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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... Seward and his Free - Soilers ; the Whigs seemed dazzled by the idea that only a General could win for them and so General Winfield Scott became their nominee . Webster retired to Marshfield to mourn this last defeat . ' What pains me ...
... Seward and his Free - Soilers ; the Whigs seemed dazzled by the idea that only a General could win for them and so General Winfield Scott became their nominee . Webster retired to Marshfield to mourn this last defeat . ' What pains me ...
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... Seward was nettled . ' Show it , ' he shot forth . Show it Douglas did . He read to the group the amendment a Vermont member had sought on February 12 , 1821 , that Missouri should not be ad- mitted unless she would ban slavery . Seward ...
... Seward was nettled . ' Show it , ' he shot forth . Show it Douglas did . He read to the group the amendment a Vermont member had sought on February 12 , 1821 , that Missouri should not be ad- mitted unless she would ban slavery . Seward ...
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... Seward must have time to work out this program . When the Commissioners had Senator Hunter , of Virginia , call on Seward to arrange for an interview , the Secretary said not to press him on it ; only refusal could follow . But if time ...
... Seward must have time to work out this program . When the Commissioners had Senator Hunter , of Virginia , call on Seward to arrange for an interview , the Secretary said not to press him on it ; only refusal could follow . But if time ...
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PORTRAIT Of a Senator I | 1 |
THE PRAIRIE POLITICIAN | 15 |
CALIFORNIA | 36 |
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