AMERICAN ELOQUENCE

STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY

Edited with Introduction by Alexander Johnston

Reedited by James Albert Woodburn



INDEX

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS SAMUEL ADAMS FISHER AMES, JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE, EDWARD D. BAKER HENRY WARD BEECHER, JUDAH P. BENJAMIN THOMAS H. BENTON JAMES G. BLAINE PRESTON S. BROOKS JOHN C. CALHOUN JOHN C. CALHOUN SALMON PORTLAND CHASE HENRY CLAY HENRY CLAY HENRY CLAY SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX JOHN JORDON CRITTENDEN GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS JEFFERSON DAVIS JEFFERSON DAVIS HENRY WINTER DAVIS STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS EDWARD EVERETT ALBERT GALLATIN JOHN PARKER HALE PATRICK HENRY ALEXANDER HAMILTON ROBERT Y. HAYNE FRANK H. HURD ALFRED IVERSON THOMAS JEFFERSON JOHN P. JONES RUFUS KING ABRAHAM LINCOLN ABRAHAM LINCOLN ABRAHAM LINCOLN ABRAHAM LINCOLN ABRAHAM LINCOLN JAMES MADISON JUSTIN S. MORRILL JOHN NICHOLAS JAMES OTIS GEORGE H. PENDLETON WENDELL PHILLIPS WENDELL PHILLIPS WILLIAM PINKNEY JOSIAH QUINCY JOHN RANDOLPH HENRY J. RAYMOND CARL SCHURZ WILLIAM. H. SEWARD JOHN SHERMAN ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS THADDEUS STEVENS THADDEUS STEVENS CHARLES SUMNER CHARLES SUMNER ROBERT TOOMBS CLEMENT L. VALLANDIGHAM BENJAMIN WADE DANIEL WEBSTER, DANIEL WEBSTER



LIST OF PORTRAITS John Q. Adams Samuel Adams Fisher Ames Enry Ward Beecher James G. Blaine John C. Breckenridge John C. Calhoun Almon Portland Chase Henry Clay George Curtis Jefferson Davis Stephen Douglas Edward Everett Alexander Hamilton Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Rufus King Abraham Lincoln James Madison John Randolph William H. Steward Daniel Webster



CONTENTS

VOLUME I. — ETEXT #15391

PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION.

INTRODUCTORY.

I. — COLONIALISM.

JAMES OTIS

PATRICK HENRY

SAMUEL ADAMS

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

JAMES MADISON,

II. — CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.

ALBERT GALLATIN,

FISHER AMES,

JOHN NICHOLAS

III. — THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY.

THOMAS JEFFERSON,

JOHN RANDOLPH,

ADMISSION OF LOUISIANA.

JOSIAH QUINCY,

HENRY CLAY

IV. — THE RISE OF NATIONALITY.

ROBERT Y. HAYNE,

DANIEL WEBSTER,

JOHN C. CALHOUN

THOMAS H. BENTON,



List of Illustrations

Patrick Henry

Samuel Adams

Alexander Hamilton

James Madison

Fisher Ames

Thomas Jefferson

John Randolph



VOLUME II — #15392

CONTENTS

V. — THE ANTI-SLAVERY STRUGGLE

RUFUS KING,

WILLIAM PINKNEY,

WENDELL PHILLIPS,

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,

JOHN C. CALHOUN,

DANIEL WEBSTER,

HENRY CLAY,

WENDELL PHILLIPS,

CHARLES SUMNER,



List of Illustrations

Rufus King

John Q. Adams

John C. Calhoun

Daniel Webster

Henry Clay



VOLUME III. — ETEXT #15393

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED VOLUME.

V. —THE ANTI-SLAVERY STRUGGLE (Cont.)

SALMON PORTLAND CHASE,

EDWARD EVERETT,

STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS,

CHARLES SUMNER,

PRESTON S. BROOKS,

JUDAH P. BENJAMIN,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS,

WILLIAM. H. SEWARD,

VI. — SECESSION.

JOHN PARKER HALE,

ALFRED IVERSON,

BENJAMIN WADE,

JOHN JORDON CRITTENDEN,

ROBERT TOOMBS,

SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX,

JEFFERSON DAVIS,



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Almon Portland Chase

Edward Everett

Stephen Douglas

William H. Steward

Jefferson Davis



VOLUME IV. ETEXT #15394

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE FOURTH VOLUME.

VII.—CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

JEFFERSON DAVIS,

ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS,

JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE, and EDWARD D. BAKER

CLEMENT L. VALLANDIGHAM,

HENRY WARD BEECHER,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

HENRY WINTER DAVIS,

GEORGE H. PENDLETON,

THADDEUS STEVENS,

HENRY J. RAYMOND,

THADDEUS STEVENS,

VIII.—FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.

HENRY CLAY,

FRANK H. HURD,

IX.—FINANCE AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

JUSTIN S. MORRILL,

JAMES G. BLAINE,

JOHN SHERMAN,

JOHN P. JONES,

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,

CARL SCHURZ,



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Abraham Lincoln

John C. Breckenridge

Enry Ward Beecher

James G. Blaine

George Curtis

THE END