Missourians, these immigrants from the free state were still persuaded.

Acheson led this group of fanatical slaveholders to control all the polling places without the northerners being prepared, and stuffed tens of thousands of fake ballots into the ballot boxes to vote for candidates who supported slavery.

He stood firmly on the side of the Topeka government, leaving no room for maneuver.

Both require the federal government to recognize its own legitimacy.

The establishment of Leconton's government made the slaveholder groups in the southern states rejoice.

Faced with the demands of the Leconton government and the Topeka government, Fillmore chose to remain silent.

He took out all his savings: $23432 and 35 cents donated to the Topeka government, allowing the Topeka government to use the money to buy weapons to defend the freedom of Kansas and the majesty of the American Constitution.

This move greatly won the goodwill of the New York citizens, and the New York citizens who listened to Lincoln's speech in Crystal Palace Square donated generously.

They ended up scraping together $63521 to support the government of Topeka.

Although Lincoln lost his savings in this speech, he let the people of New York City remember his name.

(End of this chapter)