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by. Howland, Louis, 1857-1934. Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861. New York, C. Scribner's Sons.

STEPHEN A. DOUGLASCHAPTER I EARLY YEARSThere are many men who have played, if not a great, at least a conspicuous part in the history of this nation, who have been treated, if not unfairly, at least . .ngenerously both by contemporaries and later generations. Years ago I read with delight Theodore Parker's terrible sermon on Daniel Webster, and believed with the preacher that Webster, when he made his Seventh of March Speech, had "paltered with eternal God for power. DOUGLAS CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS THERE are many men who have played, if not a great, at least a conspicuous part in the history of this nation, who have been . DOUGLAS CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS THERE are many men who have played, if not a great, at least a conspicuous part in the history of this nation, who have been treated} if not unfairly} . least ungenerously both by contemporaries and later genera. Douglas Puter (January 6, 1857 – May 10, 1931) was a criminal and author from the . After being convicted of land fraud, he lived as a fugitive for several months before capture, wrote a book after conviction, received a Presidential pardon, and later was convicted of mail fraud. Puter was born on January 6, 1857 in Trinity County, California, and moved with his family to Humboldt County, California two years later.

Stephen A Douglas was the political heir to the great nationalist politicians who first became prominent during the War of 1812. He literally followed the footsteps of Clay and Webster. His leadership was vital to passing the Compromise of 1850

Stephen A Douglas was the political heir to the great nationalist politicians who first became prominent during the War of 1812. His leadership was vital to passing the Compromise of 1850. Douglas always took the course that he felt best kept the nation together, always supporting expansion and economic development and decrying the rise of divisive slavery politics. He was not an apologist for southern radicals however.

Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election, but he was defeated by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln

Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election, but he was defeated by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously bested Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois election for the United States Senate, which is known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates.

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Egerton, Douglas . Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War, Bloomsbury Press, 2010. With His Eyes Open: Stephen A. Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Disaster of 1854" Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 1998 91(4): 175-217. The Eve of Conflict: Stephen A. Douglas and the Needless War (1934), older scholarly biography. Morris, Roy, J. The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America, HarperCollins Publishers, 2008.