Letter, J. P. Root to Hon. Charles Robinson Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator) Joseph Root wrote to Charles Robinson from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, informing him of a development that was splitting the Republican (anti-slavery) Party. Root mentioned that a large majority of the free state House members had begun to call themselves "Radicals," or extreme Republicans. He stated that he would leave the party if, in order to be a Republican, he had to be a member of the "Jim Lane Montgomery Men." Root also informed Robinson that a court had been established in Lawrence in order to try violent offenders from Linn, Lykins, and Bourbon counties. This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101732). TKO topic guide: Territorial Politics and Government>Territorial Politics>Republican Party 1859-01-17 StillImage electronic image/tiff ku-kansascollection:1282 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1282 aspace_f8d6e0275a3e531aa5d8b34ad61e28f3 Papers of Charles Robinson--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4129692862--RH MS 38 This work is free of known copyright restrictions.