telegraphs for Southern aid to oppose passage of troops through Baltimore, i. 258.

Kansas,

struggle in, between free and slave-state men, i. 98, 99;

rival constitutions of, 104, 105;

admission of, under Lecompton Constitution, urged by Buchanan, 105;

opposed by Douglas, 101, 108;

attempt of Congress to bribe into acceptance of Lecompton Constitution, 109;

rejects offer, 109;

speeches of Lincoln in, 152.

Kansas-Nebraska bill,