Eulogy on Stephen A Douglas by Joseph A Wright
Wright honors Stephen A Douglas in a January 1862 Indianapolis House speech. He notes Douglas’s leadership on popular sovereignty, recalls early congressional deeds, and praises his integrity, courage, and influence on the nation's constitutional and territorial policy.
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Joseph A. Wright
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John Quincy Adams
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Daniel Webster
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Europe
Great Britain
Austria
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Texas
Corruption and war era politics in Wisconsin district case
A Wisconsin District Court case cites 250000 in corruption bonds used to fund a state senator’s bribery payoffs for land grants. The piece extols Douglas’s integrity, warns against partisan capital amid the war, and urges unity to defend the Union and suppress rebellion.
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la’ Cross and Milwaukee Railroad Company
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Superior City
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Tobias Watkins
Douglas
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