Edward Stanly : Whiggery's tarheel "conqueror" / Norman D. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Norman D.

Series:

Southern historical publications ; no. 18.

Southern historical publications ; no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military governors--North Carolina--Biography.

Military governors.

Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872.

Stanly, Edward.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 365 pages)

Place of Publication:

University : University of Alabama Press, c1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Raised under the "Ancient Standard of Federalism," Edward Stanly was a southern nationalist during a time of popular nullification and secession doctrines. Edward Stanly: Whiggery's Tarheel Conqueror is an unprecedented biography of Stanly's life, and recounts his fiery and controversial emergence in the Whig Party of North Carolina in the 1930's, his role as a champion of Whiggery in the United States House of Representatives 1837-1843 and 1849-1853, his candidacy for governor of California in 1857, his appointment by President Abraham Lincoln as a military governor of N

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. The Ancient Standard of Federalism; 2. Encounter With a Connecticut Nightingale; 3. The Little Conqueror; 4. On, Stanly, On!; 5. The War With Captain Tyler; 6. Apple of Discord; 7. A Most Extraordinary Course; 8. Stanly and the Party Divided; 9. In the Land of Gold; 10. Mission of Love; 11. A Barren Sceptre; 12. An Inveterate Old-Line Whig; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-350) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8263-1

OCLC:

424523110