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Thus, when we arrived in Kansas, two rival governments were in existence, one the result of fraud and force, the other confessedly incomplete, being without executive power or recognition.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Thus, when we arrived in Kansas, two rival governments were in existence, one the result of fraud and force, the other…”
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Sherman describes the existence of two competing governments in Kansas, one legitimate and one fraudulent.
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