Reg Ankrom

Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man

The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850

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Produktbeschreibung

It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9781476673769
• ISBN-10: 1476673764
• Artikelnr.: 64196742

Autorenporträt

Reg Ankrom is a frequent writer and speaker about pre-Civil War Illinois and is working on two additional books on Stephen A. Douglas. He lives in Quincy, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Part
1.
"I am a Western man"
2.
Douglas Runs for Congress
3.
U.S. Representative Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois
4.
"This chrysalis state, between worm and butterfly"
5.
"Steam engine in breeches"
6.
Public Works
7.
Manifest Destiny: "Ah, the discomforts"
8.
When Is Enough Enough?
9.
Re-Election and Re-Annexation 10.
Simplify, Simplify: Douglas Gets Texas 11.
Douglas and "Squatter Sovereignty" 12.
Climate, Soil, Productions Part Two 13.
The American Claim on Oregon 14.
Why Oregon? 15.
"Enthusiasms of pearly youth" 16.
Friends and Foes 17.
"Notice will be given" 18.
Douglas Does His Homework 19.
"A lion in the way" 20.
"The whole of Oregon is ours" 21.
Elevating the Level of Statesmanship 22.
The Surprising Pre-Emption of Wilmot 23.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas 24.
Rumors of War 25.
Polk: "...War exists" 26.
Douglas Seeks a Military Commission 27.
Wilmot Creates a Southwestern Earthquake 28.
Wilmot and a Challenge to Lead 29.
Free Soil. Free Labor. For Free White Men 30.
Advancement 31.
Oregon-Free or Slave? 32.
Weighing Wilmot and the Missouri Compromise 33.
The Long Lament of John C. Calhoun 34.
Douglas, the West, and Rails 35.
Encountering Slavery 36.
Southern Fears 37.
Having It Both Ways: Federal Protection Part Three 38.
A Principle for Compromise 39.
Death of a President 40.
Golden California 41.
Missouri 42.
"Young America" 43.
"California, do it yourself" 44.
Henry Clay Going and Coming 45.
Triumvirates Major and Minor 46.
"A higher law" 47.
"Fraud elected a president and senator" 48.
Douglas Warns the South: Freedom Is Inevitable 49.
Compromising Without Compromising 50.
Groundwork for Compromise 51.
Clay: "Tranquility reigns" 52.
The Omnibus's Wheels Come Off 53.
The Rise of the Douglas Bills 54.
Fugitives and Trade 55.
Taking It to the House 56.
Villain or Victor? Epilogue Appendix A: Resolution of the Chicago Common Council Adopted October 21, 1850 Appendix B: Douglas Resolutions at Chicago Meeting, Adopted October 23, 1850 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index