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Union Disunion Debate and a Gambler’s Tale in 1850s South
A long excerpted narrative recounts fiery Republican and abolitionist rhetoric about secession and the Union, with quotes from Wade, Giddings, Webb, Burlingame, Phillips, and others arguing for dissolving the Union or ending slavery. It also follows a gambler’s night in New Orleans, detailing a Hoosier’s confrontations at a faro table, a dramatic windfall, a near-attack on the courier, and a former officer’s pledge to quit gambling after a life-changing encounter. The piece closes with miscellaneous vignettes on memory, patchwork quilts, and curiosities about cities and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
Inwis
The
New York Tribune
South Carolina
San Francisco Alta
S. F. Zines
Republican Party
Union
San Francisco Bulletin
Lincoln
Cincinnati
Chicago
Congress
Dred Scott
Seward
U. S. Senate
Cleveland
Party of Freedom
Erastus Hopkins
Rufus K. Spaulding
Ohio
Dennison
Fam
Kentucky
J. W. Julian
Indiana
Anson Burlingame
Massachusetts
China
Tribune
the Times
Charles B. Sedgwick
New York
Gerrit Smith
Evra
Pine and Palm
Boston
Canada
Helper
Wendell Phillips
North
New Orleans
Mobile
Gome- Verne Cane Aes Naire
Faro Bank
St. Charles
Uude
Knave
Fure
Thad
Mint
Aeme
Calieo
Jenny June
New York Sunday Times
Abby