O

THE

LIFE AND TIMES

OF

liam Lowndes, Yancey

A HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES,
FROM 1834 TO 1864; ESPECIALLY AS TO THE ORIGIN
OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.

BY

JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.

After the convention of 1787, these differences culminated, in 1861, in blood,
but not in treason.-MS. History by General R. E. Lee.

A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestry
will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants.-Macaulay.

ROBERTS & SON, BIRMINGHAM.

MDCCCXCII.

ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1892,

BY

JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.

IN THE OFFICE of the LIBRARIAN Of Congress,

AT WASHINGTON, D. C.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

ΤΟ

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.