To Govern the Devil in Hell by Pearl T. Ponce

And, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, the war came. To them it represented political chaos and signaled the ruin of the Founders’ historic experiment in self-government and of America’s prosperity and future glory. At that point, Northerners rejected secession as the destruction of republican government itself. To conciliationists, South Carolina’s apparent aggression at Fort Sumter revealed the futility of compromise and rendered the only meaningful question Union or disunion. Created with Highcharts 3.0.6 Height in feet (MLLW) NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS Tide Predictions 9446671, DEVILS HEAD WA From 8 12:00 AM LST/LDT to 9. The crisis revealed that a widespread devotion to the rule of law and the electoral process, symbolized by the Union and the Constitution, unified the North.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ultimately, the bonds underlying a common political culture proved stronger than the acrimony of partisanship. Buy To Govern the Devil in Hell: The Political Crisis of Territorial Kansas by Pearl Ponce (ISBN: 9780875804866) from Amazons Book Store. The enthusiasm with which Northerners acted to influence their elected representatives demonstrated a tremendous popular faith in and attachment to the political system, even as the largely partisan nature of Northerners’ views and the parties’ ability to contain serious internal differences testified to the capability of the party system to structure and channel popular opinion.

Throughout the crisis the Northern populace was deeply divided, generally along party lines, over the questions of compromise with the South and the use of force to maintain federal authority. Of primary concern are the process by which Northerners decided how they would react to disunion and the roles that political leaders and activists and ordinary citizens played in that process. Enter the email address you signed up with and well email you a reset link. This study examines the Northern response to secession during the critical five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the outbreak of the Civil War. To Govern the Devil in Hell: The Political Crisis in Territorial Kansas by Pearl T.

To Govern the Devil in Hell by Pearl T. Ponce