The federal enclave of Kansas is admitted as a free State into the voluntary Union. This brings the balance, in the Senate, of free States and slave States to 19 free and 8 slave—excluding the federal enclave of Ohio, the Independent Republic of South Carolina, and the other seceded States: Mississippi. Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.
NOTES:
The Bill of Rights, Section 4, reads as, “The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security; but the standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be tolerated, and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.”
- Article V, Section 1, prohibits freedmen from casting ballots.
[updated 10/4/2026]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 1]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Kansas Constitution, Bill of Rights, Section 4
kspatriot.org/index.php/articles/14-kansas-government/197-constitution-of-the-state-of-kansas.html#google_vignette
Kansas Constitution, Article V, Section 1
kspatriot.org/index.php/articles/14-kansas-government/197-constitution-of-the-state-of-kansas.html?start=3
Debate Is Taboo on the Great Centralizer, Lincoln by John Avery Emison
www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/emison1.1.1.html
Why We Can’t Ignore the “Militia” Clause of the Second Amendment
mises.org/wire/why-we-cant-ignore-militia-clause-second-amendment
“Uncle Sam’s Flag of 37 Stars,” by Tom Caldwell and Jim Lorenz
ccc-2point0.com/uncle-sams-flag-of-37-stars/
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