From Abraham Lincoln ("The Momentous Issue of Civil War") to Senator Jefferson Davis ("Pulling Down the Temple"), Marshall (political science, Florida Atlantic U.) presents a dozen late antebellum Senate speeches exemplifying differing views on the questions of national identity and the right of self-government in the party platforms of the 1860 election. Sen. Andrew Johnson (Tennessee) chided both North and South for pursuing policies detrimental to their respective long-term interests. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
This collection of late antebellum U.S. Senate speeches exemplifies the official statements of the public men from the South, North, and West as they struggled with the questions of national identity and the right of self-government within the context of the rule of law.
Preface i
1. Party Platforms for the Election of 1860 1(10)
2. This Modern Revolution 11(26) Senator Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio
3. Constitutional Compromise 37(12) Senator John J. Crittenden, Kentucky
4. Preserve the Union 49(66) Senator Andrew Johnson, Tennessee
5. War Will Follow 115(32) Senator George E. Pugh, Ohio
6. The Reign of Sectionalism 147(22) Senator Alfred P. Nicholson, Tennessee
7. Slavery Agitation As Partisan Warfare 169(36) Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois
8. Pulling Down the Political Temple 205(34) Senator Jefferson Davis, Mississippi
9. The Instincts of Empire 239(24) Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia
10. The Enlargement of Empire 263(20) Senator William H. Seward, New York
11. Senate Resignations 283(14) Senator John A. Slidell, Louisiana Senator Judah P. Benjamin, Louisiana
12. The Right of Secession 297(38) Senator Joseph Lane, Oregon
13. The Momentous Issue of Civil War 335(10) Abraham Lincoln Index 345
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