[Rarebooks] FS: 1861 Addresses on Death of Senator Stephen A. Douglas

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Addresses on the Death of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, delivered in
the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 9, 1861”

Published in Washington by the Government Printing Office in 1861.

DISCUSSION: “Stephen A. Douglas [1813-1861] was an American politician
from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the
Democratic Party nominee for President in the 1860 election, losing to
Republican Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in a
Senate contest, noted for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. He
was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short in physical stature,
but a forceful and dominant figure in politics. Douglas was well known as
a resourceful party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in
debate and passage of legislation. He was a leading proponent of
democracy, and believed in the principle of popular sovereignty: that the
majority of citizens should decide contentious issues such as slavery and
territorial expansion. As chairman of the Committee on Territories,
Douglas dominated the Senate in the 1850s. He was largely responsible for
the Compromise of 1850 that apparently settled slavery issues. However, in
1854 he reopened the slavery question with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which
opened some previously prohibited territories to slavery under popular
sovereignty. Opposition to this led to the formation of the Republican
Party. In 1860, the conflict over slavery led to the split in the
Democratic Party in the 1860 Convention. Hardline pro-slavery Southerners
rejected Douglas, and nominated their own candidate, Vice President John
C. Breckinridge, while the Northern Democrats nominated Douglas. Douglas
deeply believed in democracy, arguing the will of the people should always
be decisive. When civil war came in April 1861, he rallied his supporters
to the Union with all his energies, but he died of typhoid fever a few
weeks later.”

This hardcover edition of this memorial volume appears to be quite scarce.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 6”x9.5”, 92 pages. Publisher’s embossed black
cloth with gilt cover decorations, black-bordered pages.

CONDITION NOTES: The covers have some minor wear (please see the photos,
above and below). The pages have some minor soil, but otherwise are clean
and nice, with a tight binding.

PRICE: $175-

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