The Constitutional History of the United States (Student's Edition)

History

McLaughlin, Andrew C.

Americas

Irvington Pub.

Lewis Cass

Literature & Fiction

Kessinger Pub

Lewis Cass (American statesmen)

<p>This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1899. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI SECRETARY OF STATE. -- SECESSION. -- THE LAST YEARS For the sake of as much perspicuity as limited space would allow, the history of "bleeding Kansas" under border ruffians has been thus briefly outlined, and the contest of arguments until the secession of the Southern States has been suggested in advance. It will now be necessary to turn from internal politics and the hurly-burly of the approaching "irrepressible conflict," and to look into the quieter paths of administration and diplomacy. Cass's more active career ended with the 4th of March, 1857. He remained a political mentor to many in his party and took a sad interest in the never-abating struggle; but he was old, the excitement of continual controversy was distasteful, and his new position fortunately gave him employment for which his experience and talents well fitted him. He accepted the office of secretary of state from President Buchanan, and entered upon his duties at once. His companions in the cabinet were Howell Cobb of Georgia, secretary of the treasury; John B. Floyd of Virginia, secretary of war; Isaac Toucey of Connecticut, secretary of the navy; Aaron V. Brown of Tennessee, postmaster-general; Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, secretary of the interior; and Jeremiah S. Black of Pennsylvania, attorney-general. This cabinet was an able one, but its four Southern members well indicated that the body of the Democratic party was in the South, and that an administration had begun which would treat slavery with tenderness and handle secession with gloves. A number of interesting diplomatic problems were offered for solution during the years of Cass's secretaryship. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty presented the usual amount of uncertainty and embarrassment, and an even more serious cause of disag...</p>

Lewis Cass (American Statesmen)

Biographies & Memoirs

Chelsea House Pub

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin (1861-1947) was a respected American historian who became President of the American Historical Association in 1914. In particular, he became an advocate for historians giving advice and guidance on current world events and toured the United Kingdom to support its efforts in World War I. In the 1930s, McLaughlin wrote A Constitutional History of the United States, which won the 1936 Pulitzer Prize for History. McLaughlin’s magnum opus looks at some of the British practices, such as writs of assistance, that led to the formation of certain protections in the Bill of Rights, as well as colonial constitutions and governance before the Revolution. From there, it describes in descriptive detail different states’ constitutions and the rights protected in the U.S. Constitution, covering landmark legislation (Alien and Sedition Acts), cases (Dred Scott), and events (Civil War and Reconstruction), covering the early 20th century as well.This edition of A Constitutional History of the United States is specially formatted with a Table of Contents.  

The Constitutional History of the United States

<p>As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)</p>

Readings In The History Of The American Nation

BiblioLife

Readings in the History of the American Nation

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