Political Recollections, 1840 to 1872

Includes index The Harrison Campaign: the beginning of antislavery politics -- Campaign of 1844: annexation and slavery -- Campaign of 1848: its incidents and results -- Reminiscences of the Thirty-first Congress -- The evolution of the Republican Party -- Progress of republicanism -- The new administration and the war -- Incidents and end of the war -- Reconstruction and suffrage: the land question -- Mineral lands and the right to pre-emption -- Reconstruction and impeachment -- Grant and Gree