America's Great Debate
Subtitle: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise that Preserved the Union
By: Fergus M. Bordewich
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781439124604; 9781439141687
Subjects: Politics and government; Compromise of 1850; Slavery; Causes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "A frenzy seized my soul"; title: One bold stroke; title: "Order! order! order!"; title: That demon question; title: Ultima thule; title: One of nature's nobles; title: "We have another epidemic"; title: The city of magnificent intentions; title: Deadlock; title: The godlike Daniel; title: A great soul on fire; title: Wounded eagle; title: "Secession! peaceful secession!"; title: A higher law; title: A man of unbounded confidence; title: "He is not dead, sir!"; title: "Let the assassin fire!"; title: Filibusters; title: A legislative saturnalia; title: A pact with the devil; title: "War, open war"; title: "All is paralysis"; title: The wreck of the Omnibus; title: A steam engine in britches; title: "Break your masters' locks!"; title: "It is time we should act"; title: Triumphs; title: A scandalous outrage.