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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... Harris believed , was for the Territorial bill to pass ; that done , the road lay open for full adjustment.29 When Boyd's amendment was brought to a vote , the Northern Whigs . turned against it , and it was 46 votes short of passage ...
... Harris believed , was for the Territorial bill to pass ; that done , the road lay open for full adjustment.29 When Boyd's amendment was brought to a vote , the Northern Whigs . turned against it , and it was 46 votes short of passage ...
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... Harris , his trusted lieutenant , must ' take personal charge of everything , and in no event leave Springfield even for a day during the session . ' Harris , Lanphier and other Democratic lieutenants at Springfield strug- gled manfully ...
... Harris , his trusted lieutenant , must ' take personal charge of everything , and in no event leave Springfield even for a day during the session . ' Harris , Lanphier and other Democratic lieutenants at Springfield strug- gled manfully ...
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... Harris wrote Lanphier that Chicago had done it nobly , the result was ' an earnest of the future . ' Washington , too , was impressed.36 Events operated to strengthen the demand that the Cincinnati platform contain an unqualified ...
... Harris wrote Lanphier that Chicago had done it nobly , the result was ' an earnest of the future . ' Washington , too , was impressed.36 Events operated to strengthen the demand that the Cincinnati platform contain an unqualified ...
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PORTRAIT Of a Senator I | 1 |
THE PRAIRIE POLITICIAN | 15 |
CALIFORNIA | 36 |
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