Stephen Douglas was a vocal opponent of James Buchanan's efforts to pass, FTP, what 1857 constitution that supported the admission of Kansas as a slave state?
Judge Rush Elmore was sent on an unsuccessful last minute attempt to stop the president from presenting it. John Stringfellow was one of its strongest supporters, and harshly condemned Acting-Governor Frederick Stanton for hosting a second referendum on it at Leavenworth,[*] where the vote was sharply opposed to it. A committee led by Congressman William English attempted to pass it in the form of a compromise bill nicknamed the "English Swindle," but it still failed to be approved locally and was rejected in favor of another document drawn up at Wyandotte. Stephen Douglas was a vocal opponent of James Buchanan's efforts to pass, FTP, what 1857 constitution that supported the admission of Kansas as a slave state?
Judge Rush Elmore was sent on an unsuccessful last minute attempt to stop the president from presenting it.
{Lecompton} Constitution