Title: Government by the people on trial
Review: This scholarly masterpiece is perhaps weighed down by its erudition.Nevertheless it has obviously heavily influenced later writers on the subject because of its curiously even handed treatment of the issues.It is difficult for a person so far distant both geographically and in time, to empathise with the feelings of Americans in the 1850s... in particular with those from the South. This fine book manages to clear some of the fog away. I am also now somewhat more sympathetic to Stephen Douglas, while rejoicing in his ultimate defeat.. I guess he was on the original "Mission Impossible"in resisting the sectional dichotomy.If I had not been intimidated by the bibliographic footnotes, I would have given this wise and sober account 5 stars.
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