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In every place where Truth can freely travel it is asserted and understood that the Legislature was imposed upon Kansas by foreigners from Missouri; and this universal voice is now received as undeniable verity.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In every place where Truth can freely travel it is asserted and understood that the Legislature was imposed upon Kansas…”
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Sumner asserts that there is a widespread acknowledgment that the Kansas legislature was illegitimately imposed by outsiders from Missouri.
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