- Author
- Heiges, George L.
- Date of Publication
- 1961.
Presidency of
the Nation, it was devoted to his political fortunes and was generally con-
sidered as his mouthpiece. In 1860, while it attempted to speak for both
factions in the Democratic party, its sympathies were more on the side of
the Douglas wing. Strangely enough, President Buchanan favored Breck