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The War of 1812: Past Justifications and Present Interpretations

by George Rogers Taylor. 114 pgs.

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Contributors:

   George Rogers Taylor

Publisher:

   D. C. Heath

Place of Publication:

  Boston  

Publication Year:

  1963
Subjects:   United States--History--War Of 1812--Causes
Table of contents
CONTENTS
I. THE CAUSES OF WAR AS SEEN IN 1811-1812
1 THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOVEMBER 29, 1811 1
2 THE DEBATE IN THE TWELFTH CONGRESS
Defense of the Committee's Report
Peter B. Porter 4
Felix Grundy 6
John Randolph's Attack on the Committee's Report 8
The War Republicans Reply to Randolph
Robert Wright 11
John C. Calhoun 14
William. R. King 15
The Opposition Argument
Richard Stanford 17
John Randolph 19
Daniel Sheffey 20
The Rebuttal of the War Republicans
David R. Williams 25
Henry Clay 26
3 PRESIDENT MADISON'S WAR MESSAGE, JUNE 1, 1812 28
II. THE HISTORIANS RE-EXAMINE THE CAUSES OF THE WAR OF 1812
4 JULIUS W. PRATT
Expansionists of 1812 34
5 GEORGE ROGERS TAYLOR
Agrarian Discontent in the Mississippi Valley Preceding the War of 1812 57
6 A. L. BURT
Issues and the Evolution of Causes of the War of 1812 69
7 MARGARET KINARD LATIMER
South Carolina -- A Protagonist of the War of 1812 91
8 NORMAN K. RISJORD
1812: Conservatives, War Hawks, and the Nation's Honor 101
Suggestions for Additional Reading 113
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