{"product_id":"stephen-a-douglas-western-man-9781476673769","title":"Stephen A. Douglas Western Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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 \u003ci\u003eSt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this second volume, gifted biographer Reg Ankrom chronicles the rise of the able, ambitious Douglas, who arrived in Washington at the age of thirty-one and quickly gained fame as an eloquent critic of the free soil movement and became one of the key architects of the Compromise of 1850. Elegantly written and deeply researched, Ankrom's meticulously textured volumes will long stand as the definitive life of Douglas.” — Douglas R. Egerton, author of \u003ci\u003eYear of Meteors: Steven Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003ePart\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"I am a Western man\"\u003cbr\u003e 2. Douglas Runs for Congress\u003cbr\u003e 3. U.S. Representative Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"This chrysalis state, between worm and butterfly\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"Steam engine in breeches\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. Public Works\u003cbr\u003e 7. Manifest Destiny: \"Ah, the discomforts\"\u003cbr\u003e 8. When Is Enough Enough?\u003cbr\u003e 9. ­Re-Election and ­Re-Annexation\u003cbr\u003e10. Simplify, Simplify: Douglas Gets Texas\u003cbr\u003e11. Douglas and \"Squatter Sovereignty\"\u003cbr\u003e12. Climate, Soil, Productions\u003cbr\u003e\tPart Two\t\u003cbr\u003e13. The American Claim on Oregon\u003cbr\u003e14. Why Oregon?\u003cbr\u003e15. \"Enthusiasms of pearly youth\"\u003cbr\u003e16. Friends and Foes\u003cbr\u003e17. \"Notice will be given\"\u003cbr\u003e18. Douglas Does His Homework\u003cbr\u003e19. \"A lion in the way\"\u003cbr\u003e20. \"The whole of Oregon is ours\"\u003cbr\u003e21. Elevating the Level of Statesmanship\u003cbr\u003e22. The Surprising ­Pre-Emption of Wilmot\u003cbr\u003e23. Senator Stephen A. Douglas\u003cbr\u003e24. Rumors of War\u003cbr\u003e25. Polk: \"…War exists\"\u003cbr\u003e26. Douglas Seeks a Military Commission\u003cbr\u003e27. Wilmot Creates a Southwestern Earthquake\u003cbr\u003e28. Wilmot and a Challenge to Lead\u003cbr\u003e29. Free Soil. Free Labor. For Free White Men\u003cbr\u003e30. Advancement\u003cbr\u003e31. Oregon—Free or Slave?\u003cbr\u003e32. Weighing Wilmot and the Missouri Compromise\u003cbr\u003e33. The Long Lament of John C. Calhoun\u003cbr\u003e34. Douglas, the West, and Rails\u003cbr\u003e35. Encountering Slavery\u003cbr\u003e36. Southern Fears\u003cbr\u003e37. Having It Both Ways: Federal Protection\u003cbr\u003e\tPart Three\t\u003cbr\u003e38. A Principle for Compromise\u003cbr\u003e39. Death of a President\u003cbr\u003e40. Golden California\u003cbr\u003e41. Missouri\u003cbr\u003e42. \"Young America\"\u003cbr\u003e43. \"California, do it yourself\"\u003cbr\u003e44. Henry Clay Going and Coming\u003cbr\u003e45. Triumvirates Major and Minor\u003cbr\u003e46. \"A higher law\"\u003cbr\u003e47. \"Fraud elected a president and senator\"\u003cbr\u003e48. Douglas Warns the South: Freedom Is Inevitable\u003cbr\u003e49. Compromising Without Compromising\u003cbr\u003e50. Groundwork for Compromise\u003cbr\u003e51. Clay: \"Tranquility reigns\"\u003cbr\u003e52. The Omnibus's Wheels Come Off\u003cbr\u003e53. The Rise of the Douglas Bills\u003cbr\u003e54. Fugitives and Trade\u003cbr\u003e55. Taking It to the House\u003cbr\u003e56. Villain or Victor?\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Resolution of the Chicago Common Council Adopted October 21, 1850\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Douglas Resolutions at Chicago Meeting, Adopted October 23, 1850\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040441139543,"sku":"9781476673769","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476673769.jpg?v=1750946757","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stephen-a-douglas-western-man-9781476673769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}