Message of the President of the United States, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a State, and presenting his views in relation to the affairs of that Territory - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00267.168
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1858
Title	Message of the President of the United States, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a State, and presenting his views in relation to the affairs of that Territory
Date	2 February 1858
Author	Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
Additional authors	United States. Congress (35th, 1st session : 1857-1858). Senate.
Document Type	Pamphlet; Government document
Content Description	United States 35th Congress, 1st session, Executive Document no. 21, Senate. Second half of pamphlet includes a proposed constitution for the state of Kansas. Article VII, on slavery, states "The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same, and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever."
Subjects	State Constitution President Government and Civics Law Westward Expansion Congress US Constitution Slavery African American History
People	Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Law; African Americans; Westward Expansion; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859