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Title: Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2)
From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which
Led to the Political Revolution of 1860

Author: James Gillespie Blaine

Release Date: April 17, 2007 [EBook #21128]

Language: English

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[Signature] James G. Blaine

TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS:
FROM
LINCOLN TO GARFIELD.
WITH A REVIEW OF
THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION OF 1860.

BY
JAMES G. BLAINE.

VOLUME I.

NORWICH, CONN.:
THE HENRY BILL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1884.

COPYRIGHT, 1884,
BY JAMES G. BLAINE.

_All rights reserved._

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED
BY RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY,
BOSTON, MASS.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

CHAPTER I.
A REVIEW OF THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION OF
1860.
Original Compromises between the North and the South embodied in
the Constitution.--Early Dissatisfaction with National Boundaries.
--Acquisition of Louisiana from France by President Jefferson.--
Bonaparte's Action and Motive in ceding Louisiana.--State of
Louisiana admitted to the Union against Opposition in