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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the presentSherwood, John D.

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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

Name: The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present
Author: Sherwood, John D.

Sherwood, John D.

United States -- History -- Humor

Reference, by Believers in the Transmigration of Souls, to
          Mr. Pierce for its Proof.—His real and apparent Age.—The
          Slave Colossal Figure bestrides the Presidential
          Harbor.—How the New President rode in between its Legs,
          and cast out a curious Anchor.—An Antediluvian
          Cabinet.—Still Times expected.—Sudden Freshet.—Douglas
          breaks the Missouri Dike.—Bitter Waters over the
          Land.—Alarm among the Elderly Gentlemen, and how quieted
          by J. Davis.—Alarm North and South not quieted.—The
          African Outlook towards the North Pole.—The Power of
          Douglas illustrated from his Scotch Namesake and
          Proverb.—What Warriors rushed to our Flanders.—The Blow
          on the Head of Sumner and Slavery from Brooks’s
          Cane.—The Dred Scott Essays.—American Africanization.—An
          Exploring Party in the Interior.—Discovery of an Extinct
          Race, and of Fremont.—Undiked Waters not strong enough
          to float Douglas into a Nomination.—Buchanan in the
          Dock.—The Know-Nothings make a neat little Present to a
          Polite Gentleman.


 XVII.  COTTON-SEEDS SPROUT; OR, BUCHANAN’S ADMINISTRATION.
          1857–1861.                                                 449

        The new Missionary Party and its Growth.—Character of Mr.
          Buchanan and his Want of Same.—Description of curious
          Drawers in his Cabinet.—The Uses of Isaac Toucey.—The
          Lecompton Constitution and how it fell together.—African
          Order of the Woolly Fleece.—The Mormon Magic-Lantern,
          and its Shows.—What Minnesota brought into the Union;
          and how a Long-fellow raised a Fall.—The War of the
          Illinois Giants.—Abraham Lincoln described.—Self-made
          Men; their Self-ishness and Unsymmetrical
          Characters.—Mr. Lincoln’s Growth and Character
          Illustrated.—Mr. Douglas delineated.—Presidential
          Bonfires, Tar-Barrels, and Oratory.—A Spectre in
          Virginia; his Body swinging, his Soul marching on.—A
          live Coal on the Southern Heart.—What the Democratic
          Convention was asked to solve, and what it re-solved.
          Heads I win, Tails I don’t lose.—Breckenridge as a rare
          Prize-Taker.—The Missionary Party makes a
          Nomination.—New Lights and Shadows.—An original Recipe
          for threatened Political Apoplexy.—A sudden Convention
          in South Carolina.—Its mysterious Origin and Dark
          Ways.—A Chaotic Message.—Of different Secession
          Ordinances; and Want of Federal Ordnance.—Political
          Strikers described.—General Cass and a Broken
          Heart.—John B. Floyd skedaddles, chased by an
          Indictment.—General Anderson.—Fort Sumter breaks the
          Cabinet.—The Confederate Government and Flag made.—Their
          Composition.—History and Character of J. Davis.—Where
          Mr.

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