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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... Stephens , Toombs and Cobb , of Georgia , became interested and Henry Clay agreed to lead the new formation . But Cass declined to become Clay's running - mate and the movement collapsed . The Ultras countered by a coalition between the ...
... Stephens , Toombs and Cobb , of Georgia , became interested and Henry Clay agreed to lead the new formation . But Cass declined to become Clay's running - mate and the movement collapsed . The Ultras countered by a coalition between the ...
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... Stephens to yield Cobb the State's delegation . To this Toombs agreed , but Stephens was ' in an ovster shell , ' and Douglas men in Georgia suspected him of ' playing for the accidency nomination at Charles- ton . ' In June it looked ...
... Stephens to yield Cobb the State's delegation . To this Toombs agreed , but Stephens was ' in an ovster shell , ' and Douglas men in Georgia suspected him of ' playing for the accidency nomination at Charles- ton . ' In June it looked ...
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... Stephens answered that he ' never would submit to Black Republican aggression upon our constitutional rights ' ; but new safeguards could be secured within the Union . The Legislature should insist on the Georgia platform of 1850 ...
... Stephens answered that he ' never would submit to Black Republican aggression upon our constitutional rights ' ; but new safeguards could be secured within the Union . The Legislature should insist on the Georgia platform of 1850 ...
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PORTRAIT Of a Senator I | 1 |
THE PRAIRIE POLITICIAN | 15 |
CALIFORNIA | 36 |
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