TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bordewich,Fergus M.
TI  - America's great debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union 
SN  - 1439124604 : HRD
AV  - E423 .B73 2012
U1  - 973.6/4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Clay, Henry,
KW  - Douglas, Stephen A.
KW  - Compromise of 1850
KW  - Slavery
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1815-1861
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Causes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-463) and index; "A frenzy seized my soul" -- One bold stroke -- "Order! order! order!" -- That demon question -- Ultima thule -- One of nature's nobles -- "We have another epidemic" -- The city of magnificent intentions -- Deadlock -- The godlike Daniel -- A great soul on fire -- Wounded eagle -- "Secession! peaceful secession!" -- A higher law -- A man of unbounded confidence -- "He is not dead, sir!" -- "Let the assassin fire!" -- Filibusters -- A legislative saturnalia -- A pact with the devil -- "War, open war" -- "All is paralysis" -- The wreck of the Omnibus -- A steam engine in britches -- "Break your masters' locks!" -- "It is time we should act" -- Triumphs -- A scandalous outrage
N2  - Chronicles the 1850s appeals of Western territories to join the Union as slave or free states, profiling period balances in the Senate, Henry Clay's attempts at compromise, and the border crisis between New Mexico and Texas
ER  -