Despite the split that had broken in two his party, he proposed himself to the voters from a national perspective.
It 's significant that Douglas addressed his appeal especially to the south. Although many historians saw in this attitude only a desire to speak clearly to the secessionists, in fact he wanted to address the masses of the South, presenting them with a program that, unlike the Republican Party had nothing aggressive towards the south, but at the same time made them realize that the claim to the secession would lead to a bloody fight, which would have ended with the probable defeat of the South.
In speeches he uttered throughout the South, he always cited the name of Andrew Jackson, dear to the heart of the popular classes and at the same time a symbol of staunch Unionism.
On the question of the territories he was convinced that his theory of the sovereignty of these pioneers would have guaranteed the same to the free soilers of the Middle West without, at the same time, irritating and humiliating the Southerners with a drastic foreclosure, so that they could accept more readily the results of the industrial revolution.
There is not much known about the childhood of Stephen A. Douglass. He was born to Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk in 1847. He was well educated and taught school for some time.
Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk.
He didn't want to be confused with Frederick Douglass.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
On February 20, 1895, Douglass attended a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C. During that meeting, he was brought to the platform and given a standing ovation by the audience. Shortly after he returned home, Frederick Douglass died of a massive heart attack or stroke in his adopted hometown of Washington, D.C. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
There is not much known about the childhood of Stephen A. Douglass. He was born to Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk in 1847. He was well educated and taught school for some time.
his parents were Stephen A. Douglass and Sarah Fisk
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Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk.
Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois was a great orator and had great ideas for the United States. He was also just 5 foot 4 inches tall.
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Stephen douglass!
No, he was a senator from Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln won the election againts Stephen Douglass. Lincoln defeated Douglass in the North.
He didn't want to be confused with Frederick Douglass.
Stephen Douglass wanted the Transcontinental/Pacific Railroad to run through Illinios.
Stephen Douglass (Democrat) and Henry Clay (Whig).