[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

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Link to previous New York Times thread

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[House Atreides]

“...we must remember that the country is hardly the same country now that it was then. Then the influence of the men of earlier and simpler days was still felt; the doctrine that “to the victors belong the spoils” had not then been promulgated. Since that time the country has made ... mighty strides in extravagance of expenditure, and in corruption and dishonesty as well. Since then there has arisen, Mr. BUCHANAN being witness, “the growing and dangerous evil,” “of the employment of money to carry elections,” and the lobby has gained an influence then never dreamed of...”
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Wow... if the folks of 1860 could see how much further down that hellish road we’ve travelled now.