Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

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Allen 1870-1931 Johnson. Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

Table of Contents

PREFACE

BOOK IToC

THE CALL OF THE WEST

CHAPTER IToC

FROM THE GREEN MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES

CHAPTER IIToC

THE RISE OF THE POLITICIAN

CHAPTER IIIToC

LAW AND POLITICS

CHAPTER IVToC

UNDER THE AEGIS OF ANDREW JACKSON

CHAPTER VToC

MANIFEST DESTINY

CHAPTER VIToC

WAR AND POLITICS

CHAPTER VIIToC

THE MEXICAN CESSION

BOOK IIToC

THE DOCTRINE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

CHAPTER VIIIToC

SENATOR AND CONSTITUENCY

CHAPTER IXToC

MEASURES OF ADJUSTMENT

CHAPTER XToC

YOUNG AMERICA

CHAPTER XIToC

THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

CHAPTER XIIToC

BLACK REPUBLICANISM

CHAPTER XIIIToC

THE TESTING OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

BOOK IIIToC

THE IMPENDING CRISIS

CHAPTER XIVToC

THE PERSONAL EQUATION

CHAPTER XVToC

THE REVOLT OF DOUGLAS

CHAPTER XVIToC

THE JOINT DEBATES WITH LINCOLN

CHAPTER XVIIToC

THE AFTERMATH

CHAPTER XVIIIToC

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1860

CHAPTER XIXToC

THE MERGING OF THE PARTISAN IN THE PATRIOT

CHAPTER XXToC

THE SUMMONS

INDEXToC

Abraham Lincoln—The Man of the People

George Washington

The Seven Ages of Washington

Theodore Roosevelt

The Boy and the Man

By JAMES MORGAN

The Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin

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Allen Johnson

Published by Good Press, 2019

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There was much shaking of heads over this machine-made nomination. An experienced public servant had been set aside to gratify the ambition of a mere stripling. Even Democrats commented freely upon the untrustworthiness of a device which left nominations to the caprice of forty delegates representing only fourteen counties out of thirty-five.[84] The Whigs made merry over the folly of their opponents. "No nomination could suit us better," declared the Sangamo Journal.[85]

The Democratic State convention met at the appointed time, and again new methods prevailed. In spite of strong opposition, a slate was made up and proclaimed as the regular ticket of the party. Unhappily, the nominee for governor fell under suspicion as an alleged defaulter to the government, so that his deposition became imperative.[86] The Democrats were in a sorry plight. Defeat stared them in the face. There was but one way to save the situation, and that was to call a second convention. This was done. On June 5th, a new ticket was put in the field, without further mention of the discredited nominee of the earlier convention.[87] It so happened that Carlin, the nominee for Governor, and McRoberts, candidate for Congress from the first district, were receivers in land offices. This "Land Office Ticket" became a fair mark for wags in the Whig party.[88]

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