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Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014

1 online resource (345 pages) : portraits

ISBN 9780801454837 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780801453267 (cloth : alk. paper)

Print version: Landis, Michael Todd. Northern men with Southern loyalties : the Democratic Party and the sectional crisis. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014 ISBN 9780801453267

Includes bibliographical references and index

Democrats and the slave power -- Fidelity and firmness: Northern Democrats and the crises of 1850 -- Harmony, unity, and victory: state politics and presidential posturing -- One of the most reliable politicians on the subject of slavery: the rewards of fidelity and the perils of power -- Pandora’s box: Northern Democrats in command -- Leave us of the North to fight the great battle: party punishments and purges -- The strongest Northern man on Southern principles: James Buchanan and Southern power -- let us stand by our colors: Lecompton and minority rule -- We regarded you as brothers: defeat and division -- Though the heavens fall: 1860 and beyond.

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