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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.189 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1852 |
| Title | Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, Delivered in Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1852 |
| Date | 9 July 1852 |
| Author | Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Supports Franklin Pierce as the Democratic presidential candidate. Gives a summary of Pierce's achievements and qualifications for the position of president: "Hence, as democrats, we invite the most rigid and strict scrutiny into the public and private character of Franklin Pierce and William R. King." Talks of why General Winfield Scott of the Whig party would not be a good candidate. Also does not speak well of the Whig party in general: "Not content with depriving men of their bread, they turn them away with a tarnished name." Printed most likely by the Richmond Examiner, who wrote the introduction. |
| Subjects | President Election Democratic Party Government and Civics Politics Whigs |
| People | Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869) King, William R. (1786-1853) Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Douglas had courted Mary Todd, who married his political rival for the 1860 Presidency, Abraham Lincoln. He also proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. King was the running mate of Pierce, who won the 1852 election against Scott. Scott served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history. Over the course of his fifty-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that would be used to defeat the Confederacy. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |