CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 “No party now but all for our country” 7
6. 2 “Blustering treason in every assembly” 35
7. 3 “He must be entrenching” 62
8. 4 “Odious to honourable men” 89
9. 5 “Times of corruption and demoralization” 118
10. 6 “Paroxysms of rage and fear” 141
11. 7 The Civil War and the Two-Party System 173
12. Notes 203
13. Index 245