The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known

Download or read book The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known written by Paul Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Union Leagues -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Questions of Patriotic Loyalty versus Treason -- Chapter 1: "Quiet Men Are Dangerous": Civilian Antecedents of the Union Leagues -- Chapter 2: "There Can Be No Neutrals in This War -- Only Patriots or Traitors": The Demand for Public Loyalty -- Chapter 3: "A Fire of Liberty Burning Upon the Altar": The Union Leagues Arise amidst Despair and Disillusionment -- Chapter 4: "A Refuge Rather Than a Resort for Loyalty": Philadelphia, New York, and Boston Lead the Way -- Chapter 5: "We Are Learning to Draw the Line Between Treason and Loyalty": Union League Ostracism and Democratic Resentment -- Chapter 6: "This Is the Time for Pamphleteers and Essayists": The Pen Begins to Fight Alongside the Sword against Copperhead Dissent and Violence -- Chapter 7: "The 'Loyal Leagues' Are Really Effecting Public Opinion": The Broad-Based Loyal Leagues and "No Party Now"--Chapter 8: "Neutrality Is Allied to Treason -- Indifference Becomes a Crime -- and Whoever Is Not with Us Is Against Us": A Union League of America Council in Every Town -- Chapter 9: "We Are Not a Partisan, Yet We Are a Political Organization": Women Enter the Fray as Midwest Dissent Boils Over -- Chapter 10: "We Are Organizing Our Leagues and Getting Ready for the Great Fight of 1864": An Open Arm of the Republican Party -- Chapter 11: "Once More Rally Around the Flag, and Your Work Will Be Complete": A Bitter and Partisan Election -- Chapter 12: "It Is a Fatal Mistake to Hold That This War Is Over Because the Fighting Has Ceased": The Union League in Reconstruction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index