Historians and Radical Republicans
A Meaning for Today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10034208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allan G Bogue (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7 |
| Publication date | 1983-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1890519 |
| OpenAlex | W2323330521 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In December of 1861, Timothy Howe, junior Republican senator from Wisconsin, analyzed situation in Washington for his niece in Badger State. Everything about us portends coming of a rupture in ranks of war party and if so, a fierce struggle between two factions. The organization of a party designing either to rule administration or to supplant it has I think already commenced. Emancipation-the utter extinction of slavery will be watchword and effort of one faction. Where other faction will plant itself is not so certain. In most literal sense, Howe's prophecy was never fulfilled during course of Civil War: complete rupture of Republican party did not occur. But there is much evidence that shows persistent differences within administration party at Washington. The roll calls and speeches in Congress reveal continuing contention beween particular Republican senators, and sometimes lawmakers noted such disagreement. James H. Lane proclaimed on floor of Senate that he was a radical; Sen. Edgar Cowan referred to the ultra school of Republican party. Although once characterizing Cowan as a dog, Benjamin F. Wade spoke of earnest, up and down, through thick and thin Republicans while others were weak brethren. William P. Fessenden characterized Wade and his friends as gentlemen who seem to think that they are representatives of all righteousness. This catalogue could be considerably extended.' In his diary Attorney General Edward Bates referred to extreme men in Congress, and during legislative session of 1864 references to Jacobins and radicals dot his entries. Gideon Welles and Salmon P. Chase distinguished between radicals and others in their journals, as did a minor functionary
Art · Epistemology · Literature · Meaning (existential · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · History · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |