ISBN: 9780217988100

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrat… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... chapter X history of political parties from 1851 to 1861 The years immediately following 1851 marked a brief period of political accord. In local politics the constitution of that year produced much the same effect as the compromise of the previous year had produced 1 in national politics. Sectional controversies in the As! sembly sank into insignificance; Joseph Johnson, the first governor of Virginia to be elected by a vote of the people, was selected from the trans-Alleghany; J. M. Mason, of the Valley, and R. M. T. Hunter, of the Tidewater, were elected to the United States Senate with little opposition; the state selected a practically solid Democratic delegation to Congress; and Democrats and Whigs vied with each other in their professions of devotion to the Compromise of. 1850. The co-operation of the east in the banking legislation and in the internal improvement schemes desired by the west contributed to political accord. Immediately following the adoption of the new constitution the Assembly incorporated ten independent banks in towns west, of the Blue Ridge.1 True to former Democratic policies, the James River and Kanawha Canal Company was neglected;2 but large appropriations were made to the Virginia and Tennessee Rail 1 Acts of Assembly of 1851-52; National Intelligencer (weekly), June 10, 1852. The James River and Kanawha Company was refused an appropriation to extend its works beyond Covington in the Valley. 300 road, and the scheme of connecting the western terminus of the James River Canal with the Ohio River by railroad was undertaken at state expense.3 From 1850 ... Charles Henry Ambler, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Sectionalism in Virginia from 1776 to 1861 Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: University of Chicago Press in 1910 in 130210 pages; Subjects: Virginia; History / United States / State & Local / South; History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / State & Local / South;<

ISBN: 9780217988100

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrat… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... chapter X history of political parties from 1851 to 1861 The years immediately following 1851 marked a brief period of political accord. In local politics the constitution of that year produced much the same effect as the compromise of the previous year had produced 1 in national politics. Sectional controversies in the As! sembly sank into insignificance; Joseph Johnson, the first governor of Virginia to be elected by a vote of the people, was selected from the trans-Alleghany; J. M. Mason, of the Valley, and R. M. T. Hunter, of the Tidewater, were elected to the United States Senate with little opposition; the state selected a practically solid Democratic delegation to Congress; and Democrats and Whigs vied with each other in their professions of devotion to the Compromise of. 1850. The co-operation of the east in the banking legislation and in the internal improvement schemes desired by the west contributed to political accord. Immediately following the adoption of the new constitution the Assembly incorporated ten independent banks in towns west, of the Blue Ridge.1 True to former Democratic policies, the James River and Kanawha Canal Company was neglected;2 but large appropriations were made to the Virginia and Tennessee Rail 1 Acts of Assembly of 1851-52; National Intelligencer (weekly), June 10, 1852. The James River and Kanawha Company was refused an appropriation to extend its works beyond Covington in the Valley. 300 road, and the scheme of connecting the western terminus of the James River Canal with the Ohio River by railroad was undertaken at state expense.3 From 1850 ... Charles Henry Ambler, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Sectionalism in Virginia from 1776 to 1861 Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, General Books LLC<

2012, ISBN: 0217988105

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