The Life of Jefferson Davis (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1868. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. RETURN OF MR. DAVIS TO THE SENATE OPENING EVENTS OF MR. BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION--TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE LEGISLATION OK 1854 SENATOR DOUGLAS THE INSTRUMENT OF DISORGANIZATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY--HIS ANTECEDENTS AND CHARACTER--AN ACCOMPLISHED DEMAGOGUE DAVIS AND DOUGLAS CONTRASTED BOTH REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTIONS--DOUGLAS AMBITION--HIS COUP D ETAT, AND ITS RESULTS THE KANSAS QUESTION--DOUOLAs' TRIUMPHS OVER JILE SOUTH AND THE UNITY OF THE DEMOCIiATIO PARTY LOST'--"SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY"-- PROPERLY CHARACTERIZED -- DAVIs' COURSE IN THE KANSAS - STRUGGLE--DEBATE WITH SENATOR FF.SSENDEN--PEN-AND-INK SKETCn OF MR. DAVIS AT THIS PERIOD TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF POLITICAL EVENTS TO THE SOUTH--SHE RIGHTLY INTERPRETS THEM--MR. DAVIS' COURSE SUBSEQUENT TO THE KANSAS IMBROGLIO--HIS DEBATES WITH DOUGLAS--TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKING DAVIS THE LEADER OFTHE REGULAR DEMOCRACY IN THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS--HIS RESOLUTIONS HIS CONSISTENCY--COURSE AS TO GENERAL LEGISLATION--VISITS THE NORTH --SPEAKS IN PORTLAND, BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND OTHER PLACES--REPLY TO AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE WEBSTER BIRTH-DAY FESTIVAL--MR. SEWARD'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE "IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT"--MR. DAVIS BEFORE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION--PROGRESS OF DISUXJQX DISSOLUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY--SPEECHES OF MR. DAVIS AT PORTLAND AND IN SENATE. ' /TR. DAVIS returned to the Senate at a period marked by agitation, no less menacing to the Union than that which had so seriously threatened it in 1850. His health at this time was exceedingly infirm, and for several months he was so much prostrated by his protracted sufferings, that a proper regard for the suggestions of i>rudence would have jus tified his entire abstinence from the...