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To Govern the Devil in Hell: The Political Crisis of Territorial Kansas

To Govern the Devil in Hell: The Political Crisis of Territorial Kansas


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One hundred and fifty years after Kansas was admitted to the Union, we still find ourselves fascinated by the specter of "Bleeding Kansas" and the violence that preceded the American Civil War by five years. Although ample attention has been devoted to understanding why territorial violence broke out in Kansas in 1856, of equal concern but less illuminated is the question of why government, both local and national, allowed the violence to continue unstanched for so long. This question is fundamentally about governance-its existence, exercise, limits, and continuance-and its study has ramifications for understanding both Kansas events and why the American experiment in government failed in 1861. In addition, the book also sheds light on the nature of democracy, the challenges of implanting it in distant environs, the necessity of cooperation at the various levels of government, and the value of strong leadership. To Govern the Devil in Hell uses the prism of governance to investigate what went wrong in territorial Kansas. From the first elections in late 1854 and early 1855, local government was tarnished with cries of illegitimacy that territorial officials could not ameliorate. Soon after, a shadow government was created which further impeded local management of territorial challenges. Ultimately, this book addresses why Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan failed to act, what hindered Congress from stepping into the void, and why and how the lack of effective governance harmed Kansas and later the United States.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Jupiter's Gift: The Creation of Kansas Territory 2. Territorial Politics and the Struggle for party Supremacy, 1854–1855 3. Kansas in 1856: The Escalating Conflict 4. Congress and the Kansas Issue in 1856 5. The 1856 Presidential Campaign and Kansas as a Party Issue 6. Pledges and Principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857 7. "The Noise of Democracy": The Struggle over the Lecompton Constitution in Congress and Kansas Conclusion—"To the Stars through Difficulty" Appendix A—Kansas-Nebraska Vote in the Senate (March 3, 1854) Appendix B—Senate Results by Section and Party Appendix C—Final Kansas-Nebraska Vote in the House (May 22, 1854) Appendix D—House Results by Section and Party Appnedix E—House Results by State Appnedix F—Kansas Contested Delegate Election: Comparison of Vote to Oust Whitfield and to Seat Reader (August 4, 1856) with Vote to Authorize a Special Investigating Committee (March 19, 1856) Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Pearl T. Ponce is associate professor of history at Ithaca College and is the editor of Kansas's War.

Review :
Scholars who specialize in antebellum politics will find Ponce's monograph a treasure trove of useful data and considerable insight on the Kansas question. (American Nineteenth Century History) The author's balanced perspective and meticulous research make To Govern the Devil in Hell an authoritative account of Kansas politics in the mid-1850s and the ramifications of those territorial dynamics for the impending crisis of the Civil War. (Canadian Journal of History) Drawing on the current literature of politics and sectionalism in antebellum America, Ponce untangles the complex interactions between events inside and outside of Kansas Territory. (Kansas History) Ponce's single greatest insight in this book is the lack of a political solution to the crisis of expansionism and slavery and the ease of resorting to war. Recommended. (Choice) This well-researched book explains all the political intricacies that made territorial Kansas so volatile-and the political mismanagement that helped bring on the Civil War. (The Journal of Southern History)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780875807065
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 292
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Political Crisis of Territorial Kansas
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0875807062
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jun 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 292
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 480 gr


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