These were perhaps the most alluring pltces for ambitious young professional men who sought to identify themselves with the new and growing Territory. The name of Kansas had gone abroad throughout the world. There. upon that soil. men met each other face to face and debated with each other. sometimes with terrible meaning in their voices. the grim question as to whether or not the State of Kansas should be slave or free. So intense had become that issue that there was bloodshed in Kansas. "There were drops on the bunch grass. but notof dew." . The reputation of the exciting struggle that was In progress added to the enthusiasm of the young and vigorous class of men who emigrated there. -12341
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