The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1849-1852: 4 - Image 1

£81.50

LSU Press The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1849-1852: 4

Name: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1108484506?tag=tosheroon-21
Brand: LSU Press
Price: 81.5 GBP
Availability: InStock

Historical

Price History & Forecast

Last 36 days • 36 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 36 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £82 (36 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £82 - £82

Price levels: 1 different prices over 36 days

Description

In Volume 4 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, which covers the years 1849 to 1852, Davis had clearly chosen politics ar his life's work. He relished in his role as Mississippi's senior senator and willingly assumed the responsibility of being a national spokesman for the South. This period also saw a number of events in Davis' personal life, notably the birth of his first child and the beginning of a long estrangement from his brother Joseph.In January, 1849, Davis signed the Southern Address, although he occasionally disagreed with the extreme positions of its author, John C. Calhoun. Outside the Senate, Davis supported the objectives of the Nashville Convention and, later, the idea of a southern congress. During the crisis of 1850 Davis spoke often on such key issues as the regulation of slavery in the territories, the extension of the Missouri Compromise line, the admission of California, the Texas-New Mexico boundary, the continuation of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the Fugitive Slave Act. In 1851 he proposed purchasing camels for military transportation and urged that a Pacific railroad route be considered in the definition of the Mexican boundary. As a loyal Democrat, Davis had supported Lewis Cass in 1848, but he was a conspicuous personal favourite of Zachary Taylor, the new Whig president and his former father-in-law. In 1850 Taylor reportedly intervened to prevent a duel between Illinois representative William H. Bissell and Davis, who was incensed by Bissell's remarks about the Mississippi regiment at Buena Vista. Soon after joining the Taylor family at the president's deathbed in July, 1850, Davis defended Taylor's Mexican War performance in well-publicized Senate speech. Between sessions in 1849 Davis canvassed Mississippi, addressing gatherings throughout the state in favour of congressional candidates. He warned of northern aggressions, yet urged the exhaustion of all means of peaceful resistance before secession be considered. When he returned home after the arduous 1850 session, he defended his course, denying charges that he was a disunionist. In February, 1850, Davis had been reelected to the Senate for a full six-year term, but in September, 1851, he resigned to accept the Sate Rights nomination for governor in opposition to Union nominee Henry Foote. Although illness precluded much active campaigning in the few weeks before the election, Davis substantially reduced the Union lead and lost by a narrow margin. A private citizen for the first time since 1845, Davis continued his involvement in politics. Despite nagging personal problems and ill health, he promoted Democratic unity and took to the stump for Franklin Pierce in 1852.

Product Specifications

Brand: LSU Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 080711037X
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 April 1983
Listed Since: 16 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

LSU Press The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1849-1852: 4

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1856-1860: 6

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1853-1855: 5

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: July 1846-December 1848: 3

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1862: 8

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1865-December 1870: 12

The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1868 - April 1869 Volume 15 (UTP Papers Andrew Johnson)

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1871-1879: 13

On the Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History (The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era)

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: February 1 - December 31, 1872 v. 23 (Papers of Ulysses S. Grant) (U S Grant Papers)

The Papers of Andrew Johnson: May 1869-July 1875: 16: Volume 16 May 1869-July 1875 (Utp Papers Andrew Johnson)

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1861: 7

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864-May 1865: 11

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: October 1, 1878-September 30, 1880 v. 29 (U S Grant Papers U S Grant Papers U S Grant Papers)

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: January-September 1863: 9

The Papers of Ulysses S.Grant: 1874 v. 25 (Papers of Ulysses S. Grant) (U S Grant Papers)

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: January 1-October 31, 1876 v. 27 (Papers of Ulysses S. Grant) (U S Grant Papers)

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: June 1, 1871 - January 31, 1872 v. 22 (U S Grant Papers)

Speaking of America: Readings in U.S. History, Vol. II: Since 1865: 2

Correspondence of James K. Polk: Vol 14, April 1848-June 1849

Voices of the American Past, Volume II

Wadsworth American Passages: A History of the United States, Brief

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1880-1889: 14

The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Volume 9, 1831 (Utp Papers Andrew Jackson)

Episodes from the History of the Rare Earth Elements: 15 (Chemists and Chemistry, 15)