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American Eloquence, Volume I
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Title: American Eloquence, Volume I. (of 4) Studies In American Political History (1896)
Author: Various
Release Date: March 17, 2005 [EBook #15391]
Language: English
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Produced by David Widger
AMERICAN ELOQUENCE
STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY
Edited with Introduction by Alexander Johnston
Reedited by James Albert Woodburn
Volume I (of 4)
CONTENTS.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY
I--COLONIALISM.
THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
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
JOSIAH QUINCY
HENRY CLAY
IV.--THE RISE OF NATIONALITY.
ROBERT Y. HAYNE
DANIEL WEBSTER
JOHN C. CALHOUN
THOMAS H. BENTON
LIST OF PORTRAITS.
VOL. I.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON -- Frontispiece From a painting by COL. J. TRUMBULL.
PATRICK HENRY From a painting by JAMES B. LONGACRE.
SAMUEL ADA