Life of Oliver P. Morton, Vol. 1

Download or read book Life of Oliver P. Morton, Vol. 1 written by William Dudley Foulke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of Oliver P. Morton, Vol. 1: Including His Important Speeches Ashbel P.Willard nominated for Governor by the Democrats; His qualifications - Morton nominated by the People's Party; Willard seeks a joint-discussion Debate at Centreville; Morton and Willard compared; Willard's questions and Morton's replies - Buchanan and Fremont - Debate at New Castle; Disagreement concerning appointments for joint debates; Willard follows Morton Meeting at Bloomington; Hughes and Willard interrupt Morton - Description of Morton by John W. Foster; Willard again interrupts Morton at Corydon - Joint-discussions at Leavenworth and elsewhere; Willard elected; Morton runs ahead of his ticket He organized the Republican party in Indiana; Speech, January 7, 1857, defining Republican principles Election of Senators Bright and Fitch; Leroy Woods ousted from State Senate by Morton's device; Morton President of Republican state convention 1858; Opposition of George W. Julian - Morton counsels harmony; Julian desires reaffirmation of platform of Fremont convention; Morton's Answer - Prayer for one bitten by rattlesnake - Morton on the annexation of Mexico; Douglas and Buchanan factions of the Democracy - Hendricks and Bright - Hendricks and Turpie nominated by Democrats; Lane and Morton by Republicans; The state convention - Morton accepts second place; The state convention - Morton accepts second place; Speech at Terre Haute - Sqnatter sovereignty - Sectionalism; Republicans conservatism About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.