UID:
almafu_9959236330302883
Format:
1 online resource (247 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-82-16-00091-4
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1-280-86918-6
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9786610869183
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0-313-01125-7
Series Statement:
President's position
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Cover -- PRESIDENTS FROM TAYLOR THROUGH GRANT, 1849-1877 -- CONTENTS -- SERIES FOREWORD -- TIMELINE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 ZACHARY TAYLOR AND MILLARD FILLMORE -- INTRODUCTION -- SLAVERY IN NEWLY ACQUIRED TERRITORIES -- ZACHARY TAYLOR, ON SLAVERY IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 23, 1850) -- REPRESENTATIVE JAMES WILSON (W-NH), SPEECH OPPOSING SLAVERY IN THE WEST (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 16, 1849) -- THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT -- SENATOR HENRY S. FOOTE (D-AL), SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT (WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 21, 1850) -- THEODORE PARKER, LETTER TO MILLARD FILLMORE REGARDING THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT (BOSTON, MA, NOVEMBER 21, 1850) -- SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN WASHINGTON, DC -- REPRESENTATIVE HORACE MANN (W-MA), SPEECH OPPOSING SLAVERY (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 23, 1850) -- SENATOR JEFFERSON DAVIS (D-MS), SPEECH SUPPORTING SLAVERY (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 23, 1850) -- AMERICANS AND REVOLUTION IN CUBA -- MILLARD FILLMORE, SENATE SPEECH ON THE CUBAN EXPEDITION (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 2, 1851) -- SENATOR DAVID YULEE (D-FL), IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN EXPEDITIONS IN CUBA (WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 21, 1850) -- CANAL RIGHTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY -- SENATOR JOHN M. CLAYTON (W-DE), SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 15, 1852) -- SENATOR STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (D-IL), OPPOSING THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 10, 1852) -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 2 FRANKLIN PIERCE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT -- FRANKLIN PIERCE, IN SUPPORT OF THE KANSASNEBRASKA ACT (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 2, 1856) -- CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO THE KANSASNEBRASKA ACT (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 30, 1854) -- INDIAN REMOVAL -- FRANKLIN PIERCE, ON RELATIONS WITH WESTERN INDIAN TRIBES (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 4, 1854).
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CHIEF SEATTLE, MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT PIERCE (SEATTLE, WA, 1854) -- FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE MENTALLY ILL -- FRANKLIN PIERCE, VETO MESSAGE ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE (WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 3, 1854) -- SENATOR SOLOMON FOOT (W-VT), IN SUPPORT OF THE DIX BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 3, 1854) -- THE GADSDEN PURCHASE -- REPRESENTATIVE T.S. BOCOCK (D-VA), IN SUPPORT OF THE GADSDEN PURCHASE (WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 27, 1854) -- SENATOR THOMAS HART BENTON (W-MO), OPPOSING THE GADSDEN PURCHASE (WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 26, 1854) -- THE OSTEND MANIFESTO -- EXCERPT FROM THE OSTEND MANIFESTO (OSTEND, BELGIUM, OCTOBER 1854) -- REPRESENTATIVE W.W. BOYCE (D-SC), OPPOSITION TO THE OSTEND MANIFESTO (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 15, 1855) -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 3 JAMES BUCHANAN -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION -- JAMES BUCHANAN, IN SUPPORT OF THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 2, 1858) -- SENATOR STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (D-IL), IN OPPOSITION TO THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 22,1858) -- THE HOMESTEAD BILL -- JAMES BUCHANAN, VETO MESSAGE ON HOMESTEAD BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 22, 1860) -- SENATOR JAMES R. DOOLITTLE (R-WI), IN SUPPORT OF THE HOMESTEAD BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 10, 1860) -- THE DRED SCOTT CASE -- THE WASHINGTON UNION ON THE DRED SCOTT CASE (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 12, 1857) -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS, IN REACTION TO THE DRED SCOTT V. SANDFORD DECISION (BOSTON, MA, JUNE 12, 1857) -- JOHN BROWN'S RAID -- JAMES BUCHANAN, REACTION TO JOHN BROWN'S RAID (1859) -- RALPH WALDO EMERSON, SPEECH ON JOHN BROWN (BOSTON, MA, NOVEMBER 18, 1859) -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 4 ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE -- SLAVERY -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ON SLAVERY (PEORIA, IL, OCTOBER 16, 1854) -- GEORGE FITZHUGH, JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH (RICHMOND, VA, 1854) -- SECESSION.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, IN OPPOSITION TO THE RIGHT OF STATES TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION (WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 4, 1861) -- S.F. HALE, STATE COMMISSIONER OF ALABAMA, ON THE RIGHT OF SECESSION (FRANKFURT, KY, DECEMBER 27, 1860) -- SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ON SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 14, 1861) -- CHIEF JUSTICE ROGER B. TANEY, ON SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (BALTIMORE, MD, APRIL 1861) -- THE MILITARY DRAFT -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, IN SUPPORT OF CONSCRIPTION (WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 1863) -- REPRESENTATIVE S.E. ANCONA (D-PA), OPPOSING CONSCRIPTION BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 28, 1863) -- NOTE -- ENLISTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ON THE ENLISTMENT OF BLACK TROOPS (BOSTON, MA, MAY 1861) -- Remarks -- REPRESENTATIVE H.B. WRIGHT (D-PA), OPPOSING THE USE OF BLACK TROOPS (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 30, 1863) -- AMNESTY AND RECONSTRUCTION -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ON AMNESTY AND RECONSTRUCTION (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 8, 1863) -- SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER (R-MA), ON AMNESTY AND "STATE SUICIDE" (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 11, 1862) -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 5 ANDREW JOHNSON -- INTRODUCTION -- MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION -- ANDREW JOHNSON, IN OPPOSITION TO MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 2, 1867) -- COLONEL EDWARD WHITTLESEY, TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION (WASHINGTON, DC, 1866) -- THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU BILL -- ANDREW JOHNSON, VETO OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 19, 1866) -- SENATOR CARL SCHURZ (R-MA), ON THE NEED FOR A FREEDMEN'S BUREAU (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 18, 1865) -- CIVIL RIGHTS FOR FREEDMEN -- ANDREW JOHNSON'S VETO OF A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 27, 1866) -- SENATOR JOHN BROOMAL (R-PA), IN FAVOR OF A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 8, 1866) -- THE ACQUISITION OF ALASKA.
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REPRESENTATIVE NATHANIEL P. BANKS (R-MA), IN SUPPORT OF THE ALASKA PURCHASE (WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 1, 1868) -- REPRESENTATIVE HIRAM PRICE (D-IA), IN OPPOSITION TO THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA (WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 1, 1868) -- IMPEACHMENT AND THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT -- BENJAMIN CURTIS, IN DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 30, 1868) -- REPRESENTATIVE BENJAMIN BUTLER (R-MA), OPENING ARGUMENTS AGAINST ANDREW JOHNSON IN IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 30, 1868) -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 6 ULYSSES S. GRANT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT -- ULYSSES S. GRANT, PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT (WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 30, 1870) -- REPRESENTATIVE SAMUEL S. COX (D-NY), IN OPPOSITION TO ENFORCEMENT OF THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 15, 1871) -- THE KU KLUX KLAN ACT -- REPRESENTATIVE JAMES N. TYNER (R-IN), IN SUPPORT OF THE KU KLUX KLAN ACT (WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 5, 1871) -- SENATOR JOHN W. STEVENSON (D-KY), OPPOSING THE KU KLUX KLAN ACT (WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 21, 1872) -- ACQUISITION OF SANTO DOMINGO -- PRESIDENT GRANT, ON THE ACQUISITION OF SANTO DOMINGO (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 2, 1870) -- SENATOR CARL SCHURZ (R-MO), OPPOSED TO THE ANNEXATION OF SANTO DOMINGO (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 11, 1871) -- THE SPOILS SYSTEM AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM -- SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN (R-OH), IN SUPPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 4, 1871) -- SENATOR OLIVER P. MORTON (R-IN), ON CONGRESS AND THE SPOILS SYSTEM (WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 4, 1871) -- CURRENCY AND PAPER MONEY -- ULYSSES S. GRANT, ON PAPER CURRENCY AND THE ECONOMY (WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 7, 1874) -- REPRESENTATIVE JOHN W. KILLINGER (D-PA), ON PAPER CURRENCY AND THE ECONOMY (WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 19, 1874) -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-313-31551-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798216000914
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