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Life Of Stephen A Douglas 1860
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Author :Robert Walter Johannsen Publisher :University of Illinois Press ISBN 13 :9780252066351 Total Pages :1012 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (663 download)
Book Synopsis Stephen A. Douglas by : Robert Walter Johannsen
Download or read book Stephen A. Douglas written by Robert Walter Johannsen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.-
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen a Douglas, 1860 by : Henry M. Flint
Download or read book Life of Stephen a Douglas, 1860 written by Henry M. Flint and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen A. Douglas by : William Gardner
Download or read book Life of Stephen A. Douglas written by William Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois. with His Most Important Speeches and Reports by : Henry Flint
Download or read book Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois. with His Most Important Speeches and Reports written by Henry Flint and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen a Douglas, 1860 by : Henry M. Flint
Download or read book Life of Stephen a Douglas, 1860 written by Henry M. Flint and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Stephen Douglas written by Damon Wells and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois by : Henry Martyn Flint
Download or read book Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois written by Henry Martyn Flint and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois by : Abraham Lincoln
Download or read book Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stephen Arnold Douglas by : William Garrott Brown
Download or read book Stephen Arnold Douglas written by William Garrott Brown and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois by : H. M. Flint
Download or read book The Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois written by H. M. Flint and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1860 Edition.
Author :Charles River Charles River Editors Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781986505819 Total Pages :110 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (58 download)
Book Synopsis American Legends by : Charles River Charles River Editors
Download or read book American Legends written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Explains the central issues of the 1850s, including the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott Decision. *Includes pictures of Douglas and other important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Now, I hold that Illinois had a right to abolish and prohibit slavery as she did, and I hold that Kentucky has the same right to continue and protect slavery that Illinois had to abolish it. I hold that New York had as much right to abolish slavery as Virginia has to continue it, and that each and every State of this Union is a sovereign power, with the right to do as it pleases upon this question of slavery, and upon all its domestic institutions. ... And why can we not adhere to the great principle of self-government, upon which our institutions were originally based." - Stephen Douglas A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. The most famous debates in American history were held over 150 years ago, and today they are remembered and celebrated mostly because they included future President Abraham Lincoln, one of the nation's most revered men. But in the Fall of 1858, Lincoln was just a one-term Congressman who had to all but beg his U.S. Senate opponent to debate him. That's because his opponent, incumbent U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas, was one of the most famous national politicians of the era. Though Douglas is remembered today almost entirely for his association with Lincoln, in 1858 he was "The Little Giant" of American politics and a leader of the Democratic Party. In particular, it was Douglas who had championed the idea of "popular sovereignty," advocating that the settlers of federal territory should vote on whether their state would become a free state or a slave state. When Congress created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska in 1854, it followed this model, and Douglas believed it was a moderate position that would hold the Union together. But many in the North considered popular sovereignty a deliberate attempt to circumvent the Missouri Compromise, which was supposed to have banned slavery in any state above a certain parallel. As a result, the Lincoln-Douglas debates would be almost entirely about issues pertaining to slavery. Douglas would go on to win reelection in 1858, but Lincoln would win the war, literally and figuratively. In the presidential election of 1860, Lincoln would win the Republican nomination and the presidency in large part because Douglas had fractured the national Democratic Party with some of his stated policies during the 1858 debates. When the Democrats ran a Northern Democrat (Douglas) and a Southern Democrat (Breckenridge) in 1860, they split the vote and handed the election to Lincoln. American Legends: The Life of Stephen Douglas profiles the life and politics of the Little Giant, his seminal debates with Lincoln, and his lasting legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Stephen Douglas like you never have before, in no time at all.
Download or read book Stephen A. Douglas written by Mike Bonner and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life and accomplishments of the United States senator who debated Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 presidential campaign.
Book Synopsis The Life of Stephen A. Douglas by : James Washington Sheahan
Download or read book The Life of Stephen A. Douglas written by James Washington Sheahan and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Autobiography of Stephen A. Douglas by : Stephen Arnold Douglas
Download or read book Autobiography of Stephen A. Douglas written by Stephen Arnold Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen A. Douglas by : Henry Martyn Flint
Download or read book Life of Stephen A. Douglas written by Henry Martyn Flint and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1863 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Year of Meteors by : Douglas R. Egerton
Download or read book Year of Meteors written by Douglas R. Egerton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Egerton tells the story of the dissolution of the Union as it should be told, not from the perspective of those looking back on the crisis, but from the clouded vision of those who lived through it.” -Carol Berkin, author of A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution and Civil War Wives In early 1860, pundits across America confidently predicted the election of Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas in the coming presidential race. Douglas, after all, was a national figure, a renowned orator, and led the only party that bridged North and South. But his Democrats fractured over the issue of slavery, creating a splintered four-way race that opened the door for the upstart Republicans, exclusively Northern, to steal the Oval Office. Dark horse Abraham Lincoln-not the first choice even of his own party-won the presidency with a record-low share of the popular vote. His victory instantly triggered the secession crisis. With a historian's keen insight and a veteran political reporter's eye for detail, Douglas R. Egerton re-creates the cascade of unforeseen events that confounded political bosses, set North and South on the road to disunion, and put not Stephen Douglas but his greatest rival in the White House. Year of Meteors delivers a vibrant cast of characters-from the gifted, flawed Douglas to the Southern “fire-eaters,” who gleefully sabotaged their own party, to the untested Abraham Lincoln-and a breakneck narrative of this most momentous year in American history.
Book Synopsis Life of Stephen A. Douglas (Classic Reprint) by : William Gardner
Download or read book Life of Stephen A. Douglas (Classic Reprint) written by William Gardner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of Stephen A. Douglas I have derived this narrative mainly from orig inal sources. The biography written during his life time by his friend Sheahan, and that published two years after his death by his admirer, Flint, are chiefly drawn on for the brief account of his early life. The history of his career in Congress has been gathered from the Congressional Record; the account of Conventions from contemporary reports, and the Debates with Lincoln from the authorized publication. I have not consciously taken any liberty with any text quoted, except to omit superfluous words, which omissions are indicated by asterisks. I have not attempted to pronounce judgment on Douglas or his contemporaries, but to submit the evidence. Not those who write, but those who read', pass final judgment on the heroes of biography. 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.
