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America's great debate, Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union, Fergus M. Bordewich

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America's great debate, Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union, Fergus M. Bordewich
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-463) and index
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non fiction
Main title
America's great debate
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bibliography
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Fergus M. Bordewich
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Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union
Summary
The spellbinding story behind the longest debate in U.S. Senate history: the Compromise of 1850, which brought together Senate luminaries on the eve of the Civil War in a desperate effort to save the Union
Table Of Contents
"A frenzy seized my soul" -- One bold stroke -- "Order! order! order!" -- That demon question -- Ultima thule -- One of nature's nobles -- "We have another epidemic" -- The city of magnificent intentions -- Deadlock -- The godlike Daniel -- A great soul on fire -- Wounded eagle -- "Secession! peaceful secession!" -- A higher law -- A man of unbounded confidence -- "He is not dead, sir!" -- "Let the assassin fire!" -- Filibusters -- A legislative saturnalia -- A pact with the devil -- "War, open war" -- "All is paralysis" -- The wreck of the Omnibus -- A steam engine in britches -- "Break your masters' locks!" -- "It is time we should act" -- Triumphs -- A scandalous outrage
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