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Showdown in Virginia : The 1861 Convention and the Fate of the Union.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813929910
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Showdown in VirginiaDDC classification:
  • 973.7/1309755
LOC classification:
  • F230.S58 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Editorial Procedures -- Chronology -- Map of Virginia in 1861 -- Part I: Secession Debated -- 1 Jeremiah Morton's Secessionist Speech, February 28 -- 2 Waitman Willey's Unionist Speech, March 4 -- 3 John Carlile's Unionist Speech, March 7 -- 4 George Brent's Unionist Speech, March 8 -- 5 George Summers's Unionist Speech, March 12 -- 6 George Wythe Randolph's Secessionist Speech, March 16 -- 7 James Holcombe's Secessionist Speech, March 20 -- 8 John Baldwin's Unionist Speech, March 21-23 -- 9 Hugh Nelson's Unionist Speech, March 26 -- 10 Thomas Flournoy's Unionist Speech, March 30 -- 11 James Barbour's Secessionist Speech, March 30-April 1 -- 12 Robert Montague's Secessionist Speech, April 1-2 -- 13 George Richardson's Secessionist Speech, April 3-4 -- 14 Chapman Stuart's Unionist Speech, April 5 -- Part II: Taxation Debated -- 15 William G. Brown Initiates the Taxation Debate, March 7 -- 16 Waitman Willey Introduces His Motion, March 16 -- 17 The Confrontation That Willey's Motion Provoked, March 18-19 -- William G. Brown -- Miers Fisher -- Benjamin Wilson -- Thomas Branch -- Allen Taylor Caperton -- Marmaduke Johnson -- Samuel Woods -- 18 Willey's Climactic Taxation Speech, March 28 and April 2 -- 19 The Final Presecession Confrontation on Taxation, April 10-11 -- Henry Wise -- Cyrus Hall -- Williams C. Wickham -- 20 Willey's Motion Adopted, April 11 -- Part III: Decisions -- 21 The Quest for Lincoln's Intentions, April 6 -- William Ballard Preston's Initiative -- Virginia's Division Foreshadowed -- 22 The Beginning of the End, April 13 -- Jubal Early's Ironic Appeal -- The Early-Goode Near Duel -- 23 Decision Barely Averted, April 15 -- Robert Scott's New Unionist Strategy -- Henry Wise's Pro Salute Populi -- John Baldwin's Desperation for Delay -- 24 Eve of Decision, April 16.
George Wythe Randolph's Militarism -- Alexander H. H. Stuart's Open-Ended Unionism -- Even the Trans-Allegheny Divided: John Jackson Again Answers William Ballard Preston -- Robert Scott versus George Wythe Randolph -- Waitman Willey's and Jubal Early's Alarm -- Samuel Staples versus John Baldwin -- 25 The Convention's Secession Ordinance Adopted, April 17 -- Alpheus Haymond's Plea -- John Hughes's Conversion -- Chapman Stuart's Warning -- Henry Wise's Strike and John Baldwin's Outrage -- 26 The Climactic Wise-Baldwin Debate, April 17 -- 27 The Clarksburg Call, April 22 -- 28 The Convention's Ad Valorem Taxation Ordinance Adopted, April 26 -- 29 Popular Decisions in May -- Suggestions for Further Reading.
Summary: They all offered commentary of lasting interest to anyone concerned about the fate of democracy in crisis.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Editorial Procedures -- Chronology -- Map of Virginia in 1861 -- Part I: Secession Debated -- 1 Jeremiah Morton's Secessionist Speech, February 28 -- 2 Waitman Willey's Unionist Speech, March 4 -- 3 John Carlile's Unionist Speech, March 7 -- 4 George Brent's Unionist Speech, March 8 -- 5 George Summers's Unionist Speech, March 12 -- 6 George Wythe Randolph's Secessionist Speech, March 16 -- 7 James Holcombe's Secessionist Speech, March 20 -- 8 John Baldwin's Unionist Speech, March 21-23 -- 9 Hugh Nelson's Unionist Speech, March 26 -- 10 Thomas Flournoy's Unionist Speech, March 30 -- 11 James Barbour's Secessionist Speech, March 30-April 1 -- 12 Robert Montague's Secessionist Speech, April 1-2 -- 13 George Richardson's Secessionist Speech, April 3-4 -- 14 Chapman Stuart's Unionist Speech, April 5 -- Part II: Taxation Debated -- 15 William G. Brown Initiates the Taxation Debate, March 7 -- 16 Waitman Willey Introduces His Motion, March 16 -- 17 The Confrontation That Willey's Motion Provoked, March 18-19 -- William G. Brown -- Miers Fisher -- Benjamin Wilson -- Thomas Branch -- Allen Taylor Caperton -- Marmaduke Johnson -- Samuel Woods -- 18 Willey's Climactic Taxation Speech, March 28 and April 2 -- 19 The Final Presecession Confrontation on Taxation, April 10-11 -- Henry Wise -- Cyrus Hall -- Williams C. Wickham -- 20 Willey's Motion Adopted, April 11 -- Part III: Decisions -- 21 The Quest for Lincoln's Intentions, April 6 -- William Ballard Preston's Initiative -- Virginia's Division Foreshadowed -- 22 The Beginning of the End, April 13 -- Jubal Early's Ironic Appeal -- The Early-Goode Near Duel -- 23 Decision Barely Averted, April 15 -- Robert Scott's New Unionist Strategy -- Henry Wise's Pro Salute Populi -- John Baldwin's Desperation for Delay -- 24 Eve of Decision, April 16.

George Wythe Randolph's Militarism -- Alexander H. H. Stuart's Open-Ended Unionism -- Even the Trans-Allegheny Divided: John Jackson Again Answers William Ballard Preston -- Robert Scott versus George Wythe Randolph -- Waitman Willey's and Jubal Early's Alarm -- Samuel Staples versus John Baldwin -- 25 The Convention's Secession Ordinance Adopted, April 17 -- Alpheus Haymond's Plea -- John Hughes's Conversion -- Chapman Stuart's Warning -- Henry Wise's Strike and John Baldwin's Outrage -- 26 The Climactic Wise-Baldwin Debate, April 17 -- 27 The Clarksburg Call, April 22 -- 28 The Convention's Ad Valorem Taxation Ordinance Adopted, April 26 -- 29 Popular Decisions in May -- Suggestions for Further Reading.

They all offered commentary of lasting interest to anyone concerned about the fate of democracy in crisis.

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