The fire-eaters /
Walther, Eric H.,1960-
Baton Rouge ; London : Louisiana State University Press,
c1992.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-317) and index.
To make his mind the mind of other men : Nathaniel Beverley Tucker -- We shall fire the Southern heart : William Lowndes Yancey -- Honorable and useful ambition : John Anthony Quitman -- How best to control and use man : Robert Barnwell Rhett --Palmetto recklessness and daring : Laurence M. Keitt and Louis T. Wigfall -- Ploughshares come before philosophy : James D.B. De Bow -- The great one idea of my life : Edmund Ruffin -- Abstractions : William Porcher Miles -- Conclusion : Conservative liberty has been vindicated.
Secession.