Life Of Stephen A Douglas 1860
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Author | : Robert Walter Johannsen |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 1012 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780252066351 |
BIOG Johannsen's 1983 biography won the Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians. Though most know Douglas for his famous debates with Abraham Lincoln, Johannsen reveals him to be one of the most powerful and formidable politicians of his time. This edition contains a new introduction.-
Author | : Henry M. Flint |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2015-06-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781330205051 |
Excerpt from Life of Stephen a Douglas, 1860: United States Senator From Illinois, With His Most Important Speeches and Reports The object of the author of this book is to present to the people of the United States a truthful delineation of the character and qualities of the greatest American statesman now living. The public life of Mr. Douglas naturally divides itself into five periods. The first, from his entrance into Congress in 1843, to the close of the war against Mexico, in 1848. Second, from the close of the Mexican War to the passage of the Compromise measures of 1850. Third, from the passage of the Compromise of 1850, to the passage of the Nebraska Bill in 1854. Fourth, from the passage of the Nebraska Bill, to the third election of Mr. Douglas to the Senate, in the fall of 1858. Fifth, from the commencement of his third Senate rial term, in March, 1859, to the meeting of the Charleston Convention in April, 1860. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : William Gardner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Henry Flint |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2013-12-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781494475635 |
Today Stephen A. Douglas is mostly remembered as the man who debated Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln-Douglas debates during the Senate election in 1858, but when this biography of Douglas was written ahead of the 1860 presidential election, Douglas was still arguably the most prominent politician in America. Like most campaign literature, this is a glowing account of Douglas' life and work, and something most people today would be unfamiliar with. It's a particularly interesting read for anyone interested in Lincoln, the Civil War, the issue of slavery, and those who want to better understand the mindset of 19th century Americans.
Author | : Henry M. Flint |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2017-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781527962996 |
Excerpt from Life of Stephen a Douglas, 1860: United States Senator From Illinois, With His Most Important Speeches and Reports Great Speech of Mr. Douglas on the Harper's Ferry Invasion - Anxiety to hear him - His Speeches in Reply to Senators Fessenden, Jeff. Davis and Seward - The Caucus of Senators - Their Utopian Platform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Damon Wells |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2014-09-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1477303227 |
Stephen Douglas and the old Union lived out their last years together. It was the most critical time in the life of both the Illinois senator and his country. During most of the period 1857–1861 the American nation could still choose between adjustment of its sectional differences and civil war, and the man they called the Little Giant seemed the one statesman most likely to lead the country onto a course of compromise and reconciliation. But Douglas’ intense involvement with the American political scene—his great accomplishments in enacting the Compromises of 1850 and 1854, and his victory in the senatorial campaign of 1858—tended at times to disguise a growing alienation from the mainstream of American political life. By 1857 that alienation had reached acute proportions. In part, Douglas fell victim to his own virtues. He sought to be a nationalist in an age of sectionalism; he preached the value of compromise when most Americans questioned its worth. In other respects, Douglas’ political failures are less excusable. His attempt to convert an apparently amoral attitude toward slavery into a principle—popular sovereignty—found him dismissed by antislavery citizens as immoral and by proslavery citizens as unreliable. For too long, Douglas, professing to “care not” about the future of slavery, overlooked how much Americans could care once their consciences had been aroused or their way of life supposedly threatened. Douglas failed to win the presidential campaign of 1860 largely because he could satisfy neither the proponents nor the enemies of slavery. Yet if the last years of Douglas’ life were marred by failure, he was not ultimately the tragic figure some historians have suggested. During the campaign of 1860 a profound change began to take place in Stephen Douglas. The outmoded nationalism he had preached for so long began to give way to Unionism. In his eventual support of Lincoln and his defense of the Union, Douglas at last found a policy worthy of his great talents. Damon Wells first became interested in Stephen Douglas in 1959 after seeing a Broadway dramatization of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Later, his studies convinced him that playwright and historian alike were often unfair to Douglas. If Lincoln was to be a hero, then Douglas had to be cast as a villain. This study fills the need for a fresh and dispassionate look at Douglas and provides a fairer assessment than can be reached by simply endorsing contradictory views of apologists and critics. It places particular emphasis on the Little Giant’s struggle with President James Buchanan, the debates with Lincoln, the presidential campaign of 1860, Douglas’ complex relationship with the South, and a careful analysis of the elusive and at times exasperating principle of popular sovereignty.
Author | : Abraham Lincoln |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Campaign debates |
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Author | : Henry Martyn Flint |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1860 |
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Author | : William Garrott Brown |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : 2022-08-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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This is a biography of the famous American politician, Stephen Arnold Douglas. He was greatly admired for his public speaking, clear thinking and his energy, during the time of the presidencies of Jackson and those who followed him. He was a self-made man, typical of the pioneering spirit of those mid-nineteenth century days.
Author | : H. M. Flint |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781494197568 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1860 Edition.