THE

LIFE AND TIMES

ог

William 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.

VOLUME I

After the convention of 1787, these differences culminated, in 1861, in blood,
but not in treason.—MS. History by (ieneral 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,

NEW YORK
PETER SMITH

1942

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