the lecompton constitution a swindle and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty, it did not represent the role 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 ratified it. it got to the u.s. house, which is more northern influence, when it got to the u.s. house, it was so -- the debate was so rancorous, that in february of 1858, late one night while this constitution was being debated in the u.s. house of representatives, a brawl broke out. over 50 congressmen were brawling on the floor of the u.s. house and supposedly, the only thing that broke them up was a rather humorous event. two u.s. congressmen from wisconsin grabbed the hairpiece of the congressman from mississippi and tore it off his head and they held it high above their head and said, we have scalped a man. and the congressman stopped the brawl. that is what was going on in washington. a fistfight and brawl in the u.s. house of representatives over the lecompton const

the lecompton constitution a swindle and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty, it did not represent the role 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 ratified it. it got to the u.s. house, which is more northern influence, when it got to the u.s. house, it was so -- the debate was so

this constitution, lecompton, would have made kansas a slave state. it was endorsed by president james buchanan from pennsylvania he was a northern man but he was strong pro slavery. his predecessor was franklin pierce from concord new hampshire. even though he was from new england, he was also a strong pro slavery man. the democratic pa