Author: Barbara S. Mahoney
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ISBN: 9780870718915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"During the decade of the 1850s, the Oregon Territory progressed toward statehood in an atmosphere of intense political passion and conflict. Editors of rival newspapers blamed a group of young men whom they named the 'Salem Clique' for the bitter party struggles of the time. Led by Asahel Bush, editor of the Oregon Statesman, the Salem Clique was accused of dictatorship, corruption, and the intention of imposing slavery on the Territory. The Clique, critics maintained, even conspired to establish a government separate from the United States, conceivably a 'bigamous Mormon republic.' While not in agreement with some of the more extreme contemporary accusations against the Clique, many historians have concluded that its members were vicious and unscrupulous men who were able, because of their command of the Democratic Party, to impose their hegemony on the Oregon Territory's inhabitants. Other scholars have seen them as merely another manifestation of the contentious politics of the period. Although the Salem Clique has been given considerable prominence in nearly every account of Oregon's Territorial period, there has not been a detailed study of its role until now. What sort of people were these men? What was their impact on the issues, events, and movements of the period? What role did they play in the years after Oregon became a state? Historian Barbara Mahoney sets out to answer these and many other questions in this comprehensive and deeply researched history"--Publisher description.
The Salem Clique
Author: Barbara S. Mahoney
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ISBN: 9780870718915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"During the decade of the 1850s, the Oregon Territory progressed toward statehood in an atmosphere of intense political passion and conflict. Editors of rival newspapers blamed a group of young men whom they named the 'Salem Clique' for the bitter party struggles of the time. Led by Asahel Bush, editor of the Oregon Statesman, the Salem Clique was accused of dictatorship, corruption, and the intention of imposing slavery on the Territory. The Clique, critics maintained, even conspired to establish a government separate from the United States, conceivably a 'bigamous Mormon republic.' While not in agreement with some of the more extreme contemporary accusations against the Clique, many historians have concluded that its members were vicious and unscrupulous men who were able, because of their command of the Democratic Party, to impose their hegemony on the Oregon Territory's inhabitants. Other scholars have seen them as merely another manifestation of the contentious politics of the period. Although the Salem Clique has been given considerable prominence in nearly every account of Oregon's Territorial period, there has not been a detailed study of its role until now. What sort of people were these men? What was their impact on the issues, events, and movements of the period? What role did they play in the years after Oregon became a state? Historian Barbara Mahoney sets out to answer these and many other questions in this comprehensive and deeply researched history"--Publisher description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870718915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"During the decade of the 1850s, the Oregon Territory progressed toward statehood in an atmosphere of intense political passion and conflict. Editors of rival newspapers blamed a group of young men whom they named the 'Salem Clique' for the bitter party struggles of the time. Led by Asahel Bush, editor of the Oregon Statesman, the Salem Clique was accused of dictatorship, corruption, and the intention of imposing slavery on the Territory. The Clique, critics maintained, even conspired to establish a government separate from the United States, conceivably a 'bigamous Mormon republic.' While not in agreement with some of the more extreme contemporary accusations against the Clique, many historians have concluded that its members were vicious and unscrupulous men who were able, because of their command of the Democratic Party, to impose their hegemony on the Oregon Territory's inhabitants. Other scholars have seen them as merely another manifestation of the contentious politics of the period. Although the Salem Clique has been given considerable prominence in nearly every account of Oregon's Territorial period, there has not been a detailed study of its role until now. What sort of people were these men? What was their impact on the issues, events, and movements of the period? What role did they play in the years after Oregon became a state? Historian Barbara Mahoney sets out to answer these and many other questions in this comprehensive and deeply researched history"--Publisher description.
The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society
Author: Oregon Historical Society
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ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Rise and Early History of Political Parties in Oregon 1843-1868
Author: Walter Carleton Woodward
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Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Oregon Historical Quarterly
Author: Oregon Historical Society
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Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate, of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon
Author: Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon
Author: Robert Carlton Clark
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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The Journal of the Senate of the ... Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, ...
Author: Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
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Journals of the Senate and House ...
Author: Oregon. Legislative Assembly
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Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 992
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ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 992
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Journal of the Senate of the ... Regular Session, of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon
Author: Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate
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ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 986
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ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 986
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Journal
Author: Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 988
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 988
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