DOCSLIB.ORG

Democratsdenounce

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Democratsdenounce Zlbe Xextngton (5a3ette VOL. NO. 27 108, LEXINGTON. VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1912 $100 PER YEAR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TO GATHER BY THE SEASHORE TOWN PLANNING IN CONVENTIONS OF PAST DEMOCRATS AMERICA CONVENTION BOLTERS Rural Carriers to Meet in Norfolk DENOUNCE MORAL INELUENCE IS This Week The Model Town Must Be Planned IN BOTH BIG PARTIES Baltimore Has Been Place On a Business Meeting Great preparation is made PREDATORY WEALTH Basis Times being HER GREATEST ASSET Historic Many for tbe entertainment of the dele- If for no other reason, therefore, Incidents Gathered from The Democratic National Conven¬ Kates to tbe of tbe Resolution ls the model town must be considered, Past Experiences tion meeting Virgin Adopted Rebuking Educational Power ofWashington which mat io Baltimore last ia Kural Letter Carriers' Associa¬ Wall Street and Lee organized and developed on a busi¬ In pointing out what Colonel weak, was the twenty-first national tion to be held in Norfolk this week. ness basis; and tbe value of the ex¬ Roosevelt's bolting party shojld ol the assemblage Democratic party. Officers of the organization are W. perience acquired or any success expect in the light of history, the Born io the back GREAT DISORDER FOLLOWED achieved will controversy of Ls. Hamersley. Randolph, Va, pres¬ EVER TRUE TO TRADITIONS depend first and last Phildelphia Public Ledger calls at¬ 178-1, chi isteoed by Jefferson, its ident, and C. B. Conner, Lexington, on obtaining results in the face of con¬ tention to thes« historic facts ditions no founder, in 1792. and strengthen¬ secretary-treasurer. The secretary W. J. Bryan and H. D. Flood Have Fundamentalism and Thoroughness more favorable than "The Republican party had ita. ed in the division the met with in other bimble in among people has prepared the following .n forma Passage-at-Arms Are Characteristic [ordinarily land de- origin the conventions of with the neutrality ol Washington's tion for tbe I velopments, and by the useof means the Liberty party in 183!'and 1840. benefit of those caring William Jennings Bryan wrote BY ll. WATHON JAMIES, M.. D. proclamation at the beginning of tbe to attend the convention: the most ordinarily available in other in- in the latter year the sensational and dramatic It is a very broad assertion Liberty party Anglo-French war io 1793, the Dem¬ The ninth annual convention of chapter of the Democratic National that stances. In fact the future of town nominated James a. Hirney for ocratic its Washington and I.ee in America and party passed centennial the Virginia Letters Carriers' As¬ Convention when he rose the University planning depends on President, in 1844 put forward upon stands to day as one of tbe corner¬ mark more than a decade ago. sociation will be held in floor of that whether it can be shown to pay. the same candidate. Hirney, in But the of the Norfolk, body Thursday night stones if not the corner-stone of the Tbe so-called model history party's July 4, 5 and 6, 1912. The meeting and. after declaring that tbe Demo¬ town must 1840, got exactly 7,05;' votes, as conventions dates back to American Republic. Yet the thesis succeed on a commercial compared with only 1832, will be called to order tbe evening cratic party was about to be sold basis. It Harrison's 1.276,017. in which tbe national is absolutely, argumentatively and must even do better in this and in 1844 be year delegate of tbe 4th at8:30. Among the prom¬ into bondage to the predatory inter¬ respect got iio.tJOS to Pile's convention method of historically defensible. On the than the ordinary commercial or 1,387,343, and nominating inent speakers are Hon. P. V. ests, demanded tbat Thomas F. ruins of Clay's 1,299.068. candidates for President and vice- and Liberty Hall Academy is speculativedevelopment. Itu educa¬ Their successors, the Fret* OeGraw, Fourth Assistant Post¬ Ryan August Belmont be cast builded an President was adopted. The first institution with nearly tional, architectural, and ers. got but master General; Hon. W. D. Brown, out of the convention. a sociologic¬ 291,863 votes in lMv Democratic National million of dollars of endowement, al possibilities, in which dwindled to Convention, Editor R. F. D, News; Hon. Edgar Stunned for a minute by the sud¬ therefore, the 156.149 in ItibS, held on Carrying on a work of modern educa¬ last deuced on out in May 12. 1832. at Balti¬ Allen, Postmaster at Hicbmond; denness of the blow dealt the analysis, its economic 1856 the total allied forces of two by tion in classics, science, law, but success. The the more, adopted rules which Hon. Stetb Bolling, Postmaster at Commoner, the convention appeared equation is funda Republicans, with whom the have the actions of illustrating tradition, holding fast mentally an economic Free Soilers had guided all sub¬ Petersburg; Hon. P. St. J. it first not to know what to do or one, however now coalesced, Wilson, to tbat which was good and it were sequent conventions. One of these State wbicb to pres¬ aesthetically may be put upon the able to get 1,341.265 votes as Highway Commissioner, and way turn. Recovering a sing forward to tbe mark provided that tbe delegates, when several Norfolk speakers. uoiuont later, however, the high of slate, and its solution must he against 1,838,168 votes for Buchanan body forming characier. Ti ere is hard¬ found in >n so instructed, should cast the votes broke into a terms of dollars and cents. the Democratic ticket. Even Every Carrier is urged to attend storm of protest and a prominent by of their States as u and the ly incident in the con¬ .From "Model I860, 20 years after the unit, this meeting. This is tbe first time lalf a hundred jelegates leaped to struction Towns.in America," convention other tbat no candidate should be period of the rep.iblic in by Grosvenor in the A the we have been able to get Mr. DeG raw iheir feet crying for recognition. which the Atterbury, Liberty party, which is syn¬ a progenative of Scribner. with nominated without two-thirds ma¬ to meet with us and be would like to Against this wave of furious Washing¬ July onymous the birth of the Re¬ Andrew pro¬ ton and Lee does not figure. She is publican jority. Jackson was nomi¬ meet every Carrier in the State. test rose another wave of Find party, the vot« for Lin¬ approba¬ impressed on the baptismal sacred- Bones of Three-Toed Horse coln on nated for President, and Martin Mr. DtUraw bas been to tion from the the Republican ticket tvaa quite a Bryan men throughout ioss of the nation. that is Marvlous discoveries of Vao Buren for Vice President. number of conventions and he hall. Anything pre¬ nearly a million less than the con¬ says written about her must historic mammals in thc shale fields fined The second Deni'jcratic National that be finds that tho Carriers that Members of the Virginia and New necessarily *-ote tor the other candidates. ae reminiscent. on the desert 28 miles east of Mina, Lincoln received in Convention met on May 25,1830, also are interested in tbe Association are fork delegations, the this election resenting In Convention that carried Vir Nev., are announced as the result at Baltimore, and nominated Martin the oaes tbat are the most in nove of Colonel turned I.S66.352 votes, while Don, doing Bryan, ,tinia into tbe Union men who were of the explorations of Prof. Law¬ Van Buren for Presidentand Rich¬ upbuilding the service. There are iercely upon him with a refusal to Democrat) got 1.375,157: John C. irustees of Liberity Hall Academy- rence Baker, of the department of ard If. Johnson for Vice President. many interesting places in Norfolk ueet such a challenge. They de- held the Jreckenridge (Independent Demo- balance of power, and vot- geological research of University of ¦rat) got 847,514 votes, and The third convention, held on May and vicinity: Virginia Beach. lured that Mr. Bryan had no i John Cape right :d against the instructions of their California. Professor Baker is as¬ 3ell 5, 1840, at Baltimore, renominated Ocean o dictate to their Staten (Constitutional Union) recei veal Henry, View, Hampton Roads who should constituents. Otherwise the in- sisted in his researches bv Profes Van Buren, but named no and Yards. r should not sit a 87,830. candidate Navy in Democratic luence of Patrick Henry and Dr. sor Buwaldo, also of the "When for Vice President, leaving tbat to :onventiou as their representatives university Grant, 1-72. got 3,597,070 Value of [<braham would have prevented Vir¬ faculty. otes as tbe the several States. It also put for¬ Good Roads The Bryan resolution as regular Republican adopted kginia from a of the The rard the first The editor of ran as follows: becoming party investigations disclose tbe lominee, and <ireely received 2.- complete platform tbePeinberville, (O.) I <j :ompact. The name of the fact tbat tbe ever Lrader has Liberty region Mina was once 34,070 votes from the adopted by the party. condensed the library Tbat ' Democrats "Resolved, in this orisis in Jail Academy was changed to Wash- an immense body of tropical water. nd Liberal In 1844 tbe Democratic National written up_m the subject of good ar Republicans, Ch.i? party's career, and in our conn- ' ngton Academy by the act and re- The bones of a three-toed horse Convention again assembled at Bal¬ roads, into a single, short para¬ ''Connor of New York, the secea.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • December 2012
    Commencement Exercises THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012 ALMA MATER “The Netherlands” (first stanza) O Hofstra, to honor thy name we foregather, Rejoicing in voicing thy praises anew; By thee we are guided, with counsel provided; Sustain us with thy strength in the paths we pursue. DRAFT Commencement Exercises THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012 This is the unofficial program of the December 20, 2012, commencement. The official program will be archived on August 20, 2013. History of Hofstra n 1912 William Hofstra had booked passage on the Titanic for his return voyage from Europe. However, a business proposition in Canada forced him to change his plans. Instead he took a ship to Halifax, and the events of his personal history took their rightful course. Information reported in the newspapers of the times allowsI us to look back at the history of the Hofstras and view their lives in a more personal and intimate light. The Hofstras enjoyed a lifestyle filled with social engagements, travel and business ventures. The society pages and gossip columns of the local papers such as the Hempstead Sentinel as well as papers such as The New York Times reported on these events on a continuous basis. From 1894 through the 1930s, both Mr. and Mrs. Hofstra appeared in print for participation in charity events, departures for vacations, hosting wedding receptions at their estate, and attendance at various recreational activities. The earliest report of the Hofstras abroad is 1894, when William and Kate Hofstra departed for Liverpool on the ship Majestic. In 1902 a New York Times reporter in Paris reported that “American visitors in Paris are preparing to return in September,” and included the Hofstras among those who had been to Carlsbad, and were headed for the Hotel Ritz.
    [Show full text]
  • RICE's DERBY CHOICE JOURNAL 2012 33St Edition
    RICE’S DERBY CHOICE JOURNAL 2012 33st Edition “Now there is a languor … I am fulfilled and weary. This Kentucky Derby, whatever it is — a race, an emotion, a turbulence, an explosion–is one of the most beautiful and violent and satisfying things I have ever experienced. And, I suspect that, as with other wonders, the people one by one have taken from it exactly as much good or evil as they brought to it… I am glad I have seen and felt it at last.” ‐John Steinbeck (1956) Copyright © 2012 Tim Rice All Rights Reserved 1 I think you will soon agree with me that there is a great deal more annoyance and vexation in race horses than real pleasure.” - August Belmont writing to his son August Belmont, Jr. Rare was the voting-age American ignorant of that colossus, Secretariat, and his supra- equine achievement in the third leg of the 1973 Triple Crown. That thirty-one length score, in still world record time for a mile and a half, completed the colt’s sweep of the three-year-old classic fixtures. He was acclaimed from sea to shining sea including the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated. And, no small task that because 1973 was not without many headline grabbers including the Watergate Hearings and the departure of the last U.S. soldier from Viet Nam. Of lesser note were the declaration of Ferdinand Marcos as President for Life of the Philippines, the sale of the New York Yankees to George Steinbrenner for ten million dollars, and O.J.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Tilden, Samuel J. Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J
    Tilden, Samuel J. Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden. 2 vols. Edited by John Bigelow. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Volume I Speech at Cooper Union, old Whigs, Free Soilers, article disparaging Democrats, 132-35 New York Democratic organization, newspapers, 135-36 John Bigelow, desires copy of Tilden speech for the Post, 137-38 Tilden pamphlet on the Union and its dangers, John M. Mason, 138-39 Seward, 140 Election returns, 1860, 140-41 Railroad charter, 141-47 Expectations for Lincoln, reality of disunion, nature of the crisis, 147-48 Copies of his recent address, 149 S. L. M. Barlow on new administration, 149 Lincoln administration, meaning of the vote, patronage, convention of the states, amendments, Crittenden compromise, 150-51 New York Democrats, Lincoln and patronage, need to defeat Republicans in coming elections, Confederate experiment will fail, proposes a national constitutional convention, 152-55 Border state opinion, 156 Winfield Scott to Seward, policy, Union party, 156-57 J. L. O’Sullivan, minister to Portugal, Fort Sumter, Republicans, 157-59 Copper, 159 Martin Van Buren, 159-60 Tilden address to regiment, 160 J. L. O’Sullivan, northern Democrats, heartened by some of the press reports, 160-62 Lincoln, Seward, Chase, 163-64 European intervention, 164 Loan, 164 John A. Dix, McClellan, Lincoln, Sumner, John Cochrane, emancipation, promised protection of persons and property, 164 John Van Buren, the war, Tilden, 1862 elections, Democrats do not accept disunion, 166-67 John A. Dix, Judge Pierrepont, New York governorship, 167-68 Horatio Seymour, 168 Tilden’s internal revenue tax, 168-69 August Belmont, need for a conservative demonstration in the city, 169 Society for the Diffusion of Political Information, 172 Advisory committee on soldier relief, 174-75 George T.
    [Show full text]
  • The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the Separation of Powers
    Fordham Law Review Volume 86 Issue 3 Article 9 2017 Taking Steel Seizure Seriously: The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the Separation of Powers Samuel Estreicher New York University School of Law Steven Menashi George Mason University Scalia Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr Recommended Citation Samuel Estreicher and Steven Menashi, Taking Steel Seizure Seriously: The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the Separation of Powers, 86 Fordham L. Rev. 1199 (2017). Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol86/iss3/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Law Review by an authorized editor of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Taking Steel Seizure Seriously: The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the Separation of Powers Erratum Law; Constitutional Law; Legislation; Military, War, and Peace; National Security Law; President/Executive Department; Transnational Law; International Law This article is available in Fordham Law Review: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol86/iss3/9 ARTICLES TAKING STEEL SEIZURE SERIOUSLY: THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS Samuel Estreicher* & Steven Menashi** This Article examines the constitutional validity of President Obama’s decision, as part of his 2015 agreement with Iran, effectively to repeal seventeen different sanctions provisions for the fifteen-year life of the agreement. Although Congress had legislated extensively in this area, the President effected this change by entering into a “nonbinding political agreement” with Iran and by aggregating individual waiver provisions in the sanctions laws into an across-the-board waiver of sanctions.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Russell, William Howard. William Howard Russell's Civil War: Private
    Russell, William Howard. William Howard Russell’s Civil War: Private Diary and Letters, 1861-1862. Edited by Martin Crawford. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. London, voyage to the United States, 3 South Carolina diplomat, secessionist, going home, war and possible blockade, 3-4 Lincoln, Olmsted book on slavery, 5 Americans refuse to pray for the royal family, 9 American women, 10 New York, 16ff Republicans, the South, Sumter, 17 Horatio Seymour, 17 Washington, 22ff Willard’s Hotel, 22 Seward, Lincoln, 22 Chaos opinions in New York, 23-25 George Bancroft, Horatio Seymour, Horace Greeley, August Belmont, James Gordon Bennett, 25 Dinner with Lincoln and cabinet, 28 Dinner, Chase, Douglas, Smith, Forsyth, 29 Seward, 31 Wants to know about expeditions to forts and pledges to Seward he could keep information secret, 32 Portsmouth and Norfolk, 36 Naval officer Goldsboro, 37 Charleston, Fort Sumter, 39 Report to Lord Lyons, Charleston, Beauregard, Moultrie, Sumter, 42-43 Seeks to have letters forward to Lord Lyons, 46 Complains of post office and his dispatches, 50 Montgomery, Wigfall, Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin, 52 Mobile, 53 Slaves, customs house, 55 Fort Pickens, Confederate determination, Bragg, 56-57 Wild Confederate soldiers, 58 Slidell, 62 Crime in New Orleans, jail, 63-64 New Orleans, traveling on Sunday, 65-66 Louisiana plantation, slaves, overseer, 67-70 Plantation, 71 Chicago Tribune, Harper’s Weekly, 74 Terrible war that will end in compromise, south is strong, 75-76 Winfield Scott vs. Jefferson Davis, 76-77 Deplores
    [Show full text]
  • August Belmont and the Atlantic Trade in Cotton 1837‒1865
    ‘A mystery to the future historian…’? August Belmont and the Atlantic Trade in Cotton 1837‒1865 Kathryn Boodry explores how the House of Rothschild and the financier August Belmont spearheaded a new phase of enterprise in America. In a letter to the London house in 1863 August Belmont commented acerbically: ‘It will always remain a mystery to the future historian to explain the sympathy which a large portion of civilized Europe gave in the nineteenth century to a rebellion the principal aspect of which was the extension & perpetuation of the odious system of slavery.’¹ Belmont’s disingenuous claim belies the fact that he, like most agents of Anglo-American financial houses, was well aware that the American Civil War, at least in part, was about the revenue generated from agricultural goods produced in the south. Tobacco, sugar, cotton and rice, all commodities produced in the southern United States with slave labour, were vital exports for the emergent nation. After 1815, the United States was the largest producer, and Great Britain the largest consumer of American cotton.² The economic undercurrents that influenced political allegiances during the Civil War were well understood in the nineteenth century, particularly by merchants and bankers, as was noted in Punch: Tho’ with the North we sympathize, It must not be forgotten That with the South we’ve stronger ties Which are composed of Cotton.³ In the nineteenth century cotton literally wove together an Atlantic world of factors, agents, merchants, financiers, slaves, stevedores and spinners. It was a vital source of revenue for northern coffers and no doubt coloured perceptions of the need to ‘preserve the union.’ Trade in cotton also fostered the development of sophisticated financial relationships between the southern United States, New York and London.
    [Show full text]
  • 1848, European Revolutions Of, 14, 137 Beginnings Of, 94 And
    Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-87564-6 - The Young America Movement and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, 1828-1861 Yonatan Eyal Index More information Index 1848, European revolutions of, 14, Allen, William, 13, 84–6, 89, 103, 110, 137 144, 234 beginnings of, 94 on the 1846 rivers and harbors bill, 61 and coinage of the phrase Young as ally of Marcus Morton, 197 America, 6 as Chairman of Senate Foreign and Democratic views on race and Relations Committee, 8 immigration, 162 and Cumberland Road, 44 failure of, 104, 107 and Greenbacks, 85–6 and George Law, 87 instructions from constituents to, 51, and Margaret Fuller, 100 55, 56 related to Cuba movement, 135 and internal improvements funding, related to New Democratic economic 50 outlook, 65, 68 later career of, 8 relevance to the American situation, as lifelong Democrat, 200 102 and monopolies, 77 role in party competition, 67 and Monroe Doctrine, 120 socioeconomic aspects of, 106 as Ohio governor, 7 Young American interest in, 94 and Oregon crisis, 121–7 Abolitionism, 185, 196 pro-French resolution of, 103 and Arthur and Lewis Tappan, 183 views of commerce, 40 and context of northern reform, 145 views of slavery, 192 and John L. O’Sullivan, 75, 198–99 voted out of the Senate, 231 relationship to Democratic Party, as western representative, 124 184 American Anti-Slavery Society, 26, 185 Adams, Charles Francis, Sr., 186, 207 American Colonization Society, 26, 34, Adams, John, 17, 21, 31 190, 192–3 Adams, John Quincy, 18, 23 American System, 18, 23, 71, 176, 218 Agassiz,
    [Show full text]
  • December 2010
    Commencement Exercises SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 ALMA MATER “The Netherlands” (first stanza) O Hofstra, to honor thy name we foregather, Rejoicing in voicing thy praises anew; By thee we are guided, with counsel provided; Sustain us with thy strength in the paths we pursue. Commencement Exercises SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 This is the unofficial program of the December 19, 2010, commencement. The official program will be archived on August 19, 2011. History of Hofstra n 1912 William Hofstra had booked passage on the Titanic for his return voyage from Europe. However, a business proposition in Canada forced him to change his plans. Instead he took a ship to Halifax, and the Ievents of his personal history took their rightful course. Information reported in the newspapers of the times allows us to look back at the history of the Hofstras and view their lives in a more personal and intimate light. The Hofstras enjoyed a lifestyle filled with social engagements, travel and business ventures. The society pages and gossip columns of the local papers such as the Hempstead Sentinel as well as papers such as The New York Times reported on these events on a continuous basis. From 1894 through the 1930s, both Mr. and Mrs. Hofstra appeared in print for participation in charity events, departures for vacations, hosting wedding receptions at their estate, and attendance at various recreational activities. The earliest report of the Hofstras abroad is 1894, when William and Kate Hofstra departed for Liverpool on the ship Majestic. In 1902 a New York Times reporter in Paris reported that “American visitors in Paris are preparing to return in September,” and included the Hofstras among those who had been to Carlsbad, and were headed for the Hotel Ritz.
    [Show full text]
  • Abraham Lincoln Papers
    Abraham Lincoln papers From August Belmont to Thurlow Weed, July 20, 1862 Copy New-port. R. I. July 20. 1862. My dear Mr. Weed. I have made several attempts to see you during your fleeting visits to New-York, but have not been so fortunate as to find you in.—. Our National affairs are in a most critical position, more so than they have been at any time since the beginning of this unfortunate war.—. What frightens me more than the disasters in the field is the apathy and distrust which I grieve to say I meet at every step even from men of standing and hitherto of undoubted loyalty to the Union— You know my own feelings & convictions on the subject of our national troubles, & I am sure I can speak to you in all candor without the fear of having my thoughts mis-construed, though you may perhaps not share my views.— My firm conviction is that any other solution to our present difficulties than a reconstruction of but one Government over all the states of our Confederacy would entail upon us & our children an inheritance of the most fearful consequences which must end in the utter disintegration & ruin of the whole country.—. There are only two modes by which to prevent such a calamity, which is certainly at this moment more threatening than it has ever been before.—. The one is by an energetic & unrelenting prosecution of the war to crush the rebellion, the other would be to negociate with the leaders of the Rebellion, (to which it would be madness to withold the character of a gigantic revolution) and to see whether it may not yet be possible to reestablish a federal Union— Both alternatives present difficulties of the gravest nature & which they did not possess in the same degree at the beginning of the contest— Abraham Lincoln papers http://www.loc.gov/resource/mal.4232600 Our army has been decimated by disease & the casualities of war.
    [Show full text]
  • Reconstruction: the Civil War Battle Yet to Be
    Click here for Full Issue of EIR Volume 19, Number 48, December 4, 1992 �ITillFeature Reconstruction: the Civil Warbattle I yet to be won by Fredric W. Henderson Around the world today, there is a crying need for a �rogram of economic recon­ struction. The newly created nations in Europe, like those of the former Yugosla­ via; the continents of Africa, Asia, and Ibero-Americ* which have been devastated by the genocidal economic policies of the International Monetary Fund; and the former Soviet Union, which is now facing uncontrollable chaos, must not merely I survive, but must be able to develop and contribute tt> the betterment of their own peoples and of humanity in general. The issues posed today are the same as those tqat faced President Abraham Lincoln and the congressmen and senators who camt to be known as the "radical Republicans" at the outset of Lincoln's second term. (\lthough Lincoln was assas­ sinated in April 1865, before he could fully elaborate and carry out a program of economic reconstruction for the South, the radical Republicans were spurred to continue the fight. They were led by the great ninetee$th-century economist Henry C. Carey, who conceived of the fightto rebuild America's South as part of a global war against the imperial policies of Great Britain then being brutally implemented in India and which had dominated the cotton-based economy of the U. S. South. Carey's principal ally in the U.S. Congress was the upfiappable, uncompromising congressman from Pennsylvania, Thaddeus Steveris, who led his allies in the Republican Party in defining the nature of the work to be completed in the South.
    [Show full text]
  • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) in 1860, the Radical
    Chapter Thirteen “A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath”: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) In 1860, the radical abolitionist Parker Pillsbury, who called Lincoln “the Kentucky clodhopper,” scoffed at his antislavery record, saying there was “no essential difference” between him and Stephen A. Douglas.1 In fact, the two Illinois rivals disagreed fundamentally about slavery, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, racial equality, and American history.2 Their battle served as a dress rehearsal for the presidential race two years later, when once again they clashed, with a different outcome. Herndon predicted that “the Race in Ills for 1858 & 9 -- for the Senatorial seat . will be hot – energetic – deadly; it will be broader – wider, and deeper in principle than the race in 1856.”3 But it would also be marred by Douglas’s brazen appeals to racial 1 Pillsbury to Wendell Phillips, New York, 17 March 1864, Phillips Papers, Harvard University; Pillsbury, speech at Framingham, Massachusetts, 4 July 1860, The Liberator (Boston), 20 July 1860. Some historians have echoed Pillsbury. James G. Randall, Lincoln the President: From Springfield to Gettysburg (2 vols.; New York: Dodd, Mead, 1945), 1:104-28; Morton J. Frisch, “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates and History,” Lincoln Herald 57 (1956): 17-19. 2 The best studies of the debates are Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008); Harry V. Jaffa, Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1959); David Zarefsky, Lincoln, Douglas and Slavery: In the Crucible of Debate (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990); Don E.
    [Show full text]
  • The Fiscal Conservatism of Salmon P. Chase
    “A Just Application of Democratic Principles”: The Fiscal Conservatism of Salmon P. Chase MARK A. NEELS One of Abraham Lincoln’s best- known cabinet ministers, Salmon P. Chase has not always fared well at the hands of historians, who have traditionally portrayed the treasury secretary as little more than a political creature—ever grasping for the reins of political power. In recent years, there has been little investigation of Chase’s principles of governance because, frankly, many scholars have assumed that he had none.1 The problem with this interpretation is that it is rooted in most Lincoln scholars’ desire to contrast Chase’s ambitious personal style with Lincoln’s endearing personality. If Lincoln was a heroic, visionary leader, then Chase and Lincoln’s other political adversaries must have lacked the very characteristics that made Lincoln great. In other words, because Chase served as a member of Lincoln’s govern- ment and yet still challenged Lincoln’s leadership, Chase must have been unprincipled in his own pursuit of power. Historian Frederick J. Blue recently argued, however, that histori- ans should reevaluate Chase’s political career through the prism of his strict morals. Chase, Blue maintains, was willing to use whatever means necessary to promote his ideals about freedom and equality. This portrayal of Chase as maintaining loose partisan affiliations— meaning that he jumped from party to party to build coalitions in sup- port of higher ideals—elevates him from the traditional interpretation 1. This portrayal of Chase as a political opportunist has been promoted by such recent authors as Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Herbert Donald, and has its roots in the recollections of biased contemporaries of Chase and Lincoln.
    [Show full text]