CHAPTER VII.
Review (_continued_) .-- Continuance of the Struggle for Kansas .-- List of Governors .-- Robert J.Walker appointed Governor by President Buchanan .-- His Failure .-- The Lecompton Constitution fraudulently adopted .-- Its Character .-- Is transmitted to Congress by President Buchanan .-- He recommends the Admission of Kansas under its Provisions.
-- Pronounces Kansas a Slave State .-- Gives Full Scope and Effect to the Dred Scott Decision .-- Senator Douglas refuses to sustain the Lecompton Iniquity .-- His Political Embarrassment .-- Breaks with the Administration .-- Value of his Influence against Slavery in Kansas.
-- Lecompton Bill passes the Senate .-- Could not be forced through the House .-- The English Bill substituted and passed .-- Kansas spurns the Bribe .-- Douglas regains his Popularity with Northern Democrats.
-- Illinois Republicans bitterly hostile to him .-- Abraham Lincoln nominated to contest the Re-election of Douglas to the Senate .-- Lincoln challenges Douglas to a Public Discussion .-- Character of Each as a Debater .-- They meet Seven Times in Debate .-- Douglas re- elected .-- Southern Senators arraign Douglas .-- His Defiant Answer.
-- Danger of Sectional Division in the Democratic Party.
The Dred Scott decision, in connection with the Democratic triumph in the national election, had a marked effect upon the struggle for Kansas.

The pro-slavery men felt fresh courage for the work, as they found themselves assured of support from the administration, and upheld by the dogmas of the Supreme Court.

The Territory thus far had been one continued scene of disorder and violence.

For obvious reasons, the administration of President Pierce had selected its governors from the North, and each, in succession, failed to placate the men who were bent on making Kansas a slave State.
Andrew H.Reeder, Wilson Shannon, John W.Geary, had, each in turn, tried, and each in turn failed.

Mr.Buchanan now selected Robert J.Walker for the difficult task.