Conservatism at the crossroads

Matthew J. Franck

In the spring of 1858, after an epic fight in the U.S. Congress, Kansas was denied entry into the Union as a new state. (It was eventually admitted in January 1861.) It’s a complicated story, unknown to most Americans today. But for some reason I have thought of this episode several times since last week’s election.

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/11/13/our-lecompton-moment/