KANSAS
Actually this is an ancient Roman Proverb.
When Kansas was a territory and being considered for statehood, slavery was paramount politically in the nation and in Kansas in particular. There was terrible violence against “immigrants: from the East who would vote to make Kansas a free state and retaliation against the southerners and pro-slavery sympathizers. A constitutional convention was called in the town of Lecompton of the then Kansas Territory. The convention was dominated and controlled by slavery advocates and free soilers boycotted rather than give legitimacy to a constitution where they would lose. The quotation would settle the issue of slavery for Kansas the conferees thought. President Buchanan tried to steer the Lecompton Constitution through Congress, but there was enough opposition to block it. Congress decreed a Kansas referendum. The slavery forces lost and Kansas entered as a free state; there were 3 additional constitutional conventions which passed 3 different constitutions before one was settled upon.
Kansas (/ˈkænzəs/ (listen)) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
