it was endorsed by president james buchanan from pennsylvania. he was a northern man, but he was strongly proslavery. his predecessor, franklin pierce from concord, new hampshire even though he was from new england, he was also a strong proslavery candidate. democratic party in the 1850's was controlled by southern influence strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, who believed in the concept of popular sovereignty let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when it arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called it a swindle and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty or the will of the people. this constitution was ferociously debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, controlled by southerners, did pass it and ratified it. it got to the u.s. house with more northern influence and the debate was so rancorous that in february of 1858, late one night , while the constitution was being debated in the u.s. ho

kansas'fourth and final constitution was signed by president jay-z can -- james buchanan, literally on his way out of office. it enters the union january 20 9, 18 61 as a free state. this is a letter composed by the famous militant abolitionist of the kansas territory, john brown senior. it is known as john brown's parallels. it was published in january of 1859. this letter was written with the intent for to be published in a lawrence newspaper. it was basically john brown paralleling two incidents in bleeding kansas and justifying his actions in missouri. two plantations were attacked by john brown and his sons and followers. one slave master was murdered. and john brown in this letter says that in may of 1858 11 or 12 free statement were taken prisoner and herded down into a ravine and shot down by proslavery men. this became known as the infamous massacre. five of those men died. in this parallel, john brown is saying after the death of this one slave master, "hell has stirred from beneath." the president of united states james buchanan issued a reward for the capture of john brown

it was endorsed by the president james the buchanan from pennsylvania. he was a norther man but was strong proslavery. though he was from new england he was a strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was the father of kansas territory who believes in the concept of popular sovereignty. let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by that constitution. when that constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate it did not represent popular sovereignty. it did not represent the will of the people. this constitution was debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, which was controlled by southerners, did pass it. they got the u.s. house which had more northern influence. the debate was so rancorous that in february of 1858, late one night while this constitution was being debated in the u.s. house representatives, a brawl broke out. over 50 congressman were brawling on the floor of the u.s. house and supposedly the only thing

it was endorsed by president james buchanan from pennsylvania . he was a northern man but he was strong proslavery and his predecessor was franklin pierce, president franklin pierce and concord new hampshire, even though he was from new england he was also a strong pull -- strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, controlled by southern influence, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, the father of kansas territory, he believed in the concept of popular sovereignty and let the will of the people being spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when the lecompton constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called lecompton constitution a swindle, and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty, it did not represent the role of the people. this constitution has debated -- was debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, which was controlled by southerners didn't pass it. they ratified it. it got to the u.s. house,

james buchanan was the only bachelor president. what -- rather than have a wife, he invited his niece to serve and that purpose, which she did. the press and others didn't know what to call her one of the press came up with first lady. with the next first lady everyone started calling her that and all first ladies since then. the title didn't become official until eleanor roosevelt. the first lady didn't have a staffer budget until florence harding in the 1920's. even though the title didn't come about until long after hanson was president, every woman served in the role of first lady which makes jane hanson the first. this is the portrait of her, i would guess she was about 30 at that age. it would be illegal today and when they married john was 28 and she was 15. that is the way it worked in those days. jane was a widow fort wayne nine years and died in 1812 and she was buried in her churches graveyard. the graveyard was sold to a developer in 1913. 350 people were reinterred in the cemetery in frederick. they were buried in a tr

james buchanan was the only bachelor president. rather than have a wife, he invited his niece to serve and that purpose, which she did. the press and others didn't know what to call her one of the press came up with first lady. with the next first lady everyone started calling her that and all first ladies since then. the title didn't become official until eleanor roosevelt. the first lady didn't have a staffer budget until florence harding in the 1920's. even though the title didn't come about until long after hanson was president, every woman served in the role of first lady which makes jane hanson the first. this is the portrait of her, i would guess she was about 30 at that age. it would be illegal today and when they married john was 28 and she was 15. that is the way it worked in those days. jane was a widow fort wayne nine years and died in 1812 and she was buried in her churches graveyard. the graveyard was sold to a developer in 1913. 350 people were reinterred in the cemetery in frederick. they were buried in a traditiona

the best historical comparison can i give is you president james buchanan who ignored the growing threatsuccession from the southern states. did little to keep the country together and press stow a bloody civil war breaks out. thank god abraham lincoln had the guts and intelligence to win that war. if president obama doesn't kick in t. into floor quickly, the next president of the united states will be facing an armed conflict in the middle east that will dwarf anything we have seen so far. including the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. that's the memo. now top story tonight reaction. dancing with the devil. the perils of engaging rogue regimes. and lt. colonel tony shaffer, senior fellow at the london center. colonel, i understand that you have new information about afghanistan and isis, what is it? >> bill, basically isis is on the move. not surprisingly. what they are doing in afghanistan is quite brilliant. the much like they partnered with the baath party in northern iraq to understand how to go about dismantling parts of the country. they have now there partnered with something c

she followed james buchanan's niece. beautiful and personable.he was a personal friend of queen victoria. harriet lane was just the bees knees and the end of everything in this country. mrs. lincoln here comes to the white house and she is overweight and she is not bubbly like harriet. ms. swain: and there is a war going on. [laughter] mr. seale: and a war. she still wanted to be that. she cannot get along with the staff and they took advantage of her. a sad figure as we all know. she had some sort of depression problem at the end. ms. swain: you much an earlier congress was not willing to allocate money and in the case of the lincolns, they did. they appropriated money for refurbishing of the white house. mr. seale: she really went over the wall when she began spending on furniture and the lincoln bedroom one of her purchases. lincoln when he saw the bill they held the bill back from him. they said he resented it. the soldiers needed blankets. ms. swain: we tell the story in our chapter about her. she was really holding her breath to remember ho

thank you so much james buchanan for your beautiful words and work in cynthia comments for the great work you do and i just a shout out to edward rubÉn the founder. i want to say it is a true pleasure speaking at a university where your stated goals have to do it peace and justice and that is up for a two-year wire. it is not that common so it's just really a treat to be here. i want to talk to about a bit about the global water crisis. welcome to the high school students who are really happy you came here. and then i will talk a little bit about what we can do and what we are doing. i want to say to you that i hate it when people my age come talk to younger people and say it is due and gloom and you should forget about it. there's lots we can do about the christ says and i do deeply believe pope is a moral imperative. if i share with you the bad news, it is also because i will then share what we need to do about it. i think we need to face the actual dimension of the crisis. we have seen an enormous increase in the amount of water that we are using as the human species in the last c