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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... give me a single vote . ' He thought Scott a mere tool of Seward , and ' if I had a vote to give I would cast it for General Pierce . ' But Webster himself did not vote in the election ; on October 24 , he raised himself in his bed ...
... give me a single vote . ' He thought Scott a mere tool of Seward , and ' if I had a vote to give I would cast it for General Pierce . ' But Webster himself did not vote in the election ; on October 24 , he raised himself in his bed ...
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... give Douglas the devil . ' sa Lanphier , who came to Washington , was disheartened . ' I fear they have got Douglas down and that our party has gone to the devil , ' he wrote his wife . The Little Giant had one of his frequent throat ...
... give Douglas the devil . ' sa Lanphier , who came to Washington , was disheartened . ' I fear they have got Douglas down and that our party has gone to the devil , ' he wrote his wife . The Little Giant had one of his frequent throat ...
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... give him anything ? Poor imbecile old man , has he neither organ , nor Senate , nor House ? ' 64 But this jubilation was premature . House and Senate named conferees and William H. English , an Indiana Democrat who had followed Douglas ...
... give him anything ? Poor imbecile old man , has he neither organ , nor Senate , nor House ? ' 64 But this jubilation was premature . House and Senate named conferees and William H. English , an Indiana Democrat who had followed Douglas ...
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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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