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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... bill . Soon the Alabama and Mississippi Legislatures in- structed their Senators to urge similar land grants for the Mobile Railroad . King and Davis cursed their solons but asked Douglas to let them amend his bill by adding the Mobile ...
... bill . Soon the Alabama and Mississippi Legislatures in- structed their Senators to urge similar land grants for the Mobile Railroad . King and Davis cursed their solons but asked Douglas to let them amend his bill by adding the Mobile ...
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... bill would automatically be incorporated in the New Mexico bill when that measure came forward . On August 9 the bill passed by a vote of 30 to 20 . Three days later Douglas spoke at some length upon the main measure . Answering attacks ...
... bill would automatically be incorporated in the New Mexico bill when that measure came forward . On August 9 the bill passed by a vote of 30 to 20 . Three days later Douglas spoke at some length upon the main measure . Answering attacks ...
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... bills before it , each of which had precedence over the Nebraska bill and it looked as if Douglas ' bill could never be brought up . But the Little Giant never quit . He now began to make use of Administration pressure . He had not so ...
... bills before it , each of which had precedence over the Nebraska bill and it looked as if Douglas ' bill could never be brought up . But the Little Giant never quit . He now began to make use of Administration pressure . He had not so ...
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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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