Thus the Territory has been seemingly filled with extreme violence, when the whole amount of such acts has not been greater than what occasionally passes before us in single cities to the regret of all good citizens, but without being regarded as of general or permanent political consequence.
Pierce compares the violence in Kansas to that which occurs in cities, suggesting it is not as politically significant as portrayed.
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