and build a new nation functioning upon new economic
principles. It was this issue that arrayed the old Jack-
sonians against the Republican-dominated Union party.
It was this that kept Indiana hanging on the edge of
domestic violence, that made her party battles so fierce,
and which, in turn, finally led to the collapse of her repre-
sentative government and to the establishment of Gov-
ernor Oliver P. Morton's personal dictatorship.

This study is focused upon the political aspects of
Indiana's war experience, but it is hoped that politics has
been interpreted in its broadest sense. It was in politics
that the discords of that era found expression; it was
through local politicians, close to the grass roots, that
popular reactions can best be measured. One can be
reasonably certain that, while political leaders like Gover-
nor Morton, George W. Julian, and Daniel W. Voorhees
were expressing such clashing ideas, every shade of Indi-
ana's public opinion somewhere found a voice. The aim
of this book is to draw from the cacophony of Hoosier
voices the profound meaning it actually had.

I wish to acknowledge my deep indebtedness to those
who have given me aid of various kinds. Above all I
am obligated to William B. Hesseltine of the University
of Wisconsin who first proposed that I undertake this
study, who directed my research, and who made more
invaluable suggestions than I had a right to expect even
from a graduate teacher. For both criticism and encour-
agement I am also grateful to John D. Hicks of the
University of California; to Fred H. Harrington of the
University of Wisconsin; to Frank Freidel of Vassar
College; to Richard N. Current of Mills College; to
T. Harry Williams of Louisiana State University; to
George Winston Smith of the University of Illinois; and
to Cedric C. Cummins of the University of South Da-
kota.

The staff of the Indiana State Library was more than
generous in giving me access to documentary materials

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