American History Told by Contemporaries ...

Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis

Macmillan, 1901 - United States

Contents

• PART I: 1
• A Good Library of Sources: 9
• Late Minister Waddy Thompson: 15
• Senator Thomas Corwin: 24
• The Doughfaces Creed 1848: 35
• Defence of the Proviso 1847: 38
• Extension of the Constitution 1849: 40
• A FortyNiner 18491850: 43
• Senator John Caldwell Calhoun: 48
• Danger of Disunion 1850: 51
• The Middle Way 1850: 52
• Thy Glory is Departed: 55
• 66 50 An Appeal to the Higher Law 1850: 56
• The Poor Whites 1850: 59
• Death of Uncle Tom 1852: 62
• A Northern Apologist 1854: 65
• General Benjamin F Stringfellow: 68
• Slavery a Positive Good 1854: 71
• A GoodNatured Slaveholders View of Slavery 1858: 72
• A Slave Auction 1859: 79
• On the Underground Railroad 1850: 80
• 66 My Property I will Have 1851: 84
• Attack on a United States CourtHouse 1854: 87
• Gratitude of Underground Railroad Passengers 18541856: 91
• A PersonalLiberty Act 1855: 93
• CONTEST RENEWED: 97
• PAGE: 141
• 35: 144
• PART IV: 151
• Nomination of Lincoln 1860: 156
• Threats of Secession 1860: 159
• Result of the Election 1860: 162
• A Southern Opponent of Secession 1860: 164
• Constitutional Doctrine of Secession 1861: 169
• A FireEater 1861: 172
• The Wrong of Secession 1861: 175
• Let Us Alone 1861: 179
• Secession Spirit in Mississippi 1860: 180
• Crisis in South Carolina 1860: 182
• Brother Jonathans Lament 1861: 187
• An Ordinance of Secession 1861: 188
• Principles of the Confederacy 1861: 189
• A Basis of Reconciliation 1860: 193
• Helplessness of the Administration 1860: 196
• Objections to Compromise 1860: 199
• No Extension of Slavery 18601861: 202
• Senator John Jordan Crittenden: 209
• Major John Gray Foster and Major Robert Anderson: 216
• William Cullen Bryant: 230
• PAGE: 256
• CHAPTER XVITHE SOUTHERN ARMIES: 277
• LieutenantColonel Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: 284
• CHAPTER XVIIWARTIME GOVERNMENT: 290
• John Bright M P: 296
• PROGRESS OF THE: 306
• CHAPTER XXYEAR OF ADVANCE: 359
• Horace Greeley and President Abraham Lincoln: 397
• Charles Anderson Dana: 412
• RearAdmiral David Glasgow Farragut: 418
• 38: 421
• PART VII: 445
• 40: 456
• PAGE: 466
• 155: 492
• PART VIII: 501
• 159: 504
• Senator James Gillespie Blaine: 508
• 162: 513
• Henry Varnum Poor: 515
• 164: 518
• 169: 529
• 172: 539
• CHAPTER XXIXFOREIGN RELATIONS: 542
• 175: 550
• 178: 564
• 180: 573
• 182: 579
• 186: 591
• 188: 597
• 189: 601
• 193: 616
• 196: 625
• William Henry McElroy: 629
• 199: 636
• 202: 644
• 204: 649
• 43: 672
• 52: 677
• 55: 681
• 56: 682
• 59: 683
• 62: 684
• 68: 688
• 75: 693
• 416: 698
• 91: 704

Bibliographic information

• Title: American History Told by Contemporaries ...; Volume 4 of American History Told by Contemporaries, Albert Bushnell Hart
• Editors: Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1901
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jul 25, 2008
• ISBN: 072227033X, 9780722270332