The Compromise of 1850 /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
D.C. Heath and Company,
[1957]
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| Series: | Problems in American civilization.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law. |
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Table of Contents:
- An account of the historical events relating to the Compromise of 1850: the crisis / Avery Craven
- The Great Debate. An exchange between Senator Thomas Hart Benton and Henry Clay on the necessity of compromise
- A. Senator Benton's remarks; B. Senator Clay's replay
- Senator Calhoun's proposal to restore a sectional equilibrium
- Daniel Webster's seventh of March Speech
- William H. Seward's Higher law speech
- Differing historical interpretations of the great debate. The administration of Zachary Taylor / James Schouler
- Daniel Webster and the Union / Richard N. Current
- Calhoun and the meaning of 1850 / Herbert Agar
- The legislative history of the Compromise and its immediate aftermath. Stephen A. Douglas takes charge / George Fort Milton
- Acquiescence with conditions and reservations / Allan Nevins
- Ethics and politics. Ethical standards and political strategies / Dorothy Fosdick.