Letter, J. Thompson to My Dear [James W.] Denver Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator) J. Thompson wrote to James W. Denver from the U. S. Department of the Interior regarding the current debate over the Lecompton Constitution. Thompson advised Denver to stand his ground in support of it, regardless of what the President might say; "to turn aside now is downright weakness" and a show of cowardice. Thompson's opinion was that a Territorial decision to abolish slavery would be against the Dred Scott decision, and therefore unconstitutional. This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101882). TKO topic guide: National Debate About Kansas>Federal Government>Congressional actions 1858-01-29 StillImage electronic image/tiff ku-kansascollection:1977 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1977 aspace_52ab1ef365f3540a35d398d4124b2f67 James William Denver papers and diary--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7167235532--RH MS 19 This work is free of known copyright restrictions.