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Elektratig
http://elektratig.blogspot.com
Mostly American history, from the Revolution through Reconstruction
- Added on: Jan 3rd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: elektratig
- Listed in: History Law & Legal
- Tags: Secession slavery american history know nothing party millard fillmore constitutional history
Recent Posts
An Act to provide for the Public Defence
At TOCWOC, Brett Schulte posted recently concerning an email he received from a reader concerning the creation of the Confederate Army. The e-mailer (is that a word?) had read that the Confederacy had authorized the creation of a 100,000 man army ju...
"A Brute in human form"
Before they joined forces to oppose secession during the Winter of 1860-81, Democrat Andrew Johnson and Whig William G. Brownlow had been "[b]itter antagonists for twenty years."You've got to admit, political invective isn't as creative as it used to...
Late Colonial and Early National Juries
William E. Nelson’s groundbreaking Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society, 1760-1830 was first published over thirty years ago. For me, at least, what was most stunning about the book was its descrip...
A Thought on the James Madison Problem
The best attempt to reconcile the federalist and Jeffersonian James Madison is Gordon Wood’s Is There a “James Madison Problem”? Unfortunately, that effort is only a fairly brief essay. The devil, however, is in the details. Consider, for ex...
"Civil War between North and South would then have likely erupted"
Several weeks ago, I highlighted Mark J. Stegmaier’s discussion of the firm and statesmanlike leadership that President Millard Fillmore and his hand-picked Secretary of State Daniel Webster displayed in bringing about the Compromise of 1850. I th...
