Stephen Douglas: The Last Years, 1857-1861University of Texas Press, 1971 - 342 pages This biography places particular emphasis on Douglas's struggles with President James Buchanan, his debates with Lincoln, the presidential campaign of 1860, and his complex relationship with the South. -- Dust jacket. |
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Page 166
... Whig vote and directed his appeals toward it as he had done in Illinois in 1858. The hostile New York Tribune scorned such an ap- proach , coming as it did from one who was " once the leader , not to say the idol , of the Democratic ...
... Whig vote and directed his appeals toward it as he had done in Illinois in 1858. The hostile New York Tribune scorned such an ap- proach , coming as it did from one who was " once the leader , not to say the idol , of the Democratic ...
Page 216
... Whig elements who were either not represented at all at Charleston or stood very low in party circles . The party machinery in the Border states remained very much in the hands of administration men or slavery sympathizers . Douglas won ...
... Whig elements who were either not represented at all at Charleston or stood very low in party circles . The party machinery in the Border states remained very much in the hands of administration men or slavery sympathizers . Douglas won ...
Page 248
... Whig vote to his standard.151 At Petersburg he re- minded his audience of the historical and commercial ties between 143 Charles Francis Adams , An Autobiography , pp . 65–66 . 144 Vicksburg Weekly Sun , September 10 , 1860 . 145 New ...
... Whig vote to his standard.151 At Petersburg he re- minded his audience of the historical and commercial ties between 143 Charles Francis Adams , An Autobiography , pp . 65–66 . 144 Vicksburg Weekly Sun , September 10 , 1860 . 145 New ...
Contents
Douglas and Goliath | 12 |
Popular Sovereignty | 55 |
The LincolnDouglas Debates | 81 |
Copyright | |
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