Author:
Merritt, Eli, author.
ImprintColumbia : University of Missouri Press, [2023]
Descriptionx, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:Civil wars among ourselves -- United or die -- South Carolina withdraws -- A fatal issues to our Union -- Intestine wars and convulsions -- Colonies might secede from the Union -- A firm league of friendship -- The Mississippi and fisheries -- The very salvation of these states -- North against South -- The Mississippi and fisheries again -- Crisis of Union -- The body politic is sick, sick indeed! -- A confederation of very dissonant parts -- The power of Britain in these states in now broken -- Symptoms of disunion -- Le Washington de la negotiation -- The greatest empire in the world -- Stained with the blood of her sons -- United we stand, divided we fall.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-426) and index.
Note:"Disunion Among Ourselves tells the story of the deep political divisions that almost tore the Union apart in the 1770s and 1780s. So fractious were the founders' political fights that they feared the War of Independence might end in disunion and civil war. Instead of disbanding into separate regional confederacies, however, the founders united through self-sacrifice and compromise. They succeeded in holding the young nation together in part by transcending the baser angels of their natures. Yet, more even than this, they overcame division and disunion because they knew, concretely, that political unity was the best hope for preserving the life, liberty, and happiness of the American people."-- Provided by publisher.
