Political History of New York State During the Period of the Civil War

Sidney David Brummer

Columbia University, 1911 - New York (State) - 453 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 17
• How far was Weed corrupt?: 26
• Influences at work in New York to produce a revival of party: 28
• Fragments of decomposed parties: 46
• The Wood delegation to Charleston: 52
• Action of the New York delegation in the Charleston convention: 61
• A Republican caucus votes down compromise: 65
• Prospects of a fusion electoral ticket: 71
• 88888888: 78
• Call for a Democratic state convention to save the Union: 79
• The resolutions adopted and the committees appointed: 88
• CHAPTER IV: 99
• 157: 111
• The great Unionsaving meeting at Cooper Institute: 123
• Attitude of the Democrats in the Legislature during the early: 127
• CHAPTER V: 144
• THE GENESIS OF THE UNION PARTY IN NEW YORK: 151
• The bill authorizing state banks to become national banks: 165
• Result of the election: 175
• Weakness of the Democratic minority: 184
• Nevertheless the threatened rupture in the ranks of the majority: 191
• The Union legislative address and resolutions: 197
• Temporary eclipse of Weed his trip to Europe: 201
• New Yorks part in the nominations of Bell and Everett: 207
• Influence of the reverses met with by the Federal armies during: 208
• Nomination of Seymour His speech: 215
• Morgan Fenton and Cook: 221
• CHAPTER VIII: 227
• The necessity of laying aside party as an issue of the campaign: 233
• proclamation: 238
• Arbitrary proceedings of the national administration as an issue: 240
• Other issues: 247
• Effect of the Democratic victory 254: 254
• Attempt to remove the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police 261: 261
• Democratic charge of a corrupt bargain leads to a renewal of par: 270
• Debates on the administrations emancipation policy: 276
• Passage of the bill by the two houses and its veto by the Governor: 282
• Organization of the Loyal Union League: 290
• Political significance of the loyal league movement: 300
• CHAPTER XII: 320
• Prominent speakers during the campaign: 335
• CHAPTER XIII: 355
• National versus state banks: 363
• New York and the PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS OF 1864: 371
• The United States assistant treasurership at New York City: 392
• The mass peace convention: 399
• CHAPTER XV: 407
• Exciting incidents at the close of the campaign: 426

Bibliographic information

• Title: Political History of New York State During the Period of the Civil War; Issue 103 of Studies in history, economics, and public law
• Author: Sidney David Brummer
• Publisher: Columbia University, 1911
• Original from: Columbia University
• Digitized: Jul 13, 2009
• Length: 453 pages