The Eve of Conflict: Stephen A. Douglas and the Needless WarOctagon Books, 1963 - Всего страниц: 608 I. Portrait of a senator -- II. The prairie politician -- III. California -- IV. The titans' last stand -- V. The triumph of the Little Giant -- VI. The first defeat -- VII. The race for the Pacific -- VIII. The coming of the storm -- IX. Riding the tempest -- X. In the light of history -- XI. A realist in an emotional age -- XII. The Black Republicans -- XIII. Bleeding Kansas -- XIV. The pendulum swings back -- XV. The second effort -- XVI. Nearing the crisis -- XVII. Douglas and Buchanan -- XVIII. 'Old Obliquity' -- XIX. Buchaneers and Black Republicans -- XX. The Little Giant takes charge -- XXI. The great debates -- XXII. The aftermath of victory -- XXIII. The struggle with the Ultras -- XXIV. The Northwest asserts itself -- XXV. On to Charleston -- XXVI. The death of a party -- XXVII. The conservatives awake -- XXVIII. The second bolt -- XXIX. The campaign of 1860 -- XXX. The cotton states secede -- XXXI. Lincoln rejects compromise -- XXXII. Holding Lincoln's hat -- XXXIII. Death of a hero -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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... Clay could have seen , in the man before him , little evidence of change from the Daniel Webster of years gone by . For age seemed to have had slight effect upon his appearance . His small hands and feet comported oddly with his more ...
... Clay could have seen , in the man before him , little evidence of change from the Daniel Webster of years gone by . For age seemed to have had slight effect upon his appearance . His small hands and feet comported oddly with his more ...
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... Clay . Lewis Cass gave added weight . Daniel S. Dickinson , of New York , had great prestige as an orator . Jesse D. Bright , of Indiana , was to represent the Democratic West . Daniel Webster , the leading mem- ber from New England ...
... Clay . Lewis Cass gave added weight . Daniel S. Dickinson , of New York , had great prestige as an orator . Jesse D. Bright , of Indiana , was to represent the Democratic West . Daniel Webster , the leading mem- ber from New England ...
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... Clay thanked him but repeated that it would be unjust . ' I respectfully ask you , Mr. Clay , ' Douglas countered , ' what right have you , to whom the country looks for so much ... to sacrifice to any extent the chances of success on a ...
... Clay thanked him but repeated that it would be unjust . ' I respectfully ask you , Mr. Clay , ' Douglas countered , ' what right have you , to whom the country looks for so much ... to sacrifice to any extent the chances of success on a ...
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PORTRAIT of a Senator | 1 |
THE PRAIRIE POLITICIAN | 15 |
lature and General Jackson Getting ahead in Prairie Politics The youngest | 33 |
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