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Word: lecompton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...Prohibition. He favored settlement of the question in each new State by "popular sovereignty." His quarrel with Buchanan arose because he thought the President had gone over bag & baggage to the extreme pro-slavery camp in trying to make Kansas a slave State. Declared Senator Douglas of the Lecompton constitution: "It's none of my business which way the slavery clause is decided. I care not whether it is voted up or down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Little Giant's Letter | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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