Volume Iii Part 3 (2/2)

CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

1860-1868

CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF THE WAR.

An ”Irrepressible Conflict.”

Growth of North.

Influence of Missouri Compromise Repeal.

Slavery as Viewed by the South.

Stephens.

Anti-Democratic Habits of Thought.

Compact Theory of the Union.

State Consciousness, South.

Argument for the Calhoun Theory.

Secession not Justifiable by this.

Moderates and Fire-eaters.

Northern Grievances.

Do not Excuse Secession.

Lincoln's Election.

Patriotic and Philanthropic Considerations Ignored.

Prudence also.

Resources of South and of North.

CHAPTER II. SECESSION

Threats of Secession before 1860.

By New England.

By the South in 1856.

Governor Wise.

The 1860 Campaign.

Att.i.tude of South Carolina.

Of the Gulf States.

Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana.

Election of Lincoln.

South Carolina will Secede.

Judge Magrath.

The Palmetto State Goes.

Enthusiasm.

The State Plays Nation.

Effect upon Other States.

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana.

and Texas Follow.

Strong Union Spirit Still.

Vain.

Georgia and Secession.

The Question in Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, North Carolina.

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